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Thursday, April 11,2013
Funerals today
Grace ‘Grade’ Fay Marli Morin, at 2 p.m. in Jen-
kins Springs Cemetery. Blaylock Funeral Home.
Jackie Darrel Alley, at 10 a.m. at Davis-Morris
Funeral Home. Burial in Tarleton Cemetery in Palo
Pinto County. Davis-Morris Funeral Home.
BRONTE — Welma J. Rosser Cummings, at 11
a.m. in Fairview Cemetery in Bronte. Rev’s Funeral
Parlor in Fort Worth.
Sandy Soto Capps
BRADY — Funeral services for Sandy Soto Capps, 59, of
Brady will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12, at the First
Baptist Church in Brady, with the Rev. Ruede Rule and
the Rev. Charles Smith. Burial will follow in Rest Haven
Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. today at
Leatherwood Memorial Chapels.
She died Monday, April 8, 2013, in Austin.
She was bom Sept. 6,1953, in San Saba, to Santos
Soto Sr. and Camila (Garza) Soto. She was married to Joe
Capps on Jan. 21,1977, in Brady. She owned and oper-
ated Sandy’s Beauty Shop since 1984. She was a member
of the Brady Community Church.
Survivors include her husband, Joe Capps of Brady;
daughters, Becky Garcia and husband Michael of Brown-
wood and Edith Stahl and husband Greg of Austin; step-
sons, Michael Capps of Ballinger, Steven Capps and wife
Margaret of Eden and Shannon Capps and wife Tina of
Big Springs; step-daughter, Derinda Rodgers and husband
Mario of Eden; brothers, Santos Soto Jr. of Rogers, Pete
Soto and wife Julie of Stephenville and Joe Soto and wife
Sara of Brady; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchil-
dren.
Brownwood Bulletin, Thursday, April 11,2013
Charles Jefferson
Brewer Jr.
Funeral services for Charles Jefferson Brewer Jr. will be
held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2013, at the Heartland
Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Greenleaf
Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday at
the funeral home. He died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at his
home in Brownwood.
Brownwood Bulletin, Thursday, April 11,2013
FUNERALS AND OBITUARIES
Japhanie Leroy Allen
Japhanie Leroy Allen, 19, of
Richmond, Calif., died Wednes-
day, April 3, 2013.
Memorial services will be
held at 11 a.m. Friday, March
12, at the Heartland Funeral
Home Chapel in Early, with
Pastor Curt Schneider of Grace
Lutheran Church officiating. A
private family burial will follow
in the Miles Cemetery.
Japhanie was bom March 24,
1994, in Oakland, Calif., the
son of Leroy Allen and Marceta
Schumann Allen. He had lived
most of his life in California
except for a period of time when he lived in Brownwood
with his grandmother and attended school at Brownwood
High School. He later returned to California to complete
school and attend a Junior College.
He is survived by his father, Leroy Allen of Richmond,
Calif.; his grandmother, Leona Schumann Baldwin of
Brownwood; his uncle, Grant Schumann and wife Natalie of
Berkeley, Calif.; several other aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Marceta
Schumann Sims.
Brownwood Bulletin, Thursday, April 11,2013
Grace Grade’ Fay
Marli Morin
Gracie went to be with our
Lord Sunday, April 7, 2013,
in Brownwood, Texas.
She was bom on Jan. 4,
2009, in Abilene, Texas, to
her loving parents, Christo-
pher and Stephanie Morin.
She is a beautiful angel and
will always be our little
princess.
Loved ones left behind
include her parents; brother,
Dillon Lane Morin; grandpar-
ents, Sheila and Jack Reagan,
Albert O. Morin and Gloria
Beaty; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, pets, and
friends.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today in Jen-
kins Springs Cemetery, under the direction of Blaylock
Funeral Home.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.blay-
lockfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direc-
tion of Blaylock Funeral Home.
