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ObituariesKimberly Danielle Wallace-Medford

M. T. Sanders

Kennard O’Keith Bennett

Fidel Guevara

Joyce Ann Murphy Hurt

Don Richard Turlington

MEDFORD

SANDERS

BENNETT

GUEVARA

HURT

TURLINGTON

800 Kilgore DriveHenderson, Texas 903-657-7570Garmon

Funeral Home900 N. Van Buren • (903) 657-6593

Henderson, Texas 75652

GarmonFuneral Home

900 N. Van Buren • (903) 657-6593Henderson, Texas 75652

GarmonFuneral Home

900 N. Van Buren • (903) 657-6593Henderson, Texas 75652

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The Crawford Family1414 SoutH main, HenderSon

903-657-2562

Funeral services for Ms. Kimberly Danielle ‘Poo’ Wal-lace-Medford, 39, of Longview were held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019 at the First Unit-ed Methodist Church, 204 N. Marshall, Henderson. Burial followed in the Lakewood Memorial Park, Henderson under the direction of Garmon Funeral Home.

Kimberly Danielle Medford was born to Tony Medford and Carole Allen Hickman on Thursday, June 26, 1980 in Henderson. She attended Hen-derson ISD for many years, and graduated from Longview High School. Upon graduation, Kim attended Kilgore College.

Kimberly was currently employed with Longview ISD at the Judson Middle School as an assistant in the dietary department.

Preceding her in death were her grandparents, Dan and Sue Medford and Ulysses Allen;

great-grand-parents, Jack Witt and Lovie Doll Hall; a very special aunt, and Carl (Ike) and Ella Bar-rett.

On Sun-day, July

28, 2019, Kimberly Danielle Medford departed this Earthly Home and gained her Heavenly Wings.

Leaving to cherish her forever fond memories: her beloved parents, Tony (Shir-ley) Medford and Carole Allen Hickman both of Longview; four children, Javarean Prince, Jewel Prince, Kimiah Thomas and her step-daughter, Jaiden Prince all of Longview; two brothers, Gregory Allen of DeSoto, and Corey D. Med-ford of Henderson; two sisters, Jacqueline Wallace of Tatum

and Ashley (Rachel) Hickman of Longview; step-brother, Bo Gardner and step sister, Feli-sha Gardner both of Longview; grandmother, Lovie Witt of Carrolton. She also leaves to cherish her memories many uncles, aunts, nephews, niec-es, her trusted friends, Shelita Medford, Pat Oliver, Tawanna George, Jeff Easley and Willie Fitzpatrick; many other rela-tives and friends.

Public viewing for Miss Medford was from 1-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 at the funeral home.

Condolences and online guestbook may be made at www.garmonfuneralhome.com.

Funeral services for Mr. M. T. Sanders, 80, of Tyler were held at noon Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019 at the College Hill Mis-sionary Baptist Church, 1314 W. Houston St., Tyler. Burial followed in the Crow Cemetery, Henderson under the direction of Garmon Funeral Home.

Mr. M. T. Sanders was born March 5, 1939 in Laneville to the late Clarence and Mission-ary Maeliza Sanders. He was the second born of eight chil-dren.

M. T. united with Sunshine Baptist Church at an early age and later joined College Hill Missionary Baptist Church and fellowshipped with Full Gospel Holy Temple superintendent Johnny Paul Tillman.

M. T. Sanders attended Laneville and Arp Industrial

Schools. He retired from Carrier Air C o n d i t i o n -ing Company after 28 years of service.

M.T. unit-ed in mar-riage with Vikki Greer-

Sanders in Tyler. He was preceded in death by

his parents: Clarence and Mis-sionary Maeliza Sanders and a sister, Pearlie M. Battles.

Mr. M. T. Sanders passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at Trinity Mother Frances Health Care Center in Tyler.

He is survived by his loving wife, Vikki Sanders; his daugh-ters: Jeanetta Lindsay, Cyn-thia Moore, Mary Ann Sand-

ers and Mariah Sanders; sib-lings: Mary Fletcher, Marvell Howard, Lanell Murphy, Elsie Davis, Larry Sanders (Retha) and Joyce Arterberry (Wal-ter); four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews other family and friends.

