Country Music Reflections and a Top Ten List of Lyrics
A Baytown minister Wilson Adams reflects on country music and its soulful pull across America. He lists ten humorous song titles that never topped charts and wonders how George Jones could have sung them.
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Eagles
Chicago
Cash
Neil
Johnny
America
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
WSM
Branson
Butcher Holler
The
Ryman
Nashville, Tennessee
George Jones
Barbers Hill field hosts surprise diamond proposal
Former Barbers Hill star Bryan Hayden proposed to Kimberly Leacroy on the school baseball field Friday night with rose petals and family present. The 1999 graduate and the 2000 alumna celebrated at the site and plan to open a tea room business at 11340 Eagle Drive in Mont Belvieu before pursuing a wedding.
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Barbers Hill High School
Bryan Hayden
Kimberly Leacroy
Hayden
Leacroy
Barbers Hill
Kimberly
Eagle Drive
Mont Belvieu
Community Calendar Highlights Local Events
Baytown community groups post a schedule of services, classes, and meetings across churches, libraries, and centers. Events include hymn singing at St. John’s Methodist, bingo at VFW Post 912, Baytown Little Theater’s The Music Man, free yoga at Grace United Methodist, and choir or police academy talks at area churches.
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St. John’s United Methodist Church
Comfort Suites
Interstate 10
VFW
N. Main
Baytown Little Theater
Baytown
Darren Cherry
Market St
Baytown Area
St Mark’s United Methodist Church
Baytownareaquiltguild
Disabled American Veterans
Main St
Today in History highlights key events on August 6
The August 6 entry recalls Hiroshima atomic bombing in 1945 with 140,000 deaths, the 1787 Constitutional Convention opening, the 1890 first electric chair execution of William Kemmler, Warner Brothers Vitaphone debut in 1926, Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act in 1965, and other notes. Also cites 1989 Baytown police pay concerns, 2003 Baytown Fire Department chief resignation, and quotes Mark Twain.
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United States
Hiroshima
Japan
Philadelphia
William Kemmler
New York
Warner Brothers
Johnson
William J. Schroeder
Humble Oil and Refining
General Tire and Rubber
Oiler Theater
Commerce and Defoe
Baytown Police Department
Dale Palmer
Baytown Fire Department
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Aroundthehousebooks.com
Wilson Adams
Eastside Church of Christ
BY Jessica Robertson
Jessica
Robert
Visun.com
Baytown Sun
Nicki Evans
Highlands Community Center
Highlands Community
Highland Woods Drive
Highlands High Flyers
San Jacinto
Highlands Drive
Byron Jones
Citizens Police Academy
Sterling Municipal Library
Ross S. Sterling
Beatriz R. Garcia
Misty
Hugh Echols
Kuk Sool
N. Alexander
Happy the Clown
Ourbaytown.com
Ksw
Texas
Microsoft
Cisco
Baytown Chamber of Commerce & Better Business Bureau
Associated Press
SUN History
Mark Twain
Delfina Juarez
Eleuterio Juarez
Joe A
Lave
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