Stories from Monday, September 29, 2014

I've been reading articles about cluttering and ways to remedy the malady. Some of us are hoarders and don't even know it. We've surrounded our homes with stuff we've accumulated over the years. A lot of the stuff was given to us as gifts and they have sentimental value. We don't want, and don't, part with it. So it accumulates on shelves, in corners, in cardboard boxes or overflowing baskets...

Services for Ora Mae Conley Cagle, 91, of Kilgore, will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home, in Kilgore, with Rev. David Hampton officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Ora Mae finished her journey here on earth on September 28, 2014 at Hospice Homeplace of East Texas, in Tyler...

Larry Ezell, 68 of Piggott, Arkansas passed away Thursday, September 25, 2014, suffering a heart attack while driving a dirt-moving tractor near Victoria, Ark. Larry was able to place the gear in neutral and received immediate CPR from a fellow co-worker, and then EMT personnel, without success...