Brad Prock
Funeral Service for Brad Prock, age 68, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 6, 2024 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Visitation will be held one hour prior from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Mr. Prock passed away at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler on Monday, September 2, 2024. Visitation Friday, September 6, 2024 10:00 – 11:00 am (Central time) Murray – Orwosky Funeral Home Funeral...
Michael Glen McFadden
Michael Glen McFadden passed away on September 1, 2024, at Faith Presbyterian Hospice center in Dallas, Texas. Services are pending. He was born October 5, 1973, to Pat and Gena McFadden. Michael grew up with a love for loud music, louder trucks, mechanics, and driving the country back roads. Michael learned about mechanics from his grandfather Dalford and was most comfortable in the hayfield where he spent countless hours with his...
Anna Beth Smith
Funeral Services for Anna Beth Smith will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at West Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Jimmy Rogers officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Mac Macaluso, Robert Looney, Kevin O’Reilly, Shane Woods, Jared Looney, and Kameron Woods. Billy Wayne Mobley will be serving as Honorary Pallbearer. Interment will follow the service at Ridgeway Cemetery. Beth passed away on September 2, 2024, in Plano,...
Liberty Trailers Plans to Build $10 Million Facility in Sulphur Springs
September 3, 2024 – The latest Building Permit Report from the City of Sulphur Springs shows more than $17 million in building permits were issued for remodels, new construction, and other projects. The largest valued permit was issued to Liberty Trailers for a new commercial construction at 100 Assurance Dr. in Sulphur Springs. The new area off of old Highway 67 (Main St.) is being developed by the local Economic Development...
Sam Houston Gilbreath
Sam Houston Gilbreath, 87, passed from this world and into his eternal home of heaven on August 30, 2024 at Whispering Pines Nursing and Rehab in Winnsboro, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs, TX. There will be a visitation one hour prior to the services. Interment will follow at Rockhill Cemetery in Yantis, Texas, with Austin Hebert,...
Sulphur Springs City Council Has Full Agenda for September Meeting
August 30, 2024 – The regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will take place at City Hall Tuesday, September 3rd with the public portion of the meeting starting at 7:00 pm. Council members and city staff will begin an executive session at 6:00 pm to deliberate economic development for portions of Thermo Mine property known as Thermo 2 and Thermo 3. Executive session meetings are closed to the public. The regular...
Lottie Mae Moore
Lottie Mae Moore passed away August 26, 2024, at the age of 72. She was born July 11, 1952, in Hopkins County to Cecil Barrett and Catherine Moore. Lottie graduated from Sulphur Springs High School in 1972. She worked in food services until she took on childcare for most of her family and friend’s children. In her leisure, Lottie loved listening to music and shaking her head to the beat, especially to the song “Kung Fu...
Solar, Wind, and Carbon, OH MY!!
August 29, 2024 – Hopkins County residents have been inundated with the promise (or threat) of green energy projects needing thousands of acres in different parts of the county. Many solar plant projects already have been approved, built, and operating, but more solar companies are leasing land and asking for tax abatements. The green energy projects keep expanding and now include wind (huge windmills), Carbon Capture (C02...
David Long
December 12, 1968 — August 28, 2024 Graveside service for David Long, age 55, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at Restlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 9:00-10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs. Mr. Long passed away at his home on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Arrangements are under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral...
Karla Campbell
Mitsie Karla Campbell, 75, of Sulphur Springs passed away on August 25, 2024 at her residence. Karla was born in Pittsburg, Tx. on May 26, 1949. She was the daughter of B.J. Gearner and Edith Loretta Phillips Gearner. Karla and Dan Campbell were married in Sulphur Sulphur on May 15, 1976 at St. James Catholic Church. She received a Bachelors of Science with honors from Texas Woman’s University on 1971, and a Master Degree from...
