Edwina Hays
Cremation arrangements for Edwina Hays, age 92, of Emory, have been completed with Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home in Emory. There has been no memorial service scheduled. Mrs. Hays passed away Monday, May 22, 2017, in Sulphur Springs, at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital. She was born May 10, 1925, in Epps, LA, to Albert Anton and Ella Maria Catalina Anderson. She married Douglas Hays in Dallas, in 1946. During her working career, she was...
Lights of Life Campaign Chairs Announce Campaign Theme, Goal and Projects
Lights of Life Campaign Chairs, Charles and Sharon Helm announced the campaign & gala theme, goal and projects to the committee at the first campaign meeting which was held on Tuesday, May 16th at noon at the Southwest Dairy Museum. The committee was excited to learn the theme of this year’s Gala: Jewel of the Nile. Sharon Helm recently returned from a visit to Egypt and she stated, “The Nile River is truly the life of Egypt. ...
Richard Arnold Wilson
Retired Rains County Sheriff Richard Arnold Wilson, age 71, of Point, passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. Funeral service is scheduled for Monday, May 8, 2017, 2:00 PM at Emory Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Hooker Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior at 1:00 PM. Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Wilson was born...
Shanda Renee Vaughn Beck
Memorial service for Shanda Vaughn Beck, 52, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 6, 2017 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. B.J. Teer and Bro. Tommy Hall officiating. Interment will follow at Sulphur Springs City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., prior to service. Shanda passed away on Monday, May 1, 2017 at Christus Mother Frances in Sulphur Springs. She was born on August 27,...
Missing Arkansas Child Found in Franklin County
Franklin County Sheriff, Ricky Jones, reported he and his deputies assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, in the recovery of a missing child from Searcy County, Arkansas on Wednesday, April 19th. According to Sheriff Jones, the FBI had received a tip of the possible location of a Missing Child just north of the Winnsboro city limits in Franklin County, TX. Upon receiving the tip, FBI Agents and Deputies from Franklin...
Public Invited to “Show and Tell”; Flight For Life Adds Fixed-Wing Aircraft
Flight For Life has added a new fixed-wing Pilatus PC-12/45 to its fleet of lifesaving aircraft. The public is invited to a “Show and Tell” event Thursday, April 27, at 10 a.m. at the Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport sponsored by CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs. The new aircraft will allow for increased speed, efficiency and capacity for air ambulance services throughout the multi-state coverage area....
Faye Hooten Murray
Graveside service for Faye Hooten Murray, age 83, of Sulphur Springs will be held at a later date at Mt. Sterling Cemetery with President Jeff Sant officiating. There will be no visitation. Faye passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital, Sulphur Springs. She was born on May 20, 1933 in Dike, TX, the daughter of Ora Bascom Johnson and Mildred Faye Stacy. She married William Byrd Hooten in 1950 and then...
PCP Blackout Causes Accident; Leads to Arrest
Keri Amanda Crump, 28, of Sulphur Springs was the driver and sole occupant of a vehicle that had been involved in a single vehicle crash that occurred on I-30 eastbound at the 111-mile marker. Crump admitted to deputies at the scene she had smoked PCP just prior to the crash. When arrested by DPS on Airport Road Sunday around 6 p.m., she also admitted to the trooper that she was under the influence of PCP. She also admitted backing...
Ora Murray
Funeral arrangements for Ora Murray, age 83, of Sulphur Springs are pending with Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Murray passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs.
Herman Wall
Funeral services for Herman Earl Wall, age 88, of Dike will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, April 6, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Chapel, Sulphur Springs, with Jerry Savage officiating. Interment to follow with military honors at Brashear Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Herman passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital, Sulphur Springs. He was born on February 14,...
