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2 Brownwood Bulletin
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
FUNERALS AND OBITUARIES
Betty Jane Reynolds
PENSACOLA, FLA. — Betty Jane Reynolds, age 61, of
Brownwood, Texas, went home to be with her savior on
Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. Betty and her family moved to
Pensacola, Fla., in 1980 to be closer to her sister.
She is survived by her loving husband of 45 years, Joe
C. Reynolds; children, Christopher Reynolds (Michelle)
and Jameson Reynolds (Andrea); grandchildren, Christina
Reynolds, Cody Reynolds, Bryson Reynolds, Landry Reyn-
olds; and great-grandchild, Jace; sister, Deborah Williams;
and numerous loving nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Michael
Turner; and sister, Paula Prickett.
Visitation will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, 2013,
at Pensacola Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, with ser-
vices immediately following at 2 p.m.
Brownwood Bulletin, Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Delphine Marie Kleman
ROWENA — Funeral services for Delphine M. Kleman,
86, of Draper, Utah, will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28,
at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rowena. Burial will follow
in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Afterwards, a luncheon
will be held at the St. Joseph Catholic Hall. Rosary and
viewing will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at the Lange Funeral
Home in Ballenger.
She died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013.
She was bom July 4,1927, in Rowena, to Ben and Alma
Eggemeyer.
Brownwood Bulletin, Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Murder suspect calls
shooting ‘accident’
The Hunt Is On
KEVIN HOLAMON | BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
Spc. David Carpenter (right) and his guide Kyle Cutbirth with the spike and ten-point taken during a recent BADF Hunt
with Heroes sponsored by the Cutbirth Cattle Co. and Ryan Construction.
Vets enjoy weekend of hunting
BY N0MAN MERCHANT
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
news@ brownwoodbu lletin.com
DALLAS — A Central
Texas man accused of
capital murder for killing
a sheriff’s deputy thought
someone was breaking into
his home when he grabbed
his rifle and opened fire,
the suspect’s attorney said
Monday.
Henry Goedrich Magee
gunned down Sgt. Adam
Sowders on Thursday while
Sowders and other inves-
tigators executed a search
warrant, the Burleson
County Sheriff’s Office said.
A district attorney described
the warrant as being drug-
related.
But Magee’s attorney, Dick
DeGuerin of Houston, called
the fatal shooting a tragic
accident. He said Magee
was asleep and didn’t know
sheriff’s deputies were
entering his rural home near
Somerville, about 90 miles
northwest of Houston.
“Hank, like any home-
owner, defended himself
and his pregnant girlfriend,”
DeGuerin said Monday.
DeGuerin said sheriff’s
deputies did not knock on
the door or announce who
they were when they en-
tered the home just before
6 a.m. Thursday.
“This is something that
could have happened to
anyone protecting their
home at night,” he said.
Christine Labertew,
spokeswoman for the
Burleson County Sheriff’s
Office, said Monday she did
not know if or how deputies
announced their entrance
into the home. She said
they were not wearing body
cameras during the incident.
Labertew also did not
know if dashboard camera
video from their vehicles
was available.
Julie Renken, the dis-
trict attorney for Burleson
County, said she could not
respond to DeGuerin’s al-
legations about the deputies
due to the ongoing investi-
gation.
“I would just keep in
mind that he’s getting all of
his facts from his client,”
Renken said.
The Burleson County
Sheriff’s Office said Monday
that investigators recovered
the semi-automatic rifle
used in the deputy’s shoot-
ing death.
DeGuerin said authorities
left a copy of the search
warrant at Magee’s home,
as required by law. He said
his client had two marijuana
plants and several seedlings
in his home for “personal
use,” along with the rifle
used in the shooting and
several other guns, which
the attorney said were all
owned legally.
ARMY
CONTINUED FROM 1
“Credit card donations
can now be made,” Harris
said. “You can pick how
much money and your
card information. You do it
just like you were order-
ing something and hit the
‘donate’ button.
“The Red Kettle (dona-
tions) can be done not just
at Christmas.”
Donations can be made
at www.onlineredkettle.
org.
Harris is concerned,
though, at the rising needs
in the community. “Our
numbers are increasing
drastically,” Harris said.
“In November, I helped
20-something families,
and all but one were new
families. A lot of people
are coming in. They have
lost their jobs, had their
hours cut, had their car
break down ...”
According to numbers
Harris provided:
Totals for 2013
Meals served — 27,585
Homeless served — 81
Families served by other
assistance — 2,797
According to www.salva-
tionarmyusa.org:
The Salvation army, an
evangelical part of the uni-
versal Christian church es-
tablished in 1865, has been
supporting those in need
without discrimination for
130 years in the United
States. Nearly 30 million
Americans receive assis-
tance from The Salvation
Army each year through
social services that include
providing food, relief for
disaster victims, assistance
for the disabled, outreach
to the elderly and ill,
clothing and shelter to the
homeless and opportuni-
ties for underprivileged
children.
Eighty-three cents of
every dollar spent is used
to carry out those services
in 5,000 communities na-
tionwide.
BY KEVIN HOLAMON
BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
kevin. holamon @ brownwood bulletin .com
Three veterans, each in-
jured in combat, descend-
ed on Brown County to
participate in a weekend of
hunting, sponsored by the
Heart of Texas Chapter of
Buckmaster American Deer
Foundation, the Cutbirth
Cattle Company, and Ryan
Construction.
Throughout the year, the
local BADF arranges hunts
for disabled and criti-
cally ill children and young
adults, as well as for vet-
erans of the armed forces.
Each of those experiences
brings together some of
the best of area residents,
intent on ensuring the
hunter or hunters leave
with lifelong memories.
On the weekend of Dec.
13, the BADF Hunt with
Heroes included Staff Sgt.
