The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1986 Page: 3 of 4
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THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO. Sulphur Springs, T«xo*. Friday, April 11. 1986—3.
Harold Follis
Funeral services for Harold
Follis, 69, of 229 S. League St. were
held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the
Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. Henry Grubbs
officiating. Burial was in Restlawn
Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Charles
Mathews, Jimmy Potter, Kenneth
Potter, Gary Mathews, Danny
Cummings and Odell Mathews.
Mr. Follis died at 1:45 p.m.
Tuesday at his home following an
extended illness.
He was bom in Hopkins County on
Aug. 28,1916, to Dan and Lela Follis.
He married Mary Potter in
Muskogee, Okla., on Dec. 29,1945.
He was a retired mechanic, a
member of the Baptist Church and
served with the U;S. Army in World
Warll.
He is survived by his wife, Mary
Follis of Sulphur Springs; two sons,
Harold Follis Jr. of Alba and Roger
Follis of Sulphur Springs; two
daughters, Kathleen Pennington and
Ramona Waggoner both of Sulphir
Springs; nine grandchildren; ahd
one great-grandchild. y
He was preceded in deatjj^lay his
parents and two sisters.
Milford T. West
Funeral services for Milford T.
West, 72, of San Bernardino, Calif.,
the brother of a Sulphur Springs
resident, were held Wednesday in
the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in
San Bernardino, Calif. Burial was in
the Montecito Memorial Park in San
Bernardino.
Mr. West died Friday, April 4, at
his residence.
He was born Sept 30, 1913, in
Stamford, the son of John J and
Margaret Miller West.
He was a retired supermarket
manager for Safeway
Survivors include his wife, Alice
Farah West of San Bernardino,
Calif.; two daughters, Catherine
Ixivaas of Mesquite and Rose Anne
Frye of San Bernardino, Calif ; a
son, Milford W'est Il^of San Ber-
nardino, Calif ; five grandchildren;
two brotliers, J Harlan West of
Sulphur Springs and John West of
San Bernardino, Calif.; and a sister,
Ixiis Johnston of El Monte, Calif
The Mark B Shaw. Waterman and
Gilbert Funeral Home in San Ber-
nardino, Calif., was in charge of
arrangements.
Clyde Mead
Funeral services for Clyde Mead,
81, of 407 Elmwood, were held
Wednesday in the Tapp Funeral
Home chapel with Dr. Charles
Redmond and Jackie McQueen
officiating. Burial was in the City
Cemetery with graveside services
conducted by the Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge.
Pallbearers wer£ Paul Mead,
Wesley Mead, Billy Mead, Larry
Mead, Marshall Allsip, Vandol
Lane, Earl Dean Lane and Billy
Wayne Baker.
Honorary pallbearers were Roy
Sims, Harvey Morris and E.L.
Cockrum.
Mr. Mead died Monday in Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital.
He was born Jan. 31, 1905. in
Oklahoma,.the son of Dr. E.L. and
Oma Cole Mead. He married Stella
Jane Martin March 21, 1927, in
Paris. She survives.
He was a longtime merchant in the
Peerless Community and retired
from Rockwell International. Hei
was a member of the,First Baptistf
Church and Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge No. 221 AF&AM.
Other survivors include a
daughter, Jean Morris of Dallas; a
granddaughter; a great-
granddaughter; and two brothers,
Earl Mead of Sulphur Springs and
Loyd Mead of Dallas.
Newman L. Dortch
Funeral services for Newman L.
Dortch, 90, of Route 5, the Shooks
Chapel Conununity, were held
Tuesday in the Murray-Orwosky
Funeral Home chapel with the Rev.
Brent Hundley officiating. Burial
was in the Shooks Chapel Cemetery
with masonic graveside services
conducted by Sulphur Springs
Masonfb Ixklge No. 221 AF&AM
Pallbearers were Jimmy Winfrey,
Herbert Anderson, Mike Temples,
Ralph Kern, S.J. Armstrong and
Bobby Kirby.
Honorary pallbearers will be
members of the Sulphur Springs
Masonic 1-odge No. 221 and the
World War I Barracks.
Mr. Dortch died Sunday in the-
' Sulphur Springs Nursing Home
following an extended illness.
