Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Sorted by date Results 1 - 15 of 15
Orangefield Junior High Cats for Christ members perfomed a live nativity scene for teachers and classmates before school on December 20,2007. The performance ended with Jayce Greer,8th grader,singing Silent Night.Cats for Christ is sponsored by Debbie Etheridge. ...
As duck season this year opened up with a flurry of action in the local marshes, most hunters were trying to make up for the previous dismal seasons. Reports of plenty of ducks and easy limits appeared to erase some of the disgust associated with last year’s results. On several occasions during the first part of the split season, I was greeted at the boat launch by happy hunters who were returning from quick and successful outings. As the second half of the season opened up it was as different as night and day; the ducks w...
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to...
Kenneth Leroy Sparks, formerly of Orange, TX, passed away after a long illness, December 14, 2007, at his home in Houston at the age of 76. Born to Mary Ethel Roberson Sparks and Willis Daniel Sparks II in Edwardsville, Illinois on May 19 th, 1931, the fifth of ten children, he is survived by his brother Paul of Las Vegas, Nevada and sister Marie King of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his wife Juanita Faye Bohannan Sparks in 1991 and by his second wife, Martha Dugas Broussard Sparks in 2006. After his fa...
Loni Joe Bean, 24, of Orange, passed away, Friday, December 21, 2007 in Orange. Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Reverend Jay Thomas of MacArthur Heights Baptist Church in Orange is officiating. Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m., Wednesday at the funeral home. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest. Loni was born December 19, 1983 in Galveston to Mike Bean and Suzanne Campbell Bean. She was employed at The Meadows...
Joann Wise, 75, of Orange, died Sunday, December 23, 2007, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 26th, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Kevin Kissel, pastor of Faith United Methodist Church is officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 25th, at the funeral home. Born in Port Arthur on July 24, 1932, Joann was the daughter of Harm and Jessie (Whitmire) Snell. She was a member...
Juanita Young, 78, of Orange, died Thursday, December 20, 2007 in Beaumont. Funeral services were at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Cove Baptist Church in Orange. Reverend Jeff Bell, pastor, officiated. A graveside service was at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 23, 2007, at Jena Cemetery in Jena, Louisiana. Visitation was from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born September 2, 1929, in Urania, Louisiana, she was the daughter of D.C. and Mae (Martin) Campbell. Mrs. Young worked as a unit secretary at...
Kevin Allen Dickson, 29, of Mauriceville, passed away, Thursday, December 20, 2007 in Louisiana. Visitation was held at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange at 12 p.m. Sunday, December 23, 2007. Graveside service and Interment followed at 2 p.m. at Jett Cemetery in Orange....
Willie "Bill" Sartin, 90, of Bridge City died Thursday, December 20, 2007, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 23rd, at the United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City. The Reverend J.W. Harrell, pastor, officiated. Graveside services were at 10 a.m. Monday, December 24th, at Leesville Cemetery in Leesville, Louisiana, under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Visitation was from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, December 22nd, at the funeral home. Born in Vernon Parish, Louisiana,...
Louise Johnson “Granny Weez” Dupuy, 63, of Orange , passed away Thursday, December 20, 2007 in a local hospital. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 23, 2007 in the Chapel of Dorman Funeral Home in Orange . Graveside services and interment followed in Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in the McLewis community of Orange . Visitation was from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Born on November 16, 1944 in Beaumont ,Texas to Clyde Albert and Dorothy (Poindexter) Johnson, she was a lifelong resident of Orange, and...
Margaret “Pug” Scales Granger, 79, of Orange, passed away Monday, December 17, 2007 at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services were at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 21, 2007 in the Chapel of Dorman Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend Dale Vance and Reverend Forrest Wood officiated. Graveside services and Interment followed in Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in the McLewis community of Orange. Visitation was from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Born on November 12, 1928 in Orange, Texas to A. A. “Jiggs” and Katie Mae (Burke)...
Getting ready to move into a brand-new home presents many headaches if one doesn’t have much experience in this exciting endeavor. What do you save? What do you throw out? What do you give to the kids? Should you have a big garage sale? We pondered some of these questions while putting out the Christmas dishes and packing up the everyday ones that will be transferred to our new home, which luckily is less than five miles away. Right after the rain stopped Saturday around noon the doorbell rang. There stood a rotund elderly g...
Games This Week HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFF STATE FINALS—Class 5A (Div. I)—Converse Judson (11-4) over Euless Trinity (14-1); (Div. II)—Katy (15-0) over Pflugerville (12-3). Class 4A (Div. II)—Highland Park (15-0) over Lake Travis (14-1). Class 3A (Div. II)—Celina (15-0) over China Spring (14-1). Class 2A (Div. II)—Elysian Fields (14-1) over Canadian (15-1). Class A (Div. II)—Munday (14-0) over Bremond (12-2). COLLEGE BOWLS—Poinsettia Bowl (Thurs. 8 p.m. ESPN)--Utah (8-4) over Navy (8-4). New Orleans Bowl (Fri. 7 p.m. ESPN2)—Flo...
Fourteen year old Cody Self was hanging on the pedestal seat, rod in hand, urging his Grandfather, Orlin Meyer, to shut down the big engine on the 21-foot bass boat. “This is where we caught them yesterday,” he reminded his mentor, but the enthusiastic pleas took a back seat to years of experience. Meyer wiped the remnants of the morning fog off his GPS screen and continued skirting the outside bend of the river channel. “There isn’t any bait on that hump yet,” he said in support of his decision to motor up onto an adjacent...
Bridge City Little League is growing in leaps and bounds. The Little League family is offering its Junior League for 13-14 year old boys. This program will replace the Pony League in Bridge City. Little league will also be offering the Senior League for 15-16 year old boys, which will also be played at the newly remodeled Junior Park. The old Pony Board petitioned Little League in the fall to join the BCLL family. BCLL immediately saw the opportunity to expand its programs, and to include a program for 15-16 year old...
