The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1991 Page: 3 of 4
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THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO, Sulphur Springs, Tnxaa, Friday, July 26,1661—3.
County Records
Marriage licenses
Rickey Lynn Tucker and Brenda
Ruth Walker.
Jonathan Edward Cooper and
Belinda Terena Wilkinson.
Joseph Wayne Fuller and Melissa
Colleen Guy.
Steven Ronald Scott and Rebecca
Gail Ramshur.
Larry Grayson Matlock Jr. and
Jamela Lynn Mills.
Jeffery Scott Timko and Donna
Kay Godwin.
Land transactions
Jeanette Picked to Will A.
Knight, tract in V.T. Colquist Sur-
vey. Billie Faye Hughes to
Javier E. Lopez, tract in Mary Ann
Bowlin Survey.
Doyle Daniels to Leo Jones Insu-
lating Co., Inc., two tracts in E.
Melton Survey.
Sulphur Spnngs Loan and Build-
ing to Michael W. PehJ and Vicki T.
Pehl, tract in Jose Y’Barbo Survey.
Robert N. Spinks and Irma
Spinks to Shirley Water Supply
Corp., tract in Galland Jones Sur*
vey.
Wanda Jo Smith Dykstra to Tim-
othy Allen Turner, Jerrad Lee
Smith and Cheryl Denise Smith,
tract in Charles Thompson Survey.
Jerry Vem Lauer, Sandra Lauer
Laraore, Terri Lauer and Debbi
Lauer Sutton to Shirley Mae Lauer,
tract in Gertrude Procello Survey.
Joe Kamey Davidson to Anna
Deniece Davidson Vaughan, tract in
John Carney Survey and D. Sample
Survey.
Harlan Irvin and Nedra Irvin to
Larry Lewis and Donna Lewis,
tract in James Webb Survey.
Olive Johnson Allen to John
Frank Merlino and Lois Lee Mer-
lino, tract in M.A. Bowlin Survey.
Dale McMahan and James R.
Moore to Wayne Cooper, tract in
M.A. Bowlin Survey.
Willie James Pal more and Louise
Palmore to John Points and Barbara
Points, tract in M.E. Johnson Sur-
vey.
Don R. Campbell and Karla
Campbell to Terry W. Young and
Barbara J. Young, tract in M.A.
Bowlin Survey.
Ernest W. Pettitt and Juana J.
Pettitt to Kenneth Vaughan and
Minnie Pearl Vaughan, tract in
Henry Stout Survey.
Kenneth Vaughan and Minnie
Pearl Vaughan to Bill W. Williams
and Arlis M. Williams, tract in
James Hawkins Survey.
Sulphur Springs Loan and Build-
ing to Steve Weston and Melanie
Weston, tract in Jose Y’Barbo Sur-
vey.
J.L. Jones and Dollie D. Jones to
G.L. Tucker and Katherine Tucker,
tract in Daniel Halbrook Survey.
Bill Rhodes to Jean Evans, tract
in Simon Derrick Survey.
Bill Rhodes to Jean Evans, tract
in Simon Derrick Survey.
Myra Sands to Jean Evans, tract
in Simon Derrick Survey.
Myra Sands to Jean Evans, tract
in Simon Derrick Survey.
Oma Owens to William Alfred
Owens, tract in Butler Caudle Sur-
vey and Winnie Jewell Survey.
Oma Owens to Joan Owens
Stowater, tract in Butler Caudle
Survey and Winnie Jewell Survey.
Oma Owens to Dale Lee Owens,
tract in Butler Caudle Survey and
Winnie Jewell Survey.
Essie Adams to Alva C. Adams,
tract in Thomas Norris Survey.
John Beezley to Delvin Fitzger-
ald and Bernice Fitzgerald, tract in
M.A. Bowlin Survey.
Earl Davis and Odessa Davis to
Martha Willett Moffitt, tract in
M.W. Matthews Survey.
Kenneth Vaughan and Evelyn
Vaughan to J.C. Turner, two tracts
in John Aldridge Survey.
Ray Naron and Mary L. Naron to
Oleta Watson, tract in M.A. Bowlin
Survey.
Randy Blackmon and Denise
Blackmon to Daniel R. Blount and
Cheryl D. Blount, tract in M.A.
