Wood County Sheriff’s Report February 1-7, 2017
For KSST’s Wood County audience, we will begin posting the Wood County Sheriff’s Report each week. February 1st While on patrol on FM 14, just north of Hawkins, a deputy observed that a vehicle was failing to maintain a single lane of travel and so conducted a traffic stop. The driver appeared to be intoxicated so he was asked to exit the vehicle. The deputy then noticed marijuana residue on the subject’s clothes. While...
Bobbie Jean Ellison
Mrs. Bobbie Jean Ellison, age 94, of Sulphur Springs, formerly of Winnsboro, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Carriage House in Sulphur Springs. She was born on June 6, 1922 in Winnsboro to the late Robert Allen and Minnie Graham Allen. Bobbie graduated from Pickton High School, she then worked the make-up counter at Martin Drug, and later worked as a secretary alongside her husband at Western Commercial...
Donald Louis Duncan
Funeral services for Donald Louis Duncan, age 80, of Greenville will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Fred Lewis officiating. Military graveside honors by the Hopkins County Military Coalition will follow at Ladonia Cemetery with Kenneth Miller, Dustin Stratton, Aaron Burrows, Winston Sweet, Jimmy Moon, Jeff Duncan, Bill Wetherholt and J. W. Reeves serving as...
Arnor Faye “Pug” Kay Thomas Rhoades
Arnor Faye “Pug” Kay Thomas Rhoades passed away in the early morning hours of January 24, 2017 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She was born to the late Ira Julius and Eunie Madge Tolar Kay on July 17, 1924 in De Leon. She married E.G. Thomas (Sr.) June 22, 1942. Together, they had three sons, E.G “Tommy” Thomas, Jr, William Dewey Thomas and Steven Armo Thomas. E.G and Pug lived in many places during their life together including Kermit,...
Mary Bea Jackson
Mrs. Mary Bea Jackson, age 92 of Pickton, passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 in Sulphur Springs. Mary was born in Pickton on August 17, 1924 to the late L.O. and Mary Roberts Stone. During World War II, Mary moved to Dallas to work in a factory and support the war effort, she returned to Pickton to start her family and run a dairy farm with her late husband, she then worked over twenty years at the Brookshire’s Grocery...
Suspicious Man Arrested on Drugs, Warrant
Michael Wayne Roberts, 66, of Winnsboro was in the Dollar General on Main Street when someone thought him a suspicious person. The sheriff’s deputy arrived and located Roberts at the rear of his vehicle. A pat down search led to the discovery of an eyeglass container that contained a syringe and a clear plastic baggie with a white crystal substance believed to be methamphetamine. Roberts is in Hopkins County Jail for Possession of a...
PJC Releases Students on President and Dean’s List
Paris Junior College is pleased to announce that 186 students were named to the President’s and Dean’s lists for academic achievement during the fall 2016 semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average, (straight A’s) on a minimum of 15 semester hours. Those on the dean’s list must have a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average for at least 15 semester hours, and have no grade lower than a...
Billy B. Barker
Billy B. Barker, age 82 of Gilmer, passed away on Thursday, January 19th, 2017 in Winnsboro. He was born on December 6th, 1934 in Scroggins, to the late Oscar Barker and Eugenia Yancy Barker. He was a retired farmer and was a member of Pineview Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Annie Glasscock Barker and brother, Bura Joe Barker. He is survived by, brother, Dura Don Barker and wife Linda of Rolla, MO;...
Benito Lopez, Jr
Benito Lopez, Jr., age 70 of Winnsboro, passed away on Monday, January 16th, 2017 in Tyler. He was born on May 10th, 1946 in Brownsville, TX to the late Benito Lopez, Sr. and Manuela Suarez Lopez. He was a retired steel worker and was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers; one sisters and one grandson, Albert Gerard Lopez, Jr. He is survived by, wife, Maria Luisa Lopez; sons, Benito Lopez III, Commander Robert John Lopez,...
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Mrs. Elizabeth McLaughlin, age 86 of Winnsboro, passed away on Monday, January 16th, 2017 in Winnsboro. She was born on August 1, 1930 in Wood County, TX to the late Marvin Allen and Bessie Jones Allen. She was retired from First National Bank of Winnsboro, and was a member of First United Methodist Church of Winnsboro. She was preceded in death by her parents, and husband Ray McLaughlin. Mrs. McLaughlin is survived by daughter and...
