Registration for November Election Ends October 11th; ID Rules Change; Voting Centers Named
If you desire to vote in the November General Election there are several things that are important and deadlines are looming. Registration for the November election ends October 11th at 4:30 p.m. the Hopkins County Tax Office. You have until then to register. Also according to Debbie Shirley, Hopkins County Clerk, if you are unable to secure the seven forms of approved photo ID, you now have additional options for voting in person. If...
Chamber Connection-September 29
by Lezley Brown Fall is here, and you know what that means… the 47th Annual Stew Contest is a heartbeat away! The deadline for entry into the contest is Friday, October 7th at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 47th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the Cooks Meeting on Tuesday, October 11th at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their grocery reimbursement check from the Chamber, their goodie bags,...
Tira News
by Jan Vaughn Robert and Yvonne Weir took Robert’s sisters, Mary Helen Atwood and Joyce Dodd, out to lunch at Chili’s for their joint birthdays on September 19th. They enjoyed a delicious lunch and the birthday girls were treated to ice cream. Wesley played Bright Star baseball Monday night, September 12th. Yvonne visited her newest grandson, Nicolaas, that Wednesday in Dallas. On the way home she visited Elise and Eli in Caddo...
Chamber Connection September 22
By Lezley Brown The deadline has come and gone for last year’s cooks to keep their stew site, but we will always take entries for the 47th Annual Stew Cook-off. The absolute deadline for entry into the contest is Friday, October 7th at 5:00 p.m. All cooks signed up for the 47th Annual Stew Cook-off will need to attend the Cooks Meeting on Tuesday, October 11th at 6 p.m. at the Southwest Dairy Museum. Cooks will receive their...
Chamber Connection
by Lezley Brown So, tomorrow is the day!!! Friday, September 16th, is the deadline to enter the stew contest and KEEP YOUR SITE from last year. On Monday, September 19th, you may come by the Chamber and choose a new site based on availability. Cooks may sign up any time after the 16th, but they will have to choose a new site. The 47th Annual Stew Cook-off is scheduled for Saturday, October 22nd, and that will be here before you...
Tira News
By Jan Vaughn The Tira City Council will meet on Tuesday, September 6th, at 6:00 p.m. at the Community Center. Following a brief business meeting, Floyd Payton, former Tira Mayor, will be honored with a reception. Floyd resigned just before the last quarterly meeting, due to health issues. Please make plans to stop by and have some cake and punch and express your appreciation to Floyd for his dedicated service to the community. Dakota...
Charles Johnson
Funeral services for Charles Johnson, age 80, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Steve Cook officiating. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Brashear Cemetery with Sam Johnson, Todd Nance, Chris Kelly, David Kelly, Scott Hammans, Scotty Stewart, Christopher...
Tira News
By Jan Vaughn The Tira Homecoming is fast approaching. Please make plans to attend on July 3rd. The program will begin in the Tira Methodist Church at 11:00, followed by a covered-dish lunch on the picnic grounds. If you would like to contribute toward the upkeep of the cemetery, you may do so that day, or send your donation by mail, to the Tira Cemetery Association, c/o Jan Vaughn, 776 FM 1536, Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482. Billy...
Peggy Janice Meadlin
Funeral services for Peggy Janice Meadlin “Auntie”, age 77, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Al Davis officiating and Jackie McQueen assisting. Interment will follow at Ridgeway Cemetery with Chris Pryor, Patrick Pipkin, Cody Pipkin, Jason Mobley, Gary Mobley and Dylan Smith serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Sammy Burnett, Jr.,...
Mary Jo Fatheree
Funeral service for Mary Jo Fatheree was held Saturday, April 23, 2016, at Emory Baptist Church. Rev. Rodney Williams officiated. Burial followed in Emory City Cemetery. Mrs. Fatheree was born July 26, 1925, in Rusk, to Thomas Frank and Bertha Irene Taylor Terry. She graduated from Rains High School in 1942. Mary Jo married Roscoe “Rock” Veech Fatheree, in Emory, on May 10, 1951. During her working career, she was...
