Closings And Delayed Openings for Wednesday-Thursday
Check back often for changes to closings and delayed openings for Wednesday-Thursday Only Delayed Openings and Closings for Thursday: Rotary Spelling Bee: Rescheduled to later date TBA Sulphur Springs City Offices: Closed Thursday Hopkins County Courthouse and Annex offices: Closed Thursday Goodwill Processing Center and Goodwill Retail Store: Closed Thursday TRAX Bus: Beings service at 10 a.m....
Beverly Ragle
Visitation for Beverly Ann Ragle, age 78 of Sulphur Springs will be held from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2015, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Ragle passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. She was born on December 20, 1936 to Raymond and Lillian (Wardell) Markert in Long Branch, New Jersey. She married Robert Ragle on November 10, 1961 in Long Branch, New Jersey. He preceded...
Pickton Man Arrested for Controled Substance by WPD
Winnsboro Police Officer J Watkins found a Pickton man passed out behind the whel of his pickup inside the Winnsboro city limits. Watkins arrested the 28-year old for possession of controlled substance over 1 gram and less than 4 grams of methamphetamine and for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana.
Joyce M. Robertson
Funeral Services for Joyce M. Robertson, age 90 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 24, 2015 in Spence Chapel at First Baptist Church with Rev. Bruce Welch and Rev. Tommy Johnston officiating. Interment will follow at Lee Cemetery in Winnsboro. A Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service (1:00 p.m.) at Spence Chapel. Joyce M. Robertson passed away Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Rock Creek Health...
Marsha Yanez
Graveside services for Marsha Yanez of Winnsboro will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Simpsonville Cemetery in Simpsonville, TX with Brad Onley officiating. Bobby Davis, Paxton Weems, Jesse Weems, Dakota Miller, Joe Simmons and Jesse Burns are serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, February 16, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Yanez passed away on Friday,...
Wilma Ada Wade
Wilma Ada Wade, age 82, of Emory, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. Wilma was born on March 12, 1932 in Winnsboro, TX to Willie James “Bill” and Edna Arlette Simmons Wheatley, she was third of six children. She graduated as Valedictorian from Emory High School. She married O.J. Wade in 1952 and completed her master’s degree in education from East Texas State Teacher’s College, now A&M at Commerce. O.J....
Burl Leon Pruitt, Sr.
Funeral service for Burl Leon Pruitt, Sr., age 86, of Yantis, will be held on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at 10;00 am, at Freedom Church of God. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Bro. David Hamm will officiate. Burial will be on Friday, 11:15 am, at DFW National Cemetery. Mr. Pruitt died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Pruitt worked for, and retired from DFW Airport, as an electrical maintenance supervisor...
Richard D. “Dynomite” Johnson
Memorial services for Richard D. “Dynomite” Johnson, age 80, of Scroggins will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 29, 2015 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel. There will be no formal visitation. Mr. Johnson passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. Mr. Johnson was born on January 15, 1935 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Eric Anton and Anna (Broberg) Johnson. Mr. Johnson owned Johnson...
Billie JoAnn Fouse
Private Services will be held for JoAnn Fouse, age 80, of Quitman, who died on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at Trinity Nursing and Rehab in Winnsboro. She was born on February 19, 1934 to Lilburn and Nellie Belle Borum Baldridge in Muskogee, OK. She married William Houston Fouse on December 27, 1952 in Sulphur Springs. He preceded her in death in 2007. Mrs. Fouse was a homemaker. Survivors include: daughters, Pat Suits and husband,...
Risk in cattle production
As a beef producer, you invest time and money in a project, either a cow/calf pair or steer production and run into risk by the time the product is finalized. Risk is any factor that can potentially make you lose money in a particular project. In a recent publication from Texas AgriLife Extension related to stress, Nykole Kafka indicated that farming and ranching can be stressful professions, and that stress can have a...
