Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 115, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 12, 2015 Page: 4 of 18
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Graveside services for
Rodney Stacks, age 67, of
Granite City, Ill., formerly
of Mount Pleasant, will be
held at 2 p.m. on Sunday,
July 12, 2015 at the Nevill’s
Chapel Cemetery in Mount
Pleasant with Tommy Milam
officiating. Pallbearers
are Devin Hinton, Lance
Grammer, Chase Yokel,
Dakota Stacks, Dalton
Anderson and Brad Hulse.
Honorary pallbearers
are Stephen Garretson
and Victor Rutledge. A
visitation will be held at 1
p.m. Sunday, July 12, 2015
at Curry-Welborn Funeral
Home in Mount Pleasant.
Mr. Stacks was born June
15, 1948, the son of Billy
and Louise (Horton) Stacks
in Mount Pleasant. He
served in the U.S. Navy in
the Vietnam War and was a
truck driver.
Survivors include: his
mother, Louise Stacks of
Mount Pleasant; daughters,
Susan Yokel and husband
Ray of Wylie, Karen
Flowers of Johntown, and
Lisa Anderson of Mount
Pleasant; sons, Shaun Lee
Stacks of Los Angeles, Calif,
and Terry Whitehead of
Ark.; brothers, Billy Stacks
and wife Cheryl, Gary
Stacks, and Bob Stacks;
sisters, Dottie Garretson,
Ann Hulse and husband
John; grandchildren, Devin
Hinton, Chase Yokel, Rachel
Yokel, Robert Tully, Stormi
Tully, Dalton Anderson,
Melonie Chamness and
husband Chance; great-
grandchildren, Carter
Tubbs, McKinley Chamness,
and Braxton Tully; and his
first wife, Wanda Morrison,
along with many other
friends and family.
Agency issues child find
Persons who know of a child, ages 0-21, who shows signs of
developmental delay, on-going learning problems, behavioral
or medical problems that interfere with learning, can contact
their local school district or the Titus County Shared Service
Arrangement office. The Titus County SSA is located at 2230
N. Edwards. The phone number is 903-575-2079.
He was also preceded in
death by: his father; sister,
Betty Rutledge; brother,
Ricky Stacks; brother-in-
law, Wayne Garretson;
sister-in-law, Selena Stacks;
grandparents, Charles and
Esther Stacks and Hull and
Maggie Horton.
Memorials may be made
to Curry-Welborn Funeral
Home, 2256 N. Edwards
Ave. Mount Pleasant, Texas
75455 for the account of
Rodney Stacks.
Arrangements are under
the direction of Curry-
Welborn Funeral Home of
Mount Pleasant.
CBS registration underway
Registration is underway for the Mount Pleasant
Services are pending
with J.C. White Funeral
& Cremation Services of
Mount Pleasant.
An online guestbook may
be signed at www.j c white fd.
com.
Williams
Carol Renay Williams,
49, of Daingerfield, died
Thursday, July 9, 2015 in
Longview. Services are
pending with J.C. White
Funeral & Cremation
Services of Mount Pleasant.
An online guestbook may
be signed at www.jcwhitefd.
com.
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State
NAACP meets July 21
Mount Pleasant NAACP will be having their monthly
meeting on Tuesday, July 21. An executive meeting will start
at 5 p.m., with the general meeting to begin at 6 p.m. at the
Luminant building, 207 N. Madison.
Community Bible Study Day Class. The new study will begin
September 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Trinity Baptist
Church.
Community Bible Study is an in-depth, interdenominational
Bible study that also includes a Bible curriculum for children
(infants - eighth grade) of members. The 2015-16 study will
include “Christian Leadership” (a study of 1 Timothy and 2
Sugar Hill VFD fundraiser July 18
The Sugar Hill Volunteer Fire Department is celebrating 15
years of service in the county.
The department is hosting a fundraiser beginning at 5 p.m.
Saturday, July 18 at the Sugar Hill Community Center.
A chicken spaghetti dinner will be served with adult meal
tickets at $6, $3 for kids 6 years to 10 years old, and free for
kids 5 and under.
Bingo games are planned with a 50 cent donation per card
per game. The event also features a cake and pie auction with
treats by local bakers; and a gun drawing with one ticket for
$5, three tickets for $10, seven tickets for $20, 17 tickets for
$50 and 35 tickets for $100.
Kids Cafe provides free meals
Summer Kids Cafe, a program through Titus County
Cares, will offer meals from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mondays
through Fridays at Tennison United Methodist Church,
313 N. Church St. According to TCC officials, the cafe will
serve hot, nutritious meals and have games and activities for
children; and the program has no qualification process.
