Littlefield News

Jerry D. "Bud" Holmes has been appointed president of Happy State Bank's Lubbock market.

American Cotton Growers , one of the largest denim manufacturers in the US, has embarked on a modernisation project at its mill in Littlefield, Texas that will increase production speed and flexibility.

Lots of tidbits this morning competing for Grits attention: Travis DA race: Change v. Tradition At the Austin Chronicle, Michael King has a pair of interviews with challenger Charlie Baird and incumbent Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg in what shapes up to be a dandy of a Democratic primary race between two political and legal ... (more)

Survivors include husband, R.B.; one son, Kevin Kirby of Littlefield, Texas; four daughters, Linda Powell of Graham, Becky Rogers of Leveland, Texas, Carrol Sutherland of Graham and April Glidewell of Edmund, Okla.; two sisters, June Perry of Olney and Shirley Welch of McKinney, Texas; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

"The decay of America is original and massive in its scale," reflects Kurt Markus , the esteemed photographer, who, with his son, Ian, filmed the small, pungent rock 'n' roll tour documentary, "John Mellencamp: It's About You." Stark evidence of that assessment is strewn throughout this very personal record of the 2009 summer tour of Kurt Markus's ... (more)