The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1986 Page: 3 of 4
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THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, Jan. 24, 1986—3.
Samuel J. Steele
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Funeral services 'for Samuel J.
(Sam) Steele, 59, of 617 Rasure
Circle, were helcj Tuesday in the First
Presbyterian Church with the Rev.
James R. Shepherd and\the Rev.
Mike Barron officiating graveside
services were held Wednesday in the
Oak Lawn Cemetery in West Plains,
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Pallbearers wire Guy Felton,
Wilson Thomas, Tommy Johnston,
Harlin West, I,ee Teetes and Perry
Altenbaumer. Honorary pallbearers
were sessions of the First
Presbyterian Church.
Memorials may be made to the
First Presbyterian Church Building
Fund, the Hopkins County Op-
portunity Center or the American
Heart Association. «
Mr. Steele died Sunday in Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
He was born March 1, 1926, in
Sidney, Ark., the son of Samuel Guy
and Ada Wynona Claxton Steele. He
married Wilma Jean Hachtel June~17,
194-1, in Salem, Ark. She survives of
Sulphur Springs.
Mr. Steele was the owner and
manager of Steele Shoe Store and
Shoe Tree He also owned a shoe store
in Athens
He was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church where he
'’served as an deacon and elder He
had resided in Sulphur Springs since
1957.
Other survivors include four sons,
the Rev. Samuel Wayne Steele of
Broken Bow, Ok(a., Randall Eugene
Steele of Como, Christopher J Steele
of Miller Grove, and Tracy I^e Steele
of Sulphur Springs; a daughter,
Carmelita Stephens of Terrell; seven
grandchildren; a brother, James
Royce. Steele of St Ixiuis, Mo.; and
two sisters, Veta Chambers and
Cxavia Holstine, both of West Plains,
Mo.
The Tapp Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
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Mary Blount
Memorial services for Mary
Blount, 59, of Greenville, formerly of
Sulphur Springs, were held Thursday
in the Peters Funeral Horne chapel,
Greenville, w ith Bill Rust officiating.
Mrs. Blount died Tuesday morning
in Citizens General "Hospital,
Greenville
She was born March 10, 1926, m
Sulphur Springs, the daughter of
Ralph and Iva Roach Hill.
married Charles Blount Sept 19,1945,
in Big Spring. He survives.
She was a graduate of Sulphur
Springs High School w here she was a
member of the National Honor
Society. T'-
other survivors include a son,
Kenneth Blount of Fort Worth; two
daughters, Kathy Rose of Clinton,
Okla , and Karla Blount of Mesquite;
a sister, Patsy Shupt.rine of Tyler:
) and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Blount was preceded in death
by her parents and a brother. >
Burial was in the Macedonia
Cemetery.
y Ms. Smith died Thursday, Jan. 16,
in Atlanta Texas Hospital following
a brief illness.
She was born July 16, 1908, in
Miller County, Ark., and was a
member of the Macedonia Baptist
Church. *
She is survived by two sons,
James D. Smith of-Richardson and
Jerl E. Smith of Dallas; three
daughters, Judy McCreery of
Bloomburg, Janice Thurman of
Queen City, Texas, and Faye
Wheaton of Bloomburg; three
sisters, Suzie Whitehorn, Nora
Williams and Nancy Lundy all of
Atlanta, Texas; 14 grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Rev. Martin
Funeral services for the Rev.
Harvey Dean Martin, 69, of 110
Goodman St. were Sunday, Jan, 19,
at the Tapp Funeral Home Chapel
with the Rev. Garland Allen and the
Rev. James Edge officiating. Burial
was in Restlawn Memorial Park.
| Martin died Friday, Jan. 17.
He was bom Oct. 24, 1916, in
Pickton to Austin Martin and Sarah
Jane Atkins Martin. He was a
retired Baptist rtjinister.
He married Tennie Worthen April
20,1935, in Sulphur Springs.
