Obituary: Harold Eugene Parks

Harold Eugene Parks
Harold Eugene Parks

Harold Eugene Parks of Trinidad passed away at the age of 74 in Trinidad.

Harold was born on Aug. 28,1938 in Trinidad to Johnny Simpson and Mozelle Parks.

He is survived by his son, Johnny and wife Lara Parks; daughter, Julie Parks Cantrell and husband David; sisters, Judy and husband Dutter Rogers, Janice and husband Donny Rogers; sister-in-law, Rosa Parks; grandchildren, Candice Williams, Brooke and Bailey Parks, Autumn Ellman, Stacy Barber, David Cantrell Jr., Dustin Cantrell, Robin Cantrell, Amber Stoher, Chase March Banks; numerous great-grandchildren.

He was preceded Continue reading “Obituary: Harold Eugene Parks”

Obituary: Rosemary Abbott

Rosemary Abbott
Rosemary Abbott

Memorial services for Rosemary Abbott, 54, Athens were held 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2013 at Post Oak Cemetery Pavilion with Rev. Rick Bailey officiating.

Mrs. Abbott died May 9, 2013 in Athens.

She was born Feb. 17, 1959 in Dallas to the late Everett Bradley and Rosie Mae Jackson McMillan. Mrs. Abbott was a loving mother and homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter Jennifer Marie Abbott; granddaughter Nevaeh Angel Kay Nally.

Survivors include husband, Randy Lynn Abbott, Sr.; sons, Randy Lynn Abbott, Jr. and Brittany, Athens, Ricky Joe Abbott and Shelby, Athens; grandchildren, Randy L. Abbott, III, Serenity Renee Abbott, Shyanne Brille Abbott, all of Athens; brothers, Joseph Bradley McMillan and wife Deborah, Delaware, Ohio, Steven Wayne McMillan and wife, Carolyn, Dallas, Jimmy Ray McMillan, Dallas; sister, Peggy Jean Mayo and husband, Orville, Farmersville.

You may leave a message of condolence or light a memorial candle for the family at
www.carroll-lehr.com.

Med-Logics coming to Athens

Rod Ross, Chief Executive Officer of Med-Logics. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Rod Ross, Chief Executive Officer of Med-Logics. (COURTESY PHOTO)

AEDC press release

The Athens Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors and Athens Mayor Jerry Vaught announced today that Med-Logics, Inc. will be opening a new facility in Athens. Med-Logics, Inc., is a manufacturer of state-of-the-art medical devices used in Lasik, Dsaek, and Cataract surgeries.

Med-Logics intends to break ground on their facility in June. The Athens facility will become Med-Logics new corporate and manufacturing home for the company. Med-Logics will be moving from its location in Laguna Hills, Calif. and will employ 20 people initially and will make over $1 million investment in the new Athens facility. Med-Logics plans to be operational this November. They will build their facility on a four acre site in the Athens Industrial Park.

Med-Logics chose Athens over other communities because of the low tax burden in Texas, Athens’ existing ancillary medical device industry, workforce Continue reading “Med-Logics coming to Athens”

KAB gets ready to celebrate 25th anniversary

KAB Chamber
Keep Athens Beautiful was named the Small Business of the Month by the Athens Chamber of Commerce in April.

 

By Michael V. Hannigan

Keep Athens Beautiful is getting ready to celebrate its 25 anniversary.

KAB will be hosting a banquet dinner at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 17 at the Athens Country Club in celebration. In addition to the anniversary hoopla, KAB will also be giving out its annual awards, like the Margaret Myers Award to the top volunteer.

Through the next week leading up to the dinner, I will be offering tidbits of history from KAB’s 25 years keeping Athens beautiful.

For instance, did you know that KAB started out as a chamber committee back in 1988? I didn’t.

Or that the first board president was the redoubtable Dick Dwelle.

Other board members have included: Hugh Armstrong, Margaret Myers, Tom Byrne, Preston McAfee, Nell Velvin, Carol Barton, Camille Threadgille, Larry Babb, Darwin Winfield (twice), Kandas Babb, Jacy Eckert, Peggy Rhodes (twice), Ken Braswell, Bill Jones (twice), and Tere Lawyer.

Don’t miss out on this big event. Call Carol Morton at KAB, 903-675-7961.

Sen. Robert Nichols: My five cents

State Sen. Robert Nichols
State Sen. Robert Nichols

Sen. Robert Nichols press release

In classrooms across Texas, teachers and students are counting down the days until summer vacation. In an almost identical countdown here at the Capitol, legislators are marking the days left until the end of session. As I write this, we are at 18.

Five things that happened this week at your Texas Capitol are:

School testing relief

On Monday, as students around the state were taking the STAAR test, the Senate was debating the future of such exams. We voted unanimously in favor of HB 5 to cut the number of tests required to graduate from 15 to five.

I have consistently heard from an overwhelming number of parents, teachers and school administrators that believe our kids are Continue reading “Sen. Robert Nichols: My five cents”