Bowlin Survey.
Edwin Garrett and Maxine Gar-
rett to Floyd Sturdevant and Mar-
lene A. Sturdevant, tract in Robert
F. Clendenen Survey.
Mack Ferrell
Funeral services for Mack Ferrell'
87, of Sulphur Springs, were con-
ducted Saturday, July 20, in Tapp
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Morris
Hill officiating.
Burial was in Emblem Cemetery
with grandsons serving as pallbear-
ers.
Mr. Ferrell died at 9:55 a.m. Thurs-
day at Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital, following an illness of sev-
eral weeks.
He was bom April 13, 1904, in
Rogersville, Tenn., George H. and
Orlina Lee Manis Ferrell. He married
Lonie Keith on July 19, 1935, in
Hugo, Okla. She survives.
Mr. Ferrell was a retired farmer
and dairyman. He was a longtime
resident of Hopkins County.
Other survivors include four sons,
Hershell Lee Ferrell of Grand Prairie,
Donald Wayne Ferrell and J.D. Fer-
rell, both of Garland, and James
Allen (Peanut) Ferrell of Sulphur
Springs; and four daughters, Juanita
Regan of Garland, Maxine Chambers
of Lewisville and Judy Colbert and
Barbara Crawford, both of Sulphur
Springs.
Also surviving are three brothers,
Homer Ferrell of Peerless, J.C. Fer-
rell of Emblem and Cecil Ferrell of
Dallas; four sisters. Hazel Ferrell and
Carrie Parker, both of Ridgeway,
Mattie Lee Hammond of Sulphur
Springs and Beatrice Lundy of Dal-
las; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-
grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by three
brothers and one grandson.
Roland H. Shirley
Funeral services for Roland H.
(R.H.) Shirley, 70. of Battle Creek,
Mich., were conducted Wednesday,
July 17, in Spencer Funeral Home
with the Rev. Gary Kintigh of Sono-
ma Methodist Church officiating.
Burial will be in Burr Oak Ceme-
tery.
Mr. Shirley died Saturday. July 13,
in Batde Creek Health System/Leila
Site.
He was born July 16. 1920, in
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Naylor of Sul-
phur Springs announce the birth of a
son at 12:46 a.m. Thursday, July 19,
at Hopkins County Memorial Hospi-
tal. , -
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Healey III
of Paris announce the birth of a son
at 12:25 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at
Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. William Curry of
Winns boro announce the birth of a
son at 3:12 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, at
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sparks of
Winns boro announce the birth of a
son at 7:14 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, at
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
Angela and Richard Corona of Sul-
phur Springs announce the birth of a
son, Jacob, on July 12, at Baylor
Medical Center in Dallas Grandpar-
ents are Mae jean Yarbrough of Sul-
phur Springs and Margaret Corona of
. Denton. Great-grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Carter Simms Jr. of Sulphur
Springs.
Keith Chermault and Shanna Smith
announce the birth of a son, David
Aaron, at 3:57 p.m. Wednesday, July
10, at Hopkins County Memorial
■■ Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 6
ounces and was 19 1/4 inches long.
Paternal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. David Chennault of Cumby.
X Maternal grandparents are Mr. and
X Mrs. Gary Hudson of Royce City and
X Mr. and Mrs. Gary Smith of Little-
X field.
X Maegan Ashley and Bannon Ross
X announce the birth of a brother,
X Daniel Royce Naylor O, at 12:46 a.m
X Thursday, July 18, at Hopkins County
y Memorial Hospital. He weighed 7
■s pounds, 15 1/2 ounces and was 20
X inches long. Parents are Dan and Gail
Naylor of Sulphur Springs. Paternal
£ grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Duane
£ Naylor of Crowell. Maternal grand-
, parents are Sue Little of Sulphur
y Springs and Nathan Little of Post
; Jonathan and Pamela Palacios Har-
ris of Grand Prairie announce the
J birth of a daughter. Audrey Michelle.
