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...
Ardys Naomi Nelsen Dennis
February 13, 1924 – December 10, 2021 (age 97) Ardys Naomi Nelsen Dennis Ardys Naomi Nelsen Dennis was born February 13, 1924, to parents Ned Peter and Anna Hansine Busk Nelsen, on a farm in Murray County, Minnesota. She passed from this life December 10, 2021, in Hopkins County, Texas. As a child, Ardys attended District 25, a one-room school for grades 1 through 8, where her oldest sister was a 1st grade teacher. She said...
Leona “Sue” Caddell
Leona “Sue” Caddell Leona “Sue” Caddell, 76, left this world to meet Jesus and be reunited with her daughter Jaime on December 3, 2021. A celebration of life will be held at West Oaks Funeral Home, Monday, December 13, at 2 p.m. with Pastor Ed Lantz of First United Methodist Church Sulphur Springs officiating. Sue was born on April 24, 1945, in Harlingen, Texas. She attended Richfield High School where she was an...
Lillian Jean Hearne Thompson
Lillian Jean Hearne Thompson Lillian Jean Hearne Thompson, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, died peacefully on Friday morning, December 3, 2021, in Sulphur Springs after several years of Alzheimer’s disease. She was a resident of Wesley Oaks Memory Care in Sulphur Springs. She was born April 11, 1931, the daughter of Coy Winston Hearne and Lillian Eoline Walker Hearne. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas in 1948 and...
Ronnie Landers
Ronnie Landers Graveside service for Ronnie Landers, age 76 of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 4, 2021, at Greenview Cemetery with Garrett Landers, Mason Moseley, Danny Rubalcava, Jon Landers and Brittan Blount serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held Thursday, December 2, 2021, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. Mr. Landers passed away on November 29, 2021, at his residence....
Commissioners Agree To Small Change In Pine Forest Solar I & Hybrid I Road Use Contract
Purchase Of New Work Truck Approved For Precinct 3 Hopkins County Commissions Court on Monday approved the purchase of a new work truck for Precinct 3, a small change in Pine Forest Solar I and Pine Forest Hybrid I Road Use agreement, contract for sheriff’s and fire department training and equipment programs. Road Use Amendment The Commissioners Court on Aug. 23, 2021 agreed to allow at least 9 county roads to be used by Pine...
BT Solterra Solar Reinvestment Zone Approved, Chapter 381 Agreement In Works
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning approved a reinvestment zone for BT Solerra Solar, LLC, a $140 million solar project planned in the Saltillo area. Reinvestment Zone The Commissioners Court at 9:23 a.m. Nov. 22 conducted a public hearing for the proposed reinvestments zone for a second solar project planned in the Saltillo area. Austin Willis, director of Solar and Storage for Belltown Power Texas Austin Willis,...
2021 Blue Santa Program Online Registration Form, QR Code For Donations Active
Annual Toy Drive Planned Nov. 30 And Dec. 1 at Walmart After a brief glitch last week, the Hopkins County-Sulphur Springs Blue Santa program’s 2021 online registration form is active to accept applications from families in need of a little extra help providing Christmas gifts for their children this year. Donations are also being accepted to help Blue Santa ensure no Hopkins County child age 1-14 goes without Christmas this...