Aaron Kumamoto, Spc. Da-
vid Carpenter, and Sgt. 1st
Class Denver Smith who
were surprised with the
opportunity to hunt central
Texas white tails, expense
free. This particular hunt
began with someone sub-
mitting Spc. Carpenter’s
name to the Hope for War-
riors organization.
Staff Sgt. Kumamoto is a
retired, eight-year veteran
of the U.S. Army, from
northern California. He
had begun hunting, while
stationed in Kansas, and
has done a little more since
arriving in Texas. Staff Sgt.
Kumamoto last served near
the Northern Province of
Irag, with the 1/16 Infan-
try, out of Fort Riley, Kan.
While there, he received
multiple wounds from an
IED attack, resulting in the
loss of his lower left leg.
Staff Sgt. Kumamoto and
Spc. Carpenter became
acquainted while in the
Warrior Transition Unit of
the Center for the Intrepid,
at Fort Sam Houston. Both
now live in Texas.
Spc. Carpenter is origi-
nally from Oregon, and did
hunt black tailed and mule
deer there, growing up. He
joined the U.S. Army, in
2010, completing combat
engineer training at Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo. In
2011, he attended airborne
training while stationed in
Bamberg, Germany, with
the 173rd. He deployed to
the Wardack Province of
KEVIN HOLAMON | BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
Sgt. 1st Class Denver Smith (right) with his guide, Jason Fleming, and his trophy white
tailed buck. Sgt. 1st Class Smith was one of three combat wounded veterans invited on a
special BADF Hunt with Heroes, sponsored by the Cutbirth Cattle Co. and Ryan Con-
struction.
Afghanistan in 2012. On
the day he was injured, his
unit was clearing IEDs.
“I got blown up on route
Chevelle, which was a
black route, while trying
to clear it to EVAC some
special forces stationed at
a small command observa-
tion post,” Spc. Carpenter
said, “I lost my right leg,
broke my back in four
places, lost all hearing
in my right ear, required
reconstruction to my left
leg, broken ribs, and lost a
lot of blood.”
Spc. Carpenter received
the Purple Heart and the
Army Commendation Med-
al. He said, “I would serve
my country over and over
with the same results.”
Sgt. 1st Class Smith grew
up in Aledo, Texas and
loves to hunt and fish.
“I’ve never really had an
opportunity to hunt big
deer, though,” he said. On
this Buckmasters hunt, Sgt.
1st Class Smith was able
to bring his 5-year old son,
Layne, making it even more
special.
Sgt. 1st Class Smith was
wounded by an IED explo-
sion in May, 2004, suffer-
ing a blown eardrum and
cracked sternum. He said,
“Since then I have healed
and done three more tours
to Baghad, Iraq and one to
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and a DoS diplomatic se-
curity contractor.” He now
serves in the Army Nation-
al Guard, as a recruiter.
On the first hunt, Staff
Sgt. Kumamoto said he
and his guide saw a couple
of nice bucks, including
a ten and an eight-point
buck, “But they were pretty
young, so we let them
walk.” He added, “I am
having a blast here. This is
just a great bunch of peo-
ple and they’ve been very
welcoming.” While Staff
Sgt. Kumamoto didn’t take
home a trophy, this time,
he was appreciative of the
opportunity provided by
Buckmasters and the other
sponsors.
Spc. Carpenter, guided
by Kyle Cutbirth, was
able to take a spike and
a ten-point. While he was
pleased with the outcome,
he said, “We came up here
for the fun. The hunting
was just a bonus. Everyone
has been amazing. They
are so accommodating and
we appreciate what they’ve
done for us.”
Sgt. 1st Class Smith
was able to take his son,
Layne, to the blind with
him. With help from his
guide, Jason lleming, Sgt.
1st Class Smith took home
a nice ten-point, as well
as many memories. “This
was a great opportunity
and these folks were great.
When we got back from
hunting, they had hot food
ready for us. I want to
thank them all,” he said.
“You know, I was injured,
but nothing like those
other two guys. They went
through hell and I can only
imagine and having to re-
cover. So, it’s real good for
people to just say thanks.
We get meals bought for
us, as a way to pay us
thanks, but this is just
unexpected. It’s awesome.
I can tell these are good
people, hard working, and
down to earth. I’m happy
to be out here. We were all
very blessed to have this
opportunity.”
As an added surprise, the
Cutbirth Cattle Company
and Ryan Construction
invited Brownwood Buck-
masters member Cookie
Jaso to hunt, as well. Jaso
is a dedicated 3-year mem-
ber of Buckmasters, who
is responsible for cooking
the steaks at the annual
banquet. Two years ago,
Jaso was diagnosed with
bone cancer and has since
struggled through several
treatments. In apprecia-
tion for his work with the
group, they arranged for
him to hunt on a south
Texas ranch, for a trophy
white tail, recently. Un-
fortunately, the weather
didn’t cooperate and the
hunting was hard. Know-
ing the story, the Cutbirths
and the Ryans asked Jaso
to join this hunt. He was
able to harvest a nice buck,
on a completely unexpect-
ed, but deserved opportu-
nity, with the help of his
guide, Tommy Evans.
As much as these hunt-
ers were touched by the
opportunity, they probably
don’t realize how they
touched the people who
organized the hunt. While
Larry Hart and Tim Schoen,
of the local Buckmasters,
never want to be in the
limelight, their efforts
shouldn’t go unnoticed.
There is a lot of time and
energy put into these and
the Life Hunts and they
would not be successful
without the work these
guys do, as well as the
generous donations of
area hunters and the hunt
sponsors.
For more information or
to get involved with the
Heart of Texas chapter of
the Buckmasters American
Deer Foundation, visit their
Facebook page at facebook.
com/BADFHOTC.
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