McAlister, Carl Edward MARSHALL - Services for Carl Edward McAlister, 82, of Marshall, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, September 13, 2007, at Downs Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. D.A. Lewis and Jimmy Ferrell Jones officiating. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. in Purlie Cemetery of the Purlie Community near Mount Vernon. Mr. McAlister died September 9, 2007, in Marshall. Born September 5, 1925, in Mead, Okla., he was a U.S. Air Force veteran, having served during World War II, painting contractor and member of Lighthouse United Pentecostal Church. Survivors include his wife, Mildred Louise Cook McAlister; sons, Jonathan David McAlister, Nathaniel Edward McAlister and Mark Holly McAlister; and daughter, Rachel Lynn Riggins. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Email condolences may be sent to the family at keithadowns@aol.com. Published in the Longview News-Journal on 9/11/2007.