Margaret Chastain
Margaret Chastain passed away May 27, 2019, she was 81. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on April 18, 1938. Raised in New York City, she graduated High School and worked as a secretary for RCA Records and Pan American Airlines. She married Bruce Chastain and moved to Hollywood, CA. Margaret produced TV Commercials for McDonalds and the Budweiser Company. She appeared in several commercials during Super Bowl. She did location shoots as a...
16 Personnel Changes Approved For SSISD
Sixteen personnel decisions impacting six campuses were approved by Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees during a special noon meeting Wednesday. Overall, nine resignations were accepted, four new teachers hired and three staff change approved. At the elementary level, Megan Chaney resigned her post as special education aide at Travis Primary, as did Sulphur Springs Elementary math and science teacher Beverly...
Wildcat Football Camp Opens Three-Day Run on Tuesday Night
Wildcats Football Coach Greg Owens said 42 boys attended day one of the Wildcat Football Camp Tuesday evening (May 28) from 6 until 8 p.m. inside the Multipurpose Building. The camp is designed for boys who will be entering third through the seventh grade this fall. He said it was a really good group considering that there were some conflicts with camp Tuesday night. Coach Owens hopes five or six more kids will come to camp Wednesday...
Sulphur Springs Man Stopped in Vehicle Reported Stolen in Paris
Michael Allen Coker Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper William Gillentine arrested 51-year-old Michael Allen Coker of Sulphur Springs man for driving a stolen car. Gillentine reported seeing a sedan traveling faster than other vehicles on Interstate 30 west at about 1:41 p.m. He activated his radar, which showed the man to be traveling at speeds of 81 and 82 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed zone. The trooper conducted a traffic...
Chris Brown Appointed To Hospital District Board
Chris Brown takes the oath as the newly appointed member of Hopkins County Hospital District Board. Brown was appointed Tuesday evening to fill Dan Roper’s unexpired seat. Hopkins County Hospital District Board Tuesday evening selected Chris Brown of Sulphur Springs to serve in the unexpired seat of the board, swore in reelected members and elected officers. Brown was among five candidates who expressed interest to Hopkins...
Melba Julian Blount
A memorial service for Melba Julian Blount, age 84, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2019 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charles Moore officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Melba passed away Friday, May 24, 2019. She was born on August 2, 1934 in Sulphur Bluff, the daughter of John Willis and Myrtle (Chester) Julian. She married Jerry K. Blount on April 21, 1953 in Sulphur...
Billy Jean Sparkman
Billy Jean Sparkman Mr. Billy Jean Sparkman, age 84, passed away on Monday, May 27th, 2019 at his home in Winnsboro. He was born on January 3rd, 1935 in Winnsboro to the late Ira Alton Sparkman and Nettie Lou Hamm Sparkman. He was a retired Cement Contractor and member of Pineview Baptist Church. A “Jack of All Trades”, he loved, riding motorcycles, camping, mowing, gardening, raising goats or spending time with his...
PJC Shows Strong Comparable Financial Position
Paris Junior College Board of Regents were pleased to learn at their recent meeting that PJC met all financial indicators contained in the annual Texas Community College Financial Condition Analysis. “PJC’s financial conditions analysis looks really good,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin, who also mentioned that the college was required to provide the report to the regents annually. In other actions, the Board of Regents: • Received...
