Civil War casualties recalled by Texas families
The article recalls Civil War losses of Goose Creek and Cedar Point figures including Charles Elliott Jones son of Anson Jones and Sam Houston Jr. It notes Sam Houston, Mary Lea Houston and Margaret Lea Houston aiding each other after separations caused by the war, with other Texas leaders affected and postwar moves tied to the Houston and Burnet families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek
Charles Elliott Jones
Shiloh
Tennessee
Charles
Republic of Texas
Anson Jones
Sam Houston Jr
Cedar Point
Sam Edward Jones
Bagland Guards
Ashbel Smith
Evergreen
Sam Jr
Col. Smith
Houston
Margaret Lea Houston
Mary Smith Jones
Margaret Houston
Texas
Anson
Sam Houston Jones
Hannah Burnet
Lynchburg
David G. Burnet
William
William Burnet
Spanish Fort
Mobile
Sam Houston
Austin
Huntsville
Galveston
Mary Jones
Willis
Montgomery County
The
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Baytown Bookmobile brings library services to neighborhoods
Baytown’s Bookmobile marks a long program dating to 1969 when a library VW Bus launched homebound delivery. Now stops run biweekly at 21 sites with lending same as main library. Two veteran staff, Karen Knight and Nereida Gaeta, curate titles while patrons, including 100 homebound users, rely on the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Flora Wilhite
Texas
Susan Chandler
Sterling Municipal Library
Karen Knight
Nereida Gaeta
Karen
Nelly
Chandler
Knight
Beth Thompson Life and community roles in Baytown
Beth Thompson is a Christian serving as Treasurer and Jr. High Sunday School teacher at Baker Road Baptist Church. She leads Love INC as Executive Director in Baytown and advocates for Baytown mass transit to improve access to medical care. Her family includes Chuck Thompson and three children Nikki Taylor and Jake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Thompson
Baker Road Baptist Church
Chuck Thompson
ExxonMobil
Nikki
Baylor University
Waco High
Taylor
Texas State Technical School
Waco
Jake
Sterling High School
Love Inc
Love In the Name of Christ
Baytown
SmokeFree
LBJ
Houston
Lee College grads named to Hall of Fame
Four Lee College graduates Harpreet Kaur Joshua Luedicke Amy Shipley and Laura Witzel were inducted into the college Hall of Fame during commencement Kaur earned an Associate of Arts in Humanities served as Student Honors Council president and earned a Coca Cola scholarship Luedicke completed an Associate degree in Liberal Arts with honors and held roles in student honors and historic societies Shipley chosen as the most representative student prepares to transfer to the University of Houston Clear Lake while Witzel also joins the Hall of Fame heading to further studies.
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Lee College
Harpreet Kaur
Joshua Luedicke
Amy Shipley
Laura Witzel
Coca-Cola
USA Today
Kaur
Friends of Lee College Library
Great Plains Honors Council
International Education
University of Houston Honors College
Walter Prescott
Hall of Fame
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Shipley
Phi Theta Kappa
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Wanda Orton
Orton
Molly Hernandez
Nelly Gaeta
Lee College Grads
Hall of
Joshua Kuedicke
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