Algood
Missionary Katherine
Algood, 84, of Quitman,
died Monday, July 6,2015 in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Services
will be held Monday, July 13,
2015 at noon at Smith Temple
Church of God In Christ in
Tyler with Superintendent Dr.
Rodney L. Atkins officiating
and Bishop David R.
Houston, eulogist. Interment
will follow at Houston
National Cemetery Tuesday,
July 14, 2015 at 2 p.m. in
Houston. Services are under
the direction of J.C. White
Funeral & Cremation Services
of Mount Pleasant. Viewing
will be held at the church on
Monday, July 13,2015 from
10 a.m. to noon.
An online guestbook may
be signed at www.jewhitefd.
com.
Burrow reunion Aug. 1
Descendants of Banks E. Burrow (born 1854, died 1953 in
Sulphur Springs) and Marandy Elizabeth Mosley of Cass County
in Northeast Texas will meet Aug. 1 at the O’Farrell Community
Center between Atlanta and Red Hill in Cass County on Farm
Market 995 for a noon covered dish meal. Their children are
Marandy Jane, John, Ben, Robert Wade “Bob”, Rufus Garfield
“Gar”, Daniel Jackie, Tincie, Sallie and Mary Lou.
All Burrow kin are welcome.
For more information, contact Delores Burrow McCright
at delores.mccright@gmail.com.
Payne
Willie Payne 95, of
Houston died Wednesday,
July 8, 2015 in Houston.
Beekeepers meet July 13
The Caddo Trace Beekeepers Association will meet
Monday, July 13 at the Agri-Life Building, 1708 Industrial Rd.
Hayden Wolf, 2014 Texas Honey Queen and 2015 America
Honey Princess, will be the speaker. A question and answer
session starts at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. The
meeting is open to the public. For more information call Jean
Jeff 903-380-9231.
ladies interested in this study are invited to attend and are
encouraged to register by August 1.
Registration forms are available online at http://mtpleasant.
cbsclass.org.
For more information, please contact Vickie Blevins at 903-
537-7101 or Glenna Meadows at 903-305-1884.
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40th reunion on Friday and Saturday, July 10-11, at the Escape
on the Lake (old VFW) on Tankersley Road.
Friday night is open for all previous MPHS classes 7 p.m. to
midnight and Saturday after 8 p.m. Friday night’s entertainment
will be karaoke and Saturday night Doctor Doctor will perform.
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TCC won, not one, but
two major awards. One
was from Mueller Metal
Buildings, and the other
from Ford. The land was
donated by MPISD to the
city, then the city donated
the land to the county.
The building was deeded
to the county. The county
now does nothing related
to that building other
than paying the insurance
premium. I’m not sure
what that premium is. All
of this occurred in 2009
and 2010. TCC opened for
business Sept 2010, prior to
when I was elected as judge.
“As for CASA, the
county was contributing to
CASA before John Mark
was elected (as county
attorney), before he met
Michelle, and certainly
before they began dating
and got married. The
major change with CASA
is that CASA used to
be based out of Sulphur
Springs. The Mount
Pleasant burden on that
organization got so great
that they had to cut Mount
Pleasant loose. That’s
when Michelle Woodruff
(now Cobern) decided to
start a local CASA.”
“There is no favoritism
by me or John Mark
toward either of these
organizations. I am
especially careful to avoid
this,” Lee said.
Lee also addressed the
County Adult Probation
Office’s program that
allows persons assigned
to community service to
donate money or food
to a charity in lieu of the
community service hours,
organization, beginning
Sept. 1,” he said.
In the past, he said,
the county had provided
the probationers with a
list of organizations to
choose from for which to
designate their donation.
Kathy Gillian, from
the Titus County Adult
Probation Office, said, on
the list was the American
Red Cross, SAFE-T
Shelter, Cypress Basin
Hospice, Titus County
Cares and the NETO Meal
Center on Edwards Street,
when it was still open.
Kelley said the options
for probationers would
resort back to that list
of the active nonprofits,
in September, with the
exception of the inactive
NETO Meal Center.
Hughes said District
Judge Danny Woodson
pointed out to him a need
to adjust the legislation.
“It was Judge Danny
Woodson, our district
judge, who pointed this
out to me and he was
aware of cases where there
were charities that could fit
in to this, but the law was
so narrow it really didn’t
work for us.”
He said the new legislation
works better for smaller
counties like Titus County.
“It will allow, if there is
a worthy charity, counties
to make sure they are
included in this,” Hughes
said. “This provision, to
take effect Sept. 1, will
allow for charities who
help the needy and the
hungry, and also veterans
groups will quality now.”