Rev. Martin is survived by his
wife, Tennie, of Sulphur Springs; a
“son, Billy Dean Martin of Green-
ville; a daughter, Peggy J. Fails of
Burleson; a brother, Gilman (Mutt)
Martin, of Alta Loma; two sisters,
Ann Browning of Winnsboro and
Orberie Smith of Arlington: six
grandchildren; and four great-
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five
brothers and three sisters.
John A. Morris
* John,A. Morris
Funeral Services for John Alim
Morris, 3, of Route 1, Sulphur
Springs, (the Mahoney Community),
were held Monday in the Murray-
Orwosky Funeral Home chapel with
the Rev. Butch Carra way officiating.
Burial was in the Mahoney Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Darren Bridges,
Marcus Pounds, Kenneth Orr and
Jimmy Marshall.
The child died Saturday in Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital from
injuries received when he was struck
by a pickup as he played in the
driveway of his home.
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Mrs. Williams
Funeral services for Mrs. Cardell
Williams, 74, of 712 Fuller St., were
held Saturday in the Morning Chapel
Baptist Church. Burial was' in Mims
Chapel Cemetery in Avinger.
Pallbearers "ere Cletus Sims,
AMERICAN HERITAGE will
continue t\come alive on Tuesday
evenings in Striphqf Springs with the
resumption this wfcek of American
History 121, the second semester of a
series being taught by Professor Joe
Fred Cox of East Texas State
University. The class will be offered
at 6 p.m. each Tuesday at Sulphur
Springs High School and students
may still register for'this semester at
the school Tuesday night.
THE OPTIMIST Club of Sulphur
Springs, in cooperation with the the
Fall Festival Committee and the
Aubrey Nash, lee Ward, Dennis Cnamher of Commerce, is looking for
W'ayne Nash, I-ouis Kemp and Jozell
Rushing.
Mrs. Williams d’ed Wednesday in
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
She was bom in Pittsburg, ^the
daughter of Earnest and (Jla Mc-
Daniel " :f-'
She was a member of the Baptist
Churkh.
Survivors include her husband,
Nick Williams of Syilpnur Springs; a
son, Joel Lee Williams of Sulphu
Springs; a sister, Frances McDaniel
of Avinger; and a brother, Wade
McDaniel of Marshall.
suggestions for items to be placed in a
time capsule that will be buried
during the 1986 Fall Festival and
recovered in 2036. Suggestions, not
the actual items, should be mailed to
the Optimist Club, P.O. Box 92; or
Chamber of Commerce, P.O: Box 347,
Sulphur Springs.
A FREE Tax Aid program to assist
senior citizens in the preparation of
income tax returns, will be
ored by the American
lation of Retired Persons. The
Tax Aide counseling will be every
senior
e Associ
THE BOARD of Directors of the
Woman's Building has announced its
officers for the year. They include
Ruth Long of the' Standard Club,
chairman; Kris Bartley of Mother’s
Culture Cfub, vice chairman;
Sammie Petross of Business and
Professional Women, secretary;
Nancy Rooks of Dial Study Club,
treasurer; Kay McCool of Junior
Waverly Club, parliamentarian;
Rose Enlow of Waverly Club, finance
chairman; and Mavie Smith of Tanti
Club, publicity chairman. The Pilot
Club has also been added as a
iiiernber of the board, which will have
a meeting at 9:30-a.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 22, at the Woman’s Building.
HER NAME is Margaret, but she
calls herself Maggie the Cat. She’s
catty,-she says, 'because I’m con-
sumed with envy and eaten up with
longing.” Maggie’s frustration is a
result of family strife which comes to
a boil in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,”
'Tennessee Williams' powerful
Southern drama opening Jan. 23 at
the University Playhouse at East
Texas State University. Per-
formances will be Jan. 23, 24, 25, 30,
31 and Feb. 1, at 8:15 p.m. and Jan. 26
un,ifp Fnnpral Wnmpuac ,n nh.rw -.umucung » .u uv cvu) J1 and r eD. 1, at o: ID p.m. ana Jan. 2b
of arrangements ^ .U p.n, _For reseroal.on callfhe box
Hollie L. Wright
Funeral services for Hollie L.