Brownwood Bulletin, Thursday, April 11,2013
Howard Payne student Taylor
Castleberry to perform at HPU Fest
SPECIAL TO THE BULLETIN
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Taylor Castleberry, a senior business
major at Howard Payne, just released his
first album, “Jet Plane.” Back from his
stay in Nashville, Term, where “Jet Plane”
was recorded, Castleberry has returned to
Brownwood to share and grow his music.
Castleberry will be performing his six-
track album and more at 3 p.m. Saturday
at HPU Fest.
“Come out and support me as well
as other great bands including Michael
Henry and Justin Robinette and The
Almost,” Castleberry said. This Saturday
is guaranteed to be a good time, and the
best part of all, it’s free.”
HPU Fest will be from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday on the Howard Payne University
campus.
You can download Castleberry’s album
for free at www.taylorcastleberrymusic.
com, or find him on iTunes and Spotify.
HPU School of Music
and Fine Arts to present
‘OperaTales’ Friday
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This Friday, the familiar
children’s fairy tales of
“Little Red Riding Hood”
and “Pinocchio” will be
told through music and
drama by students of the
Howard Payne University
School of Music and Fine
Arts. The evening of “Ope-
raTales” will begin at 7:30
p.m. in the university’s
Mims Auditorium. There is
no charge for admittance
and the doors will open at
7 p.m.
“Both of these shows
were conceived by John
Davies, professional
opera singer and director,
who thought of his own
children when he decided
to take the music of well-
known operas and pair it
with children’s fairy tales,”
said Dr. Celeste Church, as-
sociate professor of music.
There will be two perfor-
mances with a brief inter-
mission between tales.
“Of course, everything is
in English and the stories
are told in a way that will
be enjoyable to children
and adults,” Dr. Church
said. “There is no charge
for the performances in
hopes that this will be an
affordable, family-friendly
event for the community.”
For more information,
contact HPU’s School of
Music and Fine Arts at
(325) 649-8500.
‘The Almost’ to headline
18th annual HPU Fest
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Howard Payne University
will host its 18th annual
HPU Fest on Saturday. The
Almost will be the headlin-
ing band for this all-day
music festival.
Other artists to perform
will include Jenny Sim-
mons, Michael Henry and
Justin Robinette, Jenn
Grinds, Homestead Music
and Here and Sea. Also
performing will be HPU’s
Taylor Castleberry, a senior
business major from
Paradise.
HPU Fest is an all-day
event that is free and open
to the public. In addition to
music, the event includes
inflatable games, a chili
cook-off and a hot-dog-
eating contest. There will
also be booths featuring
HPU organizations as well
as local businesses. Music
is scheduled to begin at 3
p.m. and conclude at 11:30
p.m.
For additional informa-
tion, visit www.hputx.
edu/hpufest or call (325)
649-8305.
Rankin sdected as grand marshal
or Bangs Mayfest parade
BY RICK PHELPS
SPECIAL TO THE BULLETIN
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BANGS — More than four decades
ago, Billy Jack Rankin relocated to
Bangs, and since, has been an integral
part of the community through educa-
tion and community service.
Because of Rankin’s dedication and
service, he has been selected by the
Bangs Business Association as the
grand marshal for the 2013 Bangs
Mayfest parade. The 66 year-old father
of two and grandfather of four said he
was humbled to be chosen.
“Looking at the grand marshals that
have been chosen in the past, it is an
honor and I feel like they are express-
ing their thanks for what I have been
able to do in the community,” Rankin
said.
The Mayfest parade will begin at 10
a.m. on Saturday, May 4.
Graduating in 1969 from the Univer-
sity of Texas, Rankin worked for one
year as a management trainee for Gulf
Oil Corporation in Midland before be-
ginning his teaching career in 1970 at
Grandfalls-Royalty High School. Rankin
began his career with Bangs in 1972 as
a junior high math teacher and coached
high school football, basketball, track
and golf. After marrying Mary Ann
Stephens in 1973, Rankin later earned
a Master of Education degree from Tar-
leton State University and later served
as high school principal in Rising Star
for one year.
