Betty J. (Nanny) Nestor
Graveside Services will be held on Friday, January 28, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at the Greenview Cemetery in Brashear TX., with Rev. Halston Potts officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 P.M. at the Murray-Orwosky funeral home. Betty J. (Nanny) Nestor, age 89 of Brashear TX., formally of Arlington TX., passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022. Betty was born on October, 20, 1932, in Dawson Springs KY...
Lady Cats Basketball Drops Close One to Marshall, 48-41
Coach Erica Delley’s squad fought for four quarters to get their third district win, but Marshall completed a huge comeback to get the win at the SSHS Main Gym. For a majority of the contest women’s basketball led the visiting Lady Mavs. Sulphur Springs led 15-8 after one and 27-17 at the half, only for Marshall to outscore the Lady Cats 24-14 en route to a 48-41 win on Tuesday, Jan. 25. The Lady Mavs outscored the women’s...
Love And The Effects Of COVID
Johanna Hicks, Family & Community Health Extension Agent, Hopkins County By Johanna Hicks, Texas AgriLife Extension Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County, [email protected] Interesting articles and e-mails often cross my desk. As a strong advocate for healthy marriages, a recent interview with Brad Wilcox, Director of the National Marriage Project, University of Virginia, brought some interesting information to...
Chamber Connection – Jan. 26, 2020
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce logo Sulphur Springs Texas By Butch Burney If you need incentive to get into the 1980s mood for the 95th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet, then how about a couple of tickets to a Bon Jovi concert.Clayton Homes is sponsoring the prize for the best 1980s-dressed person at the banquet with a pair of tickets to see Bon Jovi in concert in April. The banquet, scheduled for...
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Time Change, Shortage Of Testing Supplies Reported For CHRISTUS Facilities
Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected] COVID Testing at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinics | Urgent Care COVID Test Due to a shortage of COVID testing supplies, we unfortunately cannot guarantee that rapid tests will be available. If rapid tests are not available, we will be able to send out a COVID PCR test, which typically results in 2 days, but could take up...
Velma Rawson
Velma Rawson Funeral services for Velma (Short) Rawson, 95, of Sulphur Springs will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 27, 2022, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Jerry Savage officiating. Graveside services will be at Restlawn Memorial Park with Bryan Heaps, Mason Rawson, Chad Rawson, Leslee Rawson, Troy Tutle and Caleb Denton serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be at West Oaks Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 26, 2022,...
Margie Fletcher Newton
Born 10/12/1926 in Colfax, LA, to Nat and Eula Fletcher. She married W.L. Newton and they raised 2 sons (Ron and Travis). She and W.L. traveled the Lower 48, Alaska and Canada. She lived 40+ years in Louisiana; 50 years in Texas; and three years in Baton Rouge, LA. Margie was a member of First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs. Before dawn, Saturday, 1/22/2022, Margie died peacefully on her couch at home. She was preceded in death by...
Commissioners Court Approves 381 Agreement For D6 Inc.
Hopkins County Commissioners Court made short work of Monday’s agenda, approving a 381 agreement for D6 Inc., appointing a Como official as emergency management coordinator for the City of Como, reappointing a representative to Lake Regional Community Center Board of Trustees, and a request to construct electric power distribution across a county road within 13 minutes. D6 Inc. The Commissioners Court approved a 381 agreement...
Four Teams In Action For Tuesday Game Day
Both basketball and soccer squads are in action for Tuesday game day on January 25, 2022. Wildcats soccer are the first team up, in North Lamar taking on the Panthers at 5:30 P.M. Coach Alexi Upton noted schedule changes for the JV1 and JV2 squads, originally taking on North Lamar and Sabine respectively, but those have since been altered: JV1 now hosts a home match at 4 P.M. versus Mount VernonJV2/freshmen play at Mount...
Local 911 Is Service Down Again, Call Provided Numbers For Emergencies
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson at noon Jan. 25, 2022, reported that the local 911 service is down again, and encourages city and county residents to store alternate emergency numbers to call in the event of an emergency in Sulphur Springs or Hopkins County when 911 is down. “Once again, we have an interruption in our area and our 911 system is not receiving all calls. Please call 903-439-3719 for city emergencies...
