March 2024

The 2024 Van Zandt County Fair Pageant was recently held and the results were as follows: The ‘Ad Sales Winner’ is Casey Conway. Scholarships: 2nd Overall Points in all six categories and a $100.00 scholarship winner is Brooklyn Peoples.

Van ISD Superintendent Don Dunn made it official March 25 during the regular monthly meeting of the Van School Board that the school district will cancel classes Monday, April 8 due to the Solar Eclipse event. Board member Michael Johnson was not in attendance.

1956-2004 Services for Garry Winn were held on Saturday, March 23 at Hilliard Funeral Home with Pastor Kenneth Meadows officiating. Visitation was held one hour before the service and a graveside service followed at Sand Flat Cemetery.

1939-2024 Betty Hawthorne Whitaker passed away March 16, 2024. She was born down the road from where she resided for the past 30-plus years.

1946-2024 Clarence Lynn Yarbrough was born September 11.1946, and passed Away March 22,2024. Services were Held March 30 at Hiett’s Lybrand Funeral Home in Edgewood..

1963-2024 Services for Roy Don “Donnie” Wann, Jr., 60, of Wills Point, were held Monday, March 18, 2024, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton with Bro. Jonathan Leach officiating.

1938-2024 A funeral service for Peggy Lou Petty, 85, of Canton, was held on Saturday, March 23, 2024, with Bro. Steve Glosup officiating.

In a battle of Van Zandt County rivals March 15, the Canton Eaglettes outlasted the visiting Wills Point Lady Tigers, 8-0, in Canton. The Eaglettes got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning after Rylee Busby hit into a fielder’s choice and the Lady Tigers committed an error, each leading to a run for Canton.

A six-run sixth inning proved to be too much to overcome as the Wills Point Tiger varsity baseball team lost to Mabank, 11-0, March 19. Carson LaJone led the Tigers with one hit in two at bats.

Three varsity girls’ basketball players in Van Zandt County were recently named to the Class 4A All-Region Team by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. Among those named to the team were Landry Jones of Van, Chloe Howe of Canton, and Allison Rickman of Canton.