Message in a Bottle - Good
People of Tyler
County
2020
055
... more to come
...
054
Chance Sims, Ode to My Lovely Horse "Augie" -
10-1,20, 1B.
2019
053
Richard Shaw, aka Super 6, on Logging in
Tyler County in the Olden Days -
10-26-19, 2B.
2018
052
Floyd Petri - Love at First Sight: Mayor Welcomes Guide Dog Zara -
10-11-18, 1A & 3A.
2015
051
Durwood Ling - Doucette Blueberry Farm -
2-25-16, 8B.
2015
050
Mayor Don Baird - Colmesneil Christmas
Spirit -
12-17-15, 4B.
049
Pastor Gina Harrison - "Don't Wait for
the Bear!" -
8-20-15, 8A.
048
Coach Sergio Ramos - Christian Tennis
Champ -
7-8-15, 10B.
047
Toby & Art Spurlock - First Place
International Walker Running Hound Classic -
2-5-15, 4A.
046
David Rust - Writer, Engineer, Prison
Chaplain - 1-8-15, 1A & 5A.
2014
045
Naomi LoRayne Anderson - Devote
Catholic Teacher -
10-2-14, 5B.
044
Sgt. Stanely Simon - WWII Battle of the Bulge Veteran -
07-7-14, 5B.
043
Dr. Brian Babin - Family Man, Dentist, U.S. Representative
- Full -
Short Version
-
06-19-14, 5B.
042
Michael Gracey Publishs Ma Thicket's
Story -
6-19-14, 8A.
041
Jack Clark - Transitors to Tree Farming -
May 1, 2014, 6B.
040
Heritage Village Fiber Arts
Building - A Dream Come True -
Mar. 27, 2014, 10B.
039
Warren Babin - Country Cajun Poet -
Feb. 21, 2014, 8B.
038
Rev. Jack Lewellen - 50 Years a
Baptist Preacher -
Feb. 4, 2014, 8B.
2013
037
Harriet Lou "Harry" Shields - 3rd Grade Teacher -
Dec. 12, 2013, 6A.
036
John R. Kenner - the Barbeque Man -
Oct. 17, 2013, 8B.
035
Wanna Witson - Shivers Librarian &
Volunteer Extraordinarie -
Oct. 3, 2013, 3B.
034
Jesse & Cecile Lazenby - Second Love,
Sweet and Enduring -
Sept. 26, 2013, 8B.
033
Bertis and Jayne Best - Fifty-year
Annivesary Symmetry Delightful -
Sept. 19, 2013, 3B.
032
Richard "Dick" Dean - Aircraft Inspector -
July 25, 2013, 6B.
031
Cressie Frazier Gill - Flower of the
Family -
July 4, 2013, 5B.
030
Hails "Doc" Taylor - Anzio Combat
Veteran Christian -
May 30, 2013, 4-5B - Published Version.
See here Long Version.
029
Kirby High 1963 Honor Class
Celebrates 50+ Years -
May 2, 2013, 8A.
028
Merrill "Sonny" Mitchell - Welder and
Witness -
May 2, 2013, 7-8B.
027
Jo
Ann Price - A Quiet Fragrant Faithful Friend -
April 18, 2013, 4B.
026
Béla Ngypal – Hungarian Freedom Fighter -
part 1, March 14,
2013, 7-8B; part 2, March 28, 2013, 6B.
025
Woodville Opera House, Your
Hometown Smiling Face - Feb. 13, 2013, 5B.
2012
024
Betty Raysor - 104 Years a Homemaker
- Dec. 13, 2012, 8A.
023
Ron and Rosie Keef - Motocycles and
Helping Neighbors - Dec. 15, 2012, 9A.
022
Jess and Georgia Collins - Local
Spinner and Weaver - Dec. 6, 2012, 10-11A.
021
Gloria Russel, 'Aunt Gloria' Continues
Teaching Children of East Texas about Jesus - Sept. 27, 2012,
7B.
020
Douglas Earl Overstreet - "Exacto Facto"
Master Mason - August 30, 2012, 7B.
