37 Personnel Changes Approved By SSISD Board Of Trustees
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees, following two executive sessions Monday evening, approved 37 personnel changes which will impact SSISD campuses except the administrative complex. SSISD logo The first executive session was brief, with trustees adjourning to another room to discuss a personnel matter, the regular session resumed with no action or discussion on the closed session. Overall, changes included one retirement, one...
Judy Armstrong
Funeral Services for Judy Armstrong, age 71, of Emory, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19, 2021, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Robert Burns officiating. Interment will follow at Dunbar Cemetery. Visitation will be held 6-8 p.m. on Friday, June 18, 2021, at Wilson- Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Judy was born on July 6, 1949, to Raymond Lynch and Mildred Moss Lynch in Dallas, Texas. She passed at her home on...
Mesquite Man Sentenced On Aggravated Assault Charge
Fort Worth Man Pleads Guilty To Felony DWI An 18-year-old Mesquite man was sentenced on an aggravated assault charge. A 61-year-old Fort Worth man pleded guilty to felony DWI and was sentenced in court this week as well, according to court and jail reports Aggravated Assault Sentence A sentencing hearing was conducted Monday in the 8th Judicial District Court for Justin Quentil Richards, on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon...
What’s On YOUR Summer Calendar?
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] Ahhh, summertime! Many thoughts turn to going to the lake or beach, enjoying watermelon and hot dogs, sleeping late, wearing comfortable clothing and flip flops, traveling, and kicking back and taking it easy. Those are all good, but for countless people, work goes on. While looking at my summer calendar, I’m...
Karen Cornelia Athey
DECEMBER 29, 1940 – JUNE 12, 2021 On Saturday, June 12, 2021, Karen Cornelia Smith Athey, loving wife and mother of three children, passed away at the age of 80. Karen was born on December 29, 1940, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and moved to Tyler, Texas, in 1967 to settle down with husband Bill Athey and later have 3 children, Billy Hulon Athey, Jr., Ann Elizabeth Athey and Julia Catherine Marshall. She and her husband were local...
Roberta Bruce
Funeral service for Roberta Bruce, age 103, of Breaux Bridge, LA will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 18, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Russell Bruce, Terry Bruce, Tim Pontiff, Donnie Bruce, James Bruce and Britton Bruce serving as pallbearers and Roy Light and Chris Pontiff serving as honorary pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 17, 2021,...
E.A. Junell
Elmer Anderson Junell passed away peacefully on June 13, 2021. E.A Junell was born on November 16, 1920, in Cumby, Texas to Mattie McQueen and Elmer Junell. E.A. had one brother, Billie and one sister, Donnie. Quite the athlete, E.A. won the State Championship at Cumby High School in the 100 yard dash. E.A. graduated from there in 1939 and, from there, he went to business school. In 1943, E.A. married the love of his life, Donnie...
Quick Stop By SSFD At Texas Trails Apartments Contains Fire To One Unit
Quick work by Sulphur Springs firefighters contained a late morning fire to one apartment unit late Tuesday morning. The Texas Trails blaze was reported at 11:02 a.m. June 15, 2021, to emergency officials. Sulphur Springs Fire Department’s on-duty crew responded quickly and had the fire knocked down at at 11:23 a.m., containing the blaze in the downstairs rear apartment on the far northwest corner of the apartment building. A...
SSISD Trustees To Hold 2 Executive Sessions During June Meeting
The date isn’t the only thing different about this month’s regular meeting of Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees; in addition to the usual reports and action items, the agenda calls for 2 executive sessions, one at the beginning and one at the end of the 6 p.m. school board meeting. SSISD logo While school board meetings are typically held the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. This month, trustees met first on...
Hopkins County Inmate Accused Of Assaulting Jailer With A Pen
June 15, 2021 – A Hopkins County inmate Monday morning was accused of assaulting a jailer with a pen, according to arrest reports. Michael Shane McCormick Hopkins County jailer reportedly responded around 6:20 a.m. June 14 in the jail to warn the 30-year-old inmate to stop striking his cell door. When the jailers opened his cell door, Michael Shane McCormick allegedly used a ball point pen he had been holding upside down in his...
