Alliance Bank Chairman/CEO Tom Sellers Elected Chairman Of The Nation’s Largest State Community Banking Association
AUSTIN, Texas—The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) is proud to announce that Tom Sellers, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Sulphur Springs-based Alliance Bank, has been elected chairman of the IBAT board of directors for 2021-22. He officially accepted this position during the association’s 47th annual convention held September 18-21 in Austin. Tom Sellers, Alliance Bank chairman of the board/CEO and...
Statewide Banking Organization Honors Alliance Bank With 2021 Best Of Community Banking Award
Independent Bankers Association Of Texas Recognizes Sulphur Springs-Based Community Bank For Its Video Marketing SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas—The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT)—the largest state community banking association in the nation—recently honored Alliance Bank with a Best of Community Banking (BOCB) Award. The bank, based in Sulphur Springs, Texas, received a Community Spirit/Gold Eagle BOCB Award for its...
$24,639 Collected During First Week Of 2021 HCUW Campaign
A total of $24,639 of the $150,000 goal was collected during the first official week of the 2021 Hopkins County United Way campaign. Hopkins County United Way Oct. 15, 2021, the first weekly campaign report meeting Although only half a dozen were able to stay for the entire meeting, several HCUW campaign workers stopped by before or sent the donation packets they’d collected with other volunteers to the first campaign report...
Joyce Goodman
Joyce Goodman A funeral service for Joyce Goodman, age 89 of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Danny Ballard officiating. Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery with Christopher Whittle, Brandon Teague, Mike Huckabay, Tonya Gilbert, Jay Bell and Tim Heddens serving as pallbearers and Debbie Gosset, Glenn Norfleet and Joey Crump serving as honorary...
Angela Michelle (Anna) Watkins
Angela Michelle (Anna, Twig) Watkins Memorial services for Angela Michelle Watkins (Anna, Twig), age 49, of Como, Texas, will be held October 23, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church in Como, Texas. Angela was born on June 23, 1972, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to Henry Wesley Stone and Verna Grantham Stone. She married Jonathan Watkins on June 20, 2009, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Angela was a freight broker and loved...
Chesney Blayke Duty
Chesney Blayke Duty A memorial service for Chesney Blayke Duty, infant daughter of Nathan and Breanna Roach Duty of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 9, 2021, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Pogue officiating. Chesney passed away on September 26, 2021. In addition to her parents, she is survived by sister, Harley Duty; maternal grandparents, Dennis and Melina Dryden of Commerce; maternal...
Bob Wagner
Bobby Ray (Bob) Wagner Bobby Ray (Bob) Wagner, age 89, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, died peacefully at home on October 1, 2021. Born August 5, 1932, in Meridian, Texas, to Robert and Bessie Wagner, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ruan; a son, Don Ray Wagner; a daughter, Patty Sue Wagner; his parents; and two brothers. He is survived by two daughters, Cindy Adams and Kim Shipp; one son, Greg Hicks; and five grandchildren, Whitney...
Larry K. Ross
Larry K. Ross A funeral service for Larry K. Ross, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Old Tarrant Cemetery with Phillip Ross, Chris Ross, Charlie Ross, Jerry Ross, Brandon Burnett, and Kevin Pennington serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Larry passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021, at...
Cumby Man Allegedly Flipped Truck And Trailer, Got It Back On Road, Resumed Reckless Driving Before Felony DWI Arrest
A 69-year-old Cumby man allegedly flipped his truck and trailer, managed to flip the truck back over and resume driving recklessly before being arrested on a felony drunk driving charge Friday afternoon, according to arrest reports. Wilburn Lewis Russell (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies received a complaint of a reckless driver on FM 2653 south at around 1:10 p.m. Oct. 1, 2021. A witness claimed the a...
Man Arrested At Sheriff’s Office: Firearm and Controlled Substance Found In His Truck
A 28-year-old Sulphur Springs man caught officials’ attention when he arrived at Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office lobby Saturday morning because of a marijuana odor emitting from him, according to arrest reports. K C Antwan Macon Deputies reportedly contacted and escorted him to his truck, where his juvenile son was reported to be waiting. The son appeared to be upset. Deputies reported seeing an open container of alcohol...