Wright, 64, of Route 2, Brashear,-
were held Friday in the Tapp Funeral
Home chapel with theRev. Guy Mays
officiating. Burial was in the
Green view Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Freeman
Johnson, James Strickland, Barry
Strickland, Randy Stracener, I..R.
Strdcener and I-ewis Russell.
Mr. Wright died Wednesday in
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
He was born Jan. 22, 1921, in Ar-
hala, the son of Vernon Wright and
Eva Mae Ward Wright. He married
Ruth I-add Dec. 18, 1945/in Sherman.
She survives.
He was an aircraft worker for the
Aviall Co. He was also a veteran of
World War II. i
Sidney E. Williams
from 10 a m. until 2 p.m. at the Senior
Citizen Activity Center at 150 Hinnant
St.
JEFF HARRINGTON, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Murry Smith, has com-
pleted a 21-week training program for
the Dallas Fire Department. He was
hired with the City of Dallas July 17,
1985, and began' his training Aug. 12,
1985. *Gfaduation ceremonies were
held Thursday. Jan. 9. in Dallas.
Harrington will now begin shift work
at Station 11. Attending- the
ceremonies from Sulphur Springs
were his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Smith; his grandmother, Mrs, Robert
P. Bailey; and his cousin, Dan Pool'of
Duncanville.
PINK LADIES serving at Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital last week
were Mmes. Linda Maddox, Bill
Floyd, Bill Hargrave, Allan Jacob-
sen, Joy Seig, Jim Masters, Andrew
Meier, Evelyn Dial, Dennis Dawson,
Dale Watts, Garland Dawson, J.M.
Gee, Bert Campbell, Leroy Mclntire
office at 886-5337.
A BASIC emergency medical
technician iEMT» program will
begin at Paris Junior College Mon-
day, Feb. 26, according to Chris
Tobin, coordinator for PJC’s
Emergency Medical Services
Program. Classes will be.taught from
6 until 9 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays
through June 14 in the Applied
Sciences Annex III on the PJC
campus. For more information call
PJC’s Community Services office at
784-9447.
Ij-*temces ior Sidney E.
Williams, *77,\>f Dallas, formerly of
Hopkins County, were held Wed-
nesday in the Tapp Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Fred Lewis
officiating. Burial was in the City
•Cemetery.^ A
VJ^WilliaflTs died Sunday at his
residence.
He was born Jan. 30, 1908, in
Yantis, the son of George and Birdie
Williams. He married Loretta
Brainlett in April of 1939 in Hopkins
Count y;She survives.
He was _ self-employed in the
drilling business.
Other survivors include a son,
Ricky Williams of Allen; a daughter,
Jo Ann Turner of Sulphur Springs;
and two grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a
brother, Odie Williams; and two
sisters, Maying Williams and
Maurice Horchem.
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Callie Smith 1-
Fuheral services for Callie Smith,
77, of Bloomburg, Texas, were
conducted at 2 p.m Saturday, Jan
18, at Macedonia Baptist Church in
Macedonia, Ark , with the Rev.
Elvin Steed officiating ' t ,
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Other survivors include a son7 ,VW11 W1
Bobby Wright of Miller Gfove: two and Miss I-aurie Bauer,
grandchildren; a brother, Vernon
Wright of Sherman; three sisters,
.Naomi Smith of Waterford, Calif.,
Norma-Davis of Temple and Dorothy
Cave of Newsome. _ .
Lucille W. Neal
Funeral services for Lucille Wright
Neal, 71, of Dike, were held Friday in
the Murray-0rwosky Funeral Home
chapel with Noel Bailey and Darrell
Tubb officiating. Burial was in
Restlawn Memorial Park. v
Pallbearers were Dwight Tubb,
Steve Tiibb, Gary Tubb, Leo Cooper,
W.E. Neal, I D. Neal Jr. and Jimmv
White.
