Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Dr. Herman Leslie Rudeseal of Orange, died March 19, in Hemphill, TX, at the Hemphill Care Center. He was a month shy of his 95th birthday. Born April 13, 1921 in Lewis, La, to Frank Herman and Mabel Miller Rudeseal, he grew up in Vivian, La. There he met and married his wife of nearly 76 years, Clydelle Cook Rudeseal. Together they had six children. A veteran of WWII, Herman served as a Sergeant Major in the US Army Military Police Corps in the Pacific. After returning home...
Earl G. Tipton, Sr., 85, of Orange, passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday, March 19. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday March 22, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be the Rev. David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 12:00-3:00 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home. Born Oct. 2, 1930, he was the son of E...
Margaritte Raymond “T-Bo” Brittain, of Little Cypress, passed away March 18, in Mauriceville, at the age of 90. Margaritte was born Sept. 30, 1925 in Shelbyville, to Ozelar (Anderson) and Clamond Jesse Raymond. She had lived in Orange for 69 years, prior in Shelbyville. She was a homemaker who helped raise a loving, close-knit family. Margaritte enjoyed cooking, fishing, gardening, quilting and canning food. Margaritte was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend who...
Brucelle L. Foret, 92, of Kountze, died Thursday, March 17, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. She was born Feb. 20, 1924, in Beaumont, to Louise Boutte Schreve and Patrick Joseph Schreve. A lifelong resident of Kountze, Brucelle worked in the cafeteria at Lumberton Primary School. Survivors include her children, Linda Martin and her husband Norval; Sandy Courts and her husband, Rick, all of Kountze; Randy Foret and his wife, Patsy, of Beaumont; and Theresa...
Lucy Fields, right, presents the Chamber's Business of the Month award to Earl Duhon, manager of Dupuis Tire and Service Center. The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce has announced that Dupuis Tire and Service Center has been named Business Member of the Month for March. Earl Duhon accepted the award, sponsored by Sabine River Ford, from Board Member and Ambassador Lucy Fields at the March Networking Coffee hosted by MCT Credit Union. Dupuis Tire received gifts from several...
The 3rd Annual Kiwanis “Glow” Golf Tournament has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 23, at Sunset Grove Country Club. For information on team registration, tee sign sponsorship, and/or donations, please call 886-4411 or visit the Kiwanis Club of Orange, TX Facebook Page....
Pictured is Senior, Emily Warren with her medal from the State Powerlifting Meet on March 19 in Corpus Christi. Bridge City was represented by two talented young ladies at the State Powerlifting Meet that was held in Corpus Christi on March 19. Sophomore, Shania Dies squatted 215 pounds, bench pressed 80 pounds and dead-lifted 230 pounds. This gave her a total of 535 pounds which was enough to place 6th for her 97 pound weight class. Senior, Emily Warren had the best meet of...
All offices of the City of Orange will re-open beginning Tuesday, March 22. Normal trash pickupresumes today, Monday, March 21, and will continue with normal pickup routes: Monday: Cove, Old Town-Downtown Orange, and Navy Addition; Tuesday: East of 7th Street and south of Burton, Roselawn, and Lindenwood; Wednesday: West of 16th Street and south of Interstate 10; Thursday: Brownwood and west of Highway 87, Greenway I & II, and areas to the north and west and Friday: Cypress Bayou and west of Highway 87, Chasse Ridge Drive...
On Saturday, March 19, U.S. Rep. Brian Babin (TX-36) announced that his office officially received the approval of Governor Abbott's presidential federal disaster declaration for Orange, Jasper and Newton Counties, which triggers the release of federal funds to help local communities recover from the historic flooding. “Our hearts and prayers continue to go out to all those who have been impacted by the devastating flooding in Southeast Texas,” said Babin. “My staff and I have been working tirelessly to see that this desig...
Jeepers4Jesus North America will partner with area businesses and ask every household in Southeast Texas to help Deweyville teachers and schools after they lost everything in the recent flood. School supplies can be purchased and dropped off at one of the five drop off locations listed below. Supplies will be accepted from Monday, March 21-Sunday, March 27. each business will have a container in their front office for your convenience. Some of the supplies needed are pens, pencils, glue, glue sticks, file folders,...
Orange and the surrounding region were hit hard by the recent flooding. We know that many of our neighbors are deeply affected by this disaster and remain out of their homes. As our community attempts to assess the impact of flooding and begin recovery efforts, the Stark Foundation is reopening with free admission to Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center and the Stark Museum of Art from March 22-26. We welcome our friends and neighbors to visit if you are able....
Receding flood waters have allowed Lamar State College – Orange personnel to do a preliminary assessment of damage to the campus. Both the Wilson Building and the Green Avenue Building were flooded. Water reached a depth of 10” in the Green Avenue Building and 3” in the Wilson Building. Both buildings will need drywall repair and flooring replacement. Classes at Lamar State College – Orange will not resume until Wednesday, March 23. Students were originally scheduled to return from Spring Break on March 21 but that date ha...
While fishing at Toledo Bend this past Monday with his grandfather, Seth Chataignier, a fifth grader at Bridge City Intermediate, caught a 7 lb. 4 oz. largemouth bass. His grandfather, Mike Chataignier, asked Seth if he wanted to keep the bass to have it mounted by a taxidermist. Being a true conservationist, Seth insisted on releasing the large female bass so she could spawn and possibly grow into a bigger trophy for some other fisherman. Since the bass was released, Seth's...
Doris Jean Manning, of Orange, passed away March 19, at Harbor Hospital of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, at the age of 84. Doris was born Feb. 4, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York to Hannah and Francis Fielding. She had lived in the Orange area for 62 years, prior in Brooklyn. She was a woman that loved her family most of all, and put in her hours helping raise five children. Doris was a loving wife, mother and friend who loved spending time with her family and will be dearly missed. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband...
Molina employees Sheila Shelton, Angie Wise and Rebecca Krejci, along with Molina’s cat doctor mascot, Dr. Cleo, deliver more than 1,000 bottles of water to Pinehurst Nursing and Rehabilitation in Orange. A total of 56 residents of the nursing home were ordered to evacuate due to flood gate releases from the Toledo Bend Reservoir into the Sabine River. Recently, Orange Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation in Orange was ordered to evacuate due to flood gate releases from the T...
Orange VFW Auxiliary to Post 2775 have scheduled a CALLED MEETING on April 4, at 7 pm. The sole purpose of the meeting is to elect officers for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Delegates for District and National Conventions will take place during the regular meeting Monday, March 22, at 7 pm. For further information, contact Secretary Jeanette Clark at 883-0264 or email at [email protected]@att.net....
The Groves Police Department is searching for Reginald Earl Garner, diagnosed with a cognitive impairment, white male, 89 years old; date of birth, Aug. 7, 1927; 5'10", 150 pounds, gray hair, blue eyes, wearing a gray sports jacket, blue shirt and gray pants. The senior citizen was last seen at 10:30 am, March 21, in Groves, driving a silver, 2010 Nissan Rogue, with TX License Plate BZ6M428. Law enforcement officials believe this senior citizen's disappearance poses a...
