Wanda Faye Beaty
A graveside service for Wanda Faye Beaty, age 80, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at Greenview Cemetery, Sunday, October 11, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., with Reverend Fred Lewis officiating. Visitation will be at 1:30 p.m. at Greenview Cemetery. Mrs. Beaty passed away on Friday, October 9, 2015 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was a thirty two year member of the First Baptist Church of Sulphur Springs, was a member of the...
Infection Control Complaint Under Investigation; Hospital Board approves Tax Rate and Purchases
A recent patient complaint against Hopkins County Memorial Hospital has attracted the attention of CMS or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Three surveyors have visited the hospital campus to investigate the complaint’s validity. The complaint apparently involves infection control. Hospital CEO Michael McAndrew told the Board Monday night at least one of the surveyors seemed to be on a mission to find the hospital...
Eva Elaine Parkman
Funeral service for Eva Elaine Parkman, age 85, of Emory, will be held Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, 10:00 am, at Lake Fork Baptist Church. Bro. Johnny Wheat, and Bro. Perry Crisp will officiate. Interment will follow in Elm Cemetery. Visitation will be 3:00 — 5:00 pm Sunday afternoon at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Mrs. Parkman died in Decatur, at Wise Regional Hospital, on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. She was born Dec. 30, 1929, in...
Texas Wants Another Win Against Obama’s Immigration Plan
by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune – July 10, 2015 Attorneys for the Obama administration will try again on Friday to persuade a three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to let a controversial immigration policy take effect. But supporters of the program, which would have shielded the bulk of Texas’ 1.6 million undocumented immigrants from deportation, aren’t optimistic....
Tira News By Jan Vaughn
The 2015 Hillis Reunion is coming up on June 20th and 21st, at the Tira Community Center. Minnie (Hillis) Reagor reports, “Any Hillis descendent from any branch is welcome! Our branch descends from Andrew “Jackson” Hillis (1815/17 – 1878) who married 1) Aliza Elizabeth Hawkins, and 2) Mary Ann Shelton, branching out from the Lauderdale Co, AL & Giles Co & Lawrence Co, TN regions… spreading out across various...
Allen is Valedictorian; Gonzalez Salutatorian
The Sulphur Springs High School Valedictorian for the Class of 2015 is Andrew Allen. He is the son of Bryan and Vicki Allen. The Salutatorian is Ariel Gonzalez, son of Victor and Paulina Gonzalez. They were introduced Monday morning by High School Principal Josh Williams in a meeting with news media members in the school library. Williams said both students had amazing accomplishments during their individual career at the local...
Ruth McFarlin
Funeral services for Ruth McFarlin, age 83 of Pickton will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Goodson and Danny Christenberry officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery with Shane McFarlin, Tyler McFarlin, Steven Dolive, Bryan McFarlin, Dylan Smith, Dalton Smith and Evan Andrew serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.,...
Tira News, by Jan Vaughn
Tira News – By Jan Vaughn Malcolm Joslin reported that, as of May 1, 2015, he will no longer be the Tira Volunteer Fire Department Chief. He shared the following: “I want to thank the City of Tira for allowing me to serve as your Chief for the past 13 years and being on the department for over 20 years. I no longer live in the community and feel that I can not serve like I should. Therefore, I feel it is best for me to...
SSHS Academic UIL Second in Regional Meet
The Wildcats UIL Academic Team took second place at Regional this past weekend and qualified three teams and an individual for State. Spelling and Vocabulary, Social Studies and Literary Criticism took first place as did Lydia Burleson in Ready Writing. McKenzie Hohenberger, Laura Graham, Patricia Parks, and MiKayla Jones won first place as the Literary Criticism team. Hohenberger won first place, Graham placed fourth, Parks...
Chamber Connection April 16, 2015 by Meredith Caddell
Congratulations to Mattison Insurance for being the Low Net winners at the Golf Tournament! Thank you to the 230 golfers that participated in the Chamber Golf Tournament last Friday! It was an absolutely beautiful day at the Sulphur Springs Country Club! Although no one hit a hole in one for the $250,000 from Baucom Insurance, or the Dodge Truck from SS Dodge, or the Kubota from Farm Country OR the $5,000 from The Communications...
