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Mildred Martin Jolly, 96, of Brownfield Texas, left for her heavenly home on Sunday August 23, 2020. Mildred was born on September 16, 1923 in Konawa Oklahoma to James Amos Martin and Mattie Marie Ballman Martin. Mildred was the 3rd of 10 Children born to her parents. She grew up in Davis Oklahoma, where she met and married the love of her life, Leslie Lee Jolly on November 26, 1942, and became a military wife. Mildred is preceded in death by her husband Leslie Jolly, son in-laws Jim Turnbeaugh and Shawn Burns, her parents, and each of her siblings. She is survived by her daughters Elizabeth Turnbeaugh of Tucson Arizona, and Katherine Burns of Brownfield Texas, grandchildren Nicole Turnbeaugh of Tucson Arizona, Jacob Turnbeaugh and wife Rachel of Tucson Arizona, Michelle Burns Nolte and husband Kenny of Lubbock Texas, and five Greatgrandchildren, Jameson, Jaxon, and Jagger Turnbeaugh of Tucson Arizona, and Skylar and Mason Nolte of Lubbock Texas. Mildred is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and dear friends. Mildred was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Brownfield, Texas. There will be 2 memorial services, Calvary Baptist Church of Brownfield on Friday, August 28th at 2:00 pm. With the family being available for visitation at 1:00 pm, and Sunset Funeral Home-Northeast, in El Paso Texas on Tuesday, October 1st at 12:00 pm, with a visitation at 11:00 am, with her Committal Service at 1:30 pm at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Mildred will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
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Steve Jobs once said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.”
Read moreOf the three Terry County football squads, Wellman-Union is likely the hungriest about getting back on the field after a tough 2019 season that saw them end the second to last game after the first quarter against Morton and forfeit their last game against Ropes. Coach Brian Sepkowitz (Sep) is in his second year at the helm of the Wellman-Union Wildcat football team and he wants his Wildcats, win or lose, to understand that this first game won’t define the rest of the season.
Read moreNot many people thought this time would come, but it’s here and the Cubs football team hopes it’s here to stay. The Brownfield Cubs will get their chance to compete on the football field Friday night when they travel to Friona in a regular non-district opening football game, kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.
Read moreIf 2020 wasn’t bad enough, the Meadow Broncos are about to find out how far Newcastle, TX is when they travel the three-and-a-half-hour drive east to play their opening football game against the Bobcats of Newcastle. Not only will that be new for the team, so will their coach. This will be Coach Josh Conner’s debut as the new head football coach for the Broncos. The head coaching change was made amid the coronavirus shut down earlier in the year when Coach Steven Gray left for Sudan to take an assistant coaching job. This will be the fifth year in row that the Broncos first game of the season will be with a new coach.
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The Wellman-Union Lady Cats took to the volleyball court Saturday in a two game matchup against 2A Olton and 1A Wildorado. The Lady Cats notched their first win of the season against Olton, taking them out in a three set sweep 25-8, 25-10 and 25-20. After a brief break, the Lady Cats took on a great Wildorado team. Both teams matched up very well, the game went into five sets and two of five sets went into volleyball overtime. The Lady Cats took the first set into overtime winning 29-27. Wildorado took the second set 25-20, then the Lady Cats got the third 25-21. In the fourth set the Lady Cats fell to Wildorado losing 25-14. This set up a fifth set and the Lady Cats found themselves down 10-2. However with a few stops the Lady Cays rallied back to tie it 14-14. Wildorado ended up being too much for the Lady Cats and won the set and match 19-17. The Lady Cats are now 1-2 on the season.
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The Lady Cubs are now 5-0 in their season. In a tough 5-set game against Shallowater, the Lady Cubs came out on top. Deja and Tia Johnson led the team with 12 and 11 kills, respectively, and Madison Hord had 25 digs. In their game against River Road, Tia and Deja Johnson had five kills each, Madison Hord had six digs and Gabi Fields had a few aces. The Lady Cubs will host Idalou Saturday, August 29 at 11 a.m..
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