Archive - 2013
May 18th
HERALD Photo/Andreia Medlin
Run For the Wall honor guards Ken Damon and Roger Mead place a wreath at the Vietnam Memorial Saturday. More than 500 veterans arrived in Big Spring on motorcycles in tribute to the men and women who were unable to return from their tours of duty in foreign wars. The organization travels from California to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. each year for Memorial Day.
Ray L. Dabney, 78, of Big Spring died Saturday, May 18, 2013, in a Midland hospital. His services are pending with Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring.
Chance Allen Perryman II, infant, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at Scenic Mountain Medical Center. Private family services will be held at a later date.
He is survived by his parents, Shawna and Chance Perryman of Big Spring; siblings, Heaven Lee Meadoe Perryman and Drake Anthony Perryman, both of Big Spring and Rocsi Nikole Pipkin of Sherman; grandparents, Laurie and Lewis Macke of Denison and Russ and Lillie Hesson and Amanda Perryman, all of Big Spring; great-grandfather, Elliott Perryman of Big Spring; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Iwanda "Bonnie" King, 82, of Big Spring, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, May 20, 2013, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Johnny Cockerham officiating. Interment will follow at Mount Olive Memorial Park.
Bonnie will lie in state at the funeral home from Saturday until service time Monday.
She was born April 29, 1931, in Girard, Texas, and married George Zachary King Dec. 15, 1951, in Abilene. He preceded her in death in 1967.
As the country prepares to honor its fallen heroes, officials with Trinity Memorial Park are planning a patriotic display and ceremony which features more than 100 full-size U.S. flags and hundreds of smaller ones.
Set for 2 p.m. Monday, May 27, officials will hold a Memorial Day ceremony to honor the men and women who have given their lives in defense of America, according to Trinity Memorial Park Facility Manager Tammy Lockhart.
Big Spring Symphony Guild has extended the application for students to apply for the Phyllis Graumann Memorial Scholarship.
It's the second year for the Guild to offer the scholarship for seventh through 11th grade vocal or instrumental students in Howard County.
“Please encourage your students you believe deserve a scholarship for further education in music to apply,” Guild President Eulaine McIntosh said in a release to area teachers. “We have two scholarships available this year.”
The Big Spring Police Department reported the following activity between 7 a.m. May 17, 2013 and 7 a.m. today:
• VICTORIA CEVALLOS, 44, of 3912 E. Hwy 350, was arrested Friday on warrants for theft greater than or equal to $50 but less than $500, expired registration and theft by check greater than or equal to $20 but less than $500.
• KERRY CECIL OMELIA, 51, of 1004 E. 15th St., was arrested Friday on warrants for driving while license invalid, failure to appear, and two warrants from another agency.
May 17th
Big Spring Independent School District Trustee Pat DeAnda, claiming she's been ignored and marginalized by administrators and her colleagues on the school board, abruptly walked out of the middle of Thursday's board meeting.
DeAnda, District 2 trustee, had expressed her desire to address the board on “concerns” she had about the way BSISD officials were conducting the district's business. When told the subject had to be included on the evening's posted agenda in order to be discussed, she quickly summoned members of the media outside the board room for an impromptu news conference.
Daniel L. Marsh, director of the West Texas VA Health Care System, is headed for Oklahoma.
Marsh, who has been in the Big Spring area since 2008, will become director at the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center effective June 2.
Marsh said he is proud of the processes that have been implemented and the accomplishments during the five years he's been in Big Spring.
The Big Spring Police Department reported the following activity between 7 a.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. today:
• ERNESTO MARQUEZ ZUBIATE, 59, of 1103 E. 11th Place, was arrested Thursday on a warrant for assault by threat.
• TOMMY GENE ROPER, 39, of 1311 Mobile, was arrested Thursday on a warrant for theft – more than $500 and less than $1,500.
• BELINDA KAY HALL, 36, of 1434 Hilltop Rd., was arrested Thursday on a charge of assault causing bodily injury – family violence.
