Martha Ann Singleton
Martha Ann Singleton (Jones), 81, of Cumby Texas, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Funeral Services are scheduled for 3:00 pm, Friday, April 21, 2023, at Pleasant Grove cemetery in Cumby, Texas. Pastor James Mansfield will officiate. Family will receive friends and family on Friday, April 21, 2023 from 12:30pm-2:30pm at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Martha was born June 4, 1941 in Dallas, Texas, to Clement George and Lizzie Jones...
Sharlyn Rae Parent
Funeral service for Sharlyn Rae Parent, age 83 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, April 16, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with BJ Teer and Bradley Edge officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with grandsons & great-grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Sharlyn aka “Hot Rod Hannah” passed away on April 12, 2023 at Christus...
Sandra Mathis Divin
Sandra Mathis Divin, age 73, of Mount Vernon, Texas, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2023, at her home. Sandra was born September 3, 1949 in Dallas, Texas to Bob and Edna “Hulsey” Mathis. She married Jerry Eugene Divin on September 27, 1968 in Dallas, Texas. Sandra loved spending time with her family and enjoyed playing Bingo. Services are scheduled for Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 11:00 A.M at the Sam B. Harvey Funeral...
Ted Key
A Memorial Service for Ted Key of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at a later date. Ted went to be with the Lord on April 7, 2023, at Rock Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Ted was born on February 2, 1941, in Fort Worth, Texas to L.M Key and Evelyn (Harrison) Key. Ted went on to become a college graduate after finishing high school. He was a prominent party to the local Masonic Lodge. Ted was a doting...
Kenneth Ray Beck
Kenneth Ray Beck, 80, of Sulphur Springs, passed away April 10, 2023, after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease and dementia. Ken was born July 27, 1942, to James Robert and Bonnie Faye Spangler Beck, the seventh of eight children. He was part of a multi-generational family on the farm in the Pleasant Grove Community. Ken graduated from Sulphur Springs High School, class of 1960. He married Janice Crawford April 4, 1964. She...
Jo Hobbs
Graveside service for Jo Hobbs, age 79 of Frankston, Texas will be held at 11:00A.M. on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at Hoover Cemetery in Big Sandy, Texas. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Hobbs passed away on April 9, 2023 at Carriage House Manor in Sulphur Springs. Jo was born on August 4, 1943 in Kleburg Texas to Dave and Bea Davis. She became the little sister to Donald Mac and Jimmie Joyce. Jo married Billy Hobbs in 1994....
Slaton Hires Law Firm, Remains Silent on Absence From Legislative Session
April 10, 2023 – KSST News learned early Monday morning that District 2 State House Representative Bryan Slaton has retained an attorney to respond to a potential ethics investigation by the Texas House Committee on General Investigating. Patrick Short, a Rockwall attorney has over 30 years of legal experience representing clients in East and North Texas in personal injury, wrongful death, criminal defense, and select civil...
Local Texas House Representative Bryan Slaton Absent For Two Days of Session Before Holiday
April 7, 2023 – District 2 House Representative Bryan Slaton was missing from all proceedings in the 88th Texas Legislature both Wednesday and Thursday before the Good Friday holiday in advance of Easter Sunday. All votes for the very busy two days showed Slaton as “Absent – Excused”. His last record of voting came on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 as he voted on several bills presented on that day including one...
Linda Gayle (Thompson) Kids
Linda Gayle Thompson born in 1940 to Caleb James and Mary Garnet Head Thompson in Sulphur Springs, Tx. Linda grew up in Sulphur Springs and graduated from SSHS. Linda married Harold Lloyd Kids September 7th, 1958, and they soon moved to Hereford, Tx, where their three sons were born…Harold Craig, Kevin Wade, and Paul Cale. In 1971, the Kids family moved back to Sulphur Springs.In addition to keeping up with three active boys, Linda...
Billy Lawson
Billy Lawson completed his earthly journey on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Billy was born near Tira, Texas to Milam and Maudie Lawson in November of 1940. Billy was the youngest son of eight children. Billy was the son of a preacher and was reared in Christian faith, baptized as a young man, and participated in The Way Bible Church in Sulphur Springs. Educated in the Sulphur Springs Schools, he picked cotton on the family farm and for...