Mrs. Neal died Wednesday in
Hopkins County MemoriarHospital
following a brief illness. I
She was born Dec.*2,1914, in Como,
the daughter of Ocie and Lula Hinton
Wright. She married M.C. (,:Cleo )'„
Neal Dec. 26, 1931, in Texankana,
Ark. He survives. 1 \.
She was a homemaker and\a
member of the Dike Church of Christ)
Other survivors include two
daughters, Darcie Pettit of Garland
and Movertne Deaton of Dike; four
grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren
Mrs Neal \tas preceded in death by
four brothers
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records
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Divorces t v-.i* —*~
Donna Given Marsh and Danny
I-eon Marsh. >
Anthony Wayne Anglin and Thelma
Jean Anglin.
Margaret Ann Dixon Jordon and
Alan Morris Jordan.
Rena Faye Reynolds and Buack B.
Reynolds. -
Mark NAnthony George and Patsy
Ann Georg
irn5ge Licenses
Bradle^ Wayne\Martin and Debra
Renae Roberts
Jefferey Wade ^ltitow and Ten
Kristine Wallace.
Willie Nolan Bul\ard and Estell
Love Bullard.
William Rodney ^T)owdy- and
Margaret Bruner
William Floyd tubb and Tommy
Sue Wampler
Eugene Miller and Carol Ann
Miller.
Kandy Joe Edwards and Edie Lou
Joslen.
Loye Baxter Adams and Clara
Keren Anglin
THERE HAS been policy changes
regarding food stamps for applicants
who voluntarily quit their jobs, ac-
cording to the Texa? Department of
Human Services. Previously, food
stamp applicants who voluntarily-
quit a job within 60 days before they
applied for food stamps were
ineligible for 90 days from the day
they applied. The new policy changes
that period of ineligibility to 90 days
from the .date the applicant quit
rather than the food stamp ap-
plication date. For more information
contact the local DHS office.
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DON SMITH, state director for
Farm Burea‘u4)istrict 5, has returned
from the American Farm Bureau
convention in Atlantal, Ga., where the
representatives worked on policies
that they will lobby for in Congress
this year. Smith said that the policies
will not differ from previous years,
but they are a little broader. He
added that after visiting with a lot of
dairymen from across the nation,
most said there would be very limited
participation in the dairy herd buy-
out program.
Echoettes
* He was born Oct. 13, 1982, in
Sulphur Springs, the son of John
Gordon (Johnny) and Cheryl Jane
Newkirk Morris.
Survivors include his parents,
Johnny and Cheryl Morris of Sulphur
Springs; a brother, Ransom Morris of
Sulphur Springs; grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Billy J. Morris and Mr. and
Mrs. James Newkirk, all of Sulphur
Springs; and great-grandparents,
Mrs. Beatrice Gordon and Mrs. Ethel
Newkirk, both of Sulphur Springs.
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James Petty
Funeral services for James
Lawrence Petty, 95, of Bonham,
• formerly of Forest Academy, were
held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Como
Methodist Church with Rev. John
Allen officiating. Burial was in the
Forest Academy Cemetery. .
Mr. Petty died early Wednesday
morning in Dallas. c1
He was born Oct. 6,1890, in Hopkins
County, the son of Edward CarlOk
Petty and Alice Wells Petty.
He was a contractor and member of
the Methodist Church.
» Mr. Petty was a veteran of World
War I and a member of the World
War I Barracks. S
His wife, Pearl McKee Petty,
preceded him in death.
He is survived by nieces and
nephews, including Mrs. Mayme
Stewart of Como.
Tapp Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Juroska of
Commerce announce the birth of a
son at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15,
in Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital.
ALL SENIOR 4-H members (ages
14-19) interested in participating in a
recreation team should contact
Johanna Easdon at the county- ex-
tension office, 885-3443. Longhorn
Recreation Lab Weekend Workshop
is March 14-16 at the Texas 4-H
Center and the deadline to submit
teams is January 29.
