The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1988 Page: 3 of 4
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Deaths
Roby Ragan
Graveside services for Roby
Ragan, 91, of 213 Joyce Drive,
were held Thursday, Aug. 11, in
Resdawn Memorial Park with the
Revs. L.B. Morgan and Charles
Redmond officiating.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
Mr. Ragan died at 11:18 p.m.
Tuesday in Hopkins County
Memonal Hospital.
He was bom Sept. 10, 1896, in
Erin, Tenn., the son of John M.
Ragan and Sally Hassell Ragan. He
married Della Hamrick Feb. 21,
1918, in Sulphur Springs. She sur-
vives.
A retired fireman and auto me-
chanic, he was a long-time resident
of Hopkins County.
Other survivors include one sis-
ter, Mrs. Mary Neal of Dallas; and
two brothers, Lewell Ragan of Sul-
phur Springs and Walter Ragan of
Sulphur Springs.
TVavis (Ted) Coker
Graveside services for Travis
Avon (Ted) Coker, 61, of 149‘A
Garrison St. were held Monday at
Greenpond Cemetery with the Rev.
Jimmy Gullage officiating.
Mr. Coker died Friday morning
at his home.
He was bom May 21, 1927, in
Hopkins County. He married Clara
Abney. She preceded him in death.
He was an oil field worker.
Survivors include three sons,
Larry Coker of Lucas, Texas,
TVavis Lee Coker of Abilene and
Ronny Coker of Dallas; one
daughter, Sandra Smith of
Mesquite; one brother, C.F. (Men-
ce) Coker of Yantis; three sisters,
Treo Vanderslice of Ponco City,
Okla., Dixie Colvin of Hugo, Okla.
and Glenna Guest of Yantis; and
eight grandchildren.
Tapp Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements.
Ralph Wilson
Services for Ralph Lonzell Wil-
son, 71, of Denham Springs, La.,
formerly of Pickton, were held
Monday, July 25, in Baton Rouge,
La., with the Rev. James Scivique
and the Rev. Thomas Goodman
officiating.
Burial was in Greenoaks
Memorial Park.
Mr. Wilson died Friday, July 22,
in Medical Center, Baton Rouge,
La.__
He was an U.S. Army veteran of
World War II and a member of
Riverdale Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife. Hazel
Stone Wilson; a son, William O.
Wilson of Baton Rouge, La.; three
daughters, Glenice Stone and
Janice Roberts, both of Baton
Rouge, La., and Brenda Bryon of
New Orleans, La.; a sister, Molly
Lemond of Clarksville; and three
grandchildren.
Mary Petty
Services for Mary Petty, 87, of
109 Randolph St, were held Satur-
day, Aug. 6, in Mitchell Chapel
Church of God in Christ with Su-
perintendent B.L. Turman officiat-
ing.
Burial was in the Melhaven
Cemetery with Paul William,
Cleveland Alexander Jr., Austin
Dial and David Gordon serving as
pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers
were deacons of Mitchell Chapel
Church of God in Christ.
Mrs. Petty died Tuesday, Aug. 2,
in Hopkins County Memorial Hos-
pital.
She was bom Sept. 23, 1900, in
Texas, the daughter of Jim and
Louise Brown Langley. She mar-
ried William Petty Sr. March 2,
1918. He preceded her in death.
She was a member of Mitchell
Chapel Church of God in Christ
and served as Sunday School
teacher, president of the Mother’s
Board, Y.P.W.W. teacher and mem-
ber of the Senior Choir.
Survivors include one son, Wil-
liam Petty Jr. of Sulphur Springs;
one daughter, Sherry Yvette Petty
of Sulphur Springs; and two
grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by one daughter.
ISD project
winds way
to finish
The construction process around
five local schools is winding down
as workers put the finishing touches
on the 24 additional rooms in the
Sulphur Springs school system in a
building phase that began in Janu-
ary to the tune of almost $1.5 mil-
lion.
“Things are going along right on
schedule,” Paul Glover, assistant
■superintendent-business, said this
week.
Heading the list of completions
are Travis and Lamar elementary
schools, which were to be rounded
out by Friday.
Early this week, Douglas Inter-
mediate School and Houston
Elementary School are to be com-
pleted.
