Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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For more than a century, baseball players, managers and fans have had some kind of beef about the balls and strikes umpire behind home plate. As a former professional pitcher myself, I can verify the fact that each umpire has his own personal strike zone when he is working behind the plate. The trick is knowing where each umpire’s favorite strike zone is located. Very rarely can you watch a major league baseball game on television without that rectangular box being superimposed on the screen denoting the strike zone the w...
Geraldine “Gerry” DeCuir Landry, 77, a longtime Bridge City resident, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2019 from Alzheimers disease. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and friend who lived a Christian life. Gerry, the first child of Denis “Dan” DeCuir, Sr. and Eula Hollier DeCuir, was born on August 17, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas. She lived in the Lakeview area and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was educated at St. James School and graduated from Thomas...
Bob Wade McNeal, 74, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on May 19, 2019, at his home surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 22, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Deacon Steve Obernuefemann. Burial will follow the service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with a Rosary at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Jennings,...
Bobby Carrol Tarter, 75, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 17, 2019, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Bobby was born on Tuesday, November 23, 1943 in Orange, Texas to Elmer Tarter and Lola (Granger) Tarter Duncan. He was a life-long resident of Orange County and a 1963 graduate of Bridge City High School. Bobby was the owner of T and T Fence Company in Bridge City. He loved his work both visiting with customers and building fences. A loving husband, Bobby was married for 52...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is currently accepting nominations for Father of the Year 2019 through May 31st. Do you know an outstanding dad who goes above and beyond? Nominate him for Father of the Year! In addition to receiving over $1,000 in great gifts from local businesses, the Father of the Year will be recognized at the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce’s Networking Coffee on June 11, 2019 at Gateway CDJR, participate in the Bridge City Christmas Light Parade as a dignitary and be recognized at the Bridge City C...
The S.A.L.T. Club will host their 45^th Annual Memorial Classic Fishing Tournament this weekend and several changes in the current format will assure that the event is both bigger and better.All weigh-ins and award ceremonies will take place at the club house on Pleasure Island. After all these years they bumped the entry fee up to $50, but they also increased contestants’ chances of making the winner’s stand. While lots of folks enjoy very decent paydays due to winning catches, this event has always been family oriented. It...
Courtesy photo Country music artist Toby Keith, pictured, will perform at the H2O Pool at the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La., on Friday, Aug. 30, while a special hip-hop music event featuring MC Hammer and others will take place at the H2O Pool on Sunday, Sept. 1. Rock outfits Puddle of Mudd and Saliva and three others will kick-off the holiday weekend on Wednesday, Aug. 28 with a concert at the Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont. The Record The week and...
The Chamber held a Golf Tournament on May 6th. Some of the winners are listed below. Shawn Morris- 10th place & Women's Closest to the Pin Logan Risinger- Men's Longest Drive Domino's Pizza- 1st place Istre Electric- 5th place...
Please join us at Bridge City Public Library in Bridge City for our Texas State Library's Reading Club 2019 starting June 12th. The dates are June 12, June 19, June 26, July 3,July 10,July 17 and July 24 from 11AM until Noon and is for ages Pre K-5th grades. Please register June 3rd-June 7th and receive a reading log. Record the time you ready each day. We suggest at least 15 minutes daily. Return the reading log by July 17th. Only those who return logs will receive recognition. All children must be accompanied by a parent...
Congratulations to West Orange-Stark High School Senior, Carolina Arreola, recipient of the Buzzie Gunn Photography Scholarship. Carolina is a student in Lacey Gunn Hale's Advanced Photography class. She is also a student in Meri Elen Jacobs' Journalism class and Kim Smith's Video Productions class....
James “Jim” Earl Goodman, 69, of Orange, Texas, passed away at his home on May 17, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, May 23, 2019 at St. Francis Church, 4300 Meeks Drive, Orange, Texas, with a visitation from 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Born in Orange, Texas, on June 21, 1949, Jim was the son of Earl Goodman and Juanita Critz. He was a paratrooper in the National Guard where he made over 100 jumps. He was a Policeman with the city of Orange for 15 years...
