New Edition of Discover Jefferson & Marion County Coming Monday
The newest edition of the popular Discover Jefferson & Marion County visitors guide will hit the streets Monday afternoon. This edition covers events and activities happening in and immediately around Marion County in July, August and September. Distribution of this edition will begin on Monday and continue through the week.Continue Reading
Cory Starrett
Graveside services for Mr. Cory Starrett, 40, of Houston, Texas, previously of Jefferson, Texas will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday June 26, 2021, at Pyland Cemetery in Avinger, Texas with Brother James Duncan officiating, under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home of Jefferson, TX. There will be aContinue Reading
Moore Elected as Ward 2 Alderman
The residents of Ward 2 came to the polls in greater numbers this time around and selected Robin Moore as their representative for the next two years. 82 total votes were cast with 39 going to incumbent Tyrani Braddock and 43 to challenger Robin Moore. At the end of theContinue Reading
Chase Alexander Sandlin
Cherished son, beloved brother, grandson, uncle and friend of many, Chase Alexander Sandlin, age 15, passed away on Friday, June 18, 2021 in Karnack, Texas. He was born on October 10, 2005 in Marshall, Texas to Tony Wayne Sandlin and Venita Elizabeth Griffin. Chase is preceded in death by hisContinue Reading
June Meisenheimer
June Meisenheimer passed away on June 15, 2021 at the age of 99 at her home in Lakeway, TX. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Meisenheimer, her sister Patricia Potter,her brother Robert Ware, and her grandson Christopher Howard. She is survived by her two daughters, Glenda Stephens,Continue Reading
Weekly Roadwork Report – June 20-26, 2021
Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to Arkansas State Line, widening highway. Reconstructing and widening highway. Eastbound traffic moved to the outside lanes. SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges. SH 98 – At Anderson Creek, replacing bridge. All traffic restricted to one lane with signal lights controllingContinue Reading
Council tables street closure requests
by V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Tuesday’s regular Jefferson City Council meeting ended on a sad note as Mayor Rob Baker announced the retirement and resignation of Ward 2 Alderman Chief Gary Amburn. Amburn turned in his resignation just before the meeting started with an effective date of Wednesday, JuneContinue Reading
Your local food pantry: Blessings of Grace
by Lacy Gross/Jefferson Jimplecute This is the first in a series of five stories about all five food pantries that serve Marion County. Kitty Rose, a single retiree living on a fixed income, discovered the food pantry at Blessings of Grace in Jefferson six months ago–at a time when sheContinue Reading
County Democrats name new party chair
The Marion County Democratic Party approved the appointment of a new party chair last week. Jefferson resident Maurice Jones has been named to the post that was vacated earlier this month by longtime party chair Rickey Harrington. “The opportunity to serve the community has always been a passion of mineContinue Reading
Garden of the Month…
Paul and Carol Harrell’s garden on Walnut Street has been chosen for the June Garden of the Month by The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club. Their beautiful variety of flowers includes pansies, roses, geraniums and lantana.Continue Reading
Our Town Jefferson
Dessert is served The Mims community will celebrate summer on June 19, 2021 with dessert, ice cream and a whole pie sale. The event will run from 1-4 p.m. at the Mims Com-munity Center located, 12728 FM 729, on the north side of Lake O’ the Pines. You are encouragedContinue Reading
Mezes was a titan of Texas education
Ken Bridges/Contributing writer The early 1900s was a formative time for education in Texas. Sidney Mezes, a one-time president of the University of Texas, rose to the forefront to serve as such a leader as well as a diplomat and a thinker. In the process, the son of a pioneerContinue Reading
Failure is not an option
Glenn Melancon/Contributing writer Here we go again. ERCOT, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, has warned us that the Texas power grid is about to fail. That doesn’t sound very reliable to me. It must sound reliable to Greg Abbot and Dan Patrick. They failed to provide solutions in the lastContinue Reading
Seeing the future, sin and ourselves through God’s eyes
Dan Eakin/Baptist minister No human being can see everything as God sees it. Isaiah 55:8:9: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughtsContinue Reading
Era S. Tyson
Era S. Tyson of Jefferson, Texas passed away peacefully in Whispering Pines Nursing Home in Longview on May 26, 2021, at the age of 95. He was born in 1925, in Ness City, Kansas to Era M. Tyson and Bertha L. (Kellenberger) Tyson. In his younger years, Mr. Tyson spentContinue Reading
Gloria Surry
Funeral services for Mrs. Gloria Surry, 94, of Shreveport, Louisiana will be held on Friday, June 18, 2021 in The Captain Wm. Perry Chapel of Haggard Funeral Home at 11:00AM with Galen Vercher officiating under the direction of Haggard Funeral Home.Continue Reading
Reading time at Carneige Library…
Max Cope and his father Cameron enjoy an afternoon of reading in the children’s section of the reopened Jefferson Carnegie Library. Hours are from 10 am – 6 pm Monday through Thursday, 10 am – 5 pm on Friday and 10 am – 3 pm on Saturday. Continue Reading
Weekly Roadwork Report – June 13-19, 2021
Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to Arkansas State Line, widening highway. Reconstructing and widening highway. Eastbound traffic moved to the outside lanes. SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges. SH 98 – At Anderson Creek, replacing bridge. All traffic restricted to one lane with signal lights controllingContinue Reading
Jefferson set to celebrate Juneteenth
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Next Saturday is a holiday in Texas and F.R.E.S.H. is pulling out all the stops to help the Jefferson community celebrate the 156th Anniversary of “Juneteenth.” “We hope everyone walks away with better knowledge of the holiday,” said F.R.E.S.H. board member Satoria Webb. The name of theContinue Reading