019
Lt. Col. Merrill Schriver - Communications
Engineer - July 12, 2012, 7B.
018
Charles and Faye Riley - Owner, Kountry Kids - May
24, 2012, 6B.
017
Don Woodrome - the Family Man
- May 3, 2012, 3B.
016
Frankie Kindle - Tyler
County Genealogist - Apr. 12, 2012, 6B.
015
Garry Mattingly - Fifty
Years a Lawmen - Mar. 29, 2012, 7B.
014
Marie Moye - Nurse and Midwife
of Tyler County - part 1, Feb. 9, 2012, 5, 6, 8B;
part 2, Feb. 16, 2012, 4 and 5B.
013
Louie "Lou" Campbell - the Lil' Ol' Pea Patch
- Jan. 26, 2012, 7B.
012
Mary Jane Neal - Tyler County Historian -
Jan. 12, 2012, 5B.
also, see
Original Minutes to 1863 New Bethel Association.
2011
011
Bobby "Bob" Martin
- Math Teacher - Nov. 17, 2011 4B & 7B.
010
John Stagg, "Nuke"
Handler, Bee Keeper, Entrepreneur - part 1, Oct. 27, 8B;
part 2, Nov. 3, 8B, 2011.
009
Jimmie Cooley - ex-Mayor and Aunt Jim -
Oct. 6, 2011, 5B.
008
Lt. Col. Paul Miller - Gooney Bird Pilot -
Sept. 15, 4A, & 22, 4B, 2011.
007
Officer Eveline Brunson -
a.k.a., Bulldog, Shorty or Shortstop - Sept. 8, 2011, 4A.
006
Coach Norman Turner - Always
a Coach - August 25, 2011, 4-5B.
005
Willena Moore - Homemade
Country Hospitality - July 28, 2011, 1B.
004
Rev. James Mitchell -
Sending Up the Timber - July 21, 2011, 6B.
003
Elsie Stewart - "Turnip
Greens, Thank You" - July 7, 2011, 8A.
002
Captain Millard Scott - Ship
Pilot - June 2, 2011, 6-7B.
001
Judge Judith Haney - First
Lady of the Arts - May 11, 2001, 9B.
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More articles on Tyler County culture,
happenings, and
beyond ...
Kirby High School honors Class
of 1973
– 5-11-2023
Woodville Lions Celebrate 75th Anniversay
– 1-19-23
Bikers Against Child Abuse - BACA - Hosted
by Woodville Lions
– 7-28-22, 3A
Kibry High School Reunion Rocked Again
– 5-5-22, 2B
Jon Thornsbury to Woodville United
Methodist
– 7-29-21, 35A
WISD Bond Talk--Shaken, Not Stirred
– 6-10-21, 5A
"Land"--When Grief Is a Wide Expanse
– 5-20-21, 4A
Our Lady of the Pines Welcomes Fr. Sigur
– 4-29-21, 2B
"News of the World" a Ride Worth Taking
– 3-18-21, 4A
"Infidel" Asks Scariest Faith Question
–
2-18-21, 4A
Tyler County Astronomy Club
Views Christmas Star
–
1-7-21, 1B.
“Unhinged" is a 21st century Hitchcock
"Psycho"
–
10-22-20, 4A.
“Tenet” Takes Time on a Tenuous Trek
–
10-8-20, 4A.
Woodville FBC Welcomes New Pastor Jay
Abernathy
–
Tyler County Booster
(9-3-20; 3B).
Federal Death Penalty Justified
– a four-part dialogue published in the Beaumont Enterprise,
between Chris Castillo, Steve McGaha, and me:
1. Castillo—Revised
Federal Death Penalty Will Only Cause More Pain for Families,
7-18-20; 2.
Maness—Federal Death Penalty Justified, 7-25-20;
3. McGaha—Death
Penalty Is Not the Way Christians Show Forgiveness, 8-1-20;
4. Maness—Faithful
Can Back Death Penalty, 8-8-20.
My two were also republished in the Tyler County
Booster.
Quarantine Treasures in
Pandora,
5-7-20, 4A.
