Candlelight prayer rally honors nation at war memorial
Grand Saline residents gathered Wednesday at the Highway 80 war memorial for a candlelight service sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The event featured the pledge led by Horace Wilson, prayers by Reverend Lindsay Ray and Pastor David Yarbrough, scripture readings, and a reading of Psalm 35. Jeanne Ann Lea also read a poem titled The Spirit of the Towers. The service closed with Taps by Kyle White and a final prayer.
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Grand Saline
Dan Zajac
Judson
Jim Lea
Grand Saline Volunteer Fire Department
Heaven and
Earth
Jeanne Ann Lea
Kyle White
David Yarbrough
Sand Flat Baptist Church
Area man killed in 4 wheeler accident near Fruitvale
Jacob Justin Easley, 20, died in a four wheel ATV mishap east of Fruitvale early Saturday, September 29, 2001. A friend accompanying him escaped injury. Easley, a 2000 Edgewood High School graduate, was active in football, basketball, baseball, track, golf, and FFA, and known for leadership and charity as a volunteer firefighter.
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Fruitvale
Jacob Justin Easley
Easley
Edgewood
Jacob
Edgewood High
FFA
Clarksville
Van Zandt County thefts span many transport types
Van Zandt County deputies reported a week of thefts including two BMX Schwinn bikes, a Yamaha dirt bike, a Honda four track, and a 1990 Ford F 150. Burglary incidents at a church and a building yielded cash and jewelry. Multiple arrests followed for theft, driving offenses, and related charges.
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Allison Hockman
van Zandt County
Richard A. van Dieman
Van
Monty Cain
Larry Barrett
George Michael Smith
Ben Wheeler
David Kelly Hornsby
Athens
Goodson
Donald Linn Edwards
Jennifer Ashby Cardenas
Wills Point
George Flowers
Benito Acevedo
Corrigan
James Eric Ashcraft
Mesquite
Mitchell Scott Batie
Jeff Alan Brown
Irving
Nathan Scott Burrow
Bullard
Stanley Scott Conway
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Grand Saline Memorial Park
Jacob Easley
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