Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Buys Two Misting Tents for Public Safety
November 14, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation has purchased two custom misting tents for CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs tobenefit the public using proceeds of the 2024 Snowflake Campaign. The 10’ by 10’ inflatable tents emit a cooling mist that can quickly lower body temperature, preventing heat exhaustion and heat strokes. Expect to see the tents in use at many of...
Donald Leith McMullin
September 27, 1957 — November 10, 2025Donald Leith McMullin, age 68 of Valdese, North Carolina passed away on Monday, November 10, 2025 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs, Texas. With our condolences.
Fun Reflections on the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Gala
November 3, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The 20th Gala offered by the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation is slated for January 24, 2026. The night will feature all the excitement of auctions, contests, and dancing, all for the purpose of raising money to invest in Hopkins County healthcare. Since 2006 the Gala has been an incredibly fun event to which the public is invited to participate. One person who is an...
Dinner Bell Menu for November 5, 2025
October 30, 2025 – COMMUNITY PARTNER: Christus Health & Junior Waverly Club 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 July 2016 the Hopkins County Hospital District and Christus Health formed an alliance in which Christus became the leasing...
Gala Sponsorships, Tickets, and Underwriting Opportunities are Available
October 28, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The 2026 Gala, sponsored by the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation, is only three months away. Have you secured your tickets? This is the funnest fundraiser in Hopkins County. Over the past nineteen years it has affectionately been called the adult prom! What other chance do we get during the year to don our finest formal outfits, feast on a wonderful meal, and dance...
HC Health Care Foundation’s “Celebrate ‘the girls’” Champions Breast Cancer
October 22, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – The Foundation’s breast health party, affectionately titled “Celebrate ‘the girls’”, was an incredible evening of laughter, friendship, and breast health education for the public! Women from all walks of life united in the spirit of wellness and community, with the ladies of the Hopkins County Breast Cancer Support Group serving as hosts. The event is expected to become an annual...
Gerald Edwin Thomas
June 30, 1936 — October 17, 2025 On Friday, October 17, 2025, Gerald Edwin Thomas, age 89, passed away peacefully in his assisted living care facility, Hopkins Court, in Sulphur Springs, Tx with his daughter by his side. Gerald was born on June 30, 1936, in DeQueen, Arkansas to Reed and Belle Thomas. He was a proud graduate of the University of Arkansas and spent many years taking his family to all the Razorback football games. Mr....
Jimmy Duncan
May 21, 1948 — October 15, 2025 Flora Funeral service for Jimmy Duncan, age 77 of Flora, will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 20, 2025 at Tapp Funeral Chapel (the original Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home building) 419 Gilmer St., Sulphur Springs, TX with Toney Hurley officiating. A private family interment will follow at Conner Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at 9:00 a.m. at Tapp Funeral Chapel. Jimmy...
Looking Back at the Early Years of the Foundation Gala in Advance of its 20th Anniversary
October 15, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, TX – The year was 2006, and the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation was relatively new, having begun in 1997. Jackie Voss Thornton had returned to her hometown to care for her mother a few years earlier and had been selected to serve the Foundation as its second director. If you know Jackie, you know that she came back to town with tons of energy and a friendly personality, but she...
The Ultimate Girls Night Out… And It’s Free!
October 7, 2025 – Sulphur Springs, Texas – Celebrate breast health with the Hopkins County Health Care Foundation Monday, October 13! Johanna Hicks will lead a self-exam demonstration using a silicone prosthetic breast model in a hands-on learning experience, teaching ladies how to detect breast lumps. Celebrate “the girls” is perfect for moms and daughters, friend groups, women’s clubs, and any other woman who...
