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Few women would be granted Stephen F. Austin’s early Texas league of land grants. But, in Washington County, we previously wrote about Arabella Harrington, who as a widow followed a son to Texas in 1826 to be granted her own league. Most of Brenham, Texas has been built on it.
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Habranthus tubispathus, rain lily, is a native of Texas, southern U.S., Mexico and Central America. The plant has several synonyms including H. andersonii, H. texanus, Zephyranthes texana, Z. tubispatha, etc. It’s in the Amaryllidaceae or amaryllis family and is not a true lily in the Liliaceae family. There are several plants that pop up after a rain with the common name rain lily.
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Richards Civic Club will meet July 15, in the Richards Global Methodist Church Activities building.
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Funeral services for Lynn Wood Lawson, 88, were held at Madisonville Funeral Home Saturday, June 29. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. He was well known in the Keith and Iola area and is a 1953 graduate of Iola High School. He was born Dec. 26, 1935 to William Andrew Buster Lawson and Corine Ira Glass Lawson, one of 12 children. He was married to Jenny Lee Manning and Linda Flynt Rucker and had multiple children. Keep his wife Linda and other family members in your prayers.
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The celebration of life for Cecilia West was perfect. Her daughter held the event at the P.A. Smith Hotel. Even though I didn’t get to visit with Cecilia very much, I know she was a very caring person. Her husband was a veteran and she truly cared for veterans. She couldn’t come to our auxiliary meetings because she and her daughter, Jennie, spent every Thursday together since her dad passed. Those Thursdays were their time. Please keep Jennie and her family in your prayers.
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Prayers for all affected by hurricane Beryl. Please check on your elderly neighbors during the aftermath of this storm. Also ensure they are protected in this summer heat.
North and East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association Conference in College Station is July 15 through 18 at Kyle Field, 161 Wellborn Rd. For more information contact Michele Ewerz, 800-456-5974.
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Dagan Alford, son of Daryl and Mandi Alford, graduated from Anderson–Shiro in May. He has served as a volunteer fire fighter for Anderson VFD. This sparked his interest in becoming an EMT. On June 24, he started taking an EMT course at TEEX in College Station. The course is 8 weeks long. He will graduate Aug. 29. The course includes classroom hours as well as Emergency Room and ambulance hours.
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Robert “Honest Bob” Wilson garnered that name Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1838, serving as a Republic of Texas legislator as a group of the just elected Mirabeau Lamar Administration 2nd Legislature who secretly met in the Republic’s capital of Houston.
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