Tira News 5/15/2015 by Jan Vaughn
Shirley Glossup would like to remind everyone that the North Hopkins Memorial Day Service will be held on Sunday, May 24th, at 11:00 a.m. in the Cemetery Chapel. Joyce Dodd reports that Michael was home on Saturday to celebrate Mother’s Day early, and to attend the wedding for Dakota and Ashley Weir. She comments that the wedding was beautiful. On Sunday, they had lunch at their house to celebrate Mother’s Day with the rest of the...
Tira News, by Jan Vaughn
Tira News – By Jan Vaughn Malcolm Joslin reported that, as of May 1, 2015, he will no longer be the Tira Volunteer Fire Department Chief. He shared the following: “I want to thank the City of Tira for allowing me to serve as your Chief for the past 13 years and being on the department for over 20 years. I no longer live in the community and feel that I can not serve like I should. Therefore, I feel it is best for me to...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn, 5/1/2015
The Aiguier Cemetery Association will have their annual meeting and homecoming on Sunday, June 7th, on the cemetery grounds. A pot-luck meal will be shared at noon, followed by visiting and a brief business meeting. Robert and Yvonne Weir enjoyed time with their children and their families over the weekend. Dakota and Ashley visited them on Saturday and prepared lunch. Yvonne shares, “On Sunday we met Dustin, Natalie and a friend of...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
Mick and Linda Petty spent a couple of days in Fredericksburg last week. They drove the Willow loop, which is a beautiful 15-mile stretch of private lands just north of town where the wildflowers were beautiful. They also did a little window shopping. Linda commented that they had dinner one night at the Alamo Street café, “where they have some of the best hamburgers and onion rings in Texas, really a unique place to eat.“ She adds,...
Tira News – 4/16/2015 by Jan Vaughn
By Jan Vaughn Destri Weir and her friend Eben and his children, Emmie and Mena, visited Destri’s parents, Robert & Yvonne Weir on Easter weekend. They went to Canton that Saturday. Yvonne adds, “On Sunday our whole family met at Destri’s house after church and watched the Easter parade her neighborhood has. Kinky Friedman was the Parade Marshall. It was quite entertaining” This past weekend they visited Dakota in Paris and bought...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn
The North Hopkins Cemetery Association will hold a business meeting Monday, April 13, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., in the cemetery chapel. All interested parties are encouraged to attend. Michael McNiel came to spend Easter with his parents, William and Joyce Dodd. He, Rob, Brad, Tanya, Trenton, and Matthew Dodd, Jayden Lawwill, Alyssa, Gavin, and Ethan Shelton were there for Sunday lunch and an Easter egg hunt. Alyssa, Gavin, and Ethan...
Tira News by Jan Vaughn
Kim Beck shared that her son, Jackson Dailey, won the vote for a second term as the Student Government President for the 2015-2016 school year at Texas A&M-Commerce. Great work Jackson! Dakota Weir and his friend, Ashley, visited Robert and Yvonne Weir on Saturday, Yvonne commented that they watched Unbroken – “an amazing movie.” She adds, “Wesley started Bright Star Baseball Monday night. Lots of fun!” I accompanied...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn 03/20/15
Dustin Weir was on Spring Break last week, so he spent the weekend of the 7th & 8th with his parents, Robert and Yvonne Weir. On Saturday, March 14th, Robert, Yvonne, and Wesley met Dacy, Elise, and Ely Campbell in Greenville for lunch and then they played laser tag and other games. They also went to see Dacy’s new house. On Sunday Yvonne and Dakota Weir and his friend, Ashley, attended church in Cooper, and then later they went...
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
We want to express our sympathy to the family of Oleta Bearden. She passed away on Tuesday at Carriage House and was buried in the Tira cemetery on Thursday. Her funeral was held at the Tira Methodist Church, under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral home. Please keep her family in your prayers. Memorials may be made to the Tira Cemetery or the Tira Methodist Church. Thanks go out to all who helped with the meal for the family, at...
Tira News 03/06 by Jan Vaughn
The Tira City Council met at the Tira Community Center on Tuesday night for their regular quarterly meeting. They discussed routine business and upkeep on the building and grounds. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Several students from our area participated in the NETLA market show and sale this past weekend. Tira was covered in a beautiful blanket of snow on Thursday, following string of several other winter...
