Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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More accolades were bestowed on two members of this season's outstanding Orangefield Lady Bobcats softball team. Harleigh Rawls and Charlee Sanches were named to the Class 3A All-State team. Rawls was a standout in her senior year at Orangefield. Because of an injury to her throwing arm incurred during the basketball season Harleigh began the softball season as a utility infielder to relieve the stress on that arm. The injury did not prevent Rawls from swinging a really...
First Saturday will be giving away school supplies for July! We are getting ready early because school will be starting soon. Please see us on the 1st of July from 10:00 am until 12 noon at the blue canopy will be in the parking lot of First Baptist Church of Bridge City, 200 W Roundbunch Rd. in Bridge City. The basics of supplies such as pencils, paper, erasers, Crayolas and markers will be in bags ready to hand out. Supplies will be for all grades. Over a hundred bags are...
Mark Meadows, 46, of Orange, Texas, passed away peacefully on June 16, 2023, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will take place before the service at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on September 8, 1976, he was the son...
A landmark historic church building abandoned in 2008 will once again have people congregating. But instead of seeking salvation, they will be seeking education. The domed Greek Revival brick former First Baptist Church on Green Avenue will become a reception center for Lamar State College-Orange. Dr. Tom Johnson, president of LSCO, said last week that the Stark Foundation will be donating the building to the college. The 110-year-old church at 800 Green Avenue is catacorner...
The new Chevron Phillips plant continues to stay in the spotlight as the $8.5 billion development has its first plant manager and is offering opportunities for local individuals and vendors to get work during the construction. The company will hold a Local First Job Fair this Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Orange County Expo Center on FM 1442. Golden Triangle Polymers Plant, the official name of the new petrochemical manufacturing plant, is co-sponsoring the...
The Bridge City High School Strutter Officers and new Strutters Director, Chassadi Decker-Cude attended Crowd Pleasers Platinum Dance Officer Camp in Galveston recently. The dancers attended leadership workshops, learned numerous routines, and danced a total of 52 hours during their 3 days at camp. The new Strutter Officers are (L-R) Lt. Marleigh Boyd, 1st Lt. Addisyn Watts, Captain, Olivia Romero, Lt. Raely Ply, and Lt. Zoee Buchanan. The Officer line scored High Platinum...
Local residents may help make a positive impact in the community by bringing items to our Edward Jones office in town during regular business hours from July 5, 2023 to August 4, 2023. Monetary gifts, including gift cards, cannot be accepted. The branch address is: 715 Texas Ave, Suite D Bridge City TX 77619. Edward Jones is a leading financial services firm in the U.S. and through its affiliate in Canada. The firm's nearly 19,000 financial advisors serve more than 8 million...
The Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary Club presented a check to the Director of the Ministerial Alliance, Melissa Issac, for the purchase of a new refrigerator. Pictured are Rotarians: Sam Comer, Kirk Roccaforte, Jack Comer, Mike Lund, Melissa Issac, Mark Bunch, Jerry Jones, Courtney Arkeen, Mark Messer, Karen Collier, Lucy Fields, David Olsen and John Dubose....
An art museum might be the only place that it's acceptable to stop and stare. The Stark Museum of Art invites the community to do just that now through July 8 to take a longer look at "A Noble Pastime: Hunting Pictures from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation." Since October, guests to the Museum have been able to view a different perspective on a common theme in Southeast Texas - hunting - in "A Noble Pastime." Now the museum wants visitors to take a...
West Orange-Cove CISD Board of Trustees and Superintendent Dr. Rickie Harris attended the Summer Leadership Institute presented by the Texas Association of School Boards in San Antonio last week....
Pamela Kay Fregia, 71, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on June 14, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Born in Liberty, Texas, on August 14, 1951, she was the daughter of Jesse A. LaFour and Bernice B. LaFour. Pamela was the first Baby born to the then newly opened Liberty Hospital. From birth to death, she was a very strong-willed lady. Once her mind was made up about something there was no changing it. She was a great woman of God and a mighty prayer...
Marjorie “Latance” Burch, 90, of Jarrell, Texas, passed away on June 15, 2023, in Jarrell, Texas. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 23, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ray Murry of Bridge City United Pentecostal Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Center, Texas on September 11, 1932, Marjorie was the dau...
Gardeners, so you want to save your own seeds this season but don't know where to start? Some readers have requested that I write about saving seeds, but more specifically how to harvest seeds and store them but also want to share them with friends, neighbors, fellow gardeners, and family-while keeping a few to germinate next year and for future use. This is the 1st installment of a 2-part series on how to harvest and save seeds, so let's begin with some basics! Seed saving...
