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Articles from the June 27, 2019 edition


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  • Claud A. Taylor, 76, Orange

    Updated Jun 27, 2019

    Claud A. Taylor, 76, of Orange, passed away on June 25, 2019, at home. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 28, at Orangefield United Pentecostal Church in Orangefield. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Sanders. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at Orangefield United Pentecostal Church in Orangefield. Born in Hemphill, Texas, on September 10, 1942, he was the son of Claude S. Taylo...

  • Greening Orange, Texas The Stark Foundation Plants Grand Specimens of Southern Live Oak

    Updated Jun 27, 2019

    (ORANGE, TX) – Southern Live Oaks (Quercus virginiana) are among the most majestic and stately trees found in the southern U.S. While they grow in the forests and landscapes of the low country from southern Virginia to Gulf Coast Texas, the epicenter of champion Southern Live Oak trees are the southern Parishes of Louisiana. The oldest and most extraordinary species are more than 1,000 years old with canopies well over 100 feet wide! Most importantly, though, these trees h...