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Graveside services for Joe Evans, 59, of Diboll formerly of Shelby County, were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at McClelland Cemetery in Shelbyville and Bud Bonner officiated.
Mr. Evans passed away Friday, June 7 in Diboll. He was born November 5, 1953 in Sioux City, IA. to Woodrow and Verna Evans.
He is preceded in death by parents, Woodrow and Maudine Evans.

Center Firefighters were called to a residential house fire Friday afternoon four and a half miles from Center on FM 138 in Lower Arcadia.
Firefighters were in the middle of a safety meeting when they were dispatched by Center Police Department to the two story structure owned by Milton and Cathy Evans.
Mr. Evans was asleep when the fire detectors sounded. Children who were in the house had to go and wake up Mr. Evans, who attempted to put out the fire himself. However, the smoke got too thick and that was when he called 911.

Highway 84 West in Joaquin and Highway 7 East were the scenes of two wrecks Friday, June 14 as they caused the flow of traffic to slow down.
Jeremy Bryan Baker, 22, of Carthage was driving a 2012 Isuzu box truck westbound on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 84. Baker attempted to make a u-turn and struck Michael Shane Matthews, 38, of Grand Cane, La. in the left front quarter of his 2008 Ford Expedition.

A Center, Texas, couple now living in Elgin, Texas, has been indicted and charged with health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
Bill Harvill, 59, and his wife, Cathy Harvill, 56, were indicted by a federal grand jury on Mar. 27, 2013, and charged with theft of government money. They were arrested on June 7, 2013, in Elgin, Texas, and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Zachary J. Hawthorn today for an initial appearance.

As the school year draws to a close the first grade students at Joaquin Elementary have all been rehearsing their parts to present their play, “Storybook Land,” for parents and students.
Last week they presented their plays and had a large audience in attendance. It was enjoyed by all who came to see the play.

The Go Texan Restaurant Round-up is quickly approaching and some restaurants in Center are gearing up to participate in the event.
The round-up is a statewide restaurant round-up sponsored by Texas Department of Agriculture and it is only for Go Texan members. Go Texas is a program that any retail entity, not only restaurants,

Food for Thought in Timpson, a partner of the East Texas Food Bank of Tyler will host its first Mobile Food Pantry pickup and Senior Grocery pickup Friday, June 21 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. The pickup location will be at the Woodland Christian Church located at 272 Highway 59 South in Timpson.
These two events will be held simultaneously, each month on the third Friday of the month, so go ahead and mark July 19 for the next delivery.

The Center City Council held a public hearing of petition and arguments for and against annexation of property on County Road 1000 and County Road 1431 and classification of area of zoning on C-2 and planned development.

Funeral services for Victor Albert Lacy, 84, formerly of Center were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 13, 2013, at Faith Baptist Church in Duncanville. Burial followed at Shiloh Cemetery in Mt. Enterprise.
Mr. Lacy passed away Thursday, June 6 in Duncanville. He was born July 7, 1929 in Henderson to Clarence and Letha Lacy. He served in the U.S. Army and was a longtime employee of Texaco-Chevron where he retired in 1985 after 35 years of service.
He is preceded in death by sisters, Marie Jones and Geneva DeLancet; and brother, Ray Lacy.

The Timpson Chamber of Commerce has announced that Timpson Frontier Days will be held on July 4 - July 6 on the Timpson square. To announce the arrival of the event, the Pony Express, members of the City of Timpson, Timpson Area Chamber of Commerce members, and Timpson residents delivered the announcement to residents of Center, City of Center representatives and Shelby County Chamber of Commerce members on the Center square on Monday, June 10.

Sign up today to be a part of the Center What-A-Melon Crawl 5K/1 mile run and walk. The What-A-Melon Crawl will be held on the final day of the What-A-Melon festival and will benefit the Amateur Center Softball Association.
The race will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday, July 13 starting and ending on the Historic Shelby County Square. The run will take you down several of the beautiful streets and around the downtown square in Center.