£ on July 5 at Dallas-Fort Worth Medi-
I- cal Colter. She weighed 6 pounds. 11
T; 1/2 ounces Grandparents are Patsy
I; Palacios of Grand Prairie. Raymond
! Palacios Sr. of Mesquite. Bill Harris
of Grand Prairie and Mary Hemphill
- of Dallas. Great-grandparents are
L.G. and Gladys Hurley of Sulphur
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Stinnett of Sul-
phur Springs announced the birth of a
son at 5:17 a.m. Thursday, July 18, at
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Tedi Tucker and
Daniel announce the birth of a daugh-
ter and sister, Sarah Elizabeth, at 7:10
p.m. Monday, July 15, at Mother
Frances Hospital in Tyler. She
weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces. Pater-
nal grandparents are the late Evan
Tucker and Mrs. Mary G. Tucker of
Murchison. Maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs Dean Daniel of Sul-
phur Springs.
Jonathan and Pamela Palacios Har-
ris of Grand Prairie announce the
birth of a daughter, Audrey Michelle,
on July 5 at Dallas-Fort Worth Medi-
cal Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 11
1/2 ounces. Grandparents are Patsy
Palacios of Grand Prairie, Raymond
Palacios Sr. of Mesquite and Mary
Hemphill of Dallas. Great-grandpar-
ents are L.G. and Gladys Hurley of
Sulphur Springs.
.MELISSA PAIGE Dawson, a
sophomore at Southern Methodist
University in Dallas, is included on
the recently released undergraduate
honor roll for the spring semester.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Dawson of Sulphur Springs.
ANDREA JOHNSON, Anthony
Tan ton. Rodney Caudle and Murphy
Howie of Sulphur Springs FFA Chap-
ter were awarded the Lone Star FFA
Degree at the 63rd Annual Texas FFA
Convention held July 9-12 in El Paso.
This award is the highest honor con-
ferred by the state association. Mara
McKinzie. state vice president of the
Sulphur Springs Chapter, assisted in
conducting the state convention
SULPHUR SPRINGS Loan &
Building Association has been fea-
tured in an article in the San Antonio
Express-News. The financial institu-
tion was noted for 100 years of frugal
management in an era when other
savings and loan associations have
been declared insolvent Glynn Lowe,
president, and Dan Phillips, senior
vice president, are quoted extensively
in the article.
ANYONE WHO remembers the
history of Nelta. a community in the
northeast section of Hopkins County,
or who wishes to contribute their
memories of having lived there,
should contact Era Bartlett at Route
1, Box 59, Dike, Texas 75437, or
telephone (903) 945-2475. She is
compiling information for a book that
will be sold to solicit contributions
for the Nelta Community Center and
Cemetery.
ROBERT ALAN McLarry of Sul-
phur Springs recently graduated from
the I.Q. School of Auctioneering in
Quitman. He took his state licensing
examination on Monday, July 15. He
is now certified to auctioneer in
Texas.
.CLAY HUBBARD of San Angelo,
husband of former Sulphur Springs
resident Cathy Chapman Hubbard,
won a gold medal in competition this
past week in the Texas Firefighters
Olympics in Tyler. He brought home
the gold in the senior division of the
long jump and also won second place
medals in the 50 meters, 200 meters
and 110 meters intermediate hurdles.
He also won third place in the 100
meters race. Hubbard is with the San
Angelo Fire Department and is the
son-in-law of Billie Rose Chapman
of Sulphur Springs.
MARINE PVT. JASON L Lind-
ley, son of Linda J. Lindley of Sul-
phur Springs, has completed recruit
training at Marine Corps Recruit
Depot, San Diego. Calif. He is a 1990
graduate of Sulphur Springs High
School and joined the Marine Corps
in March 1991.
RAY NARON of Sulphur Springs
received a liver transplant Saturday,
July 20. at Baylor Medical Center
and is in good condition at the Dallas
hospital. He is the husband of Mary
Naron and a member of the First
Baptist Church.
Birthright, to Alvis C. and Ida Belle
Stout Shirley. He married Catherine
R. Reed on Nov. 13, 1948. She sur-
vives.
Mr. Shirley moved to Michigan
from Texas in 1950. He was a Navy
veteran of World War II, having
served from 1942 to 1945. He served
aboard P.T. Boat 194 in the Pacific
Theater and was awarded the Bronze
Star for bravery in action.
