Andrews Will Serve Day for Day in Possession Plea Agreement
Thursday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Justin Wayne Andrews was sentenced to four years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and will serve day for day. He was indicted by a Hopkins County Grand Jury in November, 2017. Andrews plead to Possession of more than 1-gram but less than 1-grams of Methamphetamine in a Drug Free Zone. Charges for tampering with physical evidence were dismissed in the...
Claudie Alberts
Military Graveside Service for Claudie Alberts, age 90, of La Port Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at North Hopkins Cemetery, Birthright, Texas with Rev. Bruce Stinson officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Surrounded by family, Claudie Edward Alberts passed away at 2:45 PM Thursday, February 1, 2018, in LaPorte Texas, after recently being diagnosed with cancer. Claudie was born January 23,...
Christene Davis Brewer
Funeral Service for Christene Davis Brewer, age 101, of Weaver, Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at Weaver Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery. There will be no formal visitation. Ms. Brewer passed away on February 1, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in Lubbock, Texas. She was born March 4, 1916 in Weaver, Texas to Guthrie and Viola Davis. She was the eldest of 5 siblings. She married Willis...
Irene Dietzel
Graveside service for Irene Dietzel, age 93, of Miller Grove, will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at Miller Grove Cemetery with Father Juan Sardinas officiating and Chance Nelms, Wesley Jordan, Charlie Hoag and Zachary Freeland serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel. Ms. Dietzel passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at her residence. Irene...
Diane Woddard
Funeral service for Diane Woodard, age 66, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with L.D. Baxley officiating. Interment will follow at Como Cemetery with Ashton Alexander, Steven Alexander, Timmy Alexander, Kevin Beck, Chad Beck, Tracy Pierce, Jason Keller and Kyle Cordell serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M. on Friday, February 2,...
Tira News February 2, 2018
By Jan Vaughn We want to express our sympathy to Dorreice (Horn) Shuptrine and family. Dorreice’s husband, Pete Shuptrine, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, following a lengthy illness. Visitation will be at West Oaks Funeral Home, in Sulphur Springs, at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, followed by a graveside service at the Tira Cemetery at 12:30. Dorreice resides in Plano and is the daughter of the late Noble and Modena Horn, of Tira....
Mildred Vaden
Visitation for Mildred Vaden, age 82, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held from 1 to 3 P.M. on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Private family graveside service will follow at Aiguier Cemetery with Lane-Allton Potts, Kelly Potts, Joe Underwood, Randy Davis, Mike Lindsey and Fred Bloomingdale serving as pallbearers. Mrs. Vaden passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 in Paris, TX. Mildred Nancy Vaden...
Saltillo Basketball Defeats Fannindel
Both the Saltillo Lions and the Saltillo Lady Lions picked up basketball wins against Fannindel Tuesday. The Saltillo Lions won 77-29. The Lions outpointed Fannindel in every quarter. Walker McGill led the Lions with 20 points. Chris Boekhorst scored 19 points. Matthew Gurley added 11 points. Michael Clover had 9 points. Ben Moore and Trevor Moore scored 6 points each. Levi Hoover scored 4 points. Branson McGill had 2 points. The...




