Flash Flood Watch Issued for Hopkins and Surrounding Counties
National Weather Service has extended a flash flood watch to include Hopkins and surrounding counties in Northeast Texas. Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected to move through North Texas beginning Sunday and continue through late Monday night. Streams and rivers are already flooding due to rains upstream. Rain will begin Sunday afternoon and continue through Late Monday night. The heaviest rains are expected Sunday...
Mary Myrtle Burks
Funeral services for Mary Myrtle Burks will be held Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Tapp Funeral Home with Pastor Steve Cook officiating. Interment will follow at City Cemetery with Neville Stiltner, Tommy Sanderson, Johnny Hoskinson and Henry Hill serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be Saturday evening, April 16 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Tapp Funeral Home. Mary Burks, age 88, of Sulphur Springs, passed...
Jerry Wayne Dowse
Jerry Wayne Dowse went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, April 15, 2016, and joined his loving family who had preceded him. He leaves behind his high school sweetheart Colleen Chadick Dowse who was his wife of 57 years, and his children, Jana Lane Dowse and Jerry Wayne Dowse, Jr. and wife Stephanie. Jerry was born July 3, 1939, in Newsome, TX, to Iris Hill Dowse and Thomas Francis Dowse. He went to school in...
Robert Pickering
Private services for Robert Pickering, age 72 of Brashear, will be held at a later date. Robert passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at his residence. He was born on September 2, 1943 in Selma, AL the son of Lester Earl and Estelle (Warren) Pickering. He married Betty Joan Mims on April 6, 1973 in Selma, AL. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Taiwan and was a retired manager of Ferndale Fishing Club in...
Choral Society Presents The Bright Lights of Broadway, May 7-8
Carol Allen, Minzie Chase, Peg Simmons and Ken Hanushek invite everyone to a night of great music, food and fun with the N E Texas Choral Society singers.
Aileen Ogles
Funeral arrangements for Aileen Ogles, age 73 of Emory are pending with Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Aileen passed away Friday, April 15, 2016 at Senior Suite Care and Rehab in Emory.
Clyde Edwin Goins
Funeral services for Clyde Edwin Goins, age 82, of Nelta, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Sulphur Bluff Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Newsom officiating and Rev. John Ginn assisting. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., one hour prior to the service. Military graveside honors by the Hopkins County Military Coalition will follow at Nelta Cemetery with Jason Cunningham, Don South, Roy Herman, David...
Miller Grove News April 15, 2016
by Brandon Darrow Not quite as much news to report this week as the last few weeks – they were chock-full of happenings in the Grove. I do know the rains we have had lately have been beneficial to gardens in the area. Looks like we are in for another round of rain next week but hopefully not the hail we received with the last storm. Everyone is invited to the Ground Breaking Ceremony for Miller Grove’s new Elementary addition. The...
Rabies…
by Jim Rogers Rabies… The word brings fear as the effect of the disease strikes warm-blooded animals, such as dogs, cats, bats, and bovine, as well as humans. Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain that is revealed in symptoms such as fever and tingling at the site of the exposure. That’s not so bad. However, the symptoms are followed by violent actions, uncontrolled excitement, fear of water, inability to...
