Southwest Dairy Museum and Education Center
The objective of the Museum is to preserve the history of the Southwestern dairy industry for the enjoyment and education of generations to come. This 10,000 square foot facility is a typical dairy-farm style building featuring a five-story silo that houses a conference room. One of our main exhibits is a series of historical vignettes that show the life of a dairy farm family before electricity came to rural America. At the Southwest...
Melba Starrett Vaughan
Melba Starrett Vaughan A funeral service for Melba Starrett Vaughan, age 83 of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with preacher Jerry Savage officiating. Interment will follow at Reilly Springs Cemetery with David Oberlender, Daniel Oberlender, Chris Scroggins, Dallas Clifton, Kenneth Starrett and Rebecca Oberlender serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held...
Farewell Reception For Freddie Taylor Planned June 7
A farewell reception for Freddie Taylor is planned June 7, 2022, just before the regular council meeting in the Council Chambers inside the Municipal Building (City Hall) on Davis Street. Freddie Taylor, 18-year Place 4 City CouncilmanSulphur Springs City Council February 2022Sulphur Springs City Council August 2021Freddy Taylor, Place 4 City Councilman, June 2021, the new HW Grays BuildingSulphur Springs City Councilman, Place 4,...
Stephanie Couch
Stephanie Couch A memorial service for Stephanie Couch, age 48, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4, 2022, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. C. J. Duffey officiating. Stephanie passed away on May 25, 2022, surrounded by her loved ones at home. She was born on December 11, 1973, in Irving, Texas, the daughter of Laszlo Vecsei and Sandra Lynn Davis. Stephanie worked in the medical field as an office...
Venita Faye Mark
Venita Faye Mark Graveside services for Venita Faye Mark, age 82, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bro. B. J. Teer officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren. Venita passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at her home. Venita was born on May 4, 1940, in Sulphur Springs the daughter of Marlin Wade Jones and Sybil Faye Cox Jones. Venita was a...
SSHS Class Of 2022 Celebrated At Graduation
The Sulphur Springs High School Senior Class of 2022 celebrated 13 years of hard work Friday evening with commencement exercises. The weather cooperated, almost too well, with plenty of sunshine and heat to ensure the ceremony cold be held on the football field in Gerald Prim Stadium. The program listed 254 senior candidates eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony, and they wasted no time filing in from two different...
Jo Alice McCue
Funeral service for Jo Alice McCue, age 68, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 2, 2022, at First Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Gravens officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with Ethan Davenport, Jerry Denton, Frank Jerina, Barry Patrick, Allen Joslin and James Reynolds serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at West Oaks Funeral Home. Jo...
2021-22 UIL Academic Year In Review For SSISD Elementary, Middle & High School Teams
Sulphur Springs ISD coordinators recently updated the school board on students’ strong showing at all three levels of academic UIL competition this year. SSISD UIL Elementary UIL SSISD Elementary Academic UIL Coordinator Sasha Posey reported a total of 120 students, 45 coaches and five campus coordinators traveled to Greggton UMC in Longview, where Pine Tree ISD hosted an elementary academic UIL competition for grades 2-5 on...
75-Year-Old Man Jailed For Possessing Child Pornography
A 75-year-old man was jailed Wednesday for possessing child pornography, which was reportedly found during a search of his home, according to arrest and sheriff’s reports. James Frank Neel (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from someone who believed there to be child porn at the man’s address. An investigation was launched and evidence of child porn linked back to the North Davis...
Elia Tellez
Elia Tellez Elia Tellez of Sulphur Springs, Texas passed away on May 18, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Elia was born December 24, 1960, in Atotonilco, Zacatecas, Mexico. Daughter of late Antonio Cisneros and Elvira Chavez. Then, later met her husband Jose Antonio Tellez and married on April 2, 1975, in Jimenez del Teul, Zacatecas, Mexico. Three years later, they relocated to Hopkins County and started their beautiful family...