He was born April 3, 1896, in
Hopkins County, the son of Newman
Andrew and Othello White Dortch.
He married Willie Edna Martin
April 21, 1921, in Hopkins County.
She survives.
He was a longtime, well-known
Hopkins County poultryman retiring
in the late 1960’s.
Mr. Dortch served in the U.S.
Army in World War I. He was a
member of the World War I
Barracks, the Hella Temple Shrine
Jf Dallas and the Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge No. 221 AF&AM
where he was a 32nd degree mason.
He was also a member of the Shooks
Chapel United Methodist Church.
Other survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Waulinda Downs of
Sulphur Springs and Mrs. Mary-
White of Winnsboro; eight grand-
children; and 11 great-
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by
several brothers and sisters in-
cluding Mrs: Gertrude Palmer, Mrs.
Dahlia Williams and Mrs. Mamie
Waits, all of Sulphur Springs.
vy Mrs. Marie Helm V
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Funeral services for Mrs. Marie
Helm, 77, of 642 Houston St., were
held Friday in the Tapp Funeral
Home chapel with the Rev“T"B
Morgan and the Rev. Fred Lewis
officiating Burial was in the City
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Billy Sam
Elliott, Billy Daniel, Sidney Phillips,
Frank Odom, Jerry Lewis and
Clovis Pinion.
Mrs. Helm died at 5:45 a.m.
Wednesday.
She was bom Dec. 15, 1908, in
Gurley, Ala., the daughter of Lonnie
A. Williamson and Ronienia Griffis
Williamson
She married Allen Helm, who
preceded her in death.
Mrs. Helm was a member of the
First Baptist Church, the AARP and
the Rod & Gun Club.
She was a retired saleswoman
with Perry Brothers and Duke &
Ayres.
Survivors include three grand-
children, Shanane Maddox and
Jason Helm, both of Houston, and
Shannon Howald of Tennessee; a
niece, Mrs. Linda Huddleston of
Fort Worth; and a sister. Mrs.
Louise Gafford of Sulphur Springs.
She was preceded in death by a
son, Allen Ray Helm, and a brother,
Otis Williamson.
S.L. Stubblefield
Funeral services for Stephen L.
Stubblefield, 31, of Sulphur Bluff
were held Saturday at Harvey
Funeral Home in Mount Vernon with
the ReVs. A.T. Blankenship and
Billy Paul Cain officiating.
Burial was in the Sulphur Bluff
Cemetery.
Stubblefield died Thursday, April
3, in Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Paris
following an extended illness.
He was born March 29, 1955, in
Odessa to Jay and Mattie Stub-
blefield.
Survivors include his parents, Jay
and Mattie Stubblefield of Sulphur
Bluff; one son, Jason Stubblefield of
Houston; two brothers, Charles
Stubblefield and Michael Stub-
blefield of Sulphur Bluff; one sister,
Mona Hotard of Collge Station; and
one adopted brother, Clifford Watts
of Sulphur Bluff.
Charles R. Blount
Memorial services for Charles R.
Blount, 60, of Greenville, formerly of
Sulphur Springs, were held Saturday
in the Peters Funeral Home chapel,
Greenville, with the Rev. Mike
House of Sulphur Springs officiating.
Mr. Blount died Thursday in
Citizens General Hospital, Green-
ville.
He was born July 5, 1925, in
Sulphur Springs, the son of Elvis Lee
Blount and Clara Ruth Simmons
Blount. He married Mary Roach
Sept. 19, 1945, in Big Spring. She
preceded him in death in January of
1986.
He was an independent landman.
Survivors include his mother,
Mrs. Ruth Blount of Sulphur
Springs; a son, Kenneth Blount of
Fort Worth; two daughters, Kathy-
Rose of Clinton, Okla., and Karla
Blount of Mesquite; three brothers,
Mike Blount and Jackie Blount, both
of Sulphur Springs, and Jerry Blount
of Tyler: and four grandchildren.
Local journalists win AP awards
A sports column concerning
Southern Methodist University
coaches and the National Collegiate
Athletio®4ssociation has brought first
place honors to The News-Telegram
sports editor from The Associated
Press.
