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Jack and Bea Jones of Kilgore celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with a quiet family dinner. They were married Oct. 29, 1939, in Checotah, Okla. More ... Tina Brown of Groves is pleased to annouced the engagement of her daughter, Melissa Brown of Kilgore, to Joesph “Joe” W. McCrory of Kilgore. Melissa is also the daughter of the late Mark Brown. Her paternal grandparents are Anita and Loren Brown of Arnold, Neb. Her maternal grandparents are Keneth and Gladys Essry of Clayton. She is a 2008 graduate of Kilgore College. More ... Mary Todd Lincoln was the topic for the Kilgore Woman’s Club Oct. 8 meeting in the home of Marada Early. Carolyn Kennedy, Virginia Wallace and Dimples Burns assisted as hostesses. President Ruth Anne Camp called the meeting to order and lead members in the Club Collect. More ... Lillyan "Lilly" Mulanax, daughter of Blayne and Laura Mulanax, celebrated her third birthday with a Ladybug themed party on Sunday, Oct. 18, at her home in Kilgore. Lilly is the granddaughter of Ricky and Melody Mulanax of Kilgore, Janice and Gary Pirkey of Longview, and Gene and Patricia Rockett of Houston. More ... “Why Valley Forge?” was the question guest speaker David Stroud asked members of the Samuel Paul Dinkins Chapter DAR as he began his program about Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben, inspector general during the Revolutionary War. More ... A reader named Linda wrote to ask me the difference between “enunciate” and “pronounce.” More recently, I encountered a man who wanted to know the difference between “on” and “upon.” More ... THE PHONES RANG bright and early at the News Herald office on Friday morning as various follks called in to report how “unusually” dressed their employees were for Halloween. You can email your favorite Halloween pictures to bwoodall@kilgorenewsherald. com and then look at your ghostly gang online. Check out photos of local spooks at www.kilgorenewsherald. com. +++ More ... Lifestyles RSS feed |
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