Ronnie Moore 20 Dies in Silsbee Auto Pedestrian Crash
Ronnie Darrell Moore 20 of 225 Pine Street Silsbee died when struck by a westbound 1971 Chevrolet driven by Raleigh Garrett 20 of Silsbee at 10 35 p m Saturday near Avenue J and South 21st Street. Garrets vehicle skidded and crossed a ditch fence, injuring a chain link fence and reaching a residence porch. Moore graduated Silsbee High in 1970. He survived by parents Frank Moore Jr two brothers and three sisters and a sister in Maryland. The Hardin County Grand Jury will hear the case in February after Silsbee police turn it over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Darrell Moore
Silsbee
Raleigh Oliver Garrett
Moore
West Avenue
Elijah Conaway
James Doane
Avenue J
South 21St Street
Garrett
Doane
Morris Cole
Hardin County Grand Jury
Masons To Meet In Silsbee Lodge 927 Session
A communication of Silsbee Lodge 927 will be held Monday night June 31 at 7 30 in the Masonic Temple for work in the B A degree. All Masons are invited per Worshipful Master J L King. D L Webb is secretary. Visitors in the home of Mrs J H Richardson included Mrs Bryan Mays of Port Neches granddaughter Mrs Elmo Vinas and son David of Houston and Mrs Gerald Conway of Orange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silsbee Lodge 927
Masonic Temple
J. L. King
D. L. Webb
J. H. Richardson
Bryan Mays
Port Neches
Elmo Vinas
David
Houston
Gerald Conway
Orange
Hickerson
Inwood Forest
Clifton Caraway
Caraway
Richard Jones
John J. Ferdinal Jr
J. F. Eldredge
N.G. Ferrell
Eldredge
Filne
Maren
Jerry Tones Gulf Oil
Mrs Marilyn Anderson Seeks Justice of the Peace Post
Mrs Marilyn Anderson of Kountze announces candidacy for the newly created Pet. 2 Justice of the Peace position. She is a state certified peace officer with prior work in the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office and is backed by long county familiarity and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Anderson
Kountze
W.2
Shorty) Haynes
Mae Haynes
Warren
Justice of the Peace Post
Leroy Anderson
Anderson
Warren Hip School
Hardin County
Funeral Services For George Plunk Held Wednesday
Funeral services for 81 year old George Plunk of Silsbee were held at 2 p m Wednesday January 26 at a local chapel. The Rev R Eugene Fonte and the Rev R E Barclay officiated. Burial followed at Resthaven Cemetery. He died Monday at Silsbee Doctors Hospital after a long illness. A Tennessee native, he had lived in Silsbee 33 years and was a member of the First United Methodist Church Woodmen of the World and the Knights of Pythias Lodge. Surviving are his wife Myrtle two sons V Plunk of Lufkin Eddie Plunk of Silshee one daughter Thelma McMurray of Silsbee one brother Johnny Plunk of Tuscon Arizona two sisters Elna Sinks of Warren Arkansas and Gladys Gresham of Fordyce Arkansas five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Plunk
Silsbee
R. Eugene Fonte
First United Methodist Church
R. E. Barclay
First Baptist Church
Resthaven Cemetery
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Tennessee
Plunk
First United Methodist Church Woodmen of the World
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Myrtle Plunk
V Plunk
Lufkin
Eddie Plunk
Silshee
Thelma McMurray
Rites Held for Mrs Vicie Walters at Woodrow Church
Mrs Vicie Walters 71 of Silsbee died Sunday in Silsbee Doctors Hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Woodrow Baptist Church with three pastors officiating. Burial followed in Resthaven Cemetery. Survivors include five daughters and five sons along with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicie Walters
Silsbee
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Woodrow Baptist Church
Bob Roberts
R. E. Barclay
Bernard Stott
Resthaven Cemeery
Walters
Hardin County
Daughers
Merle Evans
Hull Spal Faireloth
Cleveland
Evelyn Tucker
Tommy Jean Bright
Ethel Demper
Porter
Rov Norman Walters
Bedias
Grady
Benford Walters
Elbert Walters
Beaumont
Raymond Walters
Houston
Tom Spell
Buna Alford
Lumberton
Roland Million Seeks Pet 1 Constable Post
Roland Million of Lilsbee announced he will seek election to the Pet 1 Constable post. A native of Liberty and longtime Silsbee resident, Million is a former Hardin County Sheriffs Posse member and a Bethlehem Steel Corp clerk in Beaumont. He pledges to be a full time working officer and to practice fairness if elected.
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Roland Million
Constable Post
Lilsbee
Pet. 1
Constable
Justice Pet
Hardin County Commissioners Court
Million
Liberty
Silsbee
Hardin County Sheriffs Posse
Silsbee High School
All Soul's Catholic Church
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Beaumont
Pet
Justice Court
Paul M
Pete) Trest
Hardin Countty Pet. 4
Sour Lake
Lumberton
Trest
Hardin County
Pine Ridge Baptist Church
Thieves Hit Bob's Store In Kountze
A break in at Bob's Supermarket on US 669 in Kountze during January 2021 left fryers steak ham hamburger meat and beer missing. Authorities led by Chief Deputy Howard Grant Ham report entry by removing plywood from a side window and exit the same way. The store owner is Bob Herron of Silsbee.
