Autumn Trails Begins
This Weeks’ Autumn Trails Activities: October 2-3 October 2- *Photo and Art Contest –Kids are encouraged to participate! Early drop offs can be made at the Winnsboro Center for the Arts. They will be on Display at the Autumn Trails Ball, Winnsboro Civic Center– Several Divisions- Cash Prizes *Autumn Trails Grand Parade- 4pm- Leaves from the Water Tower-Sign up online at www.winnsboroautumntrails.com This is for anyone and...
Delma V. Nichols
Funeral services for Mrs. Delma V. Nichols are Monday, September 28, at 3 p.m. at Beaty Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Visitation will precede the service from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. Interment will follow at New Pickton Cemetery. Mrs. Nichols passed away on Friday, September 25, 2015, at the age of 95. She was born on April 7, 1920, to the late Dave Ratliff and Laura Pierce Ratliff. Mrs. Nichols was self-employed as a beautician; member of...
Miranda Lambert’s Red 55 Winery Continues Growth
Red 55 Winery in Lindale, Texas began when recording artist Miranda Lambert was approached by a company to brand a wine. Lambert was not 21 at the time, so she asked her parents what to do. Her parents decided to begin their own winery. They approached Susan Jones who had begun her work as a vintner as a hobby. The Lambert’s were introduced to Jones in 2003 by Casey Musgraves. Jones started a vineyard and worked with it part...
Jetta Marie Mattix Russell
Jetta Marie Mattix Russell, age 69, beloved wife and mother, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Winnsboro, on Saturday, September 5, 2015. Born Jun14, 1946, she lived most of her life in the Dallas area and worked for Dal-Mac Construction and Team Worldwide Logistics in Winnsboro. She graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock, and is survived by her husband, Robert, brother Marvin Lunsford, sister Mary Schmedieke...
Laura Totten Cassady
Funeral arrangements for Laura Totten Cassady, age 61 of Winnsboro will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, August 27, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Dr. Joel Tiemeyer officiating. Interment will follow at Shady Grove Cemetery in Winnsboro with Shane Barnett, Jim Worster, Jerry Lucas, Kyle Barnett, Seth McNeal and Jacoby Smith serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are the 1972 Class of Sulphur Springs High School. ...
Ruby Whitehead
Memorial services for Ruby Whitehead, age 52 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, August 28, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Pastor Bruce Stinson officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Ms. Whitehead passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2015, at Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler. She was born on June 24, 1963, the daughter of Willis Teen, Jr. and Nellie Joyce (McCown) Whitehead in Dallas, Texas. She...
Hopkins County Courthouse Anniversary Revives Story of Pete the Mule
On July 2, 1994, at what was then called Heritage Square, now called Celebration Plaza, Alma Ellison handed to KSST’s Bill Bradford a handwritten note that included a summary of a story told by her father, Paul Braden. At age 99, Mr. Braden had told how as a teenager he had watched the building of the Hopkins County Courthouse in 1895. Copies of the 1994 letter by Alma Ellison are now kept in Judge Newsome’s office in the...
Tara Kaye (Bright) Taylor
Funeral services for Mrs. Tara Kaye (Bright) Taylor, age 39, of Pickton, will be conducted Saturday, August 22, at 2 p.m. in the worship center of Greenpond Baptist Church, Como. Mrs. Taylor passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2015 in Athens, Texas. Tara was born in Winnsboro on September 21, 1975 to Robert “Bob and Margie Helen Doyle Bright. She was a caregiver and a Baptist. She is survived by her husband, Rodney Taylor...
Heriel Michael (Mike) Ezell
Heriel Michael (Mike) Ezell, beloved brother and uncle, went to be with the Lord on August 11, 2015, at Zale Lipshy Hospital in Dallas. He was born in Dallas, Texas on October 2, 1953 to H.M. and Hazel Nichols Ezell. His family later moved to Pickton where he attended school and graduated from Como-Pickton High School. His family always referred to him as Michael but his friends and co-workers knew him as Mike. Michael began his...
Ruby Jean Shoffner
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Jean Shoffner will be conducted 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 5, 2015, at Winterfield Baptist Church, Pickton, Texas. Visitation is Tuesday 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Beaty Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Burial will be in the Winterfield Cemetery. Mrs. Shoffner passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2015, at the age of 73. She was born on December 6, 1941, to the late Ollie A. Hart and Velma Maddox Hart. She was...
