March 19, 2008 / Front Page

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Tamale Festival called a success by event staff

The first-ever Diboll Tamale Festival was a qualified success, with an estimated 3,000 people showing up for the two days of festivities. "We're being pleased with it," Lance Moore, civic center director, said Monday morning. More...

County News

DIBOLL, ANGELINA COUNTY AND BEYOND

Carroll Ruby grew up in Wells, lives in spring and is coowner of Buck & Carroll's Barber Shop in Aldine. One rainy day on his way from Wells visiting with his mother, Jesse Faye Ruby, he stopped by our store. More...

Sheila's Potpourri

Sheila Scogin

Melva Wi1jj called and is excited about the Brush Arbor Meeting Highway Baptist Church will have later this month The meeting will be preaching Sunday night March 30 by Bro. Lamar Denby; Monday night March 31 Bro. More...

ALL AROUND LUFKIN

Janice Ann Rowe

Ernest and I left Lufkin on Friday, March 7 with snowflakes in the air. It snowed on us to Kennard and then it turned to rain to Crockett. About Centerville the sun was shining and the skies were clear. More...

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Church

Church news

Huntington United Methodist Church News: The United Methodist Church and March 9th was the fifth Sunday of Lent. Thought: We most truly show our love for God whom we have not seen when we love our brother whom we have seen. I Cor. More...

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Obituaries

Anna Faye Barbe

Funeral services for Anna Faye Barbe, 63, of Hudson were held Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 10:00 am. in the Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Gary Forrest and Reverend Blake Powers officiating. More...

Hollie Bennefield

Graveside services for Hollie Bennefield, 68, of Lufkin were held Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Liberty Hill Cemetery, San Augustine, Texas. Mr. Bennefield was born April 16, 1939 in Sabine County, Texas to Verner (Gentry) and H. B. More...

Cebern L. Bryan

Funeral services for Cebern L. Bryan, 87, of Beaumont were held Friday, March 14, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Concord Baptist Church with Brother Louie Lawson and Jessie Ray Hornsby officiating. Interment followed in the Concord Cemetery. More...

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Happenings

Lufkin Parks and Recreation 9th Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Kit McConnico Park in Lufkin. March 22nd, 2008, Registration Starts at Noon. More...

Lessons learned in community

Sunday, Feb. 24, the Diboll community along with H. G. Temple Alumni Association, Diboll Housing Authority and area churches presented its annual tribute to black History. The history of H.G. More...

CAN & CAN DO

By Jerry Gaulding Editor, Free Press

An Sweeny is stepping down as director of Diboll's Christian Outreach. On her final day in charge of giving out food rations to the town's needy, while taken by surprise by her co-workers, Sweeny nonetheless was gracious. More...

Local History

Coxey's Army train ride

When our family gathered for a Thanksgiving feast in the 1940s or 1950s, one of the elders would pronounce it "enough for Coxey's army," except to my immature and ignorant ear, I thought they said "Cox's army." Either way, they referred to a not-s More...

30 years of press clippings a public service of the History Center

ONE YEAR AGO Betty L. Capps is honored by the city of Diboll at her retirement reception with tokens of appreciation for her 29 years of service to the city. More...

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