Goree News

A funeral service will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the First Baptist Church in Knox City with Bro.

There will be some serious jamming for Jesus going on in Goree today. Nine praise and worship bands will perform at the Goree Jesus Jam, in addition to interpretive dance and a play, "The Kingdom." The idea came to Glenna Decker about a year and a half ago when contemplating ways in which to draw visitors to the small community.

Mary Imogene Morton Leflar was born on Dec. 14, 1925 to Sudie Dora and James C Morton in Goree, TX.

Whether seated in lawn chairs, laying on blankets or standing, the hundreds of people packed into Quakertown Park on Saturday could not help but move their bodies to the jams coming from the main stage at the 11th annual Denton Blues Festival.

John M. Edwards, dedicated Christian, loving husband, father and grandfather, peacefully passed away on September 14, 2009, at the age of 87 years.

Lisa Kudrow shared her voice while performing "Smelly Cat" on television, and now, her former "Friends" co-star, Jennifer Aniston , is finally set to unleash her own pipes in an upcoming film.

Area superintendents were promised early they would have fl exibility with the federal stimulus funds that would f low to their school districts, but those promises have fallen f lat, some say after attending the Texas Association of School Administrators summer conference in Austin last week.

Heather Greenwood and Drew Gholson were married May 23 at First Baptist Church in Iowa Park.

Elmer F. Covey of Nocona, Texas, died on June 11, 2009, at United Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 05.06.09 AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY Tuesday, May 5, 2009 COLEMAN Dedication: At a recent ceremony, the Coleman County Expo Center was renamed the Goree Expo Center in honor of Travis and Millie Goree.

Jimmy R. Stovall, 75 of Midland passed away at Midland Memorial Hospice Inpatient Unit Wednesday, April 15, 2009.