Paris Junior College wins Community Investment Award in Greenville
February 18, 2025 – Paris Junior College was honored with the 2024 Community Investment Award from the Greenville Board of Development (GBOD) at the Greenville Chamber of Commerce/GBOD’s annual banquet held on Feb. 7, 2025. PJC President, Dr. Stephen Benson, was joined at the awards dinner by PJC Board of Regents Secretary Berdie Gibson and Regents Josh Bray, Dr. Linda Kapp, Charles Lynch, Ginna Bowman, and Taylor Slagle....
Frances Skelton
February 12, 1946 — February 17, 2025 Sulphur Springs Funeral service for Frances Skelton, age 79, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs. Interment will follow at Martin Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Skelton passed away at Christus Mother...
Starkeisha Wright
Star was born January 01, 1990, to ralph and Lisa Wright. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She was employed at Saputo Foods. Star was a beautiful soul in and out who left this world far too soon. She was preceded in death by her father Ralph Wright. She leaves to mourn her mother, Lisa Wright; sister, Brittany Wright (Cody); brother, Jeremy White (Shaun); three nieces, London, Paris, and Jerzi; one nephew, Kingston...
East Texas A&M Earns Coveted R2 Research Institution Status in Carnegie Classification
The R2 designation reinforces East Texas A&M’s growing reputation as a leading research university. COMMERCE, TX, Feb. 17, 2025— East Texas A&M University is proud to announce its designation as a Research 2 (R2) institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This recognition highlights the university’s commitment to research and innovation, placing it among an elite group of...
Larry Walls
Larry Lane Walls, 77, of Sulphur Springs, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2025, surrounded by his family and friends. Larry married Keitha Kirkpatrick on September 22, 1978. She was not just the love of his life, but they were truly soul mates. Together they raised three lovely daughters, Lindsey, Tracey, and Audrey, who gave them eight grandchildren who knew him as Dad Dad. Larry also loved music and was a very talented guitarist...
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Man Bingo Returns April 10
February 18, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas — After exceeding all expectations in its first year, Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Man Bingo is back for round two of raising money for men’s healthcare in Hopkins County. The event will take place Thursday, April 10 in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. Last year, the first Man Bingo, affectionately referred to as Mingo, significantly surpassed its goal and funds were...
Helen Sapaugh
August 24, 1938 — February 17, 2025 Sulphur Springs Funeral service for Helen Sapaugh, age 86, of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 1:00-2:30 p.m. at the church. Ms. Sapaugh passed away at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs on...
Bobbie Ann Askew
May 18, 1940 ~ February 15, 2025 (age 84) Funeral Service for Bobbie Ann Askew will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, February 21, 2025 at League Street Church of Christ with Bro. D.J. Barnes officiating. Interment will follow the service at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Bobbie passed away on February 15, 2025 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Bobbie Askew
Dwight Dixon Crigger II “Dick”
April 26, 1945 — February 15, 2025 Emory After a long battle with Parkinson’s—one of the few fights he couldn’t out-stubborn—Dick, at the age of 79, has finally cast his last line. He left us on February 15, 2025, most likely mid-cast, muttering around about a fish that “was right there” but somehow still got away. Dick was the world’s best fisherman—at least in his own mind. He could spend hours talking about the “monsters” he...
Reta Jane Turner
Reta Jane Turner, 89, of Sherman, TX, a woman of faith, strength and independence, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of February 16, 2024. Born on March 6, 1934 in Matthews, MO, to Richard Bradford Pearcy and Geneva Eulala Phillips, Reta grew up in southeast Missouri (Kennet) and northeast Arkansas (Newport), settling in Texas when she was 12 years old. Reta was the eldest of four sisters – Marty, Sherma and Pat,...
