Martha Inez Butler
Funeral service for Martha Inez Butler, age 87, of Point, will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2016, 2:00 pm, at First Baptist Church in Point. Her son, Bro. Jimmy will officiate, along with Bro. Jay Sikes, and Bro Zachary Honzell. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at 1:00 pm. Burial will follow in Lone Star Cemetery. Mrs. Butler was born in Point, June 10, 1928, to Andrew Thomas and Rosa Martha Burchett Jobe. She...
SSISD School Board Meeting Briefs; Personnel Changes
The Sulphur Springs Independent School District School Board held their monthly meeting Monday night in the Administration Building board room. During the public forum portion of the meeting, board members were presented with an update on the Civic Center auditorium renovation project by Charlie Wilson, supervisor for the project. Wilson told the board that they expect the renovations to be completed by mid-May in hopes of a...
SSHS UIL Takes 2nd Place At District Meet
Sulphur Springs High School competed in the District 15-5A UIL Academic competition on Friday, April 1st and Saturday, April 2nd. Results are as follows: In Lincoln-Douglass Debate, Corban Philo placed fourth In Ready Writing, Patricia Parks placed first and Lydia Burleson placed third. In Computer Science, Trenton Brock placed first, Sean Allemang placed second, Tim Charlton placed third, and Mauro Basio placed fifth. The team...
John Tarno
Funeral services for John Tarno, age 78 of Cumby will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 1, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Pastor Keith Mays and Pastor Danny Tarno officiating. Interment will be at DFW National Cemetery in Dallas on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 with Andy Tarno, Ruben Saragosa, Dustyn Wright, Austen Tarno, Luis Narro and Curtis Blackwell serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the...
Sam and Sher Sevier Named 2016-2017 Lights of Life Campaign Chairs
Sam and Sher Sevier were named 2016-2017 Lights of Life Campaign Chairs and checks for $120,000 and $100,000 were presented during the Celebration Reception honoring those involved in the 2015-2016 campaign. The $120,000 check was presented to the Memorial Hospital CEO/Michael McAndrew and Memorial Hospital’s Board of Directors. The funds will be used to purchase 6 CPR devices for EMS which will provide the EMS Department the tools...
SSHS Wins Judy Tipping UIL Academic Meet
Sulphur Springs High School hosted our annual spring UIL meet this past weekend, with 39 schools attending. We chose to rename our meet in memory of Miss Judy Tipping, one of Sulphur Springs’ lifelong educators, for her unwavering commitment to UIL. For the small school division, New Boston High School won first place sweepstakes, the Overall Journalism award, and second place team in speech, while Canton High School won second place...
Raymond Eugene Baldwin, Jr.
Funeral services for Eugene Baldwin, age 86 of Yantis, will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Cockrum United Methodist Church in Hernando, MS with Rev. Alvin Whitehead officiating. Interment will follow at Cockrum Cemetery with his grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. Eugene passed away on Monday, February...
Myrtle Ruth Alsobrooks Thomas Kemp
Memorial services for Myrtle Ruth Alsobrooks Thomas Kemp, age 77 of Sulphur Springs will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Mark Ecksrom officiating. Mrs. Kemp passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at her residence. She was born on December 4, 1938 in Sulphur Springs, the daughter of Andrew J. Alsobrooks and Letha Shaw. She was adopted by Zack and Elaine Finney...
SSHS UIL Academic Team Wins Sweepstakes at Whitehouse Meet
The UIL academic team attended the Whitehouse UIL Invitational this past weekend and returned with the overall sweepstakes trophy. The contest took place over two days, with L-D Debate, C-X Debate, and Ready Writing being held on Friday evening and the remainder of the contests conducted on Saturday. In L-D Debate, Corban Philo won 2nd place, and Noah Hammons won 4th place. In C-X Debate, the team of Sean Allemang and Joshua...
Mel Panter
Funeral services for Mel Panter, age 88 of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at League Street Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park with his sons and grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Mel passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler. Melvin Thomas Panter was born on...
