Lawmakers Push for Consumer Access to Raw Milk
by Eva Hershaw, The Texas Tribune – April 21, 2015 A lawmaker’s push to increase Texans’ access to raw milk stirred controversy on Tuesday, as dairy farmers, doctors and consumer advocates gathered at the Capitol to debate the merits of unpasteurized milk. House Bill 91 by state Rep. Dan Flynn, R-Canton, would allow licensed farmers to sell raw milk at farmers’ markers and through direct delivery to...
Roger Lee Mabe
Funeral services for Roger Lee Mabe, age 82, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark Bryant and Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Military graveside Honors by the Hopkins County Military Coalition will follow at Greenview Cemetery with Stacy Cody, Chris Voorheese, Jack Landers, Ron Landers, Bob Landers and Jason Haire serving as pallbearers. ...
Vera Harrington
Funeral services for Vera E. Harrington, age 81, of Reilly Springs, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 18, 2015, in the chapel of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home, with Rev. Jim Goodwin, officiating, and assisted by Charles Moore. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Burial is to follow in the Reilly Springs Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Larry Burns, Bobby McDonald, John McNeil, Jr.,...
Chamber Connection April 16, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Congratulations to Mattison Insurance for being the Low Net winners at the Golf Tournament! Thank you to the 230 golfers that participated in the Chamber Golf Tournament last Friday! It was an absolutely beautiful day at the Sulphur Springs Country Club! Although no one hit a hole in one for the $250,000 from Baucom Insurance, or the Dodge Truck from SS Dodge, or the Kubota from Farm Country OR the $5,000 from The Communications...
Chamber Connection by Meredith Caddell
Chamber Connection April 9, 2015 by Meredith Caddell Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament—Come out for the FUN!! This Friday we will be having a wonderful time at the beautifully renovated Sulphur Springs Country Club! If you would like more information, please call 903-885-6515. There are several morning tee times remaining, so get your forms in NOW. We will have lots of contest holes, hole in one chances plus much more! If you...
Neva Ruth Bartley
Graveside funeral service for Neva Ruth Bartley, age 81 of Seymour will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Conner Cemetery with Rev. Tim Potts officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the cemetery. Ms. Bartley passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at United Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls. She was born in Hopkins County on February 2, 1934, the daughter of Arthur “A.L.” and...
L. Buel Berry
Funeral services for L. Buel Berry will be conducted at First Baptist Church Sanctuary at 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 30, 2015 with Pastors Mark Bryant, Fred Lewis and Tommy Johnston officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Wayne Galyean, Gene White, Don Deaton, Kenneth Ward, Clyde Nichols, Lum Lumsden, Robert Carpenter, Jimmy Lloyd and the deacons of First Baptist Church. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday March...
Chamber Connection March 26
by Meredith Caddell Ribbon Cutting for Bright Star League of Cultural Arts, Friday, March 27th at Noon on the Square!!! Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament—April 10th @ SS Country Club…Register NOW! Registration forms are available NOW for the 26th Annual Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament that will take place on Friday, April 10th at the beautifully redesigned Sulphur Springs Country Club. If you would like more information, please...
Mary Anna Patty
Funeral service for Mary Anna Whitley Patty, age 90, of Sulphur Springs, TX, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Shooks Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Steve Cook and Rev. Henry Suche officiating and Linda Suche assisting. Interment will follow at Shooks Chapel Cemetery with Brian Persinger, Paul Smith, Jimmy Winfrey, Bill Alford, Johnny Ferguson, and Troy Garrett serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be...
Martha Dean Dickson Hare
Funeral services for Martha Dean Dickson Hare will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, February 27, 2015 at the First Baptist Church of Mount Vernon with Clay Dixon and Jimmy Rogers officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery with Trey Brazil, Drew Conley, Mike Elliott, Wayne Foster, Jerry Hughes, Phillip Mattek, Billy Slaton, Jody Stanley, and Ryan Thompson serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Rody Alden and Shane...
