Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Howard “Sparky” Sparks, 84, longtime resident of Orange and formerly of Vinton, passed away Sunday, Oct. 13, in Port Arthur at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be the Rev. Rob Tibbets of The Crossroads Baptist Church in Vinton, and Father Susil Fernando of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Vinton. Interment will follow at Mimosa Pines Cemetery in Sulphur. A gat...
Linda Joyce Torrento Killian, 61, of Orange, passed from this life Friday, Oct. 11, at Harbor Hospital of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. Linda was born Oct. 30, 1951, in Detroit MI., to James Torrento and Ramona Rose (Hearn) Torrento. She lived in Orange most of her life, and was a homemaker. Linda enjoyed fishing for catfish, the gardening of flowers and going shopping. Linda is preceded in death by her father. Those who will most cherish her memory are her son, Daniel Asbury...
Grover Dail Browning, 86, of Orange, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am, Tuesday, Oct. 15, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Don Peters and Gerald Morris. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Monday at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in DeQuincy, LA., on Sept. 11, 1927, Grover was the son of Edward D. Br...
Shirley “Pat” Walden Criss, 82, of Orange, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, Baptist Hospital in Orange. A graveside service will be at 2:00 pm, Saturday, Oct. 19, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City; the family will receive friends at 1:30 pm at the graveside. Born May 25, 1931 in Ithaca, NY, Pat was the daughter of LeRoy Duryea Walden and Marion Stark Walden. Pat had an idyllic childhood, growing up in Freeville. She spoke of swimming all summer at the mill dam, and...
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the smash hit, full-length Broadway musical, is returning to the Lutcher Theater for two performances, Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 PM, and Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 6:30 PM. Tickets range from $35-$65 and are on sale now at www.lutcher.org or by calling the Lutcher Box Office at 886-5535. Disney’s Beauty and the Beastis the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince under a spell placed by...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Oct. 11, 12, 13, and the morning of Oct. 14: Terroristic threat, 6400 FM 1006 Weapons offense, 2316 Alden St. Theft, 504 Knox Ave. Warrant service, 205 Border Runaway, 2202 International Ave. Traffic accident, 1600 MacArthur Dr. Miscellaneous incidents, IH-10 (N. Svc Rd.) and MLK Forgery/counterfeited documents, 1600 16th St./Kroger Traffic accident, 3701 N. 16th St. Traffic accident, 16th and Sunset Public intoxication, 539 Gardenia Ave....