Public viewing for Mr. Sand-ers was from 2-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 at the funeral home.

Condolences and online guestbook may be made at www.garmonfuneralhome.com.

Funeral services for Mr. Kennard O’Keith Bennett, 46, of Snellville, Ga. was held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 at the Macedonia Missionary Bap-tist Church, 611 South 20th St., Temple. Burial will follow in the Temple Garden of Memories Cemetery, 8101 Old Highway 81, Temple.

Kennard O’Keith Bennett was born Sept. 14, 1972, to Larry Bennett and Sheila Clark Hackney in Temple. He gradu-ated from Temple High School in 1991, where he was a member of the Temple Wildcats football team and participated in all sports. He attended Midwest-ern State University, Wichita Falls and later graduated from The University of North Texas,

Denton, with a bachelors in marketing degree.

Later in life Kennard unit-ed with the Beren Chris-tian Church in Snellville, Ga. He worked for

TRX Trucking Inc. in Conley, Ga., and for Logistics Industry for 25 years.

Kenneth O’Keith Bennett married Tonja Augmon on Feb. 5, 2010.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Michelle Bennett and step-dad, Edward Hackney.

Survivors are his wife: Tonja Bennett of Snellville, Georgia;

son, Bryson Wyatt of Snellville, Ga.; daughter, Kennedy Ben-nett of Snellville, Ga.; father, Larry Bennett of Germany; mother, Sheila Hackney of Temple; sisters, Nykesia Hack-ney and Brittany Hackney of Temple; many other relatives and friends.

Mr. Bennett passed away Monday, July 22, 2019 in Snell-ville, Ga.

Condolences and online guestbook may be made at www.garmonfuneralhome.com.

El Sr. Fidel Guevara nació el 01 de Enero de 1953 en El Salvador.

Él pasó la mayor parte de su vida adulta en Henderson. Tra-bajó en Sadlers Barbacoa para más de 20 años.

Fue un gran amigo y un cari-ñoso abuelo y un buen padre para sus hijos. “Papa” era cono-cido por su canto ruidoso y su espíritu optimista.

Fue precedido en la muerte de su madre Isabel Guevara y hermano, Raúl Guevara, de Henderson. El Sr. Guevara le sobreviven sus hijos Yovania Guevara y Orlando Guevara.

Él fue apreciado por sus nie-tos con una gran cantidad de sobrinas, sobrinos, familiares y amigos.

Mr. Fidel Guevara was born on Jan. 1, 1953 in El Salvador. He spent most of his adult life in Henderson. He worked at Sadlers Bar-becue for over

20 years. He was a great friend and an

affectionate grandfather and a good father for his children. “Papa” was known for his loud singing and optimistic spirit.

He was preceded in the death of his mother Isabel Gue-vara and brother, Raúl Gue-vara, of Henderson.

Mr. Guevara is survived by

his children Yovania Guevara and Orlando Guevara. He was appreciated by his grandchil-dren with a large number of nieces, nephews, family and friends.

Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home, burial followed at Lake-wood Memorial Park.

A memorial guestbook may signed @www.raderfh.com,

A celebration of the life of Joyce Ann Murphy Hurt, 87, of Henderson, was held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at First Baptist Church with Dr. David Higgs and Dr. Doyle Sumrall officiating, under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hurt died Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at home sur-rounded by family and caregiv-ers. She was born on Nov. 2, 1931, in Camden, Ark. and has been a resident of Henderson for 63 years.

She was a member of First Baptist Church and a home-maker. She loved her church family and taught children’s Sunday school for many years. She was a member of Hender-son Woman’s Forum, Varied Arts Club, WMU, Merry Wid-ows Group and an avid bridge and mahjong player. She was known affectionately as “Mimi” to her grandkids and their many friends.

Family received friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug 2, 2019 at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home.

She was preceded in death by her h u s b a n d , Dr. Clifton H. Hurt and a grandson, Collin Hurt.

