Pancakes Anyone? Kiwanis Pancake Day is Saturday!
Downtown businessman Perry Altenbaumer, a 20-year member of the Sulphur Springs Noon Kiwanis Club, is inviting everyone this Saturday when the club serves the public in a day-long pancake marathon. The fundraiser will be held at the Hopkins County Civic Center from 7am til 2pm on Saturday February 17. Cost for the all-you-can-eat meal is $7 person, and children under age 6 eat free. The pancakes will be served with bacon,...
Horace Ray Lewis
Funeral services for Horace Ray Lewis, age 90, of Saltillo will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, February 18, 2018 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Fred Lewis and Rev. Charles Ethridge officiating. Interment will follow at Weaver Cemetery with grandsons and great-grandsons serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Brad Bradford, Omar Miller and Leo Matthews. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m., one hour prior to...
Joe Valton Smith
Joe Valton Smith, age 87, of Southlake Texas passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at Baylor Scott and White Hospital in Grapevine Texas. Valton was born on October 21, 1930 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He was the son of Ewell Smith and Opal White Smith. He was married to Reba Steen for 50 years and she preceded him in death. He was married to Mary Lou Allen and she survives. Valton was the owner and operator of Smith Taxidermy for...
Roland Zeke Baugh
Funeral services for Roland Zeke Baugh, 69, of Dike, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 26, 2018 at Lake Highlands Baptist Church with Bro. Johnny Wheat officiating. Military graveside honors by the Hopkins County Military Coalition will follow at North Hopkins Cemetery with Cody Nix, Tony Coffman, Erik Coffman, Emil Langer, Randy Pendleton, David Short, and David Nix serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Carl...
Van Edwin Blize
Funeral services for GySgt. Van Edwin Blize, 64, of Port Aransas, TX will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 11, 2018 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Jimmy Henry officiating. Military graveside honors by the Hopkins County Military Coalition will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Tim Dorsett, Billie R. Blize, Steve Blize, James Blize, Steven Morgan, Bryan Wawarosky, and Drake McWhorter serving as pallbearers....
Soil Liming: Beware of Lime Alternatives By Mario Villarino
Over the past few days, farmers have asked about liquid lime. According to the University of Kentucky, a recent (2015) investigation found that what was being marketed as a liquid lime with neutralizing value was in fact calcium chloride (CaCl2). This was bad news because CaCl2 provides no liming value, and is in fact not “liquid lime.” Calcium chloride is used for many purposes, including road salt or tractor tire ballast, however,...
Bill Branstetter
Funeral service for Bill Branstetter, age 88 of Sulphur Springs, TX will be held at 3:00 pm Thursday, January 4, 2018 at Tapp Funeral Chapel with Bro. Robert Taylor officiating. Visitation will be from 2:00 pm until service time. Interment will follow at DFW National Cemetery at a later date. Mr. Branstetter passed away December 29, 2017 at Carriage House Manor, Sulphur Springs, TX. Bill Branstetter was born March 19, 1929 in Cape...
Darrell W. Harris
Military graveside honors by the Hopkins County Military Coalition for Darrell Wayne Harris, age 71, of Como will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Saturday December 30, 2017 at Forrest Academy Cemetery with Dr. Jimmy Henry officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 29, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at West Oaks Funeral Home. Darrell passed away on Monday, December 25, 2017 at Rock Creek Health and Rehab. Darrell was born on...
Annie Pearl Pogue
Funeral services for Annie Pearl Pogue, age 91, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Troy Young, and Rev Chris Spivey officiating. Interment will follow at St. Luke Cemetery with Samuel Conwright, Jr., Clarence Nash, Ken Taylor, Walter Harrison, Reginald Ellis, Tommy Clayton, Van Harrison and Andrew Ray Deloney serving as pallbearers. Honorary...
Delores Norton Miller
Delores Norton Miller, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully at her lake house, surrounded by her loving family on the evening of December 12, 2017. Pallbearers: Grandsons: Trent Miller, Jeff Miller, Matt Miller, Brad Glenn, Chad Glenn, Zack King, and Zachary Ross. Honorary pallbearers: Grandchildren, Directors, and staff of Hopkins-Rains Farm Bureau, Martin Springs Water Board, and Reilly...
