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WEDNESDAY
EDITION
Vol. 25 No. 13
November 8,1989
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Council to
take over
cemetery
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The city is expected to assume
control of the Burleson Memorial
Cemetery after tomorrow's
(Thursday’s) regular city council
meeting.
Council members are scheduled
to vote on five ordinances regarding
the city's intention to become trustee
of the cemetery. The first of the five
ordinances gives the city the power
and authority to assume the admini-
stration of cemetery records and the
upkeep of cemetery grounds.
The ordinance also mandates
that the city establish a special fund
to maintain the funds received and
expended.
The Burleson Cemetery Asso-
ciation, which has maintained and
operated the cemetery, petitioned the
city to assume the position of trustee.
' If the ordinance passes, the city will
have the right, power and authority to
make reasonable rules and regula-
tions; sell lots; and receive gifts,
grants, and donations from any
source, and to establish and maintain
a fee schedule for the sale, care, and
upkeep of lots.
| In addition, the city will assume
the right to invest and reinvest all
funds advanced to it in interest bear-
ing bonds or securities of a munici-
pality, state, or federal government
If the council agrees to assume
responsibility for the cemetery, an
Brush fire burns 150 acres
A brush fire at 1165 S. Hurst Road Monday afternoon burned approxi-
mately 150 acres. Five Burleson fire units responded at 4:01 p.m. and
eared the scene at 5:38 p.m. Two units from Briaroaks assisted. The
re started in a trash barrel and spread to the rough pasture area.
King remembered for his smile
The legacy of Jimmy Lee King
to his family is one of smiles.
When we think of him, we just
student at North Texas University, ypars and rededicated his life to the
Lord twenty years ago. He had
transferring the cemetery operation
to the city.
The proposed agreement re-
leases the responsibility of the trus-
tees of the Burleson Cemetery Asso-
ciation for future operation of the
cemetery and the city for past
operation of the cemetery on any
issues regarding the administration
of records and care and upkeep of the
cemetery.
Council members will also
consider the formal accepantce of
the cemetery association's assets, in-
cluding all records, land, and all
funds; and award the bid for a main-
tenance contract for the maintenance
of the Burleson Memorial Cemetery.
- The city is also expected to amend its
fee schedule to include fees for the
cemetery, proposed at $620 for each
grave space and $325 for openings
and closings.
See COUNCIL page 2
Nancy Shea, King's ex-wife. ” You
could see it in his eyes. He enjoyed
life more than anyone I have ever
known."
King was discovered murdered
in his home on Sunday, Oct. 29.
His death shocked his family and
neighbors.
"You could never do wrong
with him because he would always
think the best of you," Shea said.
"His devotion towards the Lord, his
girls, his family, co-woikers and
friends was endless. He was loved
and respected by all of his
neighbors and will certainly be
missed in the neighborhood."
King had lived in Crowley for
18 years. He and Shea raised both
of their daughters here, and
remained good friends despite their
divorce. He was always involved
with the girl's activities.
King's death has been
especially hard on the two daughters
whom he had showed such devotion
towards. Kelli, 18-years old, is a
and Kristie King, IS, lived with her
dad and was a student at Crowley
Hig School. ~...
always requested a victorious
Ahrisdan fw«al.."That ha received
last Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the
Laurel Land Chapel in Burleson. He
was laid to rest at the Bethesda
cemetery.
King
was
employed as an
at Graphic Arts.fi®. in
Port Worth. Friends, family and co-
workers filled the chapel
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BY SALLY ELL.ERTSON
Two more inmates, in a string of inmates within the Johnson
County Law Enforcement Center’s first year of operation, escaped
Monday, Nov. 6.
Mamoun Abu-Baker, 26, of Arlington and NasorOmar,2jyof
Fort Worth, were discovered missing at 3:30 p.m. Monday from
the exercise yard. Both inmates are federal prisoners and both
were incarcerated for possession of cocaine. They are Jordanian
nationa^^vj iW^il,'v:;l- ^
According to David Carruthers, acting supervising deputy of
the United States Marshall's Office in Fort Worth, Omar was
arrested May 25and Abu-Baker was arrested May 31 in Arlington.
Omar went directly to the JCLEC and Abu-Baker was transferred
there from Tarrant County on July 5. ,
’’They used a mattress cover that they tore into shreds and
made a rope of,” JCLEC spokesman Pam Jetsel said. "They
climbed the rope, climbed over to the other side
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climbed over to the other sidepf the exercise
ped to the ground, and had a caTJhiiting."
• to Jetsel, the correctional officer keeping watch
at at 3 p.m. and then when he did a second count at
3:30 pjn„ two inmates were missing.
"They (correctional officers) do have a camera (surveying the
yard) out there to watch and scan hut they (the inmates) were able
toknock the camera off center enough with a basketball to keep the
officer from seeing," Jetsel said. "Each control booth is con-
structed for two people but with the control panel we can have just
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been allocated so t
; to do it with one."
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JIMMY LEE KING
Last August, King accom-
panied several other parents and the
dance troupes from the Janie
Sparkman’s Dance Academy to
Walt Disney World in Florida.
