Members of the Athens Middle School National Junior Honor Society celebrate acts of kindness this month. One of the ways they are doing that is by creating “rocks of kindness,” which they will be spreading throughout the community and asking for people to post on social media when found with the hashtag #RAK@AMS in order to spread the kindness. Pictured are some of the National Junior Honor Society members at AMS working on the project: (back row, from left) Ruben Leon, Valeria Soto, Caroline Moore, Kaitlin Prewitt, Madison Rhodes, Evelyn Flores Mota, Arleth Martinez, (middle row, from left) Nathaniel Hall, Christopher Short, Alizya Cephus and (front) Madelyn Rummel. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)
Obituary: Carl Leroy Anderson
Carl Leroy Anderson of Athens, Texas was born on April 12, 1939 in Seminole, Oklahoma and passed away on February 8, 2018 at home with his wife by his side at the age of 78.
A Memorial Service is scheduled for Sunday the 11th of February 2018 at Autry’s Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home in Athens at 2 p.m. Burial services will be held in Olney, Texas at a later date.
Carl graduated High School and went to work in the Texas oil fields. He then went across the country to work in Washington state at Simpson’s Lumber Mill until he retired 35 years later. Carl retired to Athens, Texas with his wife Peggy and youngest son Joseph.
Obituary: Steven Allen Buie
Steven Allen Buie was born on January 14, 1949 to Mother, Clover Davis (Rutherford) Buie and father Aaron Watts Buie of Corsicana, Texas.
Steve, as a teenager, joined the Navy. He had been drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War, but decided that the Navy was a better path. He became an E-4, and learned a trade of electronics. Which at the time he had no idea that this decision was going to change the path in life. He had a successful business “Steve’s TV and VCR “, in Athens and Whitehouse, Texas. He was a real estate broker, and owned over 400 properties in Corsicana. He also was Certified Novell Network engineer, which was the next movement before Microsoft came along! He was certified by Sharp, the Electronics manufacturer, as number 2 technician in electronic repair in the Nation. He was the most charismatic College Professor and High School teacher ever known, and was loved by all of his students, his daughter Stephanie being one of them. As a missionary he changed many lives in Jamaica. Bringing the people he touched and taught into the light of the future. He was “Jack of all Trades”, and could basically fix almost anything and often did, with the Buie tool box; this consisted of a couple “staple items” of Duct Tape and wire coat hangers.
Obituary: Martha Nell Franklin
Martha Nell Franklin of Opelika went to be with her heavenly father on February 7, 2018 while surrounded by loved ones. Martha was born in Athens April 9, 1947 to Roy and Helen Featherston and was a lifelong resident of Henderson County.
On November 23, 1966 she married Emory “Totty” Franklin. They resided and raised their daughters in Murchison until retiring and moving to the Franklin homestead in Opelika.
Through her love and compassion for family and others, Martha spent many years as an LVN in the delivery room of Henderson County Memorial Hospital. Her nursing experience extended outside of the hospital as she unselfishly cared for loved ones and was heartbroken to have outlived many of them. Martha’s motherly role didn’t end with the deaths of her loved ones. She continued to be a mother figure to her nieces and nephews and their children, grandchildren.
AHS vocalist earns top seat for fourth year
By Toni Garrard Clay/AISD Communications Coordinator
Jacob Moore just did something astonishing. The Athens High School Varsity Choir member earned a first chair in the Texas All-State Mixed Choir for the fourth year in a row — a feat his choir director is not shy about calling incredible.
“It was my goal to make the all-state choir for four years,” said Moore, “but I didn’t think it would actually ever happen.”
Not only did it happen, the bass singer did so this year and last while competing in the All-State Large School Mixed Choir, which is made up of 5A and 6A schools. 4A Athens High School falls into the Small School Mixed Choir category, but Moore wanted to challenge himself, as well as gain access to more scholarship opportunities.
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