Chamber Connection – April 3, 2025
By Butch Burney Registration is still going on for the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament, set for Friday, May 2, at Sulphur Springs Country Club. Registration is open for six-person teams in the morning and afternoon, though there are only a few afternoon slots available. Cost is $750 per team, which includes three golf courts and lunch for all team members. There are also sponsorship opportunities available for...
Earnestine Ford
Funeral service for Earnestine Clyde Ford, age 76 of Sulphur Springs, Texas will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs with Rev. Rudy Ellis and Rev. Chris Spivey officiating. Interment will follow at Cherry Grove Cemetery with Reggie Thomas, Mario Thomas, Andreas Rogers, and Richard Givens serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will include Everette Coleman, Michael...
Saundra Grayson
November 16, 1943 — April 1, 2025 Alba Visitation for Saundra Grayson, age 81, of Alba, Texas will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, April 10, 2025 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Ms. Grayson passed away peacefully at her home in Alba on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 with her family by her side. Sandra A. Grayson was born on November 16, 1943 in Lubbock, Texas to Buddy and Katrine (Coppedge) Parnell. Saundra...
Graveside/Memorial service for Murry Dale and Mary Diana Smith
Graveside/Memorial service for Murry Dale and Mary Diana Smith of Brashear, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at North Hopkins Cemetery in Birthright, Texas. All friends and family are invited to attend. Murry Dale Smith(age 75)July 2, 1949 – February 22, 2025 With our condolences. Mary Diana Smith(age 79)September 30, 1943 – March 22, 2023
Danny Mitchell
Memorial Service for Danny William Mitchell will be at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at West Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. David Burns and Bro. Donnie Powers officiating. Danny passed away on March 31, 2025, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Danny was born on January 26, 1954, to Otis and Hazel Mitchell in Clarksville, Texas. He was a Rancher, Carpenter, Ferrier, Singer, Songwriter, Storyteller, and Guitar Player. He ministered the...
A Mother’s Plea: Put Down the Phone, Save a Life
April 1, 2025 – Distracted driving was the second-most common factor in traffic crashes last year PARIS – Maria Espinoza never imagined a routine walk to school with her 6-year-old son would turn into a life-altering tragedy. But in an instant, a distracted driver jumped the curb, striking her son and trapping him beneath the vehicle. He spent six months in a coma, with doctors warning he might never walk or talk again....
Old Saltillo Methodist Church Plans Special Pre Easter Program
April 1, 2025 – Old Saltillo Methodist Church will hold a special pre Easter program Sunday, April 6th, 2025. The church is located at 664 County Road 3357, Saltillo, Texas, 75478. Such a wonderful season to step back in time with a pre-Easter program at the Old Saltillo Methodist Church, Rev Dan Hoke pastor. Beautiful children will be under the direction of Sue Barker, a Mt. Vernon resident and member of the Sulphur Springs...
Sulphur Springs Native Takes Gavel as State Democratic Party Chair
Scudder speaking in Sulphur Springs, 2022. April 1, 2025 – Kendall Scudder, a 2008 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School, has been chosen to chair the Texas Democratic Party. In a decisive win on the first ballot, Scudder received 65 out of 121 votes eclipsing the next challenger who received 27 votes. Scudder said upon taking the gavel. “Let’s build a party that the working men and women of this state can be proud of.”...
UPDATE – CHRISTUS Sulphur Springs Urgent Care Will be Open April 4th
April 3, 2025 – SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas – CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Urgent Care, located at 1339 S. Broadway St. in Sulphur Springs, will remain open on Friday, April 4. Urgent care patients will be seen from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. The building had been scheduled for electrical work, but that work has been moved to Tuesday, April 8. We are expecting work on April 8 to be done in time for the clinic to open and see patients at 3 p.m....
Sandy Smith
August 3, 1943 — March 30, 2025 Sulphur Springs Sandra Dell Smith passed away on Sunday, March 30, 2025. “Sandy” was born on August 3, 1943 to Robert Thomas Mayo and Wilemenia Patricia Hawkins Mayo in San Angelo, Texas. She married the “Love of Her Life,” Lowell “Smitty” Duane Smith on May 28, 1959. They were married 36 years before he preceded her in death. She is survived by 4 of her 5 children, Cindy Bain and husband Mike of...