Lew Johnson joined two other staff
members in receiving awards in the
1985 Texas Associated Press
Managing Editors Contest in com-
petition with Texas daily newspapers
under 10,000 circulation Mary Grant,
news editor, secured second place in
a feature series category while Karen
Turpen, reporter-photographer, was
awarded an honorable mention for
sports photography
Johnson won the first place award
in sports column writing for an Aug.
20 "Off the Cuff-' entitled " NCAA
rules not tough enough on coaches
who err.” •
Johnson won third place in feature
writing last year for a feature article
detailing the career of Orville Moody-
on the Senior PGA Golf Tour.
Judges remarked that Grant's
feature series was an "ambitious
project for a smaller paper " 1
Grant's 8-article series on Sulphur
Springs’ downtown area was
published February through April in
The News-Telegram
Turpen received an honorable
mention in photojournalism for two
photographs that appeared jpn the
July 23 sports page picturing high
school baseball players and coaches.
Other winners in Class A sports
column writing were: second place,
Dave Scott, Mid-Cities Daily News;
and honorable mentions, David King,
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung; Van
Holcombe, Bay City Daily Tribune;
and Bob Runyon, Mount Pleasant
Daily Tribune.
Winning first place in feature series
in Class A was Chuck Doherty of the
Richardson Daily News fof a series
on growth of high-tech in the area.
Honorable mentions in feature
series were Ellen Rossini, Richard-
son Daily News, and Jeff Simpson,
Gainesville Daily Register.
In photojournalism, Philip Barr of
the Huntsville Item won first place.
Second place went to Dean Raymond
of the Bay City Daily Tribune
Other photojournalism honorable
mentions were awarded to Richard The awards were presented during David Hillsamer, News-Telegram
Wong, Huntsville Item, and Philip the Associated Press Managing managing editor, received the
Barr, Huntsville Item. Editors Convention in Wichita Falls, awards for members of the staff.
Reporters recognized
Lew Johnson, News Telegram sports editor,
second from left, receives congratulations
from Dave Hillsamer, managing editor, for
winning first place in an Associated Press
c?-"
state wide contest. Looking on frt^m right are^
Karen Turpen, reporter photographer, who
won an honorable mention, and Mary Grant,
news editor, who won a second place.
COMMUNITY PLAYERS will
present Neil Simon's Chapter Two at
the SSISD Administration Building
Auditorium Friday and Saturday.
April 11-12, at 8 p.m and Sunday at 2
p.m Reserved seats are $5 and
general admission tickets are |4.
Students and senior citizens ad-
missjjpn is
Tax review
board plans
'86 hearings
The Hopkins County Tax Appraisal
District Review Board, meeting in its
first session of the year, was briefed
Tuesday by Chief Appraiser Tom
Witt for the upcoming hearings which
the board oversees.
New legislation has delayed the
hearings and appraisal list cer-
tification by about six weeks, Witt
said.
“The taxing agencies aren’t going
to be happy with us," he added,
noting that taxing entities compose
their budgets based on the in-
formation available regarding ex-
pected tax income.
Property appraisals should be in
the mail by the third or fourth week in
May, Witt said . ■
— Staff Photo by Ann McAdams
Echoettes
THE STATE Department of
Highways and Public Transportation
has approved, an emergency, main-
tenance fpr anfjl.6-mile stretch of
Interstate^ 30. The section was
determined to be in "pre-pothole’’
stage. The project will begin in Hunt
County and extend about 3 miles into
Hopkins County and will involve all
four lanes.
STATE REP. Pete Patterson told
The News-Telegram Friday that he is
"99 percent sure I am going to be in
the race" for the State Senate seat
vacated recently by Ed Howard of
Texarkana. "This is an opportunity
too good to pass up,” he said. Pat-
terson is currently running for re-
election for his District 2 seat, but
state law will allow him to conduct
both his Texas House of Represen-
tatives campaign and the special
election campaign for the State
Senate. T/?e special election will be
held in early August. Patterson said
he will announce his intentions
-sometime thiJVeek.
A PLANNED increase in AT&T
weekend and nighttime long-distance
phone rates due to go into effect
Sunday has been blocked by the
•Federal Communications Com- •
mission.
