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Grant Family Reunion in August
The Grant Family Reunion will be held Aug. 11, 2012 at the W.L. Moody Civic Center in Fairfield starting at 10 a.m. This year’s event has a country and western theme, so you Cowboys and Cowgirls get ready. Edward “Bud” Grant and Carlton Grant of Streetman, and Cornelius Grant, bandleader and songwriter for the original Temptations, and minister James Blandford and Pastor Eric Grant of Lifeline Family Church and God’s Holy Temple will attend this joyous event. There will be games, swimming, dancing, a talent show and church. Family will come from California, New York, Detroit, Houston, Oklahoma, Dallas, Fort Worth, the East Coast, West Coast and Wills Point. There will be a fish fry on Friday, the reunion on Saturday, and church on Sunday. For more information, call (903) 872-7530, or (903) 872-5340, or (972) 224-5369.
G.W. Carver High School Alumni Reunion
The 29th Annual School Reunion of G.W. Carver High School Alumni, Dawson, Texas will be held July 27, 28 and 29.
Friday, July 27, there will be a “get acquainted” period and Memorial Service at Dawson High School.
Saturday, July 28 there will be a general meeting at St. James Methodist Church, followed by a car parade. A picnic will take place at 1 p.m., and a raffle drawing at 4 p.m. The annual banquet will be at 7 p.m. at Dawson High School. Class of 1962 is in charge of the program
Sunday, July 29 all will gather for morning worship services at The Church of a New Beginnning of Dawson, pastor Billy Simmons.
The G.W. Carver Alumni sponsors the Curtis W. Sparks Sr. Afro-American scholarship.
Eldean Sample, president; Allen Campbell, vice president; Robbie Carr, secretary; Chester Jones, treasurer; and Betty Barge-Calhoun, scholarship chairperson.
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Left to right, Mary Betts Grant, the late Edward Grant Sr., the late John Grant Sr. and the late Pearlie Mae Grant.
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Left to right, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams, Cornelius Grant, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams and David Ruffin.
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Emhouse School Reunion
The Emhouse 53rd School Reunion will be held May 18 at 11 a.m. at the Taylorosa Event Center on West Hwy. 22 and FM 744 in Corsicana.
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Navarro County Treasurer Frank Hull was notified of his nomination for Outstanding County Treasurer by the County Treasurer's Association of Texas (CTAT) Chairman of the Nomination Committee, Donna Kelly, Erath County Treasurer. The winner is determined by a vote of the 250 membership in May. Only five are nominated each year.
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George Jones, country superstar, has died at 81
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has died. He was 81
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In the Tree House: Accomplishment
Whether you are aware of it or not, every single day of your life holds some sort of fulfilled accomplishment. We all have those days that we feel just drag on; the same monotonous routine day in and day out thinking our lives really aren’t serving a purpose to ourselves or those around us.
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Reunions
The Spring Hill Cemetery Association will have its Annual Meeting at 2:30 p.m. Sunday May 5, 2013, after the Matthews Family Reunion, at the First Baptist Church in Dawson Family Life Center which will be followed by a visit to the Cemetery. Contributions for the Spring Hill Cemetery Association should be mailed to P. O. Box 94, Dawson, TX 76639.
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In the Tree House: The ‘Weirdo’ in the airport
Another Daviss adventure is under our belts. Our travel and airport experience went fairly smoothly considering we were travelling with three boys, four suitcases, a stroller and two car seats. But we did make it through everything unscathed, and returned safely.
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Za’Ryah L. Deckard, a first grader at James L. Collins Catholic School, was a contestant in the Henderson County Black History Committee Annual Spring Children’s Pageant held Saturday,
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Navy Seaman Apprentice Capricia L. Portis, daughter of Jackie S. and Frizzell M. Henry of Corsicana, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
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Cooksey celebrates 102nd birthday
On March 13, Mrs. Ruby Cooksey celebrated her 102nd Birthday.
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Dishonesty at the pump
Well this week isn’t a funny antic that happened in my house, or another exciting airport adventure. Nope, this week I have to step up on my soapbox about something that has been irritating me for a really long time now
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