Chamber Connection February 4th, 2016 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection Chamber Connection February 4, 2016 by Meredith Caddell Saddle Up & Save the Date…2/18 is the 90th Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet Dust off your boots and put on your jeans for a rip-roarin’ good time at the 90th Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet/Annual Membership Meeting! This is a great night to enjoy a delicious meal and congratulate the deserving recipients of the many awards! Tickets are $25 with...
Teresa Kaye Stubblefield
Graveside service for Teresa Kaye Stubblefield, age 54, of Sulphur Springs, TX, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., on Friday, February 5, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Mrs. Stubblefield passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at Baylor Health Care Center of Dallas. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral...
Dwayne Boyd
Funeral Services for Dwayne Boyd, age 55 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 6, 2016 at First Baptist Church Yantis with Bro. Byron George and Rev. Craig Vance officiating. Interment will follow at Yantis Cemetery with Sidney Walker, Larry Ponder, Tim Ponder, Marcus Hill, Wesley Attaway, Mike Smith, Tyler McCrary, Adam Coleman and David Allen serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Fred...
Miller Grove News
by Brandon Darrow Not much news in the old “Grove” this week. Seems as though we’ve hit a lull as far as news in the community goes. The last couple of weekends my cousin, Nathan Petty, and I have done a little work on cleaning brush out of the fence row at the community center. There have been several people pass by driving slow to see what we were doing – I guess that’s typical in our small community. We have it looking a...
Public Library Offers Preschool Storytime, Multiplayer Minecraft, and Options for Adults
Storytime at Sulphur Springs Public Library. The Very Ready Reading Program for Preschoolers is held on the first and third Fridays of each month at 10:30. Parents and caregivers are a child’s first teacher. One of the 7 Ways to help your child get ready to read is to Share Sounds: Sounds are the building blocks of words. February 5 is our next Storytime! Multiplayer Minecraft every Tuesday 3-6pm. Minecraft is a popular build...
Hopkins County School News
Congratulations to Aysha Day, 2016 Homecoming Queen for the North Hopkins Panthers. During the Feb. 2 Homecoming game, North Hopkins Boys beat the Cumby Trojans. Cumby will host the Como-Pickton Eagles on Friday February 5 in games that start at 5pm, and Yantis will travel to Bloomberg. The Saltillo Lions will hold Homecoming on Friday February 5, facing Union Hill. Games begin at 5pm with the JV Girls, followed by presentation of the...
SSHS Hearts Festival King and Queen Nominees
by Allison Bledsoe Sulphur Springs Student Council will hold the 2016 Hearts Festival on February 13th from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of last week SSHS students nominated the “Sweethearts” from their grade level as well as a “Wild Card” couple that consists of two students from separate grade levels. From the Freshman grade Jaci Glenn and...
Maude Speaks
Maude Speaks, age 89 of Dallas, passed away on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 at her home in Dallas. She was born on April 4th, 1926 in Wood County to the late Willie Canaday and Claudie Newkirk Speaks. She was a homemaker, and a member of First Missionary Baptist Church of Cockrell Hill in Dallas. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of sixty-two years, H.V. Speaks on May 23, 2004; son, Harold Speaks; six sisters and...