THE SULPHUR Springs Police
Department w ishes to inform citizens
that the intersection of College Street
and Industrial Drive is now a three-
way stop. A stop sign has been in-
stalled on College Street at the in-
tersection, in addition to flashing red
lights. Police Chief Donnie I-eyis said
motorists will be granted a five-day
grace period in order to get ac-
customed to the intersection
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Echoettes
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JIM AND Sherry Speaker an-
nounce the birth of a daughter, Mandi
Nicole, Friday, March 21. The baby-
weighed 9 pounds, 74; ounces.
Maternal grandparents are Mr and
Mrs. Robert Newman of Willow
Springs, Mo. Paternals grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Janies Speaker Sr.
of Bakersfield, Calif. Maternal great-
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Tabor. Paternal great-
grandparents are Henry P. Hart and
Elizabeth Speaker.
Christine Stevens of Greenville
announces the birth of a son 9:34 p.m.
Saturday, April 5, in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
Nathan Jordan of Pine Forest
announces the birth of a brother,
Jeffrey Blake, at 4:30 p.m. Wed-
nesday, April 2, at Titus County
Memorial Hospital, Mount Pleasant.
He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and
was 194- inches long. Parents are Jeff
and Rhonda Jordan. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Sonny)
George of Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Pat Jordan of Pine Forest. Great-
grandparens are Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice Jordan of Pine Forest, Mrs.
Vera C. Lile of Sulphur Springs and
Mrs. Gertrude Thompson of Cooper.
NINA, BABA and Ben Behzadpour
announce the arrival of a son and
brother, Cameron Adam, Tuesday,
March 25, in Corpus Christi. The baby
weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was
21 inches long. Local grandparents
include G.C. and Sue Magers of
Sulphur Springs. The Behzadpours
live in Alice, where he is a teacher for
VH students.
RONALD G. and Robyn Willis
Haygood of Shirley announce the
birth of a daughter, Amanda Nicole,
at 3:37 p.m. Monday, March 31, in
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
The baby weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces
and was 194> inches long. Grand-
parents are Nell Willis of Sulphur
Springs and Clyde and Evelyn
Ponder Haygood of Shirley. Great-
grandparents are Texalena Butler of
Sulphur Springs, Fred and Ottie
Evelyn Ponder of Shirley and Mrs.
Lillian Haygood of Dallas.
MR. AND Mrs. Verrell Patty of
Sulphur Springs announce the birth of
a baby girl Monday, April 7 at 5:26
p.m.
VOTERS IN the Winnsboro area,
part of which laps over into Pickton in
Hopkins County, voted down a
proposal, 1,372-154, that would have
annexed them into the Northeast
Texas Community College taxing
district. According to officials at
NTCC, the proposition was voted
down in every’ county it was proposed
in.
A PUBLIC HEARING on a request
to rezone a property located at the
southwest corner of State Highway 19
and Airport Road from First
Residential to Light Industrial will be
the only formal item for con-
sideration ^t the Planning and Zoning
Commission meeting at 7 p.m.
Monday.
THIS WEEK citizens of Texas can
use the time to honor all former
prisoners of war. April 9 designates
the fall of Baatan in World War II
where many American servicemen
were imprisoned. "Many of our
. citizens have been caputred by-
enemy forces and have been forced to
endure periods of deprivation,
starvation and isolation at the hands
of the enemy,” Gov. Mark White said
in noting the date to honor the
veterans.
A FILM depicting the life story of
Clebe McClary, a Vietnam veteran,
will be shown at the Optimist Club
meeting set foi\6:30 a.m. Tuesday at
the Hqlidpy Inn Restaurant. The film
untitled k"Pontf£iit of an American
I^ero” will also be shown at 7 p.ni.
Wednesday at the Calvary Baptist
Church.
CAMP FOLDERS for Camp
Gambill Girl Scout resident camp
were mailed out recently to all
registered girls in the Red River^
Valley Girl Scout Council. The
resident camp is scheduled for five
weeks this summer from June 15 until
July 19. It is open to all girls ages 5 to
17. An open house will be held at the
camp for all interested girls and their
families from 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday,
May 4. A girl does not need to be a
registered Girl Scout to attend Camp
Gambill. For more information call
784-0803
court
records
COURT RECORDS
Marriage licen&es
Sterling Michael Wallace and
Michele Ann Hathcoat.