TRAVIS MARSHALL, a soldier
with the Sulphur Springs National
Guard unit, is recovering from burns
suffered in an oil well explosion near
Palestine, according to Morris
Abercrombie, Guard unit ad-
ministrator. Cards and letters for
Marshall can be sent to Palestine
Memorial Hospital, Room 140,
Palestine 75081. “Right now we just
want all of Company B to know that
Travis was injured, but that he ap-
parently will recover just fine.”
THE FREE Tax Aid program
available to assist senior citizens in
preparation of their income tax
returns will be held from 8 a.m. until
12 a.m. beginning Tuesday, Feb. 4,
and not at the time previously an-
nounced. The tax assistance
program, sponsored by The
American Association of Retired
Persons, will be held during the same
hours each Tuesday through April 15
at the Senior Citizens Activity
Building, 150 E. Hinnant St.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerad McQueary of
Sulphur Springs announce the birth of
a son at 7:59 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17, in
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
Melani and Monica Moore an-
nounce the birth of their nephew,
John Aaron Cook, at 7:29 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 10, in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.^Parents are
David and Mitzi Cook. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Moore of
Sulphur Springs and Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd' Cook of Saltillo. Great-
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Buford Green of Sulphur Springs and
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Garey of
Saltillo. " ^
MR. AND Mrs. Epifanio Gudino of
Sulphur Springs announce the birth of
a son at 7:53 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16,
in Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital. —
NEWSPAPER READERS in
Europe were treated to a story about
Sulphur Springs and the
Sesquicentennial Wagon Train on
Jan. 9. The story appeared in the
Financial Times, published in Lon-
don, England, and widely circulated
in Europe. The article mentioned
Hopkins County Stew, but neglected
to indicate that it is world famous.
CONSTRUCTION ON the In-
terstate 30 project is. uhder way and
moving along with few problems
developing thus far, John Yant,
resident engineer for the state
highway department, said. Con-
struction crews Friday were working
with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
to designate underground lines after
a cable was cut Thursday, causing
interrupted telephone service from 3
p.m. until 9 p.m. in an area from
Sulphur Springs west and south.
Some long-distance calls had to be
redialed as a result of the cable cut, a
GTE spokesman said.
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Time Capsule
Members of the Optimist Club and other local organizations
are shown here viewing a time capsule made by Suita
Manufacturing Co. that will be placed adjacent to the
Wagon Train monument during Fall Festival activities.
The capsule will be recovered in 50 years during the Texas
Bicentennial. From left are Mac Herman; purchasing
manager of Suita Manufacturing Co.; Gary Bailey,
fabricator; Don Hicks, Optimist member; Margin Latham,
Sesquicentennial Committee member; Becke Anderson,
Fall Festival Committee member; and Perry Altenbaumer
and Mike Barron, both Optimist members. Optimists,
sponsors of the project, are seeking ideas for items to be
included and invite local officials to compose letters for the
event. ,
^ —Staff Photo by Richard Kail
Mom's 'new maid' "
also cleans house
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alunr- of -(accompanied, an apparent
"fep^y -thief,” proceeded to steal
* Judy Gilreath does not.....have a
maid, and that should have Lipped off ______ „______... .. _____t
her son, Mike, when a strange woman thousands of dollars worth of jewelry,
woke him with a knock on his
bedroom door Wednesday morning.
Instead, he rolled over and went
back to-sleep, and the woman, either
T don’t think she, or they, were in
the house more than 15 minutes,”
Gilreath said Thursday.
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GRADUATING SENIORS who ari
4-H members can pick up a 1
.Texas 4-H Foundation Scholarship
application at the County Extension
office on Jefferson Street or can get
information concerning 'the
scholarship by calling Johanna
Easdon at 885-3443>
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Mr and? Mrs. James Norris of
Emory announce the birth -of a
daughter at 8:03 a m. Monday, Jan
20, in Hopkins ('dainty Memorial
Hospital
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1986, newspaper, January 24, 1986; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775728/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.