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Marie G. Wilson gained her wings and joined her maker on August 19, 2021 due to heart complications at Oklahoma Heart Hospital. Services will be held on Thursday, August 26th at Zanies Baptist Church with Rev. Doug Henson officiating. This service will begin at 2 p.m. She will be laid to rest on Friday, August 27th at the National Cemetery in Dallas Texas with Brother Johnny Long officiating. Interment Service to begin at 11 a.m. Marie was born November 7, 1941 to the late Germaine and Andre Ferland in Lawrence Mass. She was the eldest sister to Raymond, Rene, and Billy. She married the love of her life on November 19, 1971. Blending their family created an unruly mob that she dedicated her life to. She has raised countless children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and adopted kids. Marie showed love to everyone she met. Along with her family, her faith was very important to her. She made canvas crosses that she handed to anyone that would accept one. She was an artist at heart and crafted like no other. She will be missed more than words can express. Marie had a thrifting addiction and the family sends their condolences to The Goodwill. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Billy Ferland; son, Robert E Wilson; Andrew and three other grandchildren. She is survived by her husband Donald of the home; children, Grace Slaughter and husband Try, Patrick Wilson and wife Theresa, Donald W Wilson and wife Mary, Gwen Hamilton and husband Gordy and Donald Wilson Jr and wife Deborah; grandchildren, Jeannie, Nichole, Monica, Stephanie, Robert Jr, Ashley, Patrick Jr, Catherine, Lisa, Savannah, Aimee, Cassandra, Vance, Maria, Brittany , Jonathon, Megan, Erin, Ely, Gordy, and Howie; great grandchildren, Michelle, DJ, Mathew, Alyssa, Wanda, Jace, Geremi, Kylee, Olivia, Jeremiah, Zacherie, Ashlynn, Paisley, Nathan, Zoe, Abree, Gemma, Kylan, Melonie, Barrett, Lrrynn, Jacob, Sylas, Ciara, Mila and baby Roman due to be born in October; cousins, Twink and Penny along with many other loving family members and a host of friends. Pallbearers will be Mathew Shanks, Robert Wilson Jr, DJ Shanks, Lisa Wilson, Savanna Wilson, Dusty Blakeney. Honorary Bearers are all of Marie’s grandchildren. Condolences may be sent online at www.alexanderfuneralhome.org In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Ninja Paw Animal Rescue https://www.ninjapawsrescue.org/donate
Read moreThe Brownfield football team played against Estacado High in its final scrimmage before opening the season against Friona. The game was played at Estacado’s stadium and followed the same pattern as the last scrimmage with both teams running a set amount of sequences and finishing with a live 12 minute quarter.
Read moreThe Brownfield Cubs are set to open the 2021 season with a home opener against Friona at 7 p.m. Friday. The Cubs will look to improve on last season’s 1-7 overall record by beginning the season with a home win. The Cubs are coming off of two scrimmages a 7-7 tie with Snyder and a 0-0 tie with Estacado. Last season, the Cubs lost to the Chieftains 26-13 on the road.
Read moreThe Meadow Broncos are in the process of gearing up for their first game of the season. Friday's home game will kick off at 6:30 against Newcastle, in what will be a rematch of last year's meet-up. The Broncos fell to the Newcastle Bobcats in their previous match-up and are looking for revenge this week according to Head Coach Josh Conner. "It should be an even match up, in which we will be looking for our redemption,” Conner said. The Broncos will look to run an old-school hard-nose offense with a focus on a very aggressive playstyle. On defense the Broncos will again focus on a very "in your face" approach, running a 3-2 defense. Coach Conner, who is in his second year as Head Coach for the Broncos, is confident the Broncos will bring the intensity needed for this game. "They know the plays, and without having to learn new playstyles, they can now focus solely on bringing the intensity they show in practice to the field on Friday."
Read moreIn my last post, I said we would talk about boot camp because I made the comment that it would be nice if every believer had to go through some kind of special training before sending them out into the world. Most of our Christian walk is about conforming to the image of Christ while operating in a world that is ruled by the devil "... the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God" (Ephesians 2:2, NLT).
Read moreThe Texas Workforce Commission released the unemployment figures for the month of July showing a drop in the state. In July, the unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent which is a 0.3 percent decrease from June. The TWC data shows the state added 80,900 total nonagricultural jobs, which has seen 714,800 jobs since July 2020. In Terry County, the Texas Labor Market Information and Workforce Solutions South Plains shows unemployment dropped to 6.5 percent from 7.4 in June. Unemployment this month is 306, the civilian labor force is 4,685, and the employment is 4,379.
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