Winners Announced by Lions Club in the 2017 Christmas “Parade of Lights”
According to John Campbell, President of the Lions Club of Sulphur Springs, among the many floats entered, these are the first, second and third-place float winners in this year’s popular Lighted Christmas Parade were: NON-PROFIT CATEGORY 1.Central Baptist Church 2. Trinity Harvest Church 3. Brewer/Rawson SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY 1. Janet Martin Realty 2. Don Lalos Restaurant 3. Sister Babyz Fashions LARGE BUSINESS...
Sharon Dunn Brown
Memorial services for Sharon Dunn Brown, age 55, of Yantis will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Triumph Christian Center with Bro. Kevan Brown officiating. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m., prior to the service at the church. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Comer, Joshua Dunn, Dustin Dunn, David Pool, Kyle Newman, Chad Brown, Blake Weir, Payton Hammons, Tyan Hammons and Colby Suggs. Sharon passed away on...
Main Street Theater Presents “A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas”
For the past few weeks, co-Director Brenda Payne and her cast of nine local actors have been practicing redneck accents and mannerisms for the holiday run of “A Good Old Fashioned Redneck Country Christmas” on the stage of Main Street Theater December 8-17. Be sure and reserve your seats to enjoy this slightly different but nevertheless warm and wonderful rendition of the Christmas story and a miracle birth among common...
North Hopkins FFA Chapter Does Well at District, Area: Prepares for Stock Show
From November 2017 report by FFA Reporter Breeanna Hicks For the North Hopkins FFA Chapter, this past month has been spent competing in LDEs and preparing for the holidays. Now that LDEs are done with, the chapter can finally take a quick breather before the upcoming stock show in February. In the Leadership Development Events, we had a great outcome with success at both the District and Area Levels. At District competition The North...
Wildcats Defeat North Lamar 48-32
The Wildcats’ basketball team took care of business and defeated North Lamar, 48-32 Tuesday night in Paris. The Wildcats did not allow the Panthers to think about springing an upset as Sulphur Springs jumped out to a 17-7 first quarter lead. The Wildcats increased their lead to 29-14 at halftime. During the last two quarters, the teams basically traded baskets, Wildcats Coach Clark Cipoletta played all twelve of his players and...
Dave Evans
Graveside service for Dave Evans, age 51, of Cumby, TX will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Sunny Point Cemetery, Cumby, TX with Rev. Mike Eason officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Evans passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017 in Lake Charles, LA. Ronald Dave Evans was born on September 14, 1966 in Greenville, Texas to Alton and Joy (Bloodsworth) Evans. He married Dana Wallace on June 13, 2015...
Gary Lynn Yates
Private memorial service for Gary Yates, age 64, of Sulphur Springs ,TX will be held at a later date. Mr. Yates passed away on Sunday, December 3, 2017 at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Gary Lynn Yates was born on December 5, 1952 in Roswell, New Mexico, to Glen and Darlene (Greiner) Yates. He married Louise Marie Long on December 12, 1970 in Dallas, Texas. Gary was owner of G & L Truck Service. He is survived by...
(Mary) Juanita Preston Griffin
Graveside service for (Mary) Juanita Preston Griffin, age 93, of Carrollton,TX, formerly of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Sherley Cemetery with Buddy Wiggins officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 10:45 A.M. on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Ms. Griffin passed away December 5, 2017. (Mary) Juanita Griffin was born on April 13, 1924 to Robert and...
