Frances Kenny
Mrs. Frances Kenny, age 92 of Winnsboro, passed away on Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 in Winnsboro. She was born on January 9th, 1925 in Wood County to the late Jim Turner and Gussie Mae McKern Turner. She was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Joe Turner; sister, Mildred Adams; two infant siblings; and two great grandchildren, Madison and Nicholas Norton. Mrs. Kenny is survived by...
Nurses Week at Christus Mother Francis Hospital
Visiting the KSST Morning Show on May 9, 2017 during National Nurses Week were a trio of health professionals from Christus Mother Francis Hospital in Sulphur Springs. Tanna Lampp Holland , an 11-year employee, is Case Manager and Coordinator of Medical/Surgical Pediatrics. ICU Director Susan McGrady started as an ICU nurse 24 years ago. Sherry Moore, center, Director of Marketing and Chaplaincy is actually not a nurse but began her...
Jennifer Crist
Jennifer Crist, age 57 of Pickton, passed away on Saturday, May 6th, 2017 in Tyler. She was born on June 5th, 1959 in Princefredrick to the late Hammen Weems and Marie Weems. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Vernon Christ. She is survived by, sons, Johnny Ray Peckham, George Peckham, Jr. and Charlie Peckham; daughters, Etheena Sanders, Linda Geffers, Elizabeth Peckham, Sebrena Peckham and...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report April 26-May 2, 2017
April 26th Deputies were dispatched to CR 2560 in Mineola, at approximately 8:26 a.m., in reference to the reporting party’s vehicle being burned. The reporting party stated he did not know what caused the fire. At 11:25 p.m., on N. Beulah St. in Hawkins, a deputy pulled a driver over for an obscured license plate. Once he made contact with the driver, he smelled the marijuana, which gave him probable cause to search the vehicle....
Wood County Sheriff’s Report April 19-25
April 19th Deputies were dispatched to CR 3120 in Quitman at 2:06 a.m. on a theft call. The reporting party stated that a noise from outside of the residence woke him from his sleep. He walked outside and saw a man running from his shed toward a vehicle parked on the roadway. He checked his shed and noticed his leaf blower was missing. This has been forwarded to investigators for follow-up. Deputies were dispatched to CR 4540 in...
Lodema Cox
Mrs. Lodema Cox, age 89 of Winnsboro, passed away on Thursday, April 27th, 2017 in Winnsboro. She was born on July 26th, 1927 in Wood County to the late William Busby and Bertha Collins Busby. She was a homemaker and a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, William Edger Cox; two sisters, seven brothers and one grandson, Arnold Lee Crofford, She is survived by, daughters, Glenda...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Down 81 Indictments in April, 2017
A total of 81 indictments were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Monday afternoon, April 24, 2017. Not all are listed below awaiting the arrest of the indicted. Those who have been arrested and indicted include: David Allen Woolverton, Jr., 35 of Como for seven counts of Prohibited Sexual Conduct. The conduct with a family member began in 2011 and has continued until the arrest. Woolverton had been charged with one count for...
Missing Arkansas Child Found in Franklin County
Franklin County Sheriff, Ricky Jones, reported he and his deputies assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, in the recovery of a missing child from Searcy County, Arkansas on Wednesday, April 19th. According to Sheriff Jones, the FBI had received a tip of the possible location of a Missing Child just north of the Winnsboro city limits in Franklin County, TX. Upon receiving the tip, FBI Agents and Deputies from Franklin...
Late Night Arrest of Woman; Meth’s Stranglehold
Kayla Renea Roth, 26, of Summer Texas was arrested Friday at 2 a.m. at the corner of Highway 19 and FM 71 by a Hopkins County Deputy. When the deputy made a traffic stop, Roth showed signs of methamphetamine use. Roth said she had been arrested in Gregg County for Possession of meth a month ago but had not used meth since that arrest. Her story is one of many who are in the stranglehold of meth. With consent to search the vehicle, the...
Livestock on Highway; Wood County Sheriff’s Report April 12-18, 2017
In the recent past, there have been a large number of animals in the roadway calls. We would like to remind drivers to be careful, especially at night when animals can be hard to see. We would also like to remind livestock owners to check your fences as often as possible which would help with this problem. As you can imagine, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office spends a considerable amount of resources on this problem. This is time...