Rankin returned in 1979 to become
the first Bangs Junior High School prin-
cipal and in 1991, became the adminis-
trative assistant to the superintendent,
before himself being hired as super-
intendent in 1992. Retiring in 2003,
Rankin returned to act as superinten-
dent for about nine months in 2007.
Billy Jack Rankin
During Rankin’s 30 years with Bangs
ISD, he also served on the executive
committee for the Texas Association of
School Administrators; board of direc-
tors for the Equity Center in Austin;
board of directors for the Brownwood
Country Club; advisory council for the
Education Service Center Region 15
in San Angelo; board of directors for
State National Bank, Bangs branch and
served a one-year term as the president
for the Bangs Lions Club and another
13 as treasurer.
Looking back on his years as an edu-
cator, Rankin said he has many fond
memories. “I miss the kids and the
teachers,” Rankin said. “But, that part
of my life is over and I am enjoying do-
ing what I am doing now.”
Rankin is not only a retired educator,
but a retired soldier as well, retiring as
a Lieutenant Colonel with the Texas
Army National Guard after 36 years of
service, which included a deployment
in Afghanistan. “One of my assign-
ments was the Armor Battalion Com-
mander of the 136th Regional Training
Institute in Austin,” Rankin said. “I was
responsible for recruiting, training and
supervision of military instructors in
six states.”
While in Afghanistan, Rankin was the
chief of staff for the Afghan National
Army Training Assistance Group. “We
mentored, coached and advised the
Afghans as they trained up their army,”
Rankin said. Once retired, Rankin split
his time between Bangs and the Depart-
ment of Defense in Leavenworth, Kan.
as an independent consultant training
civilian contractors assigned to military
units headed to the Middle East.
Not looking to slow down any time
soon, Rankin is still involved in the
community. He is currently American
Legion (Bangs) Lynn Snow Post #308
Commander; usher at Bangs First
Baptist Church and a newly elected
trustee; president of the Brown County
Retired Teachers Association and will
serve as First Vice-President, District 15
of the Texas Retired Teachers Associa-
tion. Rankin rejoined the Bangs Lions
Club in 2012 and is an independent
consultant for Texas Teachers Alterna-
tive Certification Program and conducts
observations for a small group of
teachers in the central Texas area who
are working on their alternative teacher
certification.
“I do just as much now, being retired,
as I did when I was working in the
school system,” Rankin said.
As a member of the Brownwood
Country Club, Rankin enjoys golfing,
when time permits, as well as scuba
diving, snow skiing, water skiing and
raising Texas Longhorn cattle.
Several job opportunities were avail-
able to Rankin as he began his teach-
ing career. “I knew I made the right
decision to stay in Bangs,” Rankin said.
“Bangs is my wife’s home and I decided
early on this is where I wanted to stay.
It’s a close knit community and I am
lucky to have become a part of it.”
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2,400 cupcake stars sold. As
of April 6, the Brookshire’s
team had raised $2,364.
“I have an amazing team,”
team captain Amanda
Goodwin said. “But again
all thanks goes out to our
customers.”
Along with the group’s
fund-raising efforts, mem-
bers of the Brookshire’s team
have challenged themselves
to raise funds.
Janet Strickland decided
she was going to start raising
money on her own and has
collected more than $591
and hopes to raise $1,000 by
the night of Relay to earn a
$1,000 fund-raiser T-shirt.
Potential team captains are
encouraged to register their
team online at the Relay For
Life website www.relayforlife.
org/browncotx or by contact-
ing team chairs Lainey Hall
at (325) 642-0463 or Donna
Burleson at (325) 217-8597.
For up to date information
on Relay For Life of Brown
County, like its Facebook
Fan Page, which is called
the Relay For Life of Brown
County TX
The Relay For Life of
Brown County will be held
from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. June
7-8 at Gordon Wood Sta-
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Several residents will be
recognized for their achieve-
ments of the last year. The
awards segment of the
evening will include Outgo-
ing Board Members and
Chairman, Good Neighbors,
Community Partner, Small,
Medium and Large Business
of the Year, Professional of
the Year, Man and Woman of
the Year and the Groner Pitts
“Lifetime of Service” Award.
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