Durwood “Pop” Smith
Funeral service for Durwood “Pop” Smith, age 84 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 30, 2023 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel with K.C. Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Ronnie Nix, Laverl Edwards, Dan Petty, Bryan Hawkins, Chris Penny, and Dustin Emerick serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Glenn Hamlin, Bailey Davis, Don Petty, and Brennan Rhoades....
Glyn Strickland, Jr.
Born March 13, 1956 died December 21, 2023 at the age of 67. MEMORIAL SERVICE will be Thursday January 4, 2024 starting at 2:00 PM at West Oaks Funeral Home With our condolences.
Did You Drink ‘Big Chief’ Soda?
December 28, 2023 – While clearing out part of my shop, I came across a collection of old soda bottles. Most of them were Pepsi bottles touting the 1972 Dallas Cowboys, but one was unique. It’s impossible to know what flavors of soda were inside this bottle, but one thing is clear, it’s a ‘Big Chief’. My bottle is from a bygone era when independent bottlers were almost as common as modern fast food...
Brayden Wooten
Funeral service for Brayden Wooten, age 21, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 2:30 P.M. at Shannon Oaks Church with Bro. Jonathan McGraw officiating. Interment will follow at Como Cemetery with Christian Ingram, Dylan Ingram, Kaden Wallace, Wiley Bennett, Braxton Hohenberger, Blayne Hohenburger, Jake Smith and Joseph Pelton serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Jermond Amos, Straton...
Be Sure to Renew Your Ag/Timber Registration by December 31
Farmers, ranchers and timber producers with a valid agricultural and timber registration number must renew those by December 31, 2023 The ag/timber registration numbers are required under Texas law to claim a sales tax exemption on products used in the course of agricultural or timber production. “This renewal process is part of helping farmers and ranchers reduce their input costs,” Brant Wilbourn, Texas Farm Bureau associate...
Make Your Reservation Now For Chamber Banquet
December 27, 2023 – From Butch Burney, Chamber President/CEO It is with great pleasure that the 2024 Board of Directors invites you to the 97th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Banquet on Thursday, February 15, at 6 p.m. at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. We will host a Networking Cocktail Happy Half Hour at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30, and the awards will follow at 7 p.m. Please take this opportunity...
Ronny Earl Bailey
Ronny Earl Bailey, age 73, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2023 at his residence in Cumby Texas. Born December 14, 1950 in Sulphur Springs, TX to Roy Lee Bailey and Mary Ann Gafford. He is survived by his two sons, Ronny Bailey, and Jason Bailey; two grandchildren, Daniel Brian Bailey, and Shelby Bailey; two sisters, Sharon Powell, and Brenda Moerbe; and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents. As per...
Laquita Gay Stanley Howle
Laquita Gay Stanley Howle, age 61, of Sulphur Springs, passed peacefully at her home on December 24, 2023. She was born August 30, 1962 in Ft. Worth, TX to William Cardell Stanley, Sr and Hettie Ellen (Crowley) Stanley. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Dan and Cory Stanley; and sister, Joyce Miller. Laquita is survived by her husband, Glen Howle. They were devoted to each other for 15 years and were married on...
Joyce “Bonnie” McClain
Graveside service for Joyce “Bonnie” McClain, age 93, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, January 2, 2023, at the DFW National Cemetery with Earl Gregory officiating. A memorial service held at the New Beginnings Fellowship Baptist Church will be held at a later date. Mrs. McClain passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023, in her home. Joyce “Bonnie” McClain Joyce was born to Norman Eugene and Gordon Marie...
Jimmy Glenn Davis
Funeral Services for Jimmy Glenn Davis, age 66, of Sulphur Springs, TX will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 30, 2023 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Holley officiating. Pallbearers will be Pat Young, Phil Howard Stephens III, Robert Franklin, James Johnson, Richard Finney, Jr., and Gilbert Roland. Honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Lewis, Jacob Lewis, Allen Lewis, Lawrence Cash, J.D. Davis, and Arthur...
