Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Jim went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 28, 2019. Funeral service will be July 5, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Father Joseph Daleo. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Jim English was born April 11, 1931 in Plaucheville, Louisiana to the parents of Henry English and Mabel Plauche. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years Lorraine, and his three children, daughters Phyllis Hager and Jeri...
Mary Jane Smith, 85, of Orange, passed away on June 30, 2019, at home. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 5, 2019, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be at 10:00 am at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Born in Hornbeck, Louisiana, on November 20, 1933, she was the daughter of Johnie C. Evans and Bessie Tilley Evans. Mary grew up in DeRidder, Louisiana and was a graduate of DeRidder High School where she sang in the high school...
Clyde Lovell Sullivan, a lifelong resident of Orange, passed away on June 30, 2019 after a brief illness at the age of 74. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Wagner. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in West Orange. Pallbearers will be Jesse Mills, Brandon Sullivan, Brady Sullivan, Levi Chimeno, Ronnie Rost, Bill Lee, and Bill Hernandez. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5:0...
Seven-year old Sarah was well into her third bottle of diet Dr. Pepper and ready to call it a day at 8:30 in the morning. The second fishing trip of her life was not going well in spite of her Dad’s best efforts. Mother Nature was doing her best to further impact Sarah’s obvious discomfort. It was hot and humid and there wasn’t a ripple on the muddy surface of Cow Bayou. We were catching small bass, bream and an occasional redfish often enough to interest any youngster with even a modest interest in fishing, but it was obvio...
Orange County Judge Carl Thibodeaux and Precinct 3 Commissioner John Gothia announced their resignations, effective July 10, at Tuesday’s weekly meeting of Orange County Commissioners’ Court. Gothia announced he planned to seek the appointment as new county judge. Before a new county judge can be appointed by commissioners' court, Thibodeaux must fill the vacancy left by Gothia. Thibodeaux, who was county judge for 20 years, from 1995 through 2014, returned as the county's top administrator in late March, following the sud...
Dave Rogers For The Record The musical chairs have begun again in Orange County. Orange County Judge Carl Thibodeaux and Precinct 3 Commissioner John Gothia announced their resignations, effective July 10, at Tuesday’s weekly meeting of Orange County Commissioners’ Court. Gothia announced he planned to seek the appointment as new county judge. Before a new county judge can be appointed by commissioners' court, Thibodeaux must fill the vacancy left by Gothia. Kirk Roccaforte, former mayor and current city councilman for Bri...
Photo: Bruce and Donna Self are retiring after owning Burgertown for 24 years. Burgertown reopens July 9 under new management. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record Fireworks, music, hot dogs and apple pie are what the 4th of July is all about…and burgers. While everyone is enjoying Independence Day activities, there is a changing of the guard underway in Orangefield. After 24 years of running Burgertown, Bruce and Donna Self spent one last day, Friday, in t...
Dave Rogers For The Record Eric Andrus’ fifth term as member of Bridge City’s City Council won’t expire in 2020 as planned. The Place 4 representative announced Tuesday night he is leaving City Council because his family has moved into a home just outside the city limits. “Being able to represent our city has been one of the greatest and most important things I’ve ever done,” said the owner of Central Office Supplies. Andrus was named Citizen of the Year at the last Bridge...
Photo: The grave site of Dannariah Finley at Magnolia Memorial Garden cemetery in Orange. RECORD FILE PHOTO: Mark Dunn Dave Rogers For The Record The annual phone calls are coming in to the Orange Police Department. Thursday marks another anniversary – the 17th – of the disappearance of 4-year-old Dannarriah Finley from her Orange home. Her tiny body was found four days later on Pleasure Island. The unsolved murder is hardly a “cold case,” though. “It’s an active, working cas...
Photo: Developer Penny Wheeler stands in front of the century-old home on 10th Street that she plans to use as a centerpiece for Greens Bluff, a block of shopping spots in Orange’s Historic District. Dave Rogers For The Record Putting some life back into Historic Orange is what Penny Wheeler has up her sleeve. She and her husband Doyle have purchased a block of homes and vacant land near the Orange Train Depot and are starting to convert it into Greens Bluff, a new d...
