Genealogist Ari Wilkins to Speak at Local Genealogy Society on September 19
Ari Wilkins, LSU graduate and owner of Black Genesis, a genealogical consulting company Members and guests are welcome to attend the program ‘Finding the Last Slave Owner’ by Ari Wilkins during the Hopkins County Genealogical Society meeting set for Thursday September 19, 2019 at 7 pm. The Genealogical library is located inside the Sulphur Springs Public Library at 611 North Davis Street.
G.B Hambrick, Jr.
Funeral service for G.B Hambrick, Jr., age 92, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2:00p.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with Grover Stracener officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Shooks Chapel Cemetery with Stephen Ladd, Shane Allison, Blake Ladd, Luke Allison, Bryan Ladd, Matt Holt, Christian Ladd, Jonathan Ladd, Ty Holt, and Bill Ladd serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be...
Charles Humphries Announces Candidacy
Charles Humphries Charles Humphries has announced his intention to seek election as Hopkins County Constable, Precinct 2. Humphries, a Republican, has been employed by the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office for twenty years, working his way up from Jailer to Deputy to Investigator. “My experience throughout my law enforcement career of serving warrants, civil process, making arrests, investigating crime scenes and criminal activity, as...
Hopkins County Hospital District Board Of Directors Agenda for Sept. 17, 2019
Hopkins County Hospital District Called Meeting of Board of Directors Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Notice is hereby given that a Called Meeting of the Board of Directors of Hopkins County Hospital District will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 6:00 pm in the Plaza Conference Room of the CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic at 113 Airport Road, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 AGENDA Call to OrderInvocationPublic ForumReview and Approve Tax Rate...
2019 Colorblind Ministries Awards Reflect ‘Fruit of Spirit’ in Community Leaders
Pastor C.J. Duffey (center) with honorees Colorblind Ministries founder and Pastor C.J. Duffey and his wife Cathey launched the Fruit of the Spirit Awards in 2016, and held the fourth annual ceremony on Saturday September 14, 2019 in the cafeteria of Sulphur Springs High School. Members of the community were selected for the honors in a spirit of love, fellowship, service and recognition, having shown the ‘fruits of the...
Buddy and Ina Gore of Psalms 100 Invite Public to Southern Gospel Music Association Concert in Paris, Texas September 20, 21
Buddy and Ina Gore inducted into Hall of Fame at the 2019 International Country Gospel Music Association Convention A Southern Gospel Music Celebration is planned at the Paris, Texas Civic Center with Jeff and Sheri Easter and over 25 more artists and groups performing on two nights. The concerts will be held on Friday September 20 at 6pm and on Saturday September 21 at 6pm. Admission is free with a love offering taken. Buddy and Ina...
Eddy Clyde Yeley
Eddy Clyde Yeley, also known as E.C., age 32, of Lone Oak, passed away at 12:12 PM, unexpectedly in a tragic car accident on Thursday, September 12, 2019. Memorial service is scheduled for Monday, September 16, 2019, at 12:12 PM, (the exact time E.C. entered into eternity). No visitation has been scheduled. Service will be held at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Rev. Dale...
Sept. 17 Hospital District Board To Consider Tax Rate, Budget, Organization
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors have called a special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 17 to discuss a number of items during their regular session and at least two during executive session. Budget and Tax Rate The hospital district board are slated to review and approve the tax rate and budget for the fiscal year which will end on Sept. 30, 2020. HCHD CEO Ron Folwell in May reported the district to be “doing fairly...
SSISD Receives $1.035 Million In Additional State Aid From 6 Years Worth Of Property Value Studies, Appeals
Sulphur Springs Independent School District is contracting with a legal firm to see if additional state funding through property value studies and appeals. “We have had a contract with Linebarger since 2013 and this is where they take the Comptroller’s values and look at what they are compared to the county’s. When the Comptroller’s is a lot higher, they’ll just use that or appeal it for us. It’s...
Kumler “Gangie” Mund
Memorial services for Aaron Kumler “Gangie” Mund will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chester Amidon and Rev. Ron Smedley officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Gangie passed away on September 13, 2019 at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital. He was born on August 12, 1932 in Eldorado, Texas the son of Arthur Jackson Mund I and Gretchen Coffeen Mund....
