Texas A&M Commerce Highlights Money Management Center
July 24, 2024 – Financial literacy is essential to higher education, and the new Blue to Gold Money Management Center at Texas A&M-Commerce is already making an impact. Opened on May 1, the center aims to help students successfully navigate money matters in college and beyond. The center, funded partly by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education, is staffed by trained money...
James Norman Morgan
November 13, 1933 ~ July 21, 2024 (age 90) Full obituary forthcoming. VISITATION Sunday July 28, 2024 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at West Oaks Funeral Home 500 S. Hillcrest DriveSulphur Springs, TX 75482 FUNERAL SERVICE Monday July 29, 2024 2:00 PM West Oaks Funeral Home INTERMENT FOLLOWING FUNERAL SERVICE Monday July 29, 2024 Sulphur Springs City Cemetery 7th Street Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 With our...
Michael Scott Burgin
Memorial service for Scott Burgin, age 63, of Brashear, Texas, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2024 at the First United Methodist Church in Sulphur Springs with Reverend Peter McNabb officiating. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Allen Coleman, Michael Emmons, Joe Mack Gober, Marlin Jones, Ron Plaxco, Ralph Pruess, and Roy Pruess. Scott passed away peacefully at Methodist Hospital Dallas on Friday, July 19,...
Chamber Connection – July 23, 2024
By Butch Burney Even if you think you know Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County, you are sure to learn a lot through Leadership Sulphur Springs, which is back on this year, with applications online! The leadership class is for Hopkins County men and women who want to learn and become more invested in their local community. It’s an intensive nine-month program that immerses the participants in the business and government of Sulphur...
Rusty Robinson
Funeral service for Rusty Robinson, age 54 of McKinney, Texas will be held at12:00 P.M. on Saturday, July 27, 2024 at The Cowboy Church of Collin County with Chaplain Marc Ira Hooks officiating. Interment will follow at McCurley Cemetery with the Lowry Crossing Fire Department serving as pallbearers. There will be no formal visitation. Rusty passed away on July 20, 2024 at Medical Center McKinney. Rusty was born on October 21, 1969 in...
Trees play a Significant role in the Landscape by Mario Villarino
July 23, 2024 – Trees play a significant role in the landscape, specially in east Texas. There is a strong association between the east Texas and the presence of big oaks or pecans. We all have memories of our childhood playing or spending time around a big tree. Trees are, from my perspective, magnificent creatures. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension provides detailed guidance on tree care to help maintain the health and...
Texas A&M-Commerce President Asks Board to Hold Off on Name Change
July 23-, 2024 – Current TAMU-C President, Dr. Mark Rudin, recently asked the Texas A&M System Board of Regents to hold off on making any name change at the Commerce location as the Board has an upcoming meeting July 31-August 2. There has been much discussion over the rumor from June that the A&M System Board of Regents has considered changing the name to include “Dallas” in the name as the East Texas...
St. James Catholic Church Garage Sale Coming Up
July 23, 2024 – Sulphur Springs’ St. James Catholic Church is planning a garage sale for the first two weekends in August. The Women’s Auxillary at the local church will be hosting their annual garage sale two consecutive Fridays and Saturdays on August 2nd & 3rd, as well as August 9th & 10th. The sale times will be from 8:00am until 4:00pm each day and the items will be located inside the Education Building...
John Mark has Another chat with Hopkins County Master Gardener Ronnie Wilson on This Episode of A Second Cup Of Coffee
On this exciting episode of KSST’s A Second Cup of Coffee With John Mark Dempsey, John Mark sat down, again, with Hopkins County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Master Gardener Ronnie Wilson. The two continue their conversation about water and watering plants from their last chat. The two also talk about lantana. In one of the pictures of lantana there is a green humming bird. And, at the end of the episode, after the credits,...
Shirley Barker
March 18, 1936 — July 21, 2024 Funeral service for Shirley Barker, age 88, of Winnsboro, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with C.J. Duffey officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Jeremy Keen, Terry Hayley, Cade Hayley, Don Bunch, and Ron Bunch serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at 1:00 p.m. Mrs. Barker passed...
