February 2022

For the third straight meeting, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court tabled the reading of the minutes from three previous meetings during their regular session Feb. 2.

Let’s have a show of hands. At the start of this National Football League (NFL) season, how many of you actually predicted that the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams would be battling Sunday (today) to determine the winner of Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles? Don’t feel bad because I did not pick this matchup either.

Services for Jean Clowers, 89, of Grand Saline, were held Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro.

Dennis Wayne Shaw, 74, of Joshua, passed away Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, at Baylor, Scott, & White All Saints Medical Center.Dennis was born in Dallas.

Services for Virginia “Jence” Welch, 97, of Eustace, were held Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Pastor Mark Frizzell officiating.

Funeral services for Destanie Tawana Lejuna Hill are scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.

Maurine Newton, 72, of West Covina, California. She was the daughter of Lola Fay Bates and Zane Eugene Heitsche.

Services for Deborah Ann Kniffin Taylor, 74, of Mineola, were held 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline, with Bro.

Russel A. Horn Jr., 80, beloved husband, Daddy and Papaw, passed away on Jan.

Jerry Don Courtney, born Oct. 4, 1939, in Wills Point, to Albert and Lottie Courtney passed away Thursday, Jan.