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Dan  Eakin/Baptist Minister W. Herschel Ford was pastor of First Baptist Church of El Paso, Texas for many years. During the 1960s, he preached a sermon  titled “Seven Wonders of Jesus Christ.” Note it was not THE seven wonders of Jesus Christ. There are many, many wonders about Jesus Christ. ButContinue Reading

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Funeral Services for Mrs. Nancy Whatley, 82, of Jefferson, Texas is scheduled for Friday, December 10, 2021, at 2 p.m. at the McCleod Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church in Bivens, Texas with Bro. Jeff Story officiating and Pastor Justin Terry assisting. A time of visitation will be held one hour priorContinue Reading

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Funeral Services for Mr. Bobby Bollman, 86, of Jefferson, Texas is scheduled for Thursday, December 9, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. at the Jefferson Church of Christ. A time of visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, in the Cpt. Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home from 5Continue Reading

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Gun Show The Annual December Jefferson Gun & Knife Show loads up this weekend at the Jefferson Transportation Center. The show runs from 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Saturday and 10-4pm Sunday. The show is giving away a rifle courtesy of J-N Fence Co. The show also features guns, knives, ammo,Continue Reading

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Staff Reports  This week the Jimplecute sat down with Aditya (A.D.) Atholi who’s running for the newly redefined U.S. Congressional District 1 seat.  A.D. calls himself the “Blue Collar Conservative.” According to his website, atholiforcongress.com, he’s worked on oil rigs as a roughneck and driller across Texas and New Mexico;Continue Reading

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Austin Lewter/Jefferson Jimplecute In this day of cell phones and technology and social media, some things are still as they have been for centuries.  Some traditions of craftsmanship are still handed down from one generation to the next.  One such tradition is still alive and well in Marion County andContinue Reading

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DJ&MC New Issue Available The newest edition of Discover Jefferson & Marion County, the official visitors guide for the City of Jefferson, is now available! It covers January-March 2022. Deliveries are being made as fast as possible, but contact the Jimplecute office at 903-665-2462, or come by the office atContinue Reading

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Glenn  Melancon/Contributing writer It’s always a good One of the best parts growing up as a Roman Catholic was enjoying all of the Holy Days.  During the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church controlled the calendar and established celebrations year round. These “holidays” taught and reinforced the faith. After theContinue Reading

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R. Howard (John) Storie passed away Friday, November 19, 2021, in his home in Bentonville, AR.  Though John was not his given name, when he was a small boy and was asked what his name was, he firmly announced that he was John.  From then on, everyone knew him asContinue Reading

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Christopher Brooke Brantley, age 56, passed on November 27th, 2021 at home with his family in Bolingbrook, Illinois due to a short battle with liver cancer. He was born on May 30th, 1965 to Stanford and Mary Jo Brantley and grew up in Jefferson, Texas and graduated from Jefferson HighContinue Reading