Marvin Kenneth Hawkins, 85, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on May 20, 2019, in Port Arthur, Texas. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 23, 2019, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Tony of Bridge City Church of Christ. Born in Indianola, Mississippi, on June 30, 1933, he was the son of Carl Ellis Hawkins and Wilma Lucille (Pierce) Hawkins. Marvin proudly served his country in the United States Army during...
The horizon was filled with black clouds gathering over the gulf and lightning strikes were just enough to make you wonder “what am I doing out here?” A close look at the west shore line of Calcasieu through binoculars revealed no rain but that was just a matter of time. All of us in the boat were in agreement that we stay put until the weather began to clear. While we waited to see if we were going to get to fish or have to run for shelter I noticed the streams of finger mullet and shad rolling out of this particular lit...
Robert Claiborne Mann, age 89 of Orange, Texas, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2019 in Beaumont, Texas. Services to honor Robert's life will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, May 24, 2019 at Dorman Funeral Home Chapel with Ron Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Family and friends will gather for a visitation one hour prior to the service on Friday. Robert was born on February 21, 1930 in Dussett, Texas to Emma Bendy Mann and James Claude Mann. Robert worked for over 35 years and...
Photo: Bridge City Mayor David Rutledge presents a proclamation declaring May as “Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month” Tuesday night in City Council chambers. Members of the Texas Elite Bikers, Maverick Motorcycle Club, Prodigal Motorcycle Club and COC and I were on hand for the presentation. Dave Rogers For The Record While Bridge City waits to hear good news from the General Land Office, officials are doing everything to be ready when it comes. As part of a $5 billion Hur...
Cutline: Honor students from all Orange County high schools listen as keynote speaker Mickey Smith Jr. shares wisdom during the Honor Student Luncheon held recently at the Shahan Center at Lamar State College Orange. Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County honor students had the honor of some sage advice from a saxman with local ties and lofty credentials. Mickey Smith Jr., a Grammy Award nominee and nationally recognized education enrichment speaker from Westlake,...
Dave Rogers For The Record Mike Bell, a retired sailor who served on four different U.S. Navy ships for 14 six- to nine-month deployments, considers himself very lucky. “I didn’t personally know anybody in the service that was killed during service,” Bell said, despite having served in Operation Desert Storm and the Iraq War. But Memorial Day, coming up next Monday, May 27, is always a special time for him. And not just because he’s been in charge of the Orange County Veteran...
SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY EVENT SUNDAY The public is invited to the 16th annual tribute to Orange County Veterans, at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26th, at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza, 3810 M.L. King Dr., Orange. The event is free to the public and is held annually on the plaza on the campus of Orange First Church of the Nazarene, the program includes special speakers, patriotic music and more. The event will feature greetings from Col. Thomas J. Curtis, USAF Retired and author of “Under the Cover of Light.”The patriotic tri...
Kenneth Rainwater, Candice Trahan and Tiffany Jones were the Chamber of Commerce’s judges for Peggy’s First Annual Crawfish Boil held last Saturday. Thanks to Terry and Alice Scott for selling snow cones and a special thank you to Amber Neugent helping organize and get the donations for the silent auction. Peggy’s Place aka Peggy’s on the Bayou raised $5971.00 for SETX Marine Corps Toys for Tots. Peggy and Richard want to thank their family, friends and everyone who came ou...
Photo: Gloria Neville settles into her North Orange home recently rebuilt and remodeled by volunteers after it was flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey. Dave Rogers For The Record Nearly a year and a half after Tropical Storm Harvey drenched Southeast Texas, Orange’s Gloria Neville was still living with family members in Louisiana. Her north Orange home had been cleared to the studs but a storm-chasing contractor took her FEMA funds and headed for the hills. Fast forward four mont...
Lamar State College Orange debuted their new mascot today. In August of 1941, a brave young man from Louisiana who was living in Orange, Texas joined the U.S. Army. Twenty-five year old 2nd Lieutenant William M. "Bill" Tilley died just over a year later during combat in North Africa. As one of Orange's first casualties in World War II, Tilley became a hometown hero and a school building was named in his honor. Tilley elementary School served the students of Orange for many...