Survivors include sons, Cliff Hurt, Jr.

and wife, Karen of Henderson; and Craig Hurt and wife, Jana of Henderson; daughter, Julie Carroll and husband, Rick of Rockwall; grandchildren, Lind-sey Mochel and husband, John of Trinidad, Colo., Reid Hurt and wife, Magui of Katy, Ben Carroll of Waco, Cace Hurt and wife, Melissa of Dallas, Cra-mer Hurt and wife, Katy of Tampa, Fla., and Jaci Hurt of Waco; great-grandchildren, Carter and Caitlyn Mochel, Harper and Sam Hurt, Judah, Eli and Abigail Hurt; sisters-in-law, Rita Jayroe and husband Johnny of Palestine, Ark., and Johnnie Hurt of Palestine, Ark. along with many nieces and nephews; and special friend, Janell Freeney.

Pallbearers will be Reid Hurt, Ben Carroll, Cace Hurt, Cramer Hurt, John Mochel, Rusty Phenix, Dennis Rivers, Mark Gibson, Paul Morris, Tommy Strong, Kenny Morris and Johnny Jayroe.

The family would like to express sincere appreciation to caregivers, Arhonda Buckalew, Kim Kimbrell, Crystal Starling, LaQuita Starling, Lois Win-dom, Nurse Leslie King and the Angel Care nursing staff.

The family requests that memorial donations be made to either The First Baptist Church Children’s Building Fund, 207 W. Main St., Henderson, Texas 75654 or the Henderson Inde-pendent School District Educa-tion Foundation, P.O. Box 728, Henderson, Texas 75653.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Don Richard Turlington, 80, of Henderson, died after many health setbacks on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Don was born on May 16, 1939, in Hender-son. His memorial service was held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, at First Christian Church in Henderson with Rev. John Cunyus officiating, under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. A visitation was held from 9-10 a.m. prior to the service at the church.

Don graduated from Hen-derson High School, then went on to graduate from Kilgore College, where he was a mem-ber of the Kilgore Ranger Band, and finally, on to Texas A&M University, graduating in spring 1961 with a Bachelor of Sci-ence in electrical engineering. He was a proud Aggie, and he enjoyed attending Cotton Bowl games with friends, during the Southwest Conference days, any time the Aggies were playing.

F o l -l o w i n g c o l l e g e , he went to work for South-w e s t -ern Bell. He then worked as the chief

engineer for Pritchard & Abbott, before going into business for himself in 1985. He moved back to Henderson in the late 90s, where he continued working with ad valorem taxes for com-plex properties with CSI as a partner, until his retirement in 2015. His family was his greatest achievement and joy in his life.

He is survived by his wife, the love of his life, Georgann, his daughter Amy Turlington Chambers and her husband Sam, his son Kyle Turling-ton and his wife Young Hae and Don’s beloved grandson,

Charlie. He also leaves behind niece Kim Turlington Doerge and her husband Matt; nephew Tim Turlington and his wife Amy; niece Melanie Henderson Amundson and her husband Brent; and nephew Matt Hen-derson and his wife Beth. There are also numerous cousins, brothers and sisters-in-law, great nieces and nephews and too many friends to count.

He is preceded in death by his father, Richard Olin “Babe” Turlington, his mother, Lorene Crawford Turlington, and his brother, Andrew Olin Turling-ton.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.

ArraignmentsThe following persons

were arraigned in the court of Judge Jana Enloe, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5, Rusk County.

July 31:• Jeremy Deshane Jasper,

30, Tyler, driving while license invalid with previous con-viction, $5,000 bond, Smith County;

• Jeremy Marquis Blanton, 40, Henderson, duty upon striking unattended vehicle, Class B, $500 bond;

Aug. 1:• Tiffany Dawn Davis, 33,

Carthage, possession of mari-juana, Class B, $1,000 bond;

• Raul Cesar Arriage, 38, Henderson, driving while license invalid with previ-ous conviction without finan-cial responsibilities, Class B, $1,000 bond;

• Ian Jackson Price, 21,

Kilgore, driving while intoxi-cated, Class B, $1,000 bond;

• Shanikqua Deshun Red-dic, 32, Overton, possession of dangerous drug, Class A, $1,000 bond;

• Thomas Earl Overman Jr.,

37, Kilgore, fail to comply with sex offender register require-ment, third degree felony, $35,000 bond; and

• Dylan Joseph Bell, 21, Henderson, parole violation, no bond.

