Stamford News

Sandra Lou Schuessler, 65, joined our Heavenly Father on Saturday, June 20th following a courageous battle against cancer.

Dewey Crockett Rister, 84, of Avoca, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2009 at his home.

One vote really can make a difference. That's what Stamford residents are realizing this week after a $7 million school bond election to build a new middle school, among other projects, passed Saturday by a vote of 214 to 213.

From the May 2, 1909 NYT: Save the problem of immortality and of life beyond the grave, there is, perhaps, no more fascinating one than that which conjectures life on mars and the possibility of establishing contact with that great planet, whose canals are as blank a mystery now as they were when Schiaparelli discovered them.

Arrangements are being handled through Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters, Okla. In lieu of flowers, memorial contribution may be made to the Rinette Ross memorial fund at American National Bank in Wichita Fall, Texas.

Ernestine Linsley Butler, 88 of Abilene, passed away Friday April 24th, 2009. A graveside service is scheduled for 11:00 am Monday April 27th at the Potosi Cemetery with Pastor Clyde Kieschnick officiating, under the direction of Piersall Benton Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut St.

Edward Harmon "Skeet" Feemster, 62, passed away Sunday, April 19 at the Community Care Home in Stamford, Texas, after a sudden, but brief illness.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country Around the Big Country 04.11.09 AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY Friday, April 10, 2009 ANSON Immunizations: The Texas Department of State Health Services will hold an immunization clinic from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Anson Church of Christ.

On the morning of March 18, 2009, the Lord took Brenda's hand and led her to her heavenly home to join her loving husband, Jim McElrath, her parents, Leo and Pearl Ivy, and her grandparents, Papa and Maw Goree.

COPsync, Inc. , a software technology provider to law enforcement and emergency service professionals, announced today that it has been commissioned by Jones County Texas to implement the Company's Law ...

Jones County residents pick up the pieces and survey the damage the day after a wildfire swept across 2,500 acres, destroying six residences, five hunting cabins, 20 outbuildings and 10 vehicles.

Roby, Texas farmer Jeff Posey, like a lot of other farmers, wears more than one hat, so to speak.

Big Country YAHOO! Big Country AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY 01.08.09 Wednesday, January 7, 2009 ABILENE Actor needed: An actor is being sought for a small role in "Mina Tonight!" The comedic play, which will be ...