Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Reginald T. Franklin, 88, of Orange, died Monday, April 6, 2009, in Pinehurst Nursing and Rehab. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Kevin Trinkle, chaplain of Memorial Hermann Baptist Orange Hospital. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Reginald was born on July 16, 1920, in LaSalle, La., son of Joseph Edgar Franklin and Frances Ethel Volentine Franklin. He was an operator for DuPont and served in the Navy during Worl...
Technology has caught up with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, which will use about $67,000 to buy portable digital radios, commissioners approved Monday. The 19 requested radios, along with spare batteries, can be bought under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG). The county is not required to match any funds. The JAG grant was also approved by the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Advisory Board. “It’s obviously good for the county,” said Sheriff...
ANOTHER YEAR OF PUBLISHING, ANOTHER ANNIVERSARY EDITION Forty-nine years have rolled around since Walter Gaston published the first Penny Record, Bridge City and Orangefield’s own newspaper. Over the years it has been the messenger and voice of the homefolks of those communities. The publication has remained very popular with a readership that approaches 90 percent of all homes. It’s really the only vehicle that reaches the vast majority of the consumers. Its sister paper, The County Record, is also very popular, wel...
Michael Paul Racca, 30, of Orangefield, died Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Johnny Harrison. Burial will follow in Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Michael was born on March 11, 1979, in Nederland. He loved hunting, fishing and spending time with family and friends. Those left to cherish his memory...