AgendasRUSK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT will conduct a Budget Workshop 8:30 a.m. Aug. 5 at the Rusk County Courthouse.• Discussion will be had with District Attorney - Micheal Jimerson

RUSK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT special session 10 a.m. Aug. 5 in the County Courtroom, First Floor, Rusk County Courthouse.• Approve budget amendments and/or transfers• Approve the Aug. 5, 2019 employee payroll• Discuss and possibly approve a resolu-tion authorizing county grant program

year 2020 for Meals on Wheels• Discuss and possibly approve the use of Video Magistration as presented by Judge Enloe and Patrick Dooley• Discuss and possibly approve reap-pointing Gloria Dooley to represent Pct. 3 on the Rusk County ESD No. 1 for a two year term• Discuss and possibly accept the Annual ESD No. 1 report• Discuss and possibly approve another two year term from Rosalee Floyd of the Board of Trustees of Community Health-core• Discuss and possibly approve the Non-Terminal Agency Agreement between the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office and Mount

Enterprise ISD• Discuss and possibly approve the mem-orandum of understanding between the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office and Mount Enterprise ISD• Discuss and possibly approve the Interlocal Agreement between Rusk County and Smith County grant funding for the East Texas Auto Theft Task Force• Discuss and possibly approve the Impo-sition of DMV Optional Fees for the calen-dar year 2020• Discuss and possibly approve a resolu-tion and interlocal agreement for provision of equipment and consumable between Rusk County Tax Assessors Office and TxDMV• Discuss and possibly approve Janice Childers to the Rusk County Child Welfare Board as a volunteer• Discuss and possibly approve the Rusk County Environmental Specialist second quarterly report: April 1, 2019 to June

30, 2019• Discuss and possibly approve to sell discarded book and the audio-visual items on a donation basis, rather than individual pricing; funds received for the items to be deposited in the library sys-tems print materials budget• Discuss and possibly approve addition of donated books and audio-visual items to the library collections• Discuss and possibly approve the fol-lowing utility/pipeline requests: a. KJECO, LLC proposes to place one six inch steel fusion bond coated pipe-line by directional boring under named county road at a location as shown on the attached plat and county road map under/across the right-of-way of County Road 364 in Pct. 3, Rusk County b. KJECO, LLC proposes to place two pipelines; one six inch steel fusion bond coated pipeline and one three inch line by directional boring under named

county road at a location as shown on the attached plat and county road map under/across the right-of-way of County Road 366 in Pct. 3, Rusk County• Discuss and possibly approve the fol-lowing reports for June 2019: a. Rusk County Constables Pct. 1 and 2• Approve payment of bills• Adjourn.

RUSK COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES regular session 10 a.m. Aug. 6 in the County Courtroom, First Floor, Rusk County Courthouse.• Read and approve board minutes for the minutes for the Aug. 22, 2018 meet-ing• Issue oath of office to Tommy Freeman as Pct. 3 trustee• Discuss and vote to dispense equaliza-tion monies to Rusk County Schools• Discuss and possibly approve amend-ing the budget• Discuss 2019-20 Rusk County Wide School Budget• Adopt 2019-20 Rusk County Wide School budget• Accept the total effective and rollback tax rate calculations for Rusk County’s 2017 County-Wide School Tax prepared by the Rusk County Tax Assessor/ Collec-tor’s Office• Discuss for approval the adoption of an effective tax rate of .026544/$100 property valuation for the 2019 Equaliza-tion Tax• Discuss for approval adoption of order to set the 2019 Equalization Tax rate• Adjourn.

CARLISLE ISD Board of Trustees regular meeting, 6 p.m. Aug. 5 in the Boardroom, 8960 Farm-to-Market Road 13.• Consider the minutes of the July 15, 2019 board meeting• Consider Policy Update• Consider cafeteria meal prices• Consider agreement with Troup ISD for DAEP services• Consider date for the Public Hearing on the 2019-20 budget and tax rate• Principal Reports• Superintendent Report• Budget Workshop• Adjourn.

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