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Bob
Kountze
Howard Grantham
the Bee
Grantham
Sherif Billy Paine
Claude Lindsey
US 669
Land
Bob Herron
Silsbee
Hardin County Judges Pine Ridge precinct debate and raises
In a brief regular session the Hardin County Commissioners discussed last week’s Pine Ridge voting precinct 17 and the legality of the move. They approved a salary raise for Constable L C Kirk and granted raises for five other county employees subject to auditor approval. The court also approved a plat for Inwood Estates, explored insulin aid for an indigent diabetic, renewed an insurance policy for funds transport, and voted to sell an old ambulance to the Kountze Fire Department.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court
Pine Ridge
James Griffin
Emmett Lack
Commissioner Pet
Hardin County
Democratic
Grady Trimble
Howard Barrington
Steger
Barrington
William Steger
Hugh Bevs Means
L. C. Kirk
Means
Kirk
Barrington’s
Tri-County
Horace Moye
Ruth Rea
Juanita Justice
Fay Gray
Marvin Riley
Deane Burcham
Richard Jones
Silsbee
Inwood Estates
Lack
Fred Anders
Kountze
Three Charged in Sour Lake School Burglary Case
Hardin County deputies report three men charged with a December 23 burglary at Hardin-Jefferson School and four additional break ins. Robert David, Freddie Smith, and John Judson face charges. tools and firearms valued around $4,000 stolen, with bonds set as high as ten thousand dollars. Police recovered most tools. portable welder and drill missing.
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Hardin County Sheriff's Department
Robert David
Beaumont
Freddie Smith
John William Judson
Hardin-Jefferson School
Billy Paine
Jesse Cartwright
Don Merril
George Robinson
Sour Lake
Justice of the Peace
Rex Moore David
Smith
Judson
Paine
Grand
Newsom Center
Kountze
Claude Lindsey
Howard Grantham
Boise Southern
Honey Island
Don Merrill
Bell
FM 92
Silsbee
Merrill
C.T Tucker
Fox Meadows
On Street Parking Ban on US 96S Initiated by Silsbee Council
Silsbee City Council voted on first reading an ordinance to remove on street parking on Highway 96 South and adjust traffic flow from the railroad tracks to Dardin Drive. The measure, ordinance 722, will have a second reading February 22 and was prompted by the Texas Highway Department with resident engineer Cester Landgraf presenting the proposal to remove the raised median and strip the street to five lanes with a center left turn lane.
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Highway 96
Dardin Drive
Silsbee
Texas Highway Department
Cester Landgraf
Landgraf
Highway Department
O'Neil
First Baptist Church
Shine Surveyor
Ronald Hickerson
Duane Beck
Shine
Jerry Jones
North 2Nd Street
Lindsey Road
Inwood Forest
Local Man Beaten and Robbed Near Silsbee
Leon Harris of Route One Silsbee was beaten and robbed by two suspects after giving them a ride from Fresenius Road. Harris was found near Sweatt Road around 9 p.m. and taken to Silsbee Doctors Hospital in good condition. Police seek two suspects in connection with the robbery by assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Harris
Route One
Silsbee
Silsbee Doctors Hospital
Silsbee Poliice
James Martin
Harris
Sweatt Road
Fresenius Road
Mork Cole
Silsbee volunteers fight house and auto fires
Fire Chief Russell Busby reported Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department crews battled two calls at the same home. A Jan 22 roof collapse occurred after a 3:35 p.m. alarm for a fire at 840 N Third, with three trucks and about 11 firefighters responding. A Jan 24 second alarm to the Pateh home followed a 2:45 a.m. call. the residence was destroyed. Jan 21 an electrical fire damaged an auto owned by C R Poe at Pine Plaza Center.
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Silsbee Volunteer Fire Department
Russell Busby
Clarence A. Pateh
Busby
C. R. Poe
Bush
Pine Plaza
$100 Plate Glass Broken By Vandals
Silsbee police investigated smash of a $100 plate glass window at the Goodyear Store on North Fifth Street. A telephone company worker saw two men in a white and gold car near the store as one threw a wine bottle through the glass. Police recovered the intact bottle. Earlier, Gary Boddie reported auto theft of a Muntz stereo tape player with two mahogany speakers from his car.
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Silsbee
Goodyear
North Fifth Street
James Doane
Doane
Gary Boddie
Holly St
James Martin
Melvin Weber
Burglars Take Watches From Davis Home
Silsbee patrolmen report a break in at Charles M. Davis of 250 East Avenue G on January 21. A man’s wrist watch valued at 15 dollars, an alarm clock worth 7 dollars, and about 1.50 in change were stolen after intruders entered by tearing a hole in a door screen and turning the lock.
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Charles M. Davis
East Avenue G
Silsbee Pattrolmen
Willis Compton
Hubert Davis
Compton
Davis
Lester Cowart Seeks Precinct 2 Constable Job
Lester Cowart announced his candidacy for Precinct 2 constable, covering North Silsbee and surrounding areas. A 45 year old trucking businessman and former deputy sheriff, he holds a Lamar University police academy certificate and serves as first vice president of the Sheriff's Posse. He says he knows local citizens and can serve effectively in the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Cowart
North
Silsbee
Caney Head
North Kountze
Providence
Cowart
Fred
Trier County
Svisher
Hicks Dairy
Newland Road
Henry Overstreet
Billy Paine
Lamar University Police Academy
Sheriff's Posse
Lumberton Lions Offer Two-Week Texas Camp Spots
Lumberton Lions Club seeks campers for a free two week session at the Texas Lions Camp for Crippled Children in Kerrville. Transportation provided. Contact Lumberton Lions at 755-1374 or 1755-4053 to apply.
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Bob Agnew
Dallas Miller
Lumberton Lions Club
Texas Lions
Kerrville
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New Bethel Baptist Church
R. M. Jones
Coleman Funeral Home
Masons
Mrs
Trimble
Democratic Executive Committee
Texas Secretary of State
Pete
Pete Trest
Precinct 4
Job
Enterprise
Precinct
Lumberton Lions
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