Meal A Day Earns Award for Excellence During COVID 19
Getting food, resources and basic services to shut-ins has been a challenge for everyone during the past six months since COVID-19 struck. On October 22, 2020, the North Texas Food Bank recognized the Meal A Day of Sulphur Springs with an Award of Excellence, in appreciation for the excellence in service demonstrated through it’s COVID-19 response. Meal a Day was recognized on October 22, 2020 Karon Weatherman, Director of the...
Dinner Bell Menu for October 28, 2020
The mission of the Dinner Bell is to end hunger in Hopkins County. Fresh, hot, nutritious meals are prepared by volunteers each Wednesday and served to our guests in the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. If you or your business would like to sponsor a Dinner Bell meal give the Church a call at 903/885-2185 Dinner Bell Menu for October 21, 2020 Dinner Bell remains a GRAB and GO operation with meals distributed under the...
Shannon Rogers Stubblefield
Shannon Rogers Stubblefield, age 39, of Sulphur Springs was granted her angel wings on October 21, 2020. Shannon touched many lives throughout her short yet very memorable life. Shannon was a beloved wife, daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend. Shannon was a loving and compassionate person who loved deeply. She is survived by her husband, Donald Godfrey; mother, Pam and father, Johnny Harrington; sister,...
Vera Jones
Graveside service for Vera Jones, age 78, of Princeton, will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Monday, October 26, 2020 at Pecan Gap Cemetery in Pecan Gap, TX. There will be no formal visitation. Vera passed away at T Boone Pickens Hospice in Dallas, TX. Vera was born July 3, 1942 in Ladonia, TX to Gus Hubert and Beulah Ann Shelton Jones. She retired from Alcatel and worked for many years in the retail industry with Dillards. She graduated...
No Injuries Reported In SSISD Bus Crash
A Sulphur Springs ISD bus was involved in “a very minor” crash Monday morning, Oct. 26, 2020. SSISD officials, in a release at approximately 7:45 a.m., stated, “There are no injuries. Students who ride bus 6 will be a little later than normal to campus.” No additional details have been released about the school bus crash at this time.
Last Call for Pecans! Sr’s Fundraiser Sale Ends Wed. October 28, Delivery Nov. 2
Karon Weatherman knows there are some great cooks in Hopkins County who like to make sure they have enough pecans stored for winter baking! A few weeks ago, local resident Susan Vaughn organized the 2020 Fundraising Pecan Sale to help add to the Sr. Center’s funds for furnishings for the new building, and the deadline is nearing. Then pecans are plump, large and delicious! This is how the fundraiser works. Let Susan Vaughn know...
HC Genealogical Society ‘Cemetery Walk’ Fundraising Event Will Feature History Tour on Sunday November 1
A number of influential former citizens of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County will be enacted by members of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society on Sunday November 1, 2020 in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. The walk-through event will be held from 2-4pm. Cost is $10 per person to take the historic tour guided by historian John Sellers. Among those whom you will meet are a doctor, a confederate soldier and mothers and wives whose...
Oct. 26–30 Meal A Day Menu
Although the Sulphur Springs Senior Citizens Center remains closed due to COVID-19, volunteers continue to work five days a week preparing and delivering meals to shut-in elderly in the community. The Oct. 26-30 Meal A Day Menu includes: Monday — Smothered Beef Patties, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and Roll Tuesday — Chicken and Dressing Casserole, Cranberry Sauce, Candied Carrots, Winter Blend Vegetables and...
27th COVID-19 Fatality Reported On Oct. 24 For Hopkins County
Texas Department of State Health Services on Saturday, Oct. 24, reported another Hopkins County residents has been confirmed to have died from COVID-19. That is the 27th COVID-19 fatality reported for Hopkins County. COVID-19 deaths reported by Texas Department of State Health Services for Hopkins County That’s 4 new Hopkins County COVID-19 fatalities reported this week. So far, there have been 9 COVID-19 deaths reported to have...
Hohenberger, Brantley, Juarez Receive Top Hopkins County Stew Contest Awards
Top honors at the 2020 Hopkins County Stew Contest went to super cooks LaWanna Hohenberger and Broc Hohenberger and Richard Brantley and Ashley Brantley. Wade Juarez captured the John Chester Campsite award. Despite COVID-19 restrictions on the gathering, cooks turned out for a fun time. Even the weather cooperated. Friday’s storm and weather front dropped temperatures to the perfect stew weather on Saturday. First place Beef...
