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Obituary: Joan Herritt Hainline

Joan Herritt Hainline, 81, of Gun Barrel City was born on July 4, 1931 in Chicago, Ill. to the home of Joseph and Herritt Messing. She passed away on April 20, 2013.

She is preceded in death by her parents, and her sister, Marylyn.

Joan retired from the First State Bank in 2011.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 30 years, Lee, and her children, Dan Hainline, Tim Hainline and Terry Ford and husband Ray; nine grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Virginia “Ginger” Manning; and many other family and friends.

Memorial Services will be 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2013 officiated by Bro. Dennis Woods at Moorhead Epps Funeral Home in Gun Barrel City.

Obituary: Del Laverne Basye

Services for Del Laverne Basye, 70, of Tool will be 11 a.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Huckabee/Tomlinson Funeral Home in Seven Points with Wayne Pitchford officiating. Visitation will be at the funeral home Wednesday evening 6-8 p.m., April 24, 2013. Burial will be in DFW National Cemetery.

Del was born May 10, 1942 in Kanopolis, Kansas to Velma Irene ( Anderson) and Richard George Basye. He died in Tool April 18, 2013.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Marvin and James Basye; sisters, Roxane and Eliza Basye; granddaughter Pamela Rosemary Friman.

He is survived by his wife, Wanda; children, Lisa Basye Clark, Cassandra Basye Wetzel and husband John, Aaron Basye and wife Darcy, Carla Murdock, Steven Murdock, Scott Murdock, Kelly Walker; brothers, Richard (Dick), Lewis, Ronnie, Dennis, Garlan Basye; sisters, Janice Martin, Janet Stephens; grandchildren, Joshua Friman, Jessica Wetzel Stewart, Elisa Blevins, Jared Friman, Hunter Basye, Trace Basye, Bailey Basye, YaVon Chandler, Jay Boshart, Hannah Walker, Carlyn Walker; great-grandchildren, Dawson Stewart, Dayton Blevins, JohnDavid Stewart, Richard (Coyt) Chandler, Aaron Chandler, Carly Chandler.

The family request in lieu of flowers memorials be made to woundedwarriors.com.

Condolences may be posted at www.tomlinsonfuneral.com.

Eustace to refinance bonds and save $1.9 million

By Michael V. Hannigan

The Eustace ISD school board agreed to refinance the school district’s bonds during a special meeting Tuesday night. The action could potentially save the district $1.9 million in debt service, according to Superintendent Dr. Coy Holcombe. You also might want to research some if you’re wanting to refinance so you can try and save some money. Look at the different refinance mortgage rates offered.

The refinancing should not change the district’s tax rate.

In his blog “The Yard,” Holcombe wrote:

“In this scenario, the district would use $450,000 of its I & S fund balance as a cash contribution to pay down on the balance of the bonds and do an advance refund based on current interest rates. In this case, the potential savings to the district would be almost $1,900,000 in debt service. Further, the refunded bonds would be paid off three years earlier than the original maturity date. The overall bond payment for the district will not change dramatically from what it is paying now (about $1,070,000). Since the bond payment will not change much, the expected I & S rate will not be affected, either. The big difference is the fact that the bonds will be paid off early.”

DAR: Margaret Ann Trail awarded Conservation Award

DAR press release

Regent Margaret Ann Trail was awarded a “Conservation in Action Award” by Texas State Daughters of the American Revolution conservation chairman Colleen Petsoa. Colleen said it was almost a given that Margaret Ann would win on the state level after all the paper work was in and the board saw what all Margaret Ann does for conservation. She lives, eats and breathes conservation. Nothing is wasted on her and her husband, Newt Trail’s ranch. After Sarah Maples member Susan Cothran-Martz paid a visit to the ranch and saw just how Margaret Ann made conservation work she made the nomination and filled out all the paper work, which was a chore in itself.

The Sarah Maples Chapter is very proud of Margaret Ann for all her work at conservation and for all the accomplishments she has done as Regent of the Sarah Maples Chapter of DAR. She has set a standard for all of us to followed which will be no easy task.

Daughters of the American Revolution hear about SAR

Pictured are Julie Gustafson, Margaret Ann Trail and Skip Gustafson. (COURTESY PHOTO)

DAR press release

Due to the illness of Jim Gablin, Julie and Skip Gustafson filled in as guest speakers as the recent Sarah Maples DAR meeting.

Skip spoke about the requirements for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. He says the research can become tedious but it is worth it to hang in there. He answered questions from the audience on problems that have arisen for them in their research.

Julie spoke about the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogy Education Program she just finished. These courses, which are created and maintained by NSDAR genealogists, provide the proper completion and documentation standards required by the DAR for the verification of applications and help you hone your skills in preparing DAR applications.

Skip tried to retire from flying for American Airlines. He became the Safety Officer and Captain in the Tyler Civil Air Patrol, then he became CAE Flight Instructor for the Falcon Jet 2000. Skip is in SAR, Sons of 1812, Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims and is working on membership in the Huguenot Society.

Julie is Skip’s wonderful wife and she retired from a career in Real Estate with Ebby Holliday Realtors. She has her Real Estate Broker’s license. She is a member of the Jane Douglas Chapter of NSDAR and an associate member of the Sarah Maples Chapter. She is also a member of the Dallas Chapter 6 of UDC, War of 1812 and the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims. She is a Genealogical Consultant for District lll TSDAR.