Quarantine Treasures in
"Casablanca,"
4-3-20, 4A.
Quarantine Treasures in the
"Neighborhood,"
3-26-20, 3A.
Woodville Pellets Cooks Fuel
for Europe,
2-27-20, 2B.
"Field Day" for Tyler County
Goes over Water,
2-6-20, 1B.
Star Wars IX Offers Something for
Everyone,
1-2-20, 4A.
Jack Darden Community Center Dedicated
in Palestine,
7-25-19, 6A.
Stagg Receives Prestigious Award from Red
Cross,
6-27-19, 1A.
Radio ‘Field Day’ Connects Tyler
County to World,
6-27-19, 2B.
“Kingdom of the
Wetlands” Warfare Hits Tyler County, 6-20-19, 1B.
Kirby HS Reunion, "Under the
Magnolias, 5-9-19, 1A
& 5A.
Avengers Endgame &
Infinity Lessons,
great movie with an "infinity" of lessons,
5-9-19, 4A.
Alex Johnson
Memorial Field Dedicated in Chester,
dedicated by family and Chester ISD with proclamation by Mayor
Floyd Petri, 4-18-19, 1A & 3A.
Chaplains
Banned from Death Chamber - for "Christ's" sake NO!,
an op-ed on TDCJ's decision to ban chaplains while a man
is killed, executed, and the rights to have his pastor and priest
present as he dies. 4-11-19,
4A.
C.S. Lewis forum pack
Allan Shivers Library,
sold-out crowd welcomed Carolyn Curtis, author of
Women and C.S. Lewis,
Father Frank Rossi of Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church, Dr.
Collin Bullard of Woodville’s FBC, and Curtis
intrigued all with views on Lewis’ exquisite writings.
3-7-19,
1A & 4A.
SCA - War of the Rams
VII - Middle Age
Chivalry in Tyler County, Nov. 22, 2018,
1A & 4A.
Tommy Chapman Keynotes 32nd Law Enforcement
Appreciation Banquet, FBC, Warren,
10-16-18, 2A & 3A.
Love at First Sight: Chester Mayor
Welcomes Guide Dog Zara,
10-11-18, 1A & 3A.
2017 Ham Radio Field Day Connects Tyler County to World, June
29,
2017, 1A.
Aline Baptist Church Celebrates
100th with Texas Historical Marker, Aug. 25,
2016, 6A & 7A.
Pipeline Speeds through Tyler County, Aug. 4,
2016, 1A.
2016 Ham Radio Field Day Connects Tyler County to World, June
30,
2016, 1A & 5B.
2015 Ham Radio Field Day Connects Tyler County to World, July 8,
2015, 4A.
Red Cross Drills at St. Paul's Episcopal, Oct. 9, 2014, 5B.
Muirs Thanked with Pure
Alpaca Quilt by Heritage Village Spinners and Weavers, Sept.
18, 2014, 5B.
Wild Hogs Go Hog Wild Inside
Woodville City Limits, July 10, 2014, 1A.
TORNADO - Red Cross and Tyler
County's First Combined Drill, Mar. 6, 2014, 8A.
Royalty and Pirates Collide at First Ever "Ren Faire" at Camp
Niwana, Nov. 21, 2013,
8B.
SCA - Middle Age
Chivalry in Tyler County, Nov. 29, 2012,
10-11A.
SCA - War Games in
Tyler County - Medieval Style - Tyler County Booster, Dec.
8, 2011: 2B & 6-7B.
Original Minutes to 1863 New Bethel
Baptist Association - courtesy of Mary Jane Neal (see
#012, Jan. 12, 2012).
Restorative
Justice—America's New Frontier pdf
-
Original Version,
Maness, Texas Journal of Corrections, Vol. 29:4, Nov. 2003: 10-13.
Chaplains Get a Small Boost, Maness, Restorative Justice News,
August, 2001, Vol. 2, No. 2.
Wine & Jesus’ 1st Miracle at Cana Article
War & Peace Article
- special doctrinal message at New
Bethel Baptist Association meeting.
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