Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Kaz's Korner - Joe Kazmar I can remember back when I was just a little tow-headed kid, every Friday night I would be allowed to stay up past my bedtime and watch “The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports” which featured really good boxing matches on our black-and-white 12-inch television set. Some of the fighters from that era included Willie Pep, Kid Gavilan, Sugar Ray Robinson and classic battles between heavyweights Joe Louis and Jersey Joe Walcott just to mention the few I can...
Lynda Lou Meyers - age 65, of Orange, Texas passed away on Monday, June 6, 2016 at her home. Services will be at 3:00 PM on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at The Cowboy Church with Brother Dale Lee officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Lynda was born in Wichita Falls, Texas to the late Melvin Olun Ellison, Jr. and Norma Jean Zimmerland Ellison. She had been a resident of the Orange area for 40 years and was a member of The Cowboy Church. Lynda wor...
Hypothetical ‘Hurricane Tejas’ Leads to Evacuation of 300 ‘Evacuees’ Staff Report - For The Record AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), in coordination with local, state, federal and private sector partners, is conducting a full-scale air evacuation exercise in response to a hypothetical hurricane scenario in which the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) is evacuated. This exercise provides the emergency management community...
Mildred Pauline Moore, 74, of Orange, passed away June 7, at DuBuis Hospital in Port Arthur. Funeral services were Monday, June 13, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating was the Rev. Jeff Bell. Burial followed at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Born in Tyler, March 7, 1942, she was the daughter of George Milton Hunt and Opal Lee Reed. She retired from the West Orange-Cove CISD. She was preceded in death by grandparents, parents and son, Michael Chiappi....
Tami Higgenbotham's family rejoices A hearing on Thursday and Friday for a motion to impose guilt finally has 29-year-old Joshua David Latham, of Mauriceville, going to prison. He was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years and it will run consecutively to his five year term he recently received in Newton County for failure to appear. Although this case was not for the murder of Tami Higgenbotham, 41, of Vinton, her family was elated to see some sort of justice served....
Carl LeLand Hardy, 67, of Vidor, passed away June 6. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 11, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints in Many, La. Burial followed at Fort Jesup Cemetery in Many. The Patriot Guard will be leading the procession and all motorcycles are welcome. Born in Many, Louisiana, on October 7, 1948, he was the son of Emmit Oliver Hardy and Mildred Mae Scott Hardy. Carl was a veteran of the United States Army who served his country in Vietnam. He was a horse loving, gun totin’, motorcycle r...
Donnie Glynn Smith, Sr., 65, of Vidor, died Monday, May 30, in Beaumont. Services were Friday, June 10, at Dorman Funeral Home Chapel. Donnie was born in Dallas, April 16, 1951, to the late Virgil Smith and Bobbie Bolton Smith. He worked as a truck driver for over 20 years. He loved to fish and spending time with his children and grandchildren. Donnie is survived by his wife Elva Smith of Vidor and one son Donnie Glynn Smith, Jr. and his wife Carolynn of Vidor; six daughters,...
Don Berndt, 79, died Monday, June 6, in Beaumont. He was a native of Wonewoc, WI and a longtime resident of the Orange County area. Don served his country in the U.S. Navy and loved to hunt and fish. He was also an avid fan of the Green Bay Packers. A visitation was held Friday, June 10, at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor. Don is survived by a daughter, Cheryl Townsend and husband Ricky of Burkeville; sons, Don Berndt, Jr. and wife Mary Kay of Orange and Doug Baire and wife...
From Clay to Muhammad—1942-2016 Down Life's Highway - Roy Dunn Muhammad Ali, 74, who many believe was the greatest fighter of all time, died Saturday, June 4, 2016. All day Saturday and Sunday many people told their Ali stories. I have an interesting Ali story as well, but pondered writing it thinking that after hearing so many Ali stories, readers might be turned off with another. This story is special to me because of the people it involved and how it came about. In February, 1964, Sonny “The Big Bear” Liston was heavy...
Staff Report - For The Record Two Little Cypress-Mauriceville Administrators were selected by their respective professional organizations recently as Assistant Principal and Principal of the Year. Carie Broussard, who has completed her sixth year as Assistant Principal at Mauriceville Elementary, was honored by the Region 5 Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). She not only has been an LCM employee for the past 17 years, but is an LCM High School...
BEAUMONT – Keep it all in the family. That is what Lamar University baseball head coach Will Davis wanted to do when he was searching through candidates to fill his staff, and he did so with two Cardinals who played at some of the most successful in the times program’s history. On Tuesday in his first press conference as head coach, Davis announced that he was going to keep longtime LU hitting coach Scott Hatten on staff and added recruiting coordinator to his title. Thursday, Davis announced that he added former Cardinal and...
SharLee West, age 70, passed away with her loving family by her side on Monday, June 6, 2016 at her home in Orange, Texas. Services will be at 11:00 AM on Friday, June 10, 2016 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Orange with Bishop Evans officiating. Interment will follow at Parish Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at Dorman Funeral Home. SharLee was born in Orange, Texas on July 13, 1945 to the late I.C. "Mike"...
