10/15/2026
Laurie Lynn (McCall) Partlow of Tenaha, passed away October 15, 2026. She was born to David Eugene McCall Sr. and Delores Petterson on June 28, 1954 in Rock Island, Illinois.
Funeral Service will be held Sunday, October 18th under the care of Mangum Funeral Home of Center. Visitation will be at 1pm before a memorial service at 2pm. With services by Bro. Kevin Windham. There will be no graveside services. Laurie’s wishes were to be cremated and will be put at rest at a later time with her soul mate Ricky.
A memorial service will be held with her family in Illinois at a later time.
Laurie was a 1972 graduate of Rock Island High School, and went on to marry John Smith Sr. At that time, she had two children, John Smith Jr. and Stacey Smith-Holt. Her second marriage to John (Ric) Partlow brought her to Texas, and gave her two more children, Eric Partlow and Amy Partlow – Lindley. Laurie then began her career working for the Nursing homes in dietary, starting as an Aide, and then working her way up to Dietary manager. Her 30 plus career started at Green Acres, and then to Holiday Nursing Center, and a brief time at Colonial Pines, and then back to Green Acres, now known as Focus Care. Through her career, she has met and made many friends along the way. She loved the color turquoise and collected copper and oil lamps. She loved her family and greats and enjoyed decorating for Christmas in her themed rooms and looked forward to picking out the grands/greats ornaments for the tree each year.
She is survived by:
Siblings:
David McCall Jr. and wife Joyce of Orion, Illinois
DeeDee McCall of Moline, Illinois
Children:
John R. Smith (J.R.) and wife Tammy
Stacey Smith – Holt
Eric Partlow
Amy Lindley & husband Jamie Lindley
Grandchildren:
Justin Smith and wife Krystal
Matthew Smith and fiancé Katelynn
Logan Smith
Zachery Hass and fiancé Rebekah
Dakota Hass and wife Madison
Cody Holt
Evelynn Lindley
Great-Grandchildren:
Levi Smith
October Smith
Paisley Smith
and baby Girl Smith in January
Chevy Hass
Remington Hass
Payton Hass
Granger Hass
Thank you to her special work friends Patricia Samuels and Julie Rholes, and Aunt Kathy Mora for always including her, and being there in the end.
Thank you to Hollie Adams and staff at Focus Care for taking good care of her and still treating her like part of the family.
Thank you to the staff at Affinity Hospice for your extreme care compassion and going out of the way to make things easier on us.
She is preceded in death by parents, David McCall and Deloris Petterson-Sievers; brother, James (Jim) McCall; and her soul mate, Ricky Johnson.
In lieu of flowers, please send a donation in honor of Breast Cancer awareness https://www.cancer.org/donate/hope.html or Stroke Research and Support American Stroke Foundation - After-Stroke Support.
To sign online register please visit www.mangumfh.net.
