J. D. Bray died on March 6, 2015 in Georgetown, Texas. J. D. Bray was born in a covered wagon, near a creek bed, in Girard, in Kent County, Texas to Jim C. Bray and Bessie Jennings Bray. J. D. attended school in Post and in Tahoka. He finished the ninth grade, did not return for 10th and 11th.
Ruth Marie Weathers, 98, of Kingsland passed away March 5, 2015. She was a daughter of Edward George and Helen (Haase) Thompson born on June 14, 1916 (Flag Day) in Mart, Texas. She was the eldest of seven children.
Ruth could light up a room just by entering into it. She thanked God for every day and began each day with a song.
Ruth Marie Weathers, 98, of Kingsland passed away March 5, 2015. She was a daughter of Edward George and Helen (Haase) Thompson born on June 14, 1916 (Flag Day) in Mart, Texas. She was the eldest of seven children.
Ruth could light up a room just by entering into it. She thanked God for every day and began each day with a song.
The San Saba Bird and Nature Club welcomes Dr. Grant Hall to the San Saba Civic Center on March 17, at 7 pm. The title of his program is: 600 Generations of Hunter-Gatherer Life in Central TX. SSBNC programs are free and anyone with an interest is welcome.
Hall is originally from Edinburg and received his Ph.D.
Some of the brothers-in-law that emerged from the families who were the earliest Anglo settlers in Llano County have been recognized in recent weeks. Coming from the east across the Colorado River, or bypassing the river entirely at its southern most bend, Anglos took up land in what became Llano County as early as 1852.
During the 1968 Olympics, held in Mexico City, John Stephen Akwari, a marathoner, represented Tanzania. His hopes were high but along the way he stumbled and fell, injuring his knee and ankle and enabling a runner from Ethiopia to win the gold.
Events for the day were nearly finished and the crowd dwindling when a siren sounding at the finishing gate caught the attention of the remaining contestants and spectators.
One of my grandchildren asked me quite a penetrating question this week. "Grandpa, how old are you?"
Before I was married, I had no problem about always telling the truth. I always got in trouble if I did not tell the truth and so my practice has been to always tell the truth, no matter how difficult it might be and no matter who it might hurt.
After being married for several years, I was presented with a question I was in no way prepared for.
This is the time of year when everyone seems to be saying to themselves, "maybe I should try to start exercising or dieting." Just in time for your summer plans of a healthy lifestyle, the local Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office is launching Step Up & Scale Down, a 12-week weight management program to help the public in their efforts.
The series will kick off March 25, 2015 at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office in Llano.
Medicare consumers with concerns about the medical care they received can contact KEPRO, the new Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) for Texas, to obtain a free medical record review for discharge or quality of care concerns. KEPRO can help Medicare recipients with situations like these:
I live in another city, but when my grandmother fell and broke her hip, I got some time off work to visit her.
The world of today is vastly different from the one that existed in, say, 1974. Innovations such as the Internet, smartphones, tablets, Facebook, Twitter and so on have made our lives more enjoyable, efficient and productive in many ways, and have vastly improved our access to the world's knowledge. Yet when it comes to one important area of our lives — investing for the future — many of us may actually face more challenges today than we might have in the past.
At least two main factors are ...
