Obituary: Ouida Holt

ouida  holtFuneral services for Ouida Holt, 85 of Athens are scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 at First United Methodist Church with Dr. Faulk Landrum officiating. Burial will follow in Payne Springs Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home.

Mrs. Holt passed away August 29, 2015 in Tyler.

She was born January 25, 1930 in Shelby County to Ross and Lovie Mae Bowlin Plemons. Ouida moved to the Dallas area in the early 50’s, raising a family of three in the suburb of Irving. She moved to Cedar Creek Lake in the mid 70’s and then in 1997 to Athens. For a great portion of her life she was a sales professional working in the cosmetics industry. At the age of 55 she went back to school to secure her real estate license and continued her sales career. She loved music, dancing and travel. In the 70’s it was trips to the Rockies most every year. In the 80’s it was travel with an RV club all over the western United States making stops to square dance. In the 90’s it was cruise vacations almost yearly from Alaska to South America. She was an outgoing, beautiful woman that people enjoyed being around. Water Aerobics, coffee with her girlfriends and playing 42 gave her great pleasure the last few years of her life. She lined the walls of her home with pictures of her grandchildren whom she loved very much. Continue reading “Obituary: Ouida Holt”

Obituary: Vivian Tull

Tull, VivianFuneral services for Vivian Tull, 91, of Athens are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 at the Hannigan Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Robert Slayton officiating.

Ms. Tull passed away on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015 in Athens.

Vivian Lucille Kizzia Tull was born Nov. 30, 1923 in Kaufman County, Texas the daughter of John Rueben Kizzia and Ora Lee Tyler Kizzia. She was a member of the Church of Christ and loved to plant flowers and work in her garden. She also enjoyed crocheting and crossword puzzles. She was a loving momma, sister, grandma and great grandma and will be greatly missed by all she knew and loved. Continue reading “Obituary: Vivian Tull”

Obituary: James Leon Johnson

James JohnsonServices for James Leon Johnson, 90 of Athens are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 at Carroll-Lehr Funeral Chapel with Rev. David Ellis and Rev.
Mike Drinkard officiating. Burial will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Park.

Mr. Johnson passed away Aug. 29, 2015 in Athens.

He was born April 5, 1925 in Anderson County to Harvey Carl and Fannie May Bailey Johnson. Leon was a United States Navy Veteran. He served a 30-year tenure as chief of Athens Fire Department. He had been a Mason over 60 years. Leon had a strong voice and loved singing. He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church. Leon loved gardening, making bird houses, crafting, woodworking and carpentry and cooking his famous coriander cake and homemade stew and cornbread. Continue reading “Obituary: James Leon Johnson”

New recycling, trash schedule gets test in Athens

By Michael V. Hannigan

A pilot program by the City of Athens, Republic Services and Keep Athens Beautiful aims at increasing recycling and reducing the stress on city streets.

Currently, Republic collects trash twice a week and recycling once a week in Athens. The service has additionally taken a contract from a cheap roll off dumpster rental to ease the process. Under the program being tested, the schedule will be trash pick-up on Tuesday and recycling on Friday.

If you need some extra help cleaning up around the home or just want to get unwanted items out of the way quickly, then a junk removal service could be the perfect solution. Hiring a junk removal service is the best way to get rid of all those unwanted bits and pieces you have lying around the home that you just don’t have the time to shift. Maybe you have a fridge or a chest of drawers that needs disposing of and just don’t have the manpower to do it; you need the extra help of a good junk removal services. #1 Junk Removal in Aurora | Demolitions – Rubbish Cleanouts offers the great services.

The process is simple, just call your chosen trash removal service and they will come and remove any unwanted items from your yard, garage, office or whatever needs cleaning up. They will do all the lifting and carrying for you so you don’t need to worry about collecting all the junk together if it is difficult to move. When you call a junk service, a team of strong workers will turn up and be ready to work for you. You tell them what needs to go and they set about removing it for you, it’s as easy as that. The junk will be out of your life for good and you don’t even need to do any heavy lifting!

Junk removal services can prove useful in a variety of different situations. They can speed up the clean up process after you’ve had building work done on your property, after you’ve done a spot of redecorating or they can help make spring cleaning a little less painful. Most junk hauling services will be familiar and equipped to handle large loads so don’t worry if you have lots of items to remove. No amount of junk is too much for a good junk removal service.

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Chamber board lends support to AISD bond effort

2015 AISD BondThe Athens Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (15 members attending) voted unanimously to support Athens ISD’s proposed $59.9 million bond last week.

Chamber President Mike Coston said the board members, “as business owners and members of the chamber,” understood the need for good schools to keep and attract business.

“One of the first things a business looks at when they are coming into town is the school system,” Coston said, “and if the school system is good, that helps attract new businesses.”

The board also took up a collection among its members for the bond political action committee (BACers) and raised $1,100.

((EDITOR’S NOTE: Read other coverage of the 2015 Athens ISD bond here.)