Chamber Connection – August 6, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection – August 6, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Hopkins Place will be honoring their Heroes with a First Responders Lunch, Friday, August 14th The staff and residents at Hopkins Place would like to honor their heroes & first responders with a complimentary lunch, Friday, August 14th from 12-1. They are located at 890 Camp Street. Please RSVP to Sherrie at 903-658-9278 by August 12th. Hot August...
Health Care Foundation Announces 2026 Gala Project
September 11, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation, an IRS nonprofit organization, is proud to announce its funding project to benefit from the 2026 Gala proceeds.The board of directors has approved a $250,000 donation from the 2026 Gala proceeds to purchase new medical equipment for the surgical wing expansion at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs. The Foundation is also...
Chamber Connection – September 3, 2025
By Butch Burney The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce is partnering with two other entities to bring you a free Leadership Seminar as part of our extended Lunch and Learn series. The seminar, to be held at the Sulphur Springs Country Club from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, will feature George Manning, Professor of Psychology and Business at Northern Kentucky University, who brings decades of expertise as an acclaimed...
Dinner Bell Menu for September 10, 2025
September 4, 2025 – COMMUNITY PARTNER: Charles Dawson The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. Charles Dawson is this week’s Community Partner. Charles is a lifelong Hopkins County resident and lifelong member of First United Methodist...
Dinner Bell Menu for August 27, 2025
August 21, 2025 – The doors to Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church will open at 11:00 a.m. Meal service begins at 11:30 a.m. and doors will close at 12:45 p.m. Please come join us to share fellowship and a meal. In October, 1955 community leaders in Hopkins County joined forces to raise funds for local non-profit groups. Previously, the various organizations held separate campaigns making financial requests of the...
CHRISTUS Health Dedicates Conference room to Joe Bob Burgin in Honor of Decades of Service
July 17, 2025 – (SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas) – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital- Sulphur Springs honored the remarkable legacy of Joe Bob Burgin this week by dedicating an executive conference room in recognition of his decades of service to the hospital and the broader health care community. Burgin served on the Hopkins County hospital board for nearly three decades, playing a crucial role in the hospital’s...
Annada Jones
Annada Elliott Jones passed away on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at her residence. She was born on October 11, 1941 in Sulphur Springs, the daughter of William “Bill” and Marguerite Gilbert Elliott. She married James Frank Jones on December 17, 1976 who was the love of her life and they were married for 48 years. After graduation from Sulphur Springs High School, she completed her degrees from East Texas State...
Dinner Bell for June 18, 2025
DINNER BELL, First United Methodist Church SPONSOR: Alliance Bank & Payne Electric Co. We plan to continue inside dining every Wednesday with the exception of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day. Alliance Bank was chartered as Sulphur Springs State Bank on June 13, 1927, by the two largest shareholders of First State Bank that had failed. First located on Main at Gilmer, a fire...
Sarah Evonne Edwards
Sarah Evonne Edwards was born in Sulphur Springs, Texas to Billy Wayne Sr. and Cassie L. (Clayton) Edwards on November 9, 1972. She went to Lamar Elementary, Douglas Intermediate, and Sulphur Springs High School, and later graduated from Paris High School in 1993. She gave her life to Christ at an early age at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of her late grandfather, Rev. Elgie Clayton, Sr. After moving to...
East Texas A&M News Release: Outstanding Alumni Honored at Awards Gala
May 9, 2025 – The 2025 Alumni Awards Gala Honors Alumni Who Inspire, Lead and Give Back. COMMERCE, TX, May 7, 2025— The East Texas A&M University Alumni Association hosted the 2025 Alumni Awards Gala on April 26. The formal dinner and program honored six exceptional Lions whose lives reflect a deep commitment to service, leadership and the university community. Held at the Rayburn Student Center, this year’s gala celebrated...
