Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Francis Tucker, 84, of Orange, passed away on July 17, 2021, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 24, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be David Logan of Word of Life Church in Groves. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, July 23, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Loreauville, Louisiana, on January 16, 1937, he was the son of Holse “H.D.” Dev...
Is Home where the heart is? The Stark Museum of Art explores the meaning of home in this exhibition “The West as Home,” which is on view beginning July 23, 2021. Over 100 works of art and two videos present different aspects of the concept of home through the eyes of artists of the West. Sections on land, shelter, interior space, and family address how artists interpret their ideas of home. Reflecting on what the concept has meant for others can help us to define what hom...
Melinda Wedgeworth, 60, of Orange, passed away on June 20, 2021, in Orange. Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 3, 2021, at Serenity Oaks in Vidor, Texas. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, on February 28, 1961, she was the daughter of Marlon Bamburg and Willie Juanita (Rascoe) Paredez. She will be missed by those who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marlon Bamburg and Willie Juanita (Rascoe) Paredez; and brothers, Marlon Ray Bamburg, Jr....
Rose Roberts Powell, 67, of Bridge City, passed away on June 23, 2021, in Bridge City. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 27, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Joseph Hargrave with Fellowship Baptist Church. Burial will take place at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from at 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in La Marque, Texas, on November 21,...
Wendell Tilley has been named INVISTA Orange site manager. Prior to this new role, he served as the site's Director of Asset Performance/Reliability Technology. "Wendell's extensive experience in operations and management has him well prepared to lead the Orange site as we continuously improve on the manufacturing of our nylon intermediates," said Bill King, vice president of Operations, North America. Tilley has held various roles in operations in his more than 29 years with...
Dr. Servet Satir picked up some new responsibility across the Neches River Tuesday, but will continue his work at Bridge City’s Golden Triangle Family Care Center. So says a post on the clinic’s Facebook page Tuesday night. Jefferson County Commissioners unanimously voted to hire Satir to oversee their county’s employee clinic after the previous doctor resigned. Dr. George Zuzukin resigned his Jefferson County job following complaints about racially charged posts on his Facebo...
AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has issued an “emergency order” to impose additional movement and testing restrictions on deer breeding facilities that are affiliated with six deer breeding facilities where Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been positively detected. Existing rules already restrict the movement of deer from 264 sites in 95 counties that are directly linked to these CWD-positive facilities, but further measures are necessary given the gravi...
First Baptist Church in Bridge City invites you to join them on Saturday, July 3rd from 10 am until 1 pm in the church parking lot located at 200 W. Roundbunch. We will be holding a “First Saturday” event and offering Bibles, hotdogs, basic school supplies, water and cookies will be for free. Look for the balloons and blue canopy. Also, upon request, we will pray for those who are distressed by life issues; you don’t have to get out of your vehicle....
On Friday June 18, 2021, my beloved husband, Danny Lynn Campbell entered into the eternal Kingdom of God. Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Murry Ray, pastor of First United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City. Burial will be officiated by Deacon Melvin Payne, of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial will take place at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be hel...
Karen Collier and Taylor Perkins, Edward Jones financial advisors in Bridge City, are supporting Bridge City Schools by using their offices as drop-off locations for a school supplies drive. Local residents and businesses may help by bringing in items to the Edward Jones branch offices during regular business hours from June 23, 2021 to August 4, 2021. The branch addresses are: 675 W. Round Bunch Rd or 715 Texas Ave in Bridge City. Please note that monetary donations cannot be accepted....
Kenneth Jerald Osborne (Ken) October 12, 1946 - June 3, 2021 Kenneth Jerald Osborne (Ken), age 74, a wonderful man, husband, father, Papaw, brother, and uncle, passed away peacefully on the night of Thursday, June 3, 2021, after a day surrounded by his children and grandkids in Lafayette, LA. The son of James and Eula Osborne, Ken grew up in the town of Davin, West Virginia in a loving home with four sisters and one brother (Phyllis Campbell, Gerry Lovejoy, Sue Arnold,...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Granger Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram. We here at the Chamber refer to our friends as Team Granger. Al Granger has discussed purchasing this dealership many times over the years, as he explained last week at the ribbon cutting and grand opening, "the pieces finally fell into place". Granger Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram has been a part of the Granger Family for about 1 year. But Al Granger and his team...
Every year for the past 80 years the Lion's Club of Orange has set up the Lion's Club Carnival. And every year the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce is honored to kick off the event with a Ribbon Cutting. The Orange Lions Club Charity Carnival is a nonprofit organization that has been giving back to our community for many years. Some of the things they are able to do is donate food baskets throughout the year, provide eyeglasses for those that are unable to get them...
The Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts announces the 2021-2022 Season. With the curtains rising after the longest intermission ever, the Lutcher welcomes performers and patrons back with an exciting and star-studded 42nd Season lineup. This season Lutcher Theater is presenting 10 incredible events, including 7 national touring Broadway shows, a family holiday spectacular, country music legends and a multi-Grammy® award winning gospel artist. The Lutcher offers a world class experience to every audience member along...
Gina Simar took over as Vice President in a vote during the WOCCISD Board of Trustees meeting on May 24th . Simar is a lifelong resident of Orange County and a 1981 graduate of West Orange-Stark. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing and later graduated with a Master’s degree in Education. Ms.Simar retired from Lamar State College-Orange last year after twenty-eight years of service. While at LSCO, she held many titles, the last one being Dean of Health, T...
The Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts announces the 2021-2022 Season. With the curtains rising after the longest intermission ever, the Lutcher welcomes performers and patrons back with an exciting and star-studded 42nd Season lineup. This season Lutcher Theater is presenting 10 incredible events, including 7 national touring Broadway shows, a family holiday spectacular, country music legends and a multi-Grammy® award winning gospel artist. The Lutcher offers a world class experience to every audience member along...
The community of Orange, Texas will host the second annual “Juneteenth in the Fruit” celebration. The celebration will be held on June 19, 2021 at the Riverfront Pavilion in Orange. The event will display and promote local vendors and performers. The Orange chapter of the NAACP will hold a membership drive. Community members are encouraged to join the NAACP for only $30. This event is free admission and open to the public. Members of the community are encouraged to come out to the Riverfront Pavilion between the hours of 11:...
Larry McClure, 76, of Bridge City, passed away on June 7, 2021, in Beaumont. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Ebenezer Cemetery in Jasper, Texas, with burial to follow. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on April 14, 1945, he was the son of Bubby and Loreen McClure. He worked as a computer programmer for Texaco Research and retired after 25 years of hard work and dedication. Larry was a substitute teacher at Bridge City High School and Junior...
Mauriceville Elementary announced the Student Council Officers for the 2021-2022 school year. They are: President – Brooklyn Childress, Vice President – Jude Abrego, Secretary – Victoria Rodriguez, Treasurer – Brylie Jones, Historian – Gracelyn Davis, Parliamentarian – Mary Leffew, Head Senator – Noah West, and Senators – Karah Frederick, Cameron Knott, and Drake Pond....
Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) President, Dr. Thomas Johnson, announced this week that LSCO will return to its normal campus life and schedule this upcoming Fall semester. The Fall schedule will closely resemble Fall 2019 in regard to face-to-face offerings and enrollment capacities. “The past fourteen months have been challenging for all of us. But members of our Gator community have proven time and time again how resilient they are. Their diligence in upholding our h...
After Hurricanes and storms keeping the Lions Club Carnival from happening and then last year's COVID19 pandemic, they are preparing to begin next Wednesday. The Lions Club has discussed for a couple of years about moving the time of the carnival to an earlier date and away from what is the peak of the tropical storm season.This year's Lions Club Carnival will begin on the week of June 16 through June 19. The second week will be June 23 through June 26 before concluding on...
Saturday, July 3rd from 10AM until 1PM in the church parking lot at 200 W. Roundbunch Bridge City. Bibles, hotdogs, basic school supplies, water and cookies will be handed out for free. Look for the balloons and blue canopy. Also, upon request, we will pray for those who are distressed by life issues; you don’t have to get out of your vehicle....
AUSTIN – The Memorial Day weekend proved extremely busy for Texas Game Wardens, despite severe weather including storms, downpours and flooded rivers in some areas. Boating incidents statewide surpassed last year’s Memorial Day weekend numbers in almost every category. “The increase in boating safety incidents over the Memorial Day weekend is attributed in part to many variables including the increase in new boaters since the start of the pandemic in 2020, severe weath...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville schools selected Teacher of the Year representatives from each campus earlier this spring. Those teachers’ applications were then given to a panel of anonymous judges to select an Elementary Teacher of the Year and Secondary Teacher of the Year to represent LCM in the Region 5 level of competition. This year’s Elementary Teacher of the Year is Tammi Halliburton of Little Cypress Intermediate. Jill Shugart of Little Cypress-Mauriceville High Sch...
This summer, we’re off to see the Wizard – the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! Join us on Saturday, June 26 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. for a FREE, interactive event for the whole family. Registrants will “follow the yellow brick road” through the Grounds of The W.H. Stark House to meet characters from the story, visit activity stations, stop for photo-ops, and collect materials to leave with their own Summer Reading Kit. Materials include books, worksheets, craft supplies, and a Cre...
