Remnants of an important Civil War battle at Vicksburg
Ben Moffett surveys Vicksburg National Military Park where the 1863 siege shaped the war. Visitors learn of 898 tablets 114 field guns and 16 822 graves across the site. The Illinois Memorial and Shirley House stand among 15 stop tours highlighting Grant Pemberton and the river city’s history.
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Vicksburg
Mississippi River
John C Pemberton
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert F. Lee
Gettysburg
Confederacy
Seige
Vicksburg National Military Park
National Park Service
Ilinois
Rome
Pantheon
National Cemetery
Military Park
Scudder Rites Held for Joseph L Scudder in Big Sandy
Funeral services for Joseph Lake Scudder 79 were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Malcolm Stone Funeral Chapel with Ronald Dart of the World Wide Church of God officiating. Burial followed at Gladewater Memorial Park. Scudder, a former Citizens National Bank comptroller in Waco, died Monday night after a lengthy illness. He was a WWI veteran and resided in the Big Sandy area 14 years. Survived by wife Grace and three brothers Thomas FE Scudder Riverside CA John R Scudder San Diego CA Frank W Scudder Carlsbad CA.
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Joseph Lake Scudder
N. Tyler
Big Sandy
Malcolm Stone
Ronald Dart
World Wide Church of God
Gladewater Memorial Park
Mr. Scudder
Waco
Citizens National Bank
Grace
Thomas FE. Scudder
Riverside
Calif
John R. Scudder
San Diego
Frank W. Scudder
Carlsbad
Marshall rites held in Gilmer
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Mae Marshall of Gilmer were held Monday at 4 p.m. in Gilmer with Rev. Ray Thompson officiating. Burial was in Enon Cemetery. Mrs. Marshall, 80, died Sunday morning after a long illness in a local nursing home. She was a native of Upshur county. Survivors include a son Rex Cates of Stephenville, two daughters Norma Jean Lewis of Oklahoma City and Johnnie Owens of Vancouver, two sisters Winnie Stillwell and Sally Campbell, a brother Jim Puckett, all of Gilmer, and nine grandchildren.
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Jessie Mae Marshall
Gilmer
Ray Thompson
Enon
Marshall
Upshur County
Rex Cates
Stephenville
Norma Jean Lewis
Okla
City
Johnnie Owens
Vancouver
Wash
Winnie Stillwell
Sally Campbell
Jim Puckett
Funeral for Perry Merrill in Longview
Funeral services for Perry Merrill 75 brother of Roosevelt and Johnny Merrill of Gladewater were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church Longview with Revs T F Simmons and Byron Williams officiating. Burial followed at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Hallsville. Merrill died in a Longview hospital Sunday. Survivors include his wife Lucenda a daughter Mrs Mary L Lee Dallas 19 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Perry Merrill
Roosevelt
Johnny Merrill
Gladewater
Longview
Bethel Baptist Church
T. F. Simmons
Byron Williams
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Hallsville
Merrill
Lucenda
Mary L. Lee
Dallas
Notable American Inaugurations and Innovations Dates
A timeline lists key historical events: Monroe’s second term inauguration in 1821, Malenkov becoming Soviet Premier in 1953, Bell patent for the telephone in 1876, New York’s dog licensing law in 1844, and Charles Graham receiving the first artificial teeth patent in 1822.
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James Monroe
Georgi Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Alexander Graham Bell
New York State
Charles Graham
New York City
Ernest J. Horton Dies at 65 in Texas
Ernest J. Horton father of Mrs. Kenny Uselton died Tuesday at 12 25 pm in Good Shepherd Hospital Longview after a lengthy illness. Funeral services set for Friday at 11 am in Chat tanooga Tennessee at Chattanooga Funeral Home. Interment Forrest Hills Cemetery. Horton, 65, of 3301 S Broadway Tyler, a Brock Candy Co retiree. He is survived by his daughter Catherine two grandchildren a brother Joe F Horton of Chattanooga.
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Ernest J. Horton
Kenny
Joan) Uselton
Good Shepherd Hospital
Longview
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Funeral Home
Forrest Hills Cemetery
Malcolm Stone
The
Elks Lodge
Brock Candy Co
Catherine
Joe F. Horton
An Ounce Of Prevention For Car Cooling Systems
Rephrased adage emphasizes preventive maintenance for autos. Experts advise an annual coolant change as rust inhibitors degrade over a year, risking coolant loss though protection remains.
Senator Bentsen opposes rural post office closures in Texas
Senator Lloyd Bentsen vows to block Postal Service plans to shut hundreds of rural Texas post offices. He co-sponsors legislation to require analysis of impact on residents, travel, and local economies before any closure. He cites GAO findings and reports of four more offices at risk in Pickle's district.
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Washington, D. C
Lloyd Bentsen
U.S. Postal Service
Texas
Bentsen
Postal Service
General Accounting Office
Jake Pickle
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Chamber of Commerce
Tony Williams
Garland Monk
Lee Perry
L. Singh
Singh
Ben Moffett
State of
Mississippi
Illinois
Shirley House
Vicksburg City
Broadway School
Susan Pool
Betty Wendell
Chris Phillips
Lisa McDonald
Cindy Tallent
Paula Mitchell
Jeffery Ward
Patty Sawyer
Belinda Holcomb
Melinda Mauldin
Kenneth Gunn
Wallace Herring
Steven Kapchinsky
Lee Montgomery
Uselton
Islands
Women In the News
Gelsey Kirkland
Ballet
Jimmie Muckleroy
Ellis Carpet
N. Main
West Upshur Village Shopping
Hweweel
Poplin
West Upshur
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