Pulling up the rear in the list is
Sulphur Springs High School’s
finishing touches, scheduled before
teachers resume duties Aug. 15.
PJC schedules
fall signup
Regular registration for the fall
semester at Paris Junior College
will be held Aug. 23 through 26.
Registration will be by alphabet
according to the schedule printed in
the fall semester schedule. Night
students may register at night or
during their alphabetical time dur-
ing the day.
Orientation, which all students
are required to take once, will be
held beginning at 8 a.m. Aug. 23 in
the Performing Arts Theater in the
Administration Building.
Placement tests are also being
required of all beginning freshmen.
Two tests, one in English and one
in mathematics, are not used as
admissions test but are placement
tests used to determine the ap-
propriate classes for the students.
For more information on
registration, call 784-9425.
THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Tsxss, Friday, August 12,198S—3.
New EMS Director
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital administrator
Don Magee congratulates Rusty Stillwagoner, the
new director of the Emergency Medical Service
division of the hospital. Stillwagoner, who has been
with the division for over five years, was named
director on Friday. See Page 1 for story.
—Staff photo by Scott Keys
Research co-op formed
County court records
Seawright and Jack R.
Marriages
Timothy Craig Bilharz and
'Patricia Ann Rogers.
Jesus Rufino Castno and
Remedies Tapia Castno.
Stephen Audley Moore and Eva
Marie Bain.
Divorces
Earlene Keller and Truman
Keller.
Charles Henry Regan, Jr. and
Sherry Lynn Regan.
Helen M. Seawrij
Seawright.
Barney McQueen and Nell Mc-
Queen.
Linda N. Thompson and Bennie
Ray Thompson.
Dina Delaine Doering and Larry
Doering.
Land transactions
John M. Stribling and Guynell
Stribling to Violet I. Johnson, Lot
16 of the Oak Grove Addition in
the M.A. Bowlin Survey.
Jamie E. Pruit, et ux, Mary Pruit
to David W. Vanderford and Sylvia
J. Vanderford, Lot 8, Block 1, Sec-
tion 2 of the Lake Highlands Addi-
tion in the Santos Coy Survey.
Murray Crumpton and Freeda
Crumpton to Sandra Bearden
Romans, tract in the Smith R.
Cherry Survey.
Bessie Hope Arnold to Jeff D.
Arnold, Hellen Arnold Lock, Lasca
Arnold Hahn, Mary Jo Arnold Wil-
liams and Billy L. Arnold, 11.75
acres in the James Ford Survey.
Daniel Ray Campbell and Peter
Gregory to Brian K. Anderson and
Paula Jill, Lot 1 of the Robertson
Addition in the M.A. Bowlin Sur-
vey.
Martha A. Fielden to Richard W.
Fielden, one tract in the Henry
Hopkins Survey, two tracts in the
Jacob Hedrick Survey and one tract
in the J.B. Simpson Survey.
Lauretta Faye Raybom to
Donald Coffman and Barbara S.
Coffman, tract in the Joseph Cloud
Survey.
Leroy Easley and Wandean
Easley to Arthur Hamner and Janet
E. Hamner, 1 acre in the J. Y’Barbo
Survey.
Velma Ishmael to Benny Bryant
and Linda Bryant, 1 acre in the
John Clark Survey.
Benny Bryant and Linda Bryant
to B.B. Beers, 1 acre in the John
Clark Survey.
IT). Neal to Debra Neal, tract in
the Ocela Barb Survey.
Wendell Grimes to Norman D.
Colyer and Donna L. Colyer, Lot 8
of the Bellair Addition in the M A.
Bowlin Survey.
Frances G. Darrow to Johnny R.
Darrow, tract in the F. Mans Sur-
Frances G. Darrow to Johnny R.
Darrow, tract in the A. Caro Survey.
Troy Laverne Boyd and Sylvia
Boyd to Charles Askins and
Raynelle Asians, tract in the Robert
Foote Survey.
James E. Rooks and Nancy J.
Rooks to B.B. Beers, Lot 8 of the
Karol Heights Addition in the M.A.
Bowlin Survey.
City of Sulphur Springs, a
Municipal Corporation acting by
and through its mayor, to W.A.
