Joe Blanks
Funeral services for Joe Blanks, age 61 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Jon Nesbitt officiating. Interment will follow in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Charles Marzek, James Doss, Edward Beaver, Harold Follis, Michael Blanks, Braden Blanks and Roger Follis serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 1,...
Early Vote Totals Over 3000 Ballots
The last day of early voting resulted in the largest one day vote cast of the 11 day period for the March 1st Primary. A total of 593 votes were cast on Friday, February 26. Of that number 559 were Republicans and 34 were Democrats. According to totals given KSST News by the County Clerk’s office, 3,008 votes were cast during early voting. For Republicans, 2763 have voted and Democrat ballots total 245. Only Republicans have...
Leeo Henry Janway
Funeral service for Leeo Henry Janway, age 86, of Sulphur Springs, TX, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Rick Richardson officiating. Interment will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with Joe Jennings, Danny Joe Jennings, Larry Cox, Jeff Sanderson, Brent Johnson, and Gary Fouse serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., on Tuesday, March 1,...
Fourteen Polling Places for Tuesday’s Primary Election; Sample Ballots
On Tuesday, March 1st, Hopkins County registered voters will be able to cast their Primary Election day ballots at any of the Vote Centers in the county from 7:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. Below are voting locations in Hopkins County. During the November 3, 2015 Constitutional Amendments Election, the county reduced the number of polling places from 21 to 14 providing the option to vote at a place nearby instead of having to travel to...
Hector Manuel Montoya
Funeral service for Hector Manuel Montoya, age 22, of Emory, will be held Thursday, March 3, 2016, 2:00 pm, at House of Prayer, in Emory, with Bro. Kenneth Ishmael and Bro. Ronnie Nalls officiating. Burial will follow in Greenview Cemetery. Visitation will be 1:00 pm, one hour prior to service at the church. Manuel died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at his home. He was born Nov. 29, 1993 in Terrell to Antioco Montoya and Claudia San...
Jerry Dewayne Northcutt
Funeral service for Jerry Dewayne Northcutt, age 53, of Point, will be held Wednesday, March 2, 2016, 2:00 pm, at First Baptist Church in Point. Bro. Zack Honzell will officiate. Burial will follow in Lynch Cemetery. Visitation will be 1:00 pm, one hour prior to service, at the church.Mr. Northcutt died Saturday in a bicycle/vehicle accident in Point. He was born June 18, 1962, in Greenville, to James Edgar and Zelma Louise Moss...
Junior Market Livestock Show Sale of Champion Sets Another Record
Organizers of the Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show called the show and the Sale of Champions “Unbelievable”. Although totals are not final, the sale of 124 projects that made the show garnered over $370,000. This year four scholarships were awarded at the Saturday Show. In past years only two scholarships had been given. These 4 scholarships were awarded Saturday at the Hopkins County Junior Market Livestock Show SALE OF...
June McDaniel Buchanan
A memorial service to celebrate the life of June McDaniel Buchanan will be held Monday, March 7, 2016, at 11:00 AM in the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Ms. Buchanan, age 78, of Garland, formerly of Emory, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, in The Village at Richardson. Ms. Buchanan was born on June 15, 1937, in Emory, to John Thomas and Ester King McDaniel. She graduated from Rains High School with the Class of...
Lamb, Goat, Poultry Winners Named at Junior Market Livestock Show
Hopkins County Regional Civic Center was abuzz with activity Thursday afternoon and Friday morning as 257 FFA and 4-H exhibitors prepared and presented their 300 projects for the Junior Market Livestock Show. The Junior Market Livestock Show is a Hopkins County annual event that features youth and their projects in both showmanship and project categories. Those who qualify for the Sale of Campions will reap the reward of their labor...
Frances Garmon Hopkins
Funeral services for Frances Garmon Hopkins, age 96 of Cumby, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 29, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Jan Hopkins officiating. Interment will take place at Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport, LA. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Frances passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Carriage House. She was born on January 19, 1920 in Bogata, the daughter of...