He worked for the Grand Trunk
Western Railroad from 1950 until
1982. He was also self-employed in
refrigeration service. He was a mem-
ber of Athens Masonic Lodge 220,
AF&AM, and Naomi Chapter 59,
Order of the Eastern Star. He was
also a member the Battle Creek
Shrine.
Mr. Shirley was a member of
American Legion Post 465 in Cli-
max, Mich., and the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers Division 33 in
Battle Creek. He was a life member
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
3894 in Waxahachie and P.T. Boaters
Inc. in Memphis, Tenn.
He was also attended Athens Unit-
ed Methodist Church.
Other survivors include two daugh-
ters, Suzanne G. DeBoer of Battle
Creek and Sandra L. Redmond of
Athens; one brother, Alvis N. Shirley
of Red Oak; two sisters, Due J.
Gregg of Sulphur Springs and Mar-
garet F. Brown of Arlington; one
grandson; and three granddaughters.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, three brothers and two sis-
ters.
Memorials may be made to Athens
(Michigan) Fire Department or
Athens (Michigan) United Methodist
Church.
Charles Pruet
Graveside services for Charles
Pruet of Clovis, N.M., formerly of
Sulphur Springs, were conducted
Tuesday, July 23, in Sulphur Springs
City Cemetery with the Rev. Fred
Lewis officiating.
Pallbearers were Edwin Hurt, Don
Deaton, Warren Brewer, Brent
Souter, Blake Souter and Paul Pen-
son.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday in Central Baptist Church in
Clovis.
Mr. Pruet died Wednesday, July 17,
in Clovis High Plains Hospital.
He was born Sept. 15, 1926, in
Carnegie, Okla. He married Jackie
Bradshaw on Jan. IS, 1950, in Sul-
phur Springs. She survives.
Mr. Pruet as a graduate of East
Texas State University with a mas-
ter’s degree in education. He spent 35
years in public schools in Clovis and
Sulphur Springs. Prior to retiring on
July 1,1987, he was assistant super-
intendent-business in the Clovis
school system.
He was a member of Central Bap-
tist Church in Clovis, where he
served as a deacon, trustee and mem-
ber of the finance committee. He was
honored by the church on May 5 as a
senior adult. He is a former member
and deacon of First Baptist Church in
Sulphur Springs.
Other survivors include his moth-
er, Winnie Pruet of Govis; one son,
Jack Pruet of Denver; two daughters,
Leann Campbell of Beaumont and
Marsha Hammack of Temple; one
granddaughter, Jill Katherine Pruet of
Denver, Colo.; and two sisters,
Joanne Robertson of Tuscaloosa,
Ala., and Rena Mae Storholt of Clo-
vis. t
Berchie J. Fisher
Funeral services for Berchie J.
Fisher, 86, of Sulphur Springs, were
conducted Tuesday, July 23, in Tapp
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mark
Thurman and the Rev. Fred Rister
officiating.
Masonic graveside services were
conducted by Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge 221, AF&AM, in
Ridgeway Cemetery.
Members of Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge 221, AF&AM,
served as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers were Ray
Julian, Frankie Price, Bobby Price,
L.F. Bridges m, the Adult Class of
Gafford Chapel United Methodist
Church and the men of the Gafford
Chapel community.
Mr. Fisher died at 5:23 p.m. Sun-
day in Woodhaven Nursing Home.
He was born Dec. 22, 1904, in
Ridgeway, to Jerome V. and Paralee
Wilburn Fisher. He married Loraine
Dunihoo on Dec. 24, 1928, in Sul-
phur Springs. She survives.
Mr. Fisher was a graduate of East
Texas State University and was a for-
mer teacher and a retired fanner. He
was a member of Gafford Chapel
United Methodist Church, Sulphur
Springs Masonic Lodge 221,
AF&AM, and Sulphur Springs Chap-
ter 718, Order of the Eastern Star.
Other survivors include one broth-
er, O.L. Fisher of Douglassville; and
one sister, Ruth Melton of Sulphur
Springs.
He was preceded in death by one
son, Berchie Dan Fisher, on June 2,
1953.
Everett Pruitt
Funeral services for Everett Scott
(Sonny) Pruitt, 69, of San Antonio,
were conducted Monday, July 22, in
East St Paul United Methodist
Church in San Antonio with the Rev.