Cannon, Jr. and Kathlyn R. Can-
non, three tracts in the M.A.
Bowlin Survey.
City of Sulphur Springs, a
Municipal Corporation acting by
and through its mayor, to Edwin D.
Hurt and Willie Mae Hurt, two
tracts in the M.A. Bowlin Survey.
City of Sulphur Springs, a
Municipal Corporation acting by
and through its mayor, to Joe Mack
Gober and Nona Lynne Gobcr and
Sue Nan Gober, tract in the M.A.
Bowlin Survey.
City of Sulphur Springs, a
Municipal Corporation acting by
and through its mayor, to Joe A.
Gober and Imogene Gober, tract in
the M.A. Bowlin Survey.
Paul W. Citty to Gerald T. Heard
and Martha J. Heard, 10 acres in
the J. Y’Barbo Survey.
A unique concept was recently
developed between East Texas
State University, Texas Pest Man-
agement Association and Texas
Agricultural Extension Service
dealing with research and testing of
crops and pesticides.
The concept was the topic of the
Hopkins County Agricultural
Workers meeting held Thursday
morning. c,
“We decided we could do more
by working together,” Don Reid,
Professor of Agriculture at ETSU,
said.
The whole idea of the research is
to minimize ri$k and maximize
production for farmers.
Research involves wheat, com
and milo as well as the develop-
ment of chemical control for crops
in Hunt, Rockwall and Collin
counties. Initially research \yas
portrayed on small plots of land.
Researchers eventually hope to
measure the development of plant
diseases, soil fertilization, soil ero-
sion and drainage through the use
of infared remote sensing. That is
several years down the road, Reid
said.
Despite the $11,000 student-
labor loss from budget cuts last
year, ETSU students are still used
in the research process. “They need
to know what’s going on,” Reid
said.
In relation to the research and
prompted by the loss of funding by
the state, local (Hunt, Rockwall and
Collin counties) producers bonded
together to form Cereal Crop
Research Incorporation. CCRI is a
non-profit organization in which
producers donate leases of land and
labor to the Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service for research on a
field scale.
Echoettes
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shaw of
Cumby announce the arrival of a
son at 4:26 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, in
Hopkins County Memorial Hospi-
tal. _
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Nichols of
Sulphur Springs announce the birth
of a daughter at 7:50 a.m. Friday,
Aug. 5. ___
LARRY J. EVANS, formerly of
Sulphur Springs, has completed
basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C.
He is the son of Marilyn Evans of
Sulphur Springs and Larry Hill of
San Antonio. He graduated from
Sulphur Springs High School.
KYLE L. ROBERTS, son of BiU
and Joyce Roberts of Sulphur
Springs, recently completed the
Noncommissioned Officer Leader-
ship Course. Roberts is a Marine
corporal and serving at the Marine
Corps Base at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Petty wins contest
By TINA BRADSHAW
Tara Petty of Hopkins County
was named winner of the talent por-
tion and Winnie McLean of Van
Zandt County was crowned queen
at the District Five Miss Texas
Farm Bureau Contest Friday night
in the Woman’s Building.
Both winners will advance to
state competition in Corpus Christi
in December, according to Don
Smith, Hopkins County Farm
Bureau state representative.
Petty, the daughter of Mick Petty
and Sherry Landers, dazzled the
crowd as well as the judges with
her version of “God Bless the
USA.” The song won the 16-year-
old Sulphur Springs High School
junior, die title of Hopkins County
Farm Bureau Talent contest last
week at the county level competi-
tion.
McLean convinced judges that
she should assume the tide of Farm
Bureau queen while answering a
question on why farmers and
ranchers should become politically
active through the Farm Bureau
Organization. She also played a
medley of songs on the fiddle dur-
ing the talent portion of Friday
night’s competition.
“I was shocked,” Petty said,
recalling her feelings as the an-
nouncer declared her as talent win-
ner.
Petty added that she didn’t know
she was going to win. “Everyone
else was so good,” she said.
According to Petty, plans for
state competition will not be
finalized until she confers with a
consultant in Dallas as well as her
family.
“1 have a tough path to follow,”
Petty said. “Angie Diamond, last
year’s winner was really good.”