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which can be considered
as a form of charitable
donation by the county.
“We don’t encourage
gifting versus working, but
encourage the opposite.
The community deserves
sweat equity versus
money,” Lee said.
He said when he first
took office, he considered
the existing policy too
liberal, allowing one dollar
in place of one service
hour or one can of food in
place of one service hour.
“It was an absolute joke,
I thought. Here we were
trying to give this person
some kind of onerous
responsibility, but allowing
them to give 50 bucks rather
than work 50 hours or give
50 cans of food,” Lee said.
“I made a change, first to
$3, then to $5 (equivalent)
to one hour of community
service. But I don’t give
them that option,” he said.
“My job is to hand down
the sentence. It’s up to
the probation officer to
decide on the community
service or contribution.
My absolute first choice
is that they work every
single hour for this. We
are trying to change their
behavior, so giving a
little bit of money instead
of sweat equity doesn’t
produce those results.”
Lee said he does sign
off on the document
that details the terms
of the probation and/or
community service set by
the probation office.
“There have been times
when I have asked them
to work that community
service instead of paying
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in cash or food donation,”
Lee said.
John Kelley, director
of the 76th and 276th
Judicial District Probation
Department, which
includes Titus County,
said, “In the past we were
doing like most counties
were - allowing monetary
donations to any charitable
organization we thought
was reputable. But then
- six months ago - our
agency in Austin declared
to us we would have to go
by the AG’s opinion that
the donations could only
go to a food bank, not a
food distributor.
“The closest food bank
for our area is in Tyler, the
East Texas Food Bank, so
I got with them and they
said we have a place in
Mount Pleasant, one in
Daingerfield and one in
Pittsburg we provide food
to,” he said.
“So we don’t have
a choice where they
distribute. In Titus County,
the Tyler food bank - East
Texas Food Bank, gives
to Titus County Cares,”
Kelley said.
That change came about
some six months ago, when
the Community Justice
Assistance Division of
the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice changed the
policy, according to Kelley.
“But all these
counties didn’t like the
interpretation of the
law on this and got a lot
of help from state Rep.
(Bryan) Hughes where
we can go back and all
the donations can go to
any certified charitable
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receives ‘sufficient’
consideration, even though
it is not equal’ to what
the political subdivision
pays, then the paying
out of public funds is
constitutional.”
Titus County Judge
Brian Lee said the county
was giving money to
the list of nonprofits the
county is currently giving
money to except for the
addition of one, TEX-21,
before he took office.
That list of 18 nonprofit
agencies or functions,
provided by Riddle at the
June 23 county meeting
includes: The Child Welfare
Board, Titus County
Historical Commission,
Shelter Agencies for Families
in East Texas (SAFE-T),
Court Appointed Special
Advocates (CASA) of Titus,
Camp and Morris Counties,
East Texas Council on
Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse, North East Texas
Child Advocacy, North East
Texas Regional Mobility
Authority, Transportation
Excellence for the 21st
Century (Tex-21), NETO
Meals on Wheels; and dues
for Ark-Tex Council of
Governments, Northeast
Texas Resource Conservation
and Development and
Technical Assistance
Center; and Northeast Texas
Economic Development.
The total collective
contributed amount to
the nonprofits, shown in
that budget category, was
$114,330 for the current
fiscal year.
“Tex-21,” Lee said, “is a
lobbying organization that
is focused on development
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corridor which is of vital
importance to us. Each
of the others have been
recipients of county
money,” he said, “since
before I came into office.”
“My personal criteria is
basically, does this entity
provide a service for the
county that the county cannot
provide for itself. If the
court feels that this service
is important and can best
be served by another entity,
contribution by the county
maybe appropriate,” he said.
Donations to broad-
based charities such as
the Salvation Army or the
March of Dimes, he said,
would be much harder to
associate with a county
need than a donation to a
local safety shelter or an
organization that helps
local abused or neglected
kids, he said.
“I certainly understand
the opinion of the critics
and I would never support
any charity that didn’t
support local county
needs,” he said.
Lee specifically addressed
Titus County’s donations
to Titus County Cares and
to CASA of Titus, Camp
and Morris Counties. Lee’s
wife, Judy Lee, heads TCC
and Cobern’s wife, Michelle
Woodruff Cobern, heads
CASA.
“As for Titus County
Cares, at this time the
county does not make any
direct contributions to
TCC,” Lee said. “The TCC
Resource Center was built
with funds received from
two major contributors
as a result of the fact that
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