Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Gussie Clark, 90, of Orange, TX, departed this life on Thursday, October 11, 2018. A wake service will be held at El Bethel Baptist Church, 704 12th St., Orange, TX, on Friday, October 19, 2018, from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Funeral service will be held at Scott Olive Baptist Church, 1050 Ewing St, Beaumont, TX, on Saturday, October 20, 2018, at 11:00 A.M. Visitation will begin at 9:00 A.M. with Entombment at Magnolia Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, 5215 N. 16th St, Orange, TX,...
The Orangefield High School will hold it’s Homecoming game this Friday against Hardin Friday night. The Homecoming Court members were announced at the Community Pep Rally Monday night. They include: Football Beau - Jonah Landry, Football Sweetheart - Karlye Bramblett, Freshman Duchess - Kenadie DuBois, Sophomore Duchess - Codie Sorge, Junior Duchess - Linh Tsan, Senior Queen Candidate - Ally Overman, Senior Queen Candidate - Abby Overman, Senior Queen Candidate - Emmi L...
Herman “Moe” Litton, 91, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on October 14, 2018, in Beaumont, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 20, 2018, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow the Mass at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. A Rosary will be recited at 5:00 p.m. with visitation to follow on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Serving as pallbearers will be Johnny Mon...
For The Record Mother Nature is to blame. Weather is holding up some of the three major Texas Department of Transportation — repaving Texas Avenue in Bridge City, completing the swing bridge over Cow Bayou on East Roundbunch Road and widening Interstate 10. Sarah Dupre, public information officer for TxDOT, said crews are working around the rain. "On Texas Avenue, crews should begin paving by the end of October. The wet weather has held up operations," she said. "We’re cur...
David Ball For The Record Tom is home. Thomas Johnson, a Port Arthur native, was installed as president of the Lamar State College-Orange Tuesday afternoon in a ceremony at the Shahan Events Center on campus. Johnson was joined onstage by regents of the Texas State University System and other college presidents. Family, friends and mentors were also in attendance in the audience to support Johnson. Regents, staff and students addressed the audience too. Brian McCall, chancello...
Essie Bellfield, former mayor of Orange and Councilwoman, has been a longtime member of Salem United Methodist Church in Orange for decades. In response to such dedication the church held a worship service this past Sunday and dedicated the education unit in her honor by naming if after her. They also unveiled a plaque and served dinner on the grounds, according to the Rev. Develous Bright, the church's pastor. Bellfield can truthfully say she has served on ever committee in c...
David Ball For The Record Jeanie McDowell took the reins as the new Bridge City city secretary Tuesday night. McDowell took the oath of office from Sherry Tisdale, who is retiring, at the regular meeting of the Bridge City City Council. Tisdale was named city secretary in 2003. She has a two-year degree from Lamar University in office administration. She started working for the city part-time in 1984. Prior to that she worked at Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur. In 1987, she...
Dave Rogers For The Record Charlie Miller taught biology for nearly two decades across the hall from Moe Litton’s biology classroom at Bridge City High School. “He not only was intelligent, but he was one of the funniest people I’ve ever known,” Miller said of Litton. “He taught with humor. But he always was extremely firm. The kids knew when it was time to go to work.” Herman N. “Moe” Litton, 91, died over the weekend, on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. A rosary will be said at 5 p....
Dave Rogers For The Record Back in the day, when Donna Peterson and her husband Dick were just starting their plumbing business, they couldn’t afford a babysitter for their four kids. “I remember when we went to buy a sewer machine, we had four kids in the truck,” says the matriarch of A1 Peterson Plumbing, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in business in Orange. Mrs. Peterson also remembers when she made a splash as a “woman plumber” by showing up during career da...
MOE WAS LEGEND IN THESE PARTS It’s hard to believe “Moe” is gone. He passed away Sunday, Oct. 14. A rosary will be said at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18. Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Funeral service will be held Saturday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. I had known Herman “Moe” Litton since 1965 when he went to work for his old SFA teammate Chief Wilson, who was Bridge City’s football coach and AD. The following year Bridge City won the Sta...
For the Record Capt. Chuck Uzzle It happens every year at this time, they come in huge numbers with that panicked look of “I am way behind schedule” etched all over their faces. They scurry to the shooting table with a rifle that has not seen daylight since last hunting season or a cleaning kit since who knows when? As they line up and start blasting away at the down range targets each one hopes that they can just put together a group that will kill a deer. Invariably these groups are sloppy and unpredictable at best, not...
Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County Judge Dean Crooks called Tuesday for a town hall meeting to be held regarding the county’s uniform tax abatement policy used to attract new business. Crooks also suggested setting limits on how large and how long the abatements – the forgiving of taxes for a set period – or incentives – the county foregoing utility charges – should be. County Commissioners Johnny Trahan, Barry Burton and John Gothia, and Jessica Hill, executive director...