James Michael Cosper and Mary
Paulette Cunningham. ,
Terry Wayne McCreary and
Tammy Kay Mclntire.
Henry Floyd Kennington Jr. and
Jewell Ocon Haley.
Jose Cruz Torres and Latcha Marie
Russell.
Bobby Dean Coston and Peggy
Lynn Anning. *
Tracy McClain Stephens to Sharon
Lou Cooper.
Divorces
Jimmy A. Rowland and Susan L.
Rowland.
Tommy Gene Lykins and Catherine
Jane Lykins.
Felix Mahlon Holder and Glenda
Joyce Holder.
Frank Kasper and Gloria Jean
Kasper.
Land transfers
Lowell Cable and Mary Cable to
James W. and Anita Kris Kamalsky
— tract in Winnie Jewell Survey.
Travis W. and Ruth Kendall, David
A. and Diana C. Seifried to Wallace
Hefner — 3 tracts in Hopkins County.
Raymond Hayes to Veterans Land
Board of Texas -r tract in Alex O.
Wetmord Survey.
Ruth Orsburn to Ernest G. and
Mary J. Kristie — tract in Thomas
Stewart Survey.
Inez Wilburn Palmer Melton and
Louise Wilburn Coke to Odessa
Wilburn Waggoner and R.D
Waggoner — tract in E. Melton
Survey.
Evaline Wrinkle to Doug Moore and
Joe Weaver — Lot 12, Block 1, J. Y’
Barbo.
Wimbledon Court to Evaline
Wrinkle — tract in M.A. Bowlin
Survey.
Price Homes Inc. to Bavard and
Glenn Hill — Lot 6, Block 5 — Lincoln
Heights Addition.
H.L. Quinn and Nora Quinn to
Arthur M. and Lois Quinn tract in
G. Procello Survey.
John A. Butler to Gary M. Butler —
tract in Sarah H. Norris Survey.
M. Smith Furney and Mabel W.
Fumey to Fred S. Furney — tract in
E. Melton Surv ey
Carrie Sue Wright to Archie Dean
Crawford — tracts in G. Pfocello
Survey.
Randy E. and Susan Denette Berry
to Timko Konstruction — Lot 18,
Block 1 — Cedar Springs.
James R. Moore and I,.B.
Resources to Tmiko Konstruction -
Lot 1, Block 3 — Cedar Springs Ad-
dition.
John and Mary Trumble to Toy
Corley — tract in’Ferdinand Carroll
Survey. a
Brad Massey t-c I .a try Miles and
Millard Bennett — tw ^thirds interest
to tracts in Hopkins County.
Tammy J. Fouse to Dale and Terry
McMahan - Lot 5, Block 204, Section
6 and Lot 11, Block 205. Section 5 of
Meadow-view Addition.
G.A. Flippen and Roberta Flippen
to Larry M. Flippen — tract in J.B.
Hill Survey.
George L. and Barbara E. Hankins
to Jerry L. and Sherry A Denton —
tract in Helena Nelson Survey.
David M. and Jo Beth Brewer to
Edna M. Anderson and Wallace and
Olie Harlow — Lot 12. Section 1, Block
205 — Meadow-view Addition.
Rodney Morris and Debby
Bingham to Willard L. Bowen — tract
in Elizabeth Melton Survey.
Raymond Hayes to, Veterans I,and
Board of Texas — tract in Alex O.
Wetmore Survey.
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PVT. TIMOTHY D. Ponder has
completed basic training at Fort
Leondard Wood, Mo. Ponder is a 1985
graduate of Yantis High School and
the son of Mr. and Mrs Bob Ponder of
Route 1, Yantis,-He-will remain at
Fort Leondard Wood until April to ,
complete advanced instructional
training in mechanics
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PINK LADIES serving at Hopkins
County Memorial Hospital last week
were Mmes. Evelyn Dial, Theresa
Gee, Faye Hargrave, Vivian
Jacobsen, Linda Maddox, Johnnie
Masters, Lillian McDonald, Hazel
Mclntire, Dorothy Ridge, Kay Sieg,
Roverta Dawson, Joyce Goldsmith
and Ann Meadows.
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1986, newspaper, April 11, 1986; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth776195/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.