Wildcat Marching Band Named Grand Champion at Prairiland
How good of a day did the Wildcats Marching Band have at a Prairiland contest Saturday against a field of quality bands? They took home a trophy, six (6) feet tall, so large it won’t fit in any the band’s trophy cases. Band Director Charles McCauley said that all the bands in the contest were Division I rated bands. McCauley stated that the state winning former band director at Queen City is now at Mineola and they are now...
Kenneth Wayne Wright
Funeral services for Mr. Kenneth Wayne Wright will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 20 at Clearwater Baptist Church, FM 1448, Scroggins. Burial will follow at Bethel Cemetery. Visitation is Monday 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Beaty Funeral Home. Mr. Kenneth Wayne “Nature Boy” Wright, age 76 of Winnsboro, passed away on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the hospital in Quitman. Kenneth was born in Fannin County on February 20, 1939 to the...
Mrs. Cynthia Purcell Hartley
Mrs. Cynthia (Purcell) Hartley, age 80 of Marshall, passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 in Marshall. Memorial services are Saturday, October 17, 2 p.m. at New Pickton Cemetery. Cynthia was born on June 23, 1935 in Hopkins County to the late Guy and Juanita Randolph Purcell. She and her late husband, Otis Hartley, owned and operated Air Express in Denver, and were members of Galilee Baptist Church, before returning to east Texas to...
Kuhl Sentenced to Life in Prison
Just before noon Wednesday, October 07, 2015, a Hopkins County jury sentenced Franklin Coy Kuhl, Jr. to life in prison. The sentence came after the jury began deliberation shortly after 10 a.m. Around 11:15 a.m., the jury sent a note to 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt requesting State’s Exhibits 9-17. The exhibits included a video from the Motel 6 in Greenville where Kuhl, aged 50 at the time of the offense in February,...
Hopkins County United Way Near 25% of Year’s Goal
Hopkins County United Way’s first report meeting Tuesday, October 6, 2015, had workers celebrating a big start with big donations as $39,187. was reported by Drive Chairman Price Orwosky. Orwosky said the amount is almost 25% of the $160,000 goal with five weeks remaining in the campaign. The packets have been in the hands of businesses for only two weeks. He noted $20,000 of the amount was donated by Coleen Hoover and The Book...
“Updated” Kuhl Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Child for Sex; Sentencing Begins
Tuesday morning, October 6, 2015, just before his jury trial was to begin in 8th Judicial District Court, Franklin Coy Kuhl, Jr., 51, pled guilty to trafficking a child for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct. The child was a 13-year old. Following his plea, the jury began hearing the punishment phase of the trial shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Kuhl could face up to 25 years to 99 years or life after the District Attorney Will...
Kenneth “Buddy” Ray Odom
Mr. Kenneth “Buddy” Ray Odom, age 58 of Como, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015 in Tyler. Buddy was born on August 5, 1957 to Donald and Joyce Conley Odom in Hale Center, Texas. He worked as farmer, mechanic and jack of all trades, he was also a Baptist. He was preceded in death by one sister, Donna Ross. He is survived by his loving wife, Jane Odom of Como; parents, Donald and Joyce Odom of Como; son, Terry Don Odom...
United Way Drive Underway
A $160,000 goal is motivating volunteers as well as companies and individual donors in the 2015-2016 Hopkins County United Way drive now underway. Wednesday at noon, lead donors, company executives, and United Way committee-persons lunched at the Sulphur Spring Country Club to hear the inspiration of a letter written in 2001 by one of the county United Fund organizers, Bill Bradford, and guest speaker for the occasion, 1991 SSHS...
Bobby L. Williams
Funeral services for Bobby L. Williams, age 78 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 12:00 p.m. (Noon) on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Rawlinson officiating. Interment will follow at Bethel Cemetery near Winnsboro with John F. Doyle, John M. Doyle, Kevin Nolen, Joe Wilson, Robert Dyer and Bill Campbell serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the...
Margene Saxon Bell
Funeral services for Margene Saxon Bell, age 91 of Winnsboro, will be at 2pm on Thursday, October 1 at Winnsboro’s Walnut Street Baptist Church (Brother David Taylor officiating) with burial following at Caney Cemetery, in Pickton, Texas. Visitation will be from 6-8pm on Wednesday, September 30 at Beaty Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Mrs. Bell passed away on Monday, September 28, 2015 at Autumn Wind Assisted Living in Winnsboro. Born in...