He was bom in 1941 in
Paonia, Colorado, but his parents,
Clay and Rosalee King have been
long-time residents of Burleson.
His brother and sister, along with
their families also live in Burleson.
According to his mother, King
became a "Christian in his early
of kings 1986
the night of his
! in an alleyway
been located.
Police have finished the prelimanary
Dodge convertible, believed to have b
murder. The cate was recovered by Fort
t jhind 1117 Jennings Ave« in Fort Worth
were^ctu toDr. Max
s reed up investigation becawe the Tarrant County tab bus a
l acklog of work. Courtney J» also the techmcial Crowley police use
for tbelntorilizer machine. : •" ' | ■ > •
A Texas -Ranger officer continue to assist the Qwwley
1 "‘^•ration each day. "We have do#«ii that was crucial to be done
itely. Now it is just a matter of time and a lot of hard work,"
added. This is the first homicide investigation in Crowley in
accident on Hwy. 1187 East
BY SALLY ELLERTSON
Two men, who witnesses say
were carrying guns in a Oct 29
fight on the Burleson Junior High
School grounds, have been arrested.
Charles Otis Rogers, 25, of
5754 Shelby Road, Fort Worth,
was arrested by Burleson detectives
Bruce Fayette and Cindy Aaron,
Lt. Daryli Markum, and a Tarrant
County deputy at Rogers' residence
on Nov. 3 at 1:31 p.m.
Marshall Glen Westfall, 21, of
Fort Worth, turned himself into the
Johnson County Sheriffs Office at
11:45 a.m. on Nov. 6.
Rogers and Westfall were
charged with having a weapon on
school grounds, a third degree felo-
ny.
The two were allegedly in-
volved in a fight that took place
after a football game on the Sun-
day at the Burleson Junior High
School grounds on S.W. Thomas.
"He (Rogers) was one of the
two people identified as carrying a
handgun," Det. Bruce Fayette said,
before Westfall turned himself in.
Burleson Police were called to the
scene on a report of gunshots but
nobody was injured by gunfire.
Roger and Westfall were picked out
of 12 people in two photo lineups.
According to statements from
the witnesses, two girls got into a
fight at 2:45 p.m. which escalated
into a larger fight, which lasted
approximately 5 minutes as more
people joined in.
One boy in the group, who
reported (o Be^from Everihan,
was allegedly knocked out in the
fight. At that time, the witnesses
said that the group left the school
grounds and said they would return
with more friends.
When the group did return at
4:47 p.m., they reportedly had
clubs, sticks, brass knuckles, and
guns.
Two Burleson men,. 20-year-
oU Barry Todd Owens and 19-year-
old Gerald Kirby, were beaten by a
third suspect who is not in custody.
According to Burleson Det. Bruce
Fayette, that suspect faces two
charges of aggravated assault.
Owens suffered a broken jaw
and broken nose but Kirby did not
require hospitalization.
"One of the witnesses involved
'Was able to get a license plate
number on one of the cars and we
were able to trace the license plate,"
Fayette said.
According to witness state-
ments, Rogers and Westfall both
had handguns. Two brass casings
from v'hat is believed to be a .44-
caliber Magnum gun were found at
the scene.
Rogers' bond has been set at
$75,009 and Westfall's is $20,000.
They are both in the Johnson Coun-
ty Law Enforcement Center.
Family seeks help for Bryan Scott
Bryan Scott's birth in Dennison,
Texas, Sept 7 was a normal delivery
following a normal pregnancy. But
right away doctors knew the 7 lb. 9
oz. boy was in trouble.
Almost immediatly, the new-
born became jaundiced and began
experiencing rapid breathing. By the
next morning it was discovered that
Bryan had been bom with only half
of his heart
"The right side of Bryan's heart
was developed," explained his
grandmother, Burleson resident Jean
Buswold, "but the left side of his
heart did not develop-there weren't
any arteries to take the blood out to
the body.”
Buswold noted that since
Bryan's birth she has learned this rare
development takes place within the
first seven weeks of conception. The
condition remains undetected until
birth due to an auxiliary function
which takes over, enabling the heart
to continue beating throughout preg-
"The heart keeps beating and
that's why doctors did not detect the
condition before Bryan’s birth,"
Buswold said.
Bryan was bom on a Thursday
and by Saturday the hospital's medi-
cal staff was working with him
around the clock. On Sunday, when
Bryan was just 3 days old, he was
transported by medical helicopter to
the Oklahoma Children's Memorial
Hospital in Oklahoma City.
He will remain in theOklahoma
facility until he has a heart transplant
He survives with a medication that
circulates his blood, however, the
medication cannot be used for life.
"Within a few months this medi-
cation can have reverse effects and
cause his liver and kidneys not to
function^" Buswold said, addipg,
"but right now he is doing great. He's
growing and gaining weight-he now
weighs 9 lbs 9 oz."
Although Bryan won.
leave the Oklahoma hospital until n
transplant is performed, he was
moved out of the facility's intensive
care unit recently. He remains in
isolation near the ICU, but now his
parents can be with tun) during the
See INFANT page 3
BRYAN SCOTT
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