Michael Frances Crandell
Funeral services for Michael Francis Crandell, age 62 of Sulphur Springs will be 2:00 pm, Sunday, November 13, 2016 at Tapp Funeral Home Chapel with Jack Ross officiating. Inurnment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Josh Yager and Justin Yager serving as pallbearers. No visitation has been scheduled. Mr. Crandell passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at his residence in Sulphur Springs. He was born in Sherman on May 14,...
Inmate Labor Benefits Both Hopkins County and SSISD Tax Payers
About 30 inmates began demolition work at Gerald Prim Stadium Monday morning at 8 a.m. as preparations begin for a total remodel of the stadium. Their work and the use of various materials from the demolition will save school and county tax payers well over $100,000 according to Dan Froneburger with SSISD and Sheriff-elect Lewis Tatum. Inmates were removing chain-linked fence, posts and gates and will remove the air conditioning units...
Gregory Don Adams
Funeral services for Don Adams, age 54, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Eason officiating. Interment will follow at Ridgeway Cemetery with Gene Marts, Mark McGahee, Rickey Denson, Daryl Watkins, W. O. Mitchell and Trent Miller serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the employees of the Sulphur Springs Livestock. Visitation...
Lionel “LJ” Joseph Songy, Jr
Lionel “LJ” “Paw Paw” Joseph Songy, Jr. passed away on Friday, November 4, 2016. Age 62 years. Son of the late Lionel Joseph, Sr. and Louise Helwick Songy. Husband of Nancy Morgan Mackenroth Songy. Father of Annette Songy Castro (Carlos) and Jennifer Songy Perilloux (Cody). Brother of Wayne J. Songy, Sr. Stepfather of Joseph Mackenroth (Jessica) and Angie Mackenroth D’Ingianni (Steve). “Paw Paw” of Elle, Ava, Kailey, Chloe, Cooper,...
Straight Ballot Voters Missing Proposition; 14 Places to Vote Tuesday
If you vote a straight party ballot, you need to look at the summary page before finalizing your vote. Propositions are not included in the straight party ticket and you cannot vote again once your ballot is submitted, according to Debbie Shirley, Hopkins County Clerk. Voting in the November General Election is Tuesday, November 8th from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Fourteen voting places will be open. Hopkins County registered voters may cast...
City Schedules Street Paving Projects
According to City Manager Marc Maxwell, several repaving projects are on the agenda for city crews in the next few months. The city crews will do concrete work on Woodside Lane and will repave Hodge Street from Brinker Street to Davis Street; Lewis Street from College Street to Lakeshore; Lovers Lane from Highway 67 to the railroad tracks; Parkins Street from Broadway to Fisher Street; Putnam Street from Gilmer to Oak; Tate Street...
Kaleb Burns
Memorial services for Kaleb Burns, age 15, of Como, will be held Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Family Life Church, with Pastor Terry Sparks officiating and Pastor Denver Hines assisting. There will be no formal visitation. Kaleb Burns passed away Friday, November 4, 2016 at his residence. He was born to Bruce Stanton and Donna (Spence) Burns, on December 5, 2000, in Quitman. Kaleb was in the 9th grade at Como-Pickton CISD,...
Break Down on I-30 Leads to Arrest
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies noted an auto that had mechanical failure at the 136 mile marker eastbound shoulder of I-30. There they found Domonique Bre’anna Rugley, 17, the driver. Further investigation revealed that she did not have permission to drive the vehicle. Rugley is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, a state jail felony.
Mother Presses Charges Against Son for Aggravated Assault
Hopkins County Deputies were called to a disturbance on County Road 3518 in the Dike Community Sunday. There they found a mother and son who had been in an altercation. According to the victim, the mother, it was a verbal altercation at first but when Daniel Ray Penson, 26, exhibited a pocket knife and stated he would kill them both, it became much more. Penson’s mother desired to press charges. Penson is in Hopkins County Jail...
Jan Hawkins
Funeral services for Jan Hawkins, age 67, of Saltillo, will be held Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Edgar Clements officiating and Danny Ballard assisting. Interment will follow at Stout’s Creek Cemetery, in Saltillo, with Stanley McQueen, David Joslin, Taylor Pickering, Billy Lobin, Billy Bryant, Daylen Simmons, Justin Simmons and Michael Simmons serving as pallbearers. The honorary...
