Eddy Earl Morton
Eddy Earl Morton Funeral services for Eddy Earl Morton, age 60, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at Shannon Oaks Church with Bro. Jeff Harris and Bro. Gene Mattison officiating. Interment will follow at Reilly Springs Cemetery with Bobby Beck, Morgan Anderson, Blake Turner, Jeff Vititow, Steve Bradley, Jeff Griggs, Paul Ray Vititow, Steve Crawford, Wendell Grimes, Sam Johnson, Mike Wood and...
Debra E. Smiddy
Memorial services for Debra E. Smiddy, age 56, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, February 6, 2022, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Phillip Mathis officiating. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on hour prior to service time. Debra passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022, at Christus Mother Frances in Tyler. She was born on August 7, 1965, in Sulphur Springs the daughter of J. C. McPherson and Gloria...
Joyce L. Rowell
Funeral services for Joyce L. Rowell, age 87, of Dallas will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, February 5, 2022, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Emblem Cemetery with Michael Stephens, James Rowell, Steve Hayter, Terry Solomon, Alejandro Ramirez, Kimberly Ramirez, and Sarah Stephens serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be at 2:00 p.m., one hour prior to service time. Joyce passed away at the...
Long Range Facilities Planning Presentation, Personnel Policy On Special Feb. 7 SSISD Board Meeting
A special Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees meeting has been called for noon Monday. The SSSISD Board agenda includes only three items, a presentation, policy change and executive session to consider personnel matters. SSISD logo The board is slated to hear from Dr. Lizzy Johnson, who will present a recommendation from the Long Range Facilities Planning Committee. Assistant Superintendent Josh Williams is scheduled to present for...
L D Smith
Reverend LD Smith moved to Heaven on Friday, January 28, 2022, after a week of double pneumonia caused by covid. LD had also been battling vascular dementia for a few years. He was an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God and served as pastor and evangelist for many years. As a teen and young adult, he traveled with several ministries and tent evangelists, serving as music leader, business manager, preliminary platform man,...
Revised Obituary – Albert Ray Morgan
Albert Ray Morgan A funeral service for Albert Ray Morgan, age 72, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Love and Faith Church in Greenville, Texas, with Rev Undra Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Grundy Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, January 4, 2022, at Peters Funeral Home in Greenville, Texas. Mr. Morgan passed away on January 27, 2022, at...
Weather-Related Schedule Changes
Oncor Still Working To Restore Power In Some Areas The sun is beginning to peek out from the clouds, melting some snow and ice, but temperatures remained below freezing late Friday morning. Hopkins County residents, along with those across North Texas, are still cautioned to be remain home if they can to avoid the patches of ice that remain on roadways. With temperatures only expected to be above freezing for a few hours, and...
Wildcats and Lady Cats New 4A Districts Announced
On Thursday, Feb. 3 the UIL announced the new districts for Texas. Wildcats football now play in District 8-4A of Division I and play Anna, Mabank, Nevada Community, Paris and Kaufman. The new district for football has Sulphur Springs play two schools from East Texas (Paris, Mabank) and three more from the outskirts of the DFW metroplex in Anna, Kaufman and Nevada Community. For non-football sports such as basketball, the Wildcats and...
16 SSHS Students To Attend BPA State Leadership Conference
Sixteen top students from Sulphur Springs High School will be attending the Business Professionals of America 2022 State Leadership Conference, in Fort Worth, Texas, March 2-5, 2022. Twelve qualified outright and two others were named as alternates to state based on their performance at the Regional Leadership Conference . Alternate Mackenzie Posey, however, had been bumped up as a qualifier in the administrative support category when...
Obituary – Rochelle Annett Williams Hill
Rochelle Annett Williams Hill A funeral service for Rochelle Annette Williams Hill, age 52, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 6, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. There will be no formal visitation. Mrs. Hill passed away on January 25, 2022, at her residence. Rochelle was born on August 5, 1969, in Los Angles, California, to Doris Williams. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her spouse, James...
