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AUSTIN – The University Interscholastic League announced Wednesday it was recommending schools cease all workouts and practices starting Friday, July 3 until Monday, July 13.
Read moreSummertime in Texas is the height of travel season, which means scores of people will be hitting the highways for long road trips, state park visits or lazy lake days.
Read moreIf there was a Who’s Who of climate change alarmists, Michael Shellenberger would be near the top of the list, right alongside Al Gore, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Beto O’Rourke, and Greta Thunberg. As president and cofounder of the Breakthrough Institute, Shellenberger was the creative brains behind a CNN documentary “Pandora’s Promise”, and was called Time Magazine’s “Hero of the Environment.”
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June 29, 2020 - South Plains Public Health District Confirms 17th Case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Terry County
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About 340 vehicles and hundreds of people waited in line early Saturday morning, June 27 to receive food from the South Plains Food Bank. Lubbock Catholic Charities along with STAR Case Manager Rebecca Valenzuela helped host a “Pop-up food pantry” in Brownfield at Coleman park. Valenzuela noted that all they needed was 30 volunteers, but there were over 50 volunteers that took on the task. Valenzuela said when she was asked what was needed, “I told them that the community needs food.” South Plains Food Bank provided fresh produce, cheese boxes amongst other foods to all families; with no requirements to qualify for the assistance. Gandy’s called the food bank and asked to be involved with this pop-up distribution as well. Gandy’s brought volunteers of their own and distributed milk to the first 300 clients of the morning.
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Lubbock- JoAnn (Tilley) Knight, 89, of Lubbock, peacefully left this life on Friday, June 19, 2020. She was born in Amarillo on August 20, 1930, to Mary Ella and Marvin Tilley. She would later move to Alvin, TX, where she would live until she graduated from high school. JoAnn moved back to West Texas, though, to attend Texas Technological College, where she would receive her degree in Sociology. She would meet her future husband, Robert Knight, while attending Tech, and they were married on December 21, 1951. They celebrated 67 years of marriage together, and they were blessed with 3 children - Michael Knight, DDS, of Park City, UT, Nancy Knight Claborn of Melissa, and Lisa Knight Davis of Lubbock. Following graduation from Tech, JoAnn and Robert moved and lived in Brownfield until 1966 when they moved their family to Lubbock. Once the children were older, JoAnn went back to Tech to receive her teachering certificate, and she taught for the LISD at Posey Elementary for 20 years. JoAnn found great joy and pride in the lives of her children and grandchildren. She dearly loved being a “Mom” and a “Nana”. She also had a “servant’s heart”, caring for the needs of so many friends, neighbors, and others throughout her life. She also served as a volunteer chaplain at Methodist (Covenant) Hospital for many years, and was an active member of the Questers Class at First United Methodist Church in Lubbock. Those left to cherish her memory include her 3 children, 6 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a step-father, Tony Pugh, her brother, CW Tilley, and two grandsons, Braxton Davis and Taylor Knight. A family memorial service will be held in Jackson Hole, WY, in September, 2020. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in celebration of her life to the Alzheimer’s Association, the First United Methodist Church of Lubbock, or to the charity of your choice.
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Funeral service for Maureen Davis Smith,88, of Sachse, TX will be 2:00 pm Thursday, July 2, 2020 at Brownfield Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Steve Carter officiating. Burial will follow at Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home. Maureen Davis Smith passed away on June 25, 2020. Born on June 28, 1931 to Leonard Vernon Wagner and Movelda Brooks Wagner in Montgomery County, Arkansas the family soon moved to Terry County. Maureen excelled in school and skipped two grades to graduate from high school at the age of 15. She married Hershel Davis from Brownfield in June1948. Two daughters completed their family. The family attended Calvary Baptist Church in Brownfield for many years. Besides being a homemaker, and mother, Maureen worked in accounting for various businesses over the years. When the family moved to Odessa, Texas in 1966, she worked for GMAC. Hershel preceded her in death in 1994. She later married John Alton Martin and moved to Chapala, Mexico (later relocating to Corpus Christi, Texas). John Alton Martin passed away in late 1998. Returning to Brownfield, Maureen resumed worshipping at Calvary Baptist Church. She helped organize the church library as well as participated in the women’s ministry. She loved the Lord Jesus and spent much time in Bible study and prayer. Hobbies included reading, sewing, making and restoring dolls, crochet, and needlepoint. After several years of widowhood, she married Tom Henry Smith and the couple moved to Burleson, Texas where they lived until Tom Smith passed away in 2013. For several years she lived with family until she moved into assisted living in Sachse, Texas. She is survived by a brother, Brice Wagner (Margie) from San Saba, two daughters, Diana Best (David) and Waynette Davis from Richardson, Texas; a step-daughter, Pam Smith Standly from Marble Falls; two grandsons, Bryan Best (Robin) and Jonathan Best, and step-grandchildren, Rob Schmalz (Jennifer), Heather Schmalz West, and Tommy Lynn Smith as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family who loved her. She lived everyday waiting for that great last day when she would meet her Lord. She “fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith,” 2 Timothy 4:7
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