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Obituary: Paul DeLoy Clanton Jr.

Funeral services for Paul DeLoy Clanton Jr., 78, of Athens are scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Hannigan Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Eugene Hunt officiating. Burial will follow at Malakoff Cemetery in Malakoff.

Mr. Clanton went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 in Tyler.

Paul DeLoy Clanton Jr. was born July 30, 1934 in Henderson County, the son of Paul DeLoy Clanton Sr. and Mamie Ethel Stogner Clanton. He was devout Christian man who loved teaching Bible study. Paul devoted his entire career to law enforcement, retiring as TLE Captain for the Texas Department of Public Safety and then later serving as Chief Deputy of the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office. He was an avid outdoorsman Continue reading “Obituary: Paul DeLoy Clanton Jr.”

Rootseekers hear about Rachel Jackson

Margaret Ann Trail and Ruth Shelton. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Rootseekers press release

Longtime Rootseekers member Ruth Shelton, who now lives in Crowley, Texas, came all the way to the Tri-County Library to tell us the history of Rachel Donelson Jackson. Ruth said she always felt sympathy for Rachel when she found out about her history. Seems the American people treated Rachel pretty mean when her husband Andrew Jackson was running for President of the United States in 1828.

Rachel was born in 1767 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, the eighth of eleven children. In 1779 the entire family moved to East Tennessee, as part of an expedition that was going to settle in the Middle Tennessee area. Rachel traveled Continue reading “Rootseekers hear about Rachel Jackson”

Around Malakoff: Loretta meets the new FBC pastor

(Here are Loretta’s photos from the pastor speaking to Rotarians.)

I’m not member of Rotary. My son Doug represents our companies in that fine organization. But sometimes I just up and go anyhow, and so far they have never run me off. I like to pretend it is just to take somebody’s picture, and put it on my Around the Town Facebook page, but actually it is just because I’m nosy, and they are a great bunch of folks I like to hang around with when possible.

Recently the speaker was the new Baptist preacher, Jody Jones. He talked about how he became a preacher—something he didn’t expect to do, and about the route he took to get here. He started in out in Cleburne and his last church was in Copperas Cove where most of his congregation consisted of military people. He and his wife Monica have two sons, Jared, who is married, Taylor who is engaged, and a daughter, Alexis who is still in high school. You can tell he really loves and is proud of his family. His talk was a lot more interesting than my retelling Continue reading “Around Malakoff: Loretta meets the new FBC pastor”

Severe Weather headed toward Henderson County

By Michael V. Hannigan

Henderson County is currently under a Tornado Watch until 7 p.m.

Here is a severe weather briefing from the National Weather Service for today.

While we are always aware of the dangers of severe weather here, the events yesterday in Oklahoma have many people on edge as storm cells approach the county. When it comes to severe weather it could cause a lot of damage to homes, destroying roofs, gardens and pulling down trees. Some homeowners find that using somewhere like these austin roofing companies could help them to get back on their feet when the weather has knocked them off it.

I spoke with Henderson County Emergency Management Coordinator Joy Kimbrough regarding today’s weather, and she said that the likely window for the most severe weather in Henderson County was between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

She said that was just an estimate, however, based on current weather models.

“We are in close contact with the National Weather Service and we will do as much as we possible can Continue reading “Severe Weather headed toward Henderson County”

Severe Weather Warning

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Athens meteorologist Chris Schwantes for sharing this Severe Weather Briefing with us … I highly suggest Henderson County residents check out this video.