Louise Walker-Otts
Graveside service for Clara “Louise” Walker-Otts age 74 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, February 26, 2023, at Shirley Cemetery with Dr. Jason Rolen and Patrick Covington officiating. Pallbearers will be Louise’s grandsons. Louise passed away on February 23, 2023, at Hunt Regional Medical Center in Greenville, Texas. There will be no formal visitation. Louise was born on April...
Billie Jean (Bagby) Hooten
Billie Jean (Bagby) Hooten, 72, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2023, at Baptist Health Medical Center while on a brief stay at Twin Rivers Rehabilitation Facility. She was born January 22, 1951, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to Billy Gene O’Shields and Nancy Lee Bagby. Billy Gene passed away shortly before her birth. After Nancy passed away in 1953, BJ was adopted by her beloved grandparents, William...
W.T. “Butch” Huddleston
Funeral service for W.T. “Butch” Huddleston, age 84 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bryson Barnes, Brandon Barnes, Angel Cabrera, Alex Hayes, Trent Petty and Michael Huddleston serving as pallbearers and Trey Petty serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held hour our prior to the service....
Wake Village Man Caught With Acid Has Bad Trip Through Cumby
February 23, 2023 – A Cumby police officer observed a black Dodge pickup truck with a defective license plate light on Interstate 30 westbound near mile marker 112 around midnight February 22, 2023 and initiated a traffic stop. The driver continued into the rest area before stopping in the roadside park. The sole occupant of the vehicle was a white male from Wake Village, Texas identified as Todd Michael Parker. A strong odor of...
Corvette Production Screeches To A Halt As GM Admits Parts Shortage Idles Plant
February 22, 2023 – Chevrolet has idled the Bowling Green, Kentucky plant for the rest of this week as a parts shortage has shut down production of the popular sports car. The plant employs over 1,300 people and plans to resume production on Monday, February 27th. General Motors has not stated which parts are in short supply but has only indicated that “the parts shortage is not due to a semiconductor chip issue.” No...
Hopkins County Hopeful to Receive Federal Funds For Road Repairs
A proclamation issued this week by Texas Governor Greg Abbott includes Hopkins County along with 23 other Texas counties in amending the disaster proclamatin issued on February 4, 2023. This proclamation simply includes Hopkins county in the disaster declaration which will now be sent to the federal level in hopes of receiving FEMA funds for moneatary assistance to Texas and would now include Hopkins County. County Judge Robert Newsom...
Jeff Stagg
A Memorial service for Jeffrey Lloyd Stagg, age 58 of Winnsboro, Texas will be held at a later date. He passed from this life on Sunday, February 19. 2023 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Jeffrey Stagg was born on July 9, 1964, to Earl Franklin Sr and Lucille Stagg in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Jeffrey married Tina Stagg on January 8, 2016. He was a truck driver for over 30 years. Jeffrey was known for...
Wes Pake
A memorial service for Wes Pake, age 77 of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at a later date. Mr. Pake passed away on February 16, 2023, at Christus Trinity Mother Frances – Tyler. Wes was born on November 21, 1945, in Fargo, North Dakota to Harold Pake and Lorentein (Lamners) Pake. He married Karen Swim in 1991 in Phoenix, Arizona. Wes joined the Marine Corp. out of high school and was deployed to Vietnam shortly after....
John Collett
John Robert Collett passed from this life to his eternal rest on February 12, 2023 at his home in East Tawakoni. He was born on November 9, 1963. John spent four years with his wife Sharron Collett of Canton. John was an avid fisherman and enjoyed fishing in Lake Tawakoni. John is survived by many family and friends. He is survived by his wife Sharron Collett. John was also survived by his children Justin Collett (wife Ashley);...
Terry Lee Stevenson
Memorial service for Terry Lee Stevenson, age 71, of Sulphur Springs, TX, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, February 26, 2023, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bryan Crittenden officiating and Chaplain Cody Rushing assisting. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, February 25, 2023, at West Oaks Funeral Home. Terry passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2023, in Sulphur Springs, TX. He was born on August 8,...
