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Articles from the February 18, 2013 edition


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  • Orange Police Beat

    Updated Feb 18, 2013

    Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Feb. 15, 16, 17, and the morning of Feb. 18: Traffic accident, 4th and Green Assist public, 902 W. Park Miscellaneous incidents, 3333 Ridgemont Assist motorist, Womack Rd. at FM 1078 Warrant service, 1200 block John Public service, 201 8th St. Mental subject, 1010 Clairmont Assist other agency, 1700 block N. Service Rd. Counterfeiting documents, 3024 16th St/Dollar General Unattended death, 1359 5th St. Warrant service, 1555 16th St. Public...

  • Theodore (Black) Hebert

    Updated Feb 18, 2013

    Theodore (Black) Hebert was born to Edvar and Alice Hebert in Kaplan, La., on Aug. 5, 1925, and went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 18. He was a World War II Veteran and a retiree of Gulf Oil Corporation. Mr. Hebert was preceded in death by his first wife, Una Mae Hebert; grandson, Travis Hebert; daughter, Marlene Lochamy; son, Owen Hebert; brother, Mason Hebert; and sister, Maize LeMaire. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lou Hebert; his children, Michael and Margie Hebert,...

  • OFD responds to Sunday afternoon fire

    Updated Feb 18, 2013

    The City of Orange Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire at 2110 International yesterday at 4:44PM. The first arriving engine crew was on scene in less than two minutes and reported fire from the rear and heavy smoke coming from the eves of the residence. The family was safely outside when fire crews arrived. The fire was quickly extinguished yet the home received heavy damage. Fire damage was concentrated in a bedroom and smoke damaged the other areas of the...

  • Boyd Leon Taylor

    Updated Feb 18, 2013

    Boyd Leon Taylor, 56, of Orangefield, passed away Sunday, Feb. 17, at Christus Hospital, St. Mary in Port Arthur. Born on Jan. 3, 1957 in Tacoma, Wa., to his parents, Clarence Leon Taylor and Yvonne (Tarver) Taylor, he was a lifelong resident of Orange. He was of the Pentecostal faith, and attended the First United Pentecostal Church in Orange. Boyd worked in many different jobs during his life and was most recently a truck driver. Boyd was a man who enjoyed and loved life,...

  • Mary Lillian Veazey Chatlosh

    Updated Feb 18, 2013

    Mary Lillian Veazey was born Aug. 4, to Joseph Benoit (Ben) Veazey and Margaret Noelie (Broussard) Veazey. She started life and grew up on a houseboat on the Sabine River in Orange in the 1920s and 30s with her parents, brother and sister, attending Curtis Elementary, St. Mary School, and Orange High School and dreaming of becoming a writer. . She met the love of her life, Alfred Nicholas Chatlosh of Stephenson, Mi., and they married Feb. 15. While raising five children,...