McLean said “I was relieved and
proud,” adding that she was also
“excited.”
Judges were Mrs. Martin
Lambritt of Gilmer, Mrs. JoAnn
Brewer, vice president of the First
FOUR AREA high school gradu-
ates have received scholarships
from the Texas Interscholastic
League Foundation. Robby William
Cham ness of Yantis has been awar-
ded $1,000 from the Hatton W.
Sumners Foundation. Menzie
Chase of Sulphur Springs has been
awarded a four-year $4,000
Meadows Foundation scholarship.
Jeral Poskey of Sulphur Springs
was awarded $1,000 from the John
Porter King Jr. Memorial fund.
And, Randy Scott Johnson of Sal-
tillo has been awarded a $1,000
scholarship from the foundation.
A FORMAL contract has been
presented to the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers by the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department indicating
its determination to operate two
parks at Cooper Lake, according to
a prepared statement from Sen. Phil
Gramm. After review by the Corps,
the contract will be forwarded to
Assistant Army Secretary Robert
Page for final consideration by that
department
EXTENSION HOME Economic
agents Janie Crump and Johanna
Hicks are participating in the Texas
Association of Extension Home
Economists Annual Conference in
South Padre. Professional im-
provement workshops dealing with
critical issues, idea sharing and
special guest speakers will high-
light the conference.
CATHY PIPKIN was the top
loser at the TOPS-TX Chapter No.
1233 meeting Wednesday with 20
members weighing in.
MARTIN FRANCE of Sulphur
Springs returned from a weekend
State Bow Championship Tourna-
ment in Atlanta in which he won
second place.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tutt of
Sulphur Springs announce the ar-
rival of a son at 1:58 p.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 9, in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Melton of
Como announce the arrival of a
daughter at 7:55 a.m. Monday,
Aug. 8, in Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital.
Paula and Maurice Teague <?f
Cumby announce the birth of jL
daughter. Crystal Denise, at 6 p.m.
July 22 at Hopkins County
Memorial Hospital. She weighed 6
pounds, 'A ounce and was 19 in-
ches long. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Teague of Lone
Oak, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gaines
of Cumby, Mr. and Mrs. Hosie
Teague of Oklahoma and Mr. and
Mrs. L.B. Ratliff of Llano.
Mr. and Mrs. Delray Jenkins and
Clint have returned to their home in
El Maton, after attending the funer-
al of his father, Charlie Jenkins.
While here they visited with her
mother, Patsy Gibson and other rel-
atives. Mrs. Jenkins attended her
20-year class reunion. They were
accompanied home by Gary Lee
Gibson for a two-week visit
AMY ALTENBAUMER and
Kristi Williams of Sulphur Springs
were two of 60 girls from Hopkins
County that attended resident camp
sessions at Camp Gambill in Paris,
which is operated by the Red River
Valley Girl Scout Council. Alten-
baumer and Williams attended a
four-week counselor-in-training
program designed to prepare older
girls to work with children in camp
setting.
ROBERT MERRIMAN of Sul-
phur Springs has garnered the July
Golden Pen Award from the Dallas
Morning News for a letter he wrote
to the editor. “Letters are chosen
(for the award) for clarity and writ-
ing style and not for viewpoint,”
according to the paper. His letter
was published July 18. The subject
was the war in Vietnam.
PINK LADIES volunteering at
Hopkins County Memorial Hospi-
tal la$t week are: Rosemary Bailey,
Jocelyn Campbell, Fay Dawson,
Sue Floyd, Kay Hagin, Faye
Hargrave, Vivian Jacobsen, Linda
Maddox, Johnnie Masters, Peggy
McClendon, Thelma McClendon,
Winnie Moseley, Jackie Semple,
Peggy Watts and Juanita Woosley.
Mr. and Mrs. Red Jones of Sul-
phur Springs announce the arrival
of a son at 3:06 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
6, in Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital.
Taking the oath
Sulphur Springs Mayor Margin Latham, right,
administers the oath of office to new Planning and *
Zoning Commission members, from left, Anne
Willmann, Robert Cook and Vernon Castle at the
commissions meeting Monday night
—Stair photo by Richard Hall
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1988, newspaper, August 12, 1988; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780446/m1/3/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.