Barbara Miller officiating.
Burial was in Fort Sam Houston
National Cemetery with a United
States Army Honor Guard, Frank
Prince, Roosevelt Bass, Cleveland
Ballard, Claude Boggs, Scott Ward
and Alex Hughes serving as pallbear-
ers.
Honorary pallbearers were Ralston
Pruitt, James Hysaw Jr., Randolph
Price, Boyd Spears, Qunnice Barnes
and Chinee Edwards.
He was bom Dec. 21, 1921, in
Pickton, to Jacob and Mary Ola
Pruitt.
Mr. Pruitt was a retired Army
sergeant
Survivors include his wife, Mattie
Pruitt; his children, Ralston Pruitt of
San Antonio, Crystal Banks, Theresa
Winn and Chere Pruitt, all of Hous-
ton, Everette Cook of Garland, May-
dot White of Fort Worth, Stanley
Blakey of San Antonio and Lynne
Vital of Houston; one brother, Loyce
Pruitt; three sisters, Ethel R. Hicks
and Dimple Burton, both of Fort
Worth and Theresa Sessions of Pick-
ton; 14 grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Lewis Funeral Home in
San Antonio.
Roxle Gossett
Memorial services for Roxie Lena
Gossett, 99, of Garland, were con-
ducted July 18 in Garland.
Graveside services were conducted
in Black Oak Cemetery in Hopkins
County.
Mrs. Gossett died July 16 in a Gar-
land hospital.
She was bom July 28, 1891, in
Arkansas. She married Doyle Gos-
sett. He preceded her in death in
1921.
Mrs. Gossett was a rural switch-
board operator for several years,
working in the Shirley Community in
Hopkins County and Gear Water,
near Winns boro
Survivors include two daughters,
Mable Thurman of Garland and Dot
Black of Winnsboro; two stepchil-
dren, George Gossett of Arlington
and Opal Attaway of San Angelo;
nine grandchildren; 30 great-grand-
children; and 13 great-great-grand-
children. »**
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Scholarship award
Kris A. Hague, a recent graduate
aa $8,006. four-year
Livestock Show and
Rodeo FFA scholarship in special
i at the Texas FFA stale
Marjorie Hague of
East Texas State Iniversits
Historic Move
Moving on
Doris W illiams, a charter member of Central Bap- to a i
tist Church, watches Wednesday as the <
tkm’s original building is moved off its i
and a i
—mm PM* hr I
Central Baptist’s move harkens
to the day it was built in 1949
By MARY GRANT DAVIS
~T t looks like it was a fairly hot afternoon on June 25,
I 1949. when folks at Central Baptist Church had a
A church-raising — at least if you look at the people
in the photograph made that day.
On July 17, 1991, it was a fairly hot day when the
folks had a church-moving-away
Not as maty people were present at the second event,
but they were probably about as excited as the members
were who attended the first event
What all of that means is that Central Baptist is build-
ing a new $1.06 million sanctuary and to make room
for the structure the old building
was sold and moved off the lot
Doris Williams remembers that
day in 1949 when men of the
church and others from the com-
munity joined forces and construct-
ed a new church — all in one day.
A service was conducted that night
“We bad church the next morn-
ing, but the windows weren’t in
yet, and we had to keep the dogs
from coming in through the open
doors," Williams, who is a charter
R. Sudduth of Tyler organized a revival meeting at the
corner of League and Connally streets where the church
now sits. A tent was raised and the two ministers con-
ducted a revival that began on June 1.
"Large crowds began to fill the lent and many people
were saved," according to a brief history of the church
The church was organized and named during that
time. The Rev. Mr. Sudduth was named pastor.
Just a few short weeks later, the church-raising was
accomplished, resulting in a growing congregation that
would eventually reach its present size of more than
500 people.
The Rev. Kenneth G. Rhoades has led the congrega-
tion for the post eight years.
she felt when her tittle girl
escaped from her place on the pew.
climbed across some lumber and
her way to the pulpit where
the set
One-day job
in May of 1949 when
W Rawlings and the Rev
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Keys, Clarke & Davis, Mary Grant. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1991, newspaper, July 26, 1991; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780983/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.