Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Jude Andrew Singer, was able to spend four wonderful days with his family before the angels took him to Heaven, March 10. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 14, at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be the Rev. Scott McIntosh of North Orange Baptist Church. Born in Galveston, on March 6, Jude was the son of Jason Singer and Jessica Singer. Jude is survived by his parents; grandparents, Joyce Blanchette and husband Lloyd, Alan Powell,...
The WOS Softball game at LCM has been cancelled for today and rescheduled for Monday, March 16th at 10:00am...
Verlene Head Hammett, 75, of Orange, passed from this life Tuesday, March 10, at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in Orange. Born July 18, 1939 in Orange, to Willie Vertice Head and Edna Mae (Peet) Head, she was a lifelong resident of Orange, a homemaker and a member of the Winfree Baptist Church in Orange. Verlene enjoyed growing vegetables, century plants, making crafts, baking wedding cakes and cooking foods from scratch. Verlene is preceded in death by her parents;...
Evangelistic Crusade will present an Easter service April 3,4 & 5 at 7:00 pm., at Iglesia Cristiana Hispana Americana/Hispanic American Christian Church 3720 Pheasant St. Orange. The services will be in English & Spanish. The Evangelist will be Pastor Asuncion Vargas, the Rev: Tomas Esparza and the Rev. Dr. Alberto Martinez. Everyone is welcome....
Christopher Cody Archer, 29, of Mauriceville, passed away March 9, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 14, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Jarrod Parnell. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., Friday, March 13 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Lake Charles, Dec. 26, 1985, he was the son of James M. Archer...
West Orange-Stark High School students Grant Anderson and Claydra Rhodes earned first place in Declamation and Interpretive Reading, respectively, at the school-level finals of the 111th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation, a scholarship program sponsored by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation. On March 11, West Orange-Stark High School students competed in the local-level contest, which was coordinated by Evelynn Elliott, West Orange-Stark High...
The next meeting of the Orange County Christian Writer's Guild will be April 7, at 6:00 pm. The speaker will be Anne Payne. The meeting will be held at the Brown Hearing Center, 105 Camellia, Orange (in the back, upstairs)....
The United States are…? The United States is…? Are we one or many? The answer to this question was determined 150 years ago, with the surrender of the Confederate Army. To say the American Civil War was a pivotal point in our nation's history is an understatement. There were over 750,000 soldiers who died in the War Between the States which in today's percentage of the population would equate to over seven million dead. Near the end of the war, Confederate President Jef...
Irene Viator, 94, of Orange, passed away March 11, at The Meadows in Orange. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 16, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Joseph P. Daleo. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., with a rosary held at 6:00 p.m., on Sunday, March 15 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in New Iberia, Louisiana, January 22, 1921, she was the...
March is always a busy month in the Capitol as many families, students and teachers make their way to Austin during their spring breaks. We enjoy seeing everyone, but there is, of course, no spring break for legislators as final bills are filed and committee agendas are full of potential legislation. Here are five things that happened this week at your Texas Capitol: - Operation Strong Safety The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently released their Operation Strong Safety (OSS) report. In June 2014, the...
The Mauriceville Elementary Student Council held a “Dip Into Spring” dip contest for faculty and staff. Teachers could enter in one of three categories - Chip Dip, Veggie Dip, or Fruit Dip. The Student Council provided the chips, veggies, and fruit. Each Official Dip judge had the difficult task of tasting all of the entries in each category. According to Student Council sponsor Mary Kay Berndt, “The judges must have had a really hard time deciding because I watched them...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles is seeing rain with embedded thunderstorms moving north across the region today, in response to a weak low pressure area in the western Gulf of Mexico. This system is not a tropical storm nor does it have any characteristics of one. There are no strong winds associated with this system. There has been periods of heavy rain, resulting in minor flooding in urban and low-lying areas. One more round of rain is expected this evening,...
