Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Tira News By Jan Vaughn Our community looking for volunteer firefighters. If you (or anyone you know) are interested, please contact Chief Johnny Martin at 903-243-3247. No prior experience needed. You will be trained and your gear and equipment will be provided. We are in need of manpower to safeguard Tira and Hopkins County. I didn’t receive any other reports this week, so you get to hear about my family again! Tim and Lori Vaughn...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Several gathered for the Tira Homecoming on Sunday. Leroy Reaves served as the Master of Ceremonies for the program. He welcomed everyone and encouraged many to share memories of time spent in Tira. Floyd Payton presided over the Tira Cemetery Association business meeting. Billy Joe Clayton and Floyd Payton were reelected to the cemetery board. A special collection was taken to help toward clearing the land, which was donated...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
The Tira Homecoming is coming up this Sunday, July 5th. Please make plans to come visit with friends. The program and cemetery association meeting will begin at 11:00 in the Tira Methodist Church. Following the program, the group will enjoy a covered-dish lunch and a time fellowship at the picnic tables under the trees. Rick Petty just returned from a trip to Peru with Ken Chapman. They flew to Lima then on to Cusco. From there they...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
The 2015 Hillis Reunion is coming up on June 20th and 21st, at the Tira Community Center. Minnie (Hillis) Reagor reports, “Any Hillis descendent from any branch is welcome! Our branch descends from Andrew “Jackson” Hillis (1815/17 – 1878) who married 1) Aliza Elizabeth Hawkins, and 2) Mary Ann Shelton, branching out from the Lauderdale Co, AL & Giles Co & Lawrence Co, TN regions… spreading out across various...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn 12/04/2014
The Tira City Council met on Tuesday night and discussed routine business. Malcolm Joslin, Sherry Smiddy, and Powell Vickery were sworn in for another term on the council. Following the meeting, the group decorated the community center for the Community Christmas Party, which is this Saturday evening at 6:00. Brisket will be provided. Residents should bring side dishes and desserts and canned goods (preferably gallon size) for the...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn 09/03/14
The Tira City Council held their regular quarterly meeting Tuesday night at the Community Center. Hopkins County Fire Chief, Kevin Yates, came to get acquainted with the volunteer firefighters and the council members. He shared that some training opportunities are in the planning stages. The sessions will provide useful training for the volunteers and will help with qualifying for grants, which are available to help with expenses of...
Tira News, 7/23/14
We want to express our sympathy to Tami Joslin and her family in the loss of her father, Martin W. Cooper, Sr. He passed away on Monday. Arrangements are under the direction of Mulkey Mason Funeral home in Denton, with family night on Wednesday, from 6-8, and the funeral service on Thursday at 10 a.m. A graveside service will be held at the North Hopkins Cemetery, Wednesday afternoon at 2:00. Please remember the family in your...
Commissioners Approve Corinth Deed Transfer, RFQ Committee
Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved Corinth School deed transfer, and FRQ Selection Committee and budget amendments for two donations, during their regular August 9 meeting. Corinth School Property Hopkins County Commissioners Court was asked to transfer the deed for the old Corinth School Property to the county resident who has been paying the taxes on the County Road 4772 property for the past few years. The measure,...
Hopkins County Records for Oct. 25, 2019
Land Deed Transactions Lisa Renee Mitchell, Michael Keith Mitchell, Lisa Renee Mitchell Touchtone and Steven Touchtone to Nona Fair Gober; tract in the E. Melton survey Amanda Weatherford and Corley M. Weatherford to Brian Adams and Chelsea Adams; tract in the James Ford survey David M. Owens and Emma L. Owens to Marica Castillo and Samuel Castillo Gonzalez; tract in the John S. Bowen survey Don E. Courtney to Colbie Cross Norment;...
County Records For Sept. 6, 2019
Land Transactions W. Pat Bryant to Joe Ardis; tract in the Mary Ann Bowin surveyDavid M. Owens and Emma L. Owens to S&R Constructions LLC; tract in the JS Bowen surveyKaren Thurman Partin to Karol Ann Delong and Thomas Richard Kelty, trustees for The Partin Irrevocable TrustMike Odell, independently and as indpendent executor for the Jimmy De Odell Estate, to Tam Bui; tract in the James Webb surveyVanderbilt Mortgage And Finance...
