Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Johnnie Louella Granger “Granny”, died at the age of 76 Thursday, March 21 at her home. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, at Claybar Funeral home in Orange. Officiating will be Chaplain John Ellis. Born in Wichita Falls, on July 18, 1936, Johnnie was the daughter of James Claude (JC) and Lora Marie Lagrone. Johnnie was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and aunt. She loved shopping, watching soap operas, and spending time with her family. Johnnie lived in Port Arthur, Hou...
Christine Caruthers, of Orange, died Sunday, March 24, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial service will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 28, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, with the Rev. R. Gary Caruthers. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home. Born in Brooklyn, NY on July 9, 1940, Chris was the daughter of Karl and Christine “Tini” (Spreng) Zet...
Evelyn Marie Grizzle Gray, 93, of Orange, formerly of Beeville, passed away on March 22. She was born on Feb. 17, 1920 in San Antonio, to Harvey H. and Annie Harriet (Hobbs) Grizzle. She grew up in Beeville, and graduated from A.C. Jones High School in 1937. Evelyn married Percy P.D. Gray on Oct. 2, 1940. She was a member of St. Paul Methodist Church in Bridge City, and former member of First Christian Church in Beeville. She was past president of Beeville Art Guild, past...
HOLY WEEK-- SPECIAL TIME FOR CHRISTIANS Well, it’s come on Easter week. Come Sunday, 40 days of Lent would have flown by, Christy will be able to eat candy again and everyone else who gave up something for Lent will be able to indulge again. The annual Easter cold snap came in a few days early but the wind will move to the south Thursday, after that, with the full moon arriving, it will be just the right time to get a garden planted. If you are a Catholic, you’ll have to wait until Saturday to plant. Old time Catholics don...
Texas educators are keeping an eye on legislators to see how their decisions on education are handled and what effects they may have on the future of testing and funding. The three upcoming bills being debated are HB 5, SB 3 and SB 1734. The focus points are accountability, graduation plan reform and funding. Bridge City Superintendant Mike King recently spent time in Austin with legislators and other educators addressing the needs of the schools and students. Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock debated on the House floor Tuesday HB 5...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between March 25, and the morning of March 26: Miscellaneous traffic, 1900 block MacArthur Traffic accident, 2300 block MacArthur Simple assault, 201 8th St. Miscellaneous incidents, 1600 IH-10 Traffic accident, Strickland and MLK Larceny from vehicle, 201 8th St. Possession of cocaine, 15th and Burton Assist public, 3003 18th St. Warrant service, 205 Border Possession of hallucinogen, 3rd and Farragut Possession of synthetic narcotic, 1105 18th St....
The Easter Bunny is ready for several Easter egg hunts. The City of Orange’s annual egg hunt will be held on Good Friday, at the boat ramp on Simmons Drive. Activities start at 9 a.m. and the Easter egg hunt will start promptly at 10 a.m. The event is free including: food, balloons, face painting, prizes, and photos taken by our photographer, or photos can be taken with your personal camera. There will be three age groups for the egg hunt: 0-3, 4-6 and 7-8 years of age. S...
The Bridge City ISD will be conducting an active shooter drill 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at Bridge City Elementary. According to George Navarro, with the BCISD campus police, all of the Orange County first responder agencies have been invited to participate. Those who have agreed to help and be in attendance at the school include police from Bridge City, Orange, West Orange, Vidor Independent School District, deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and troopers from the Department of Public Safety. Also invited to a...
Orange County baseball and softball teams will take the field on Thursday this week due to the Easter Holiday weekend starting on Good Friday. In Dist 20-4A, the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears will take a road trip to Beaumont Central. The LCM Lady Bears will take on the Port Neches Groves Lady Indians also on the road this Thursday. In Dist. 21-3A the first place Bridge City Cardinals will face the West Orange-Stark Mustangs. The current second place Orangefield Bobcats...
AARP income tax assistance available The AARP Tax Filing Assistance Program will be offered starting at 12:15 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday through April 15, 2013 at the Orange Public Library. Trained volunteers will be available from 12:15 to 4 p.m. Anyone seeking assistance should bring the following: All W-2 and 1099 Forms, including Social Security Benefits statements; Records of Capital gains and losses; Receipts of medical expenses, taxes paid, interest paid, contributions, causality and theft losses, job expenses, sa...
