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Noon dinner and evening supper in the Pecan Room
Fried catfish on Fridays, Sunday pot roast after church, and peach cobbler whenever the Pittsburg peaches come in.
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Est. 1958 · Marshall, Texas
Sixty-seven years of keeping our word.
Garden apartments, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing on one tree-shaded East End block, run by the same not-for-profit board since Eisenhower.
Our history
A promise made on a church pew, kept ever since.
In 1958 six Marshall congregations, Black and white, Baptist and Methodist and Catholic, did something unusual for East Texas at the time: they sat down together and agreed their parents deserved a place to grow old in their own town. They bought the old Whitmire homestead on Rusk Street, kept the pecans and the big front porch, and opened with fourteen apartments.
We've added a few things since. Assisted living in 1984, the Magnolia memory care house in 2006, a skilled nursing and rehab wing in 2015. What we haven't changed is the promise in our charter: once you live at Whitmire Place, you will be cared for here, in every season, for as long as you need us.
— Josephine Arceneaux, executive director
- 1958chartered by six Marshall churches
- 67years on the same East End block
- 4levels of care, one campus
- 31staff who have been here 20 years or more
What sets us apart
What Marshall families count on
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Chapel services, Bible study and hymn sing
Rotating pastors from our six founding congregations, every Sunday since 1958.
Included
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A secure home with its own porch and garden
Dementia-trained staff who stay with the same residents, shift after shift.
DailyPhoto tour
Life on Rusk Street
Our team
The people who keep the promise
Josephine Arceneaux
Executive Director
Josephine's grandmother lived in apartment 6 in the 1970s. She's been executive director since 2011 and still eats Friday catfish with the residents.
Keisha Wallace, RN
Director of Nursing
Keisha grew up in Hallsville and trained at Kilgore College. She oversees nursing in every building on campus, and answers her own phone.
Rev. Calvin Hollis
Chaplain
Pastor Hollis retired from Mount Zion after thirty years and came to Whitmire Place, he says, to keep his hand in. He leads Wednesday Bible study and sits with anyone who asks.
Anna Lucía Prado
Residency Counselor
Anna gives most of our tours and walks every family through contracts, costs and waiting lists. She'll answer the same question three times without blinking.
Walter Brandt
Director of Life Enrichment
A retired band director from Marshall High, Walter runs the hymn sing, the garden club and the bus to every Mavericks home game he can talk residents into.
Sample family reviews
Letters from our families
My mother moved into a garden apartment in 1994 and I moved into the same row in 2019. Same porch swing. Different paint.
When Daddy needed Magnolia House, Mama walked over every morning with his coffee the way he likes it. The staff never once made her feel like a visitor.
I sang in the Whitmire Place hymn sing for twelve years as a volunteer before I moved in. Now I don't have to drive.
Dad did his rehab in the Bishop Wing after his hip and went right back to his apartment. He didn't have to leave Marshall, and we didn't have to leave work to drive to Shreveport.
They read the charter to every new resident at the welcome dinner. I thought it was old-fashioned. Then I watched them keep every word of it for my aunt.
Seventy years married and they put us in a room together in skilled nursing so we wouldn't spend a night apart. I didn't know anybody still did that.
For families
For families
Most of our families live within an hour. Some live a thousand miles away. Here's how we keep both close.
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One phone number
Every family has a nurse and a social worker who return calls the same day.
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Care conferences
Quarterly, or whenever something changes, in person or by video.
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Sunday dinner
Families eat free with their resident on the first Sunday of the month.
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The guest room
A furnished guest apartment for out-of-town family, booked at the front desk.
Visit
Four blocks from the square
- 900 E Rusk Street
Marshall, TX
Visitor parking on Rusk Street and behind the chapel. The Bishop Street door has a ramp and an automatic opener. - (903) 555-0158
- Text us
- visit@whitmireplace.example
- WhitmirePlaceMarshall
Tour & office hours
- Tours, Mon – Sat9a – 4p
- Sunday toursAfter 1p, by appointment
- Office, Mon – Fri8a – 5p
- Families visitAny time
Families visit any hour. During the Wonderland of Lights, park behind the chapel; Rusk Street fills up early.
Sweet tea's on the porch. Come on by.
Call Josephine's office or book a tour online. We'll save you a rocking chair.