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William ‘Bailey’ Yarbrough ‘91’ passed from this life to his eternal home early Tuesday morning on May 5, 2020. A Celebration of Life followed at 2:00 pm Friday, May 8, 2020 at the Brownfield First United Methodist Church. Yarbrough was born November 27, 1928 in Oplin TX to Louie and Blanche (Collins) Yarbrough. He was born extremely premature and not expected to live the night. He lived a full fun filled 91 years. His family moved between Oplin and Kerns, TX. At a young age, he and his older brother were residents of the Waco Children’s Home. Later, a family relocated him Arizona. While in Arizona he worked several times at the Grand Canyon. He had many tales-to-tell about his excursions. He enlisted in the US Army Air Corp at the age of 17 in September 1946 in Flagstaff, AZ. and served overseas in Japan 30 months. He was discharged from the US Air Force in September 1949. He returned to work at the Grand Canyon and eventually relocated to Baird, TX. He met Mary Ellen Burrow in March 1950 in Clyde, TX and married his wife of 67 years on June 21, 1952 on her 18th birthday. The couple moved from Baird, TX to Denver City, TX in 1954, where he began his 31-year career with Amoco Oil Co. retiring in 1986. He is preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Thomas and Elvie and sister Lois. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ellen Yarbrough, daughter, Rita Murry and husband, Max of Brownfield, son, William Randal ‘Randy’ Yarbrough of Lubbock. Grandchildren, Nathaniel ‘Nate’ Yarbrough of Brownfield and Morgan Bailee Murry of Lubbock. Haylee Potter (Chance), Levelland, Gabriel Murry (Jeanne), Las Cruces, NM, Great-grandchildren, Nathaniel and Ariel Yarbrough both of Lubbock, Rayden, Casen Ashtyn Potter, Dylan and Sephra Murry. In lieu of flowers send memorials to Brownfield Senior Citizens for senior meals and/or Brownfield First Methodist Youth Fund.
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Continuing with the year in review of Terry County sports we will now focus on girls high school basketball. Out of the three schools that represent Terry County, two of the three girls teams went to the playoffs. Brownfield went far, and the Meadow girls got back in.
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Just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2 a call came in to the Brownfield Police Dept. dispatch that there had been a vehicle accident in the 500 block of West Main Street. According to police reports, Carlos Arturo Cayete- Ramirez was traveling west on West Main Street in a 2006 black four door Nissan Titan when he veered to the right and struck the My Little Playhouse Learning Center bus/van in the 500 block of West Main. As the Nissan continued it pushed the bus/van into one of the pillars of the Triple D Winery & Restaurant.
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Brownfield ISD is not only getting a new high school, but a complete overhaul of their technology beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. In a special called Brownfield ISD Board meeting on Tuesday, the trustees met in person for the first time in about two months and learned about the possibility of purchasing new computers, iPads, and etc. for all grade levels. Because of the shut down of all schools in Texas due to the coronavirus, BISD learned during that time that the district needed some major technology upgrades.
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The Brownfield high school baseball and softball squads took to the diamonds on Friday night, May 1 to celebrate the seniors on those teams. With social distancing guidelines in place the baseball and softball teams did not get into any real action due to the coronavirus that halted all UIL sponsored events. The Lady Cubs got to see a tourney, a few non-district and two district games, leaving them with a 1-1 record. The Cubs however only got to see three games and they went 1-2. This has been an unprecedented time for all sports related events across the nation.
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As Terry County continues to see an uptick in COVID-19 virus cases, which stands at 12 now, with nine recoveries and three active cases, there has not been information released as to whether or not cases 11 and 12 contracted COVID-19 through community spread or outside the county. The last two cases are a male and a female both between the ages of 30-39.
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