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Field Day will begin Saturday, June 24, in Orange. The ARRL Field Day is held annually on the fourth weekend of June when thousands of radio amateurs gather worldwide to operate their radios from remote locations. The ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio in the United States representing over 170,000 FCC-licensed Amateur radio operators. The Orange Amateur Radio Club is such a club that will be operating radios on June 24...
Charles Edwin Tomlin was born on July 16,1933 to Jessie Dean Tomlin and Caron LaVerne (Lout) Tomlin in Shelbyville, Texas and passed away on June 15, 2023, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 1, 2023, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Father Ernie Carpio. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Groves. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, June 30, 2023, with a...
Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas is hosting a Local First Job Fair. This is for the job opportunities at Golden Triangle Polymers Company (GTPC) project in Orange county – the joint venture between Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy. As you may know, this project is expected to create approximately 4,500 construction jobs and approximately 500 permanent jobs. Local First is the workforce program designed to offer local, qualified workers access to the job o...
Chad Jennings, a 26-year industry veteran, has been selected to serve as plant manager of the Golden Triangle Polymers Company facility, a subsidiary of a joint venture between Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP and a subsidiary of QatarEnergy. The Golden Triangle Polymers facility, now under construction in Orange, Texas, will be a world-scale integrated polymers facility. Chevron Phillips Chemical is managing engineering, procurement and construction for the project and...
Leon Wayne Terry, 91, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 11, 2023, in Orange. A graveside service will be held at 6:00 p.m., Monday, June 19, 2023, at Autumn Oaks Cemetery in Orange with burial to follow. Officiating will be Leon’s grandson, Benjamin Terry. Born in Mayfield, Oklahoma, on January 15, 1932, Leon was the son of Owen W. Terry and Maggie Mae Goodwin. Leon had great faith in God and was a long-time member of West Orange Church of Christ. He was employed as a d...
There is a new face in Bridge City that is working to improve the football fortunes for the Cardinals. Coach Chris Towery is the new offensive coordinator and conditioning coach for Bridge City High School. Towery is a native of Pineville, Louisiana, and played football at the University of Southwestern Louisiana which is now known as University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He was a reserve quarterback for the Ragin' Cajuns. Upon graduation from college Towery coached at...
Marilyn Leanne (Powelson) Johnston of Jasper, Texas went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Marilyn was born on April 26, 1950, in McAllen, Texas. She graduated from McAllen High School in 1968. She married Howell Dayne Johnston in Port Arthur, Texas on February 14, 1970. She went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Lamar University in 1992. Together Dayne and Marilyn raised two sons in Port Arthur, TX before moving to Jasper in retirement. M...
Donald G. Barclay, age 86, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, June 9, 2023, at Parkview Skilled Care & Rehabilitation Center in Big Spring, TX. Mr. Barclay was born December 24, 1936, in Lake Charles, LA, the son of Sallie Elizabeth (Haynes) and Robert Franklin Barclay. He graduated from French High School in Beaumont, TX and attended Lamar University in Beaumont. He worked as an ambulance driver, a professional water skier, and ultimately retired from Huntsman...
Frank Raymond “Ray” Lormand, Jr., age 64, of Lumberton, Texas, passed away at his home on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Services will be held at 11:00 AM, on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at Dorman Funeral Home; interment will immediately follow at King Cemetery. Visitation of family and friends will be held one hour prior to the service at Dorman Funeral Home. Ray was born on January 27, 1959, in Orange, Texas, to Wilmer Linscomb and Frank Raymond Lormand, Sr. He enjoyed many adv...
Kelly Joe Cordova, 47, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 12, 2023, in Beaumont, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Jeff Anderson. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on September 18, 1975, he was the son of Michael James Cordova and Debby Cordova...
Shirley Mae Longron Whisenhunt, 75, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 9, 2023. Born in Fallon, Nevada, on September 21, 1947, she was the daughter of Howard Joseph Longron and Della Mae Longron. Shirley was a lifelong resident of Orange. She graduated from West Orange High School in 1966 and was voted most beautiful in her class. Shirley continued her education and went on to Lamar University, where she became a Licensed Vocational Nurse in 1967, where she worked at...
Shirley Butcher Burney, 88, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 13, 2023, peacefully at home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Friday, June 16, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Paster Gary McCormick of First Christian Church of Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 1:30 p.m., Friday, June 16, 2023, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Fort Worth, Texas,...
