Obituary – Jerry Don Gillem
A funeral service for Jerry Don Gillem, age 81, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 15, 2022, at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ed Lantz and Rev. Jason Dietze officiating. Interment will follow at Tira Cemetery with Tommy Blunt, Larry Blunt, Bruce Lockhart, Bryan Lockhart, Brock Lockhart, Sam Hentchel, Ethan Boatman, Randy Rushin, and Jeffrey Kesting serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be...
Bed Bugs Among Warmer Weather Pests Reported Recently
Mario Villarino DVM, Ph.D. Hopkins County Extension Agent By Dr. Mario Villarino, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Hopkins County Agent for Agriculture/Natural Resources, [email protected] As temperature increases, it is common to notice insect activity increase also. Because insects depend on environmental temperature to modulate their activities, warmer temperatures often prompt the development and multiplication of insect...
Sulphur Springs City Council Invite Community To Upcoming Events
Rodeo, Lewis and Abron Medical Fundraisers, First Responders Events, Kids Kingdom Work Days Coming Up This Mont Sulphur Springs City Council, before addressing the business and action items on the regular April meeting agenda, took time at the beginning of the Tuesday night, April 5, 2022 council meeting, to report on and invite community members to attend a few upcoming events they are involved in or aware of that will be happening...
Girl Scout Troop 80 Delivers For Dinner Bell, Thanks To Community Donations
Junior Scout Kate Paulson and Daisy Scout Jemma Barnes, Girl Scouts with Troop 80 of Sulphur Springs, rolled into Dinner Bell Wednesday, March 16, 2022, in a decorated wagon filled with boxes of Girl Scout cookies. Judy Gilreath, Daisy Scout Jemma Barnes and Junior Scout Kate Paulson The members of Girl Scout Troop 80 received 81 boxes of Girl Scout cookies donated by community members to benefit others. Paulson and Barnes had the...
APHIS: Avian Flu Detected In Wild Birds In 3 States Not Immediate Public Health Emergency
Mario Villarino DVM, Ph.D. Hopkins County Extension Agent None Found In Texas, But Implementation, Strengthening Of Biosecurity Practices Strongly Recommended By THAC By Dr. Mario A. Villarino, Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources, [email protected] The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of...
Dr. Mary Annette Horne
Memorial services for Dr. Mary Annette Horne, age 63, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 5, 2022, at First United Methodist Church with Bro. Ed Lantz officiating. There will be a reception to follow. Annette passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022, at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. She was born on September 4, 1958, in Dallas, TX, the daughter of Joseph E. and Dorothy Whittaker Bunch....
Elmer Louis Agee
Elmer Louis Agee was born February 17, 1933 to Clarence and Jessie Caudle Agee in Saltillo, Texas, and departed this earth for his heavenly home on January 29, 2022. Over his nearly 89 years, Louis was known and beloved for his warm and inviting nature, wry sense of humor, strong work ethic and abiding love of God, home and family. A third-generation native Texas, Louis was raised in the Old Saltillo community, near the Hopkins and...
Jerry Wilhite
Funeral services for Jerry Wilhite, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. at Murray Orwosky Chapel with Jerry Savage and Buster Sides officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with military honors. Hopkins County Marine Corps League members Garry Hall, Derb Goodman, Larry Vickers, Mike Thompson, Bobby Ulman and Bob Kerr will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are...
Lillian Jean Hearne Thompson
Lillian Jean Hearne Thompson A celebration of life memorial service for Lillian Thompson, age 90, will be held this Saturday, January 15, 2022, at 2 p.m. at League Street Church of Christ in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Visitation will precede the service at 1 p.m. Lillian Jean (Hearne) Thompson died peacefully on Friday morning, December 3, 2021, in Sulphur Springs after several years of Alzheimer’s disease. She was a resident of Wesley...
What Is A Winter Solstice?
The term “solstice” comes from the Latin words /sol (Sun) and /sistere/ (to stand still) because, during the solstice, the angle between the Sun’s rays and the plane of the Earth’s equator (called declination) appears to stand still. So what does that mean, exactly? On the arrival of the winter solstice, the Sun appears at its lowest in the sky, and its noontime elevation seems to stay the same for several days before and after this...
