Mrs. Nancy Childress (center) received the Community Builders Award from WM Frank Diggs during Awards ceremony at Seadrift Masonic Lodge #1098. Nancy is an outstanding leader of the Seadrift Community Choir as well as, an outstanding member of United First Methodist church in Seadrift. She is also a retired teacher from Seadrift Elementary and is a volunteer member of,” Feed the Sheep” organization helping folks in need in the Seadrift/Port O’Connor area.

Zavien Garcia

“Batter Up!”

Zavien Garcia, who lives in Seadrift with his dad Victor, mom Cecilia, and baby brother Zander, lives and breathes baseball! He wants to be a professional baseball player someday. In the meantime, he shows up for practice twice a week with his baseball club the “South Texas Rampage.” Zavien plays either pitcher or you’ll find him playing first base. He even plays baseball with his baby brother Zander who “pitches the ball at me.”

We don’t want to forget that Zavien has two pets: a dog named “Spot” and a turtle named “Squirtle.” For fun Zavien likes to fish and play video games.

At the Seadrift Scout Troupe 106 you can find Zavien at their club meetings. Zavien is a “weeblo” and has earned 25 badges!

This fall Zavien will be going into the fourth grade at the Seadrift School. He says his favorite subject is P.E. because he loves to participate in various sports. Zavien also says he loves school because he “gets to be with all my friends.”

Maybe someday we’ll get to see Zavien playing on his favorite baseball team the Astros!

El Dorado, Kansas, resident Carol Jean McGhee Garriott passed away on July 5, 2023. She was 88 years of age.

Carol was born November 16, 1934, at 12:01 a.m. in the midst of a blizzard, at the home of her mother’s doctor in Eureka, Kansas, the 3rd daughter of Clarence and Ruth Vining McGhee.

Preceding Carol in death were her parents; infant brothers Gean Winston and Rolland Claire; sisters Melba McGhee Harlan and husband Norman; niece Vicki Harlan Mackey Christian; Gail McGhee Martin and husband Clyde; niece Shannon Martin Hyle; nephew Owen Lee Martin; ex-husband Floyd; brother-in-law John Garriott; friend of 50 years Hal Larson, and her dear friend Lon Cantrell.

Surviving family members are nieces Karen Martin Kolavalli, her daughter Chhaya Kolavalli and partner Jameson Hubbard; Virginia Martin Allain, husband Dennis; Cynthia Martin Ross, children Kristy Ross Duggan, husband Bill, children Will and Kaci; Nikki Ross Teel, husband Harley, children Justin and Alex; Susan Leigh, children Paul Calhoun, partner Jay Davis; April Wickwire, husband Kevin, children Katie and Adam; Robin Kane, children Shay and Kim; Samantha Hyle Noble; Diana Hyle Platt, husband Caleb; nephew Tim Harlan, wife Kristy, and children; nephew Bob Harlan and children; sister-in-law Sue Garriott; nephew Shawn Garriott, wife Staci, and children; niece Lisa Garriott Adams, husband Scott, and children; plus many great, great-great, and great-great-great nieces and nephews.

Best friends she couldn’t have made it without: Lola Hicks, Lilah Weber and children Alison Young and Scott Young; Carol Lee Roberts; June Cantrell and her children Marguerite, Jon, Alan, and Cristin and their families; and multitudes of other friends she cherished as well.

There will be Celebrations of Life for Carol in El Dorado, Kansas, and Seadrift, Texas. Details pending.

Please sign her online guestbook and leave a memory at www.heritageofandover.com.

CJ is remembered in Seadrift by her newsletter “Livin’ on the Bay” and her position as Seadrift Librarian.

So much has been happening this summer already at First Baptist Church… After Vacation Bible school and children’s camp at Palacios Baptist Encampment, 8 older youth went to Camp Zephyr on Lake Corpus Christi (see photo on page 12). FBC is so blessed to have as our youth and music minister, Raymond Grant and our youth director, Candice Stryker. They accompanied the youth and lead them in activities throughout the year. All year the FBC youth raised money to pay for these camps so that any child who wishes to attend may do so. Between the two camps, nearly 30 were able to attend at no cost to them. If you donated baked goods, bought baked goods or donated money, you made this possible. THANK YOU!

FBC has Sunday school classes for adults and children at 10:00 a.m. each Sunday morning. Our pastor, Richard Schaller, leads our services at 11:00 and 6:00. We have a new schedule for prayer meetings. They are now being held at 6:00 p.m. on THURSDAY, because FBC Team Kids has grown so much on Wednesday evenings. God has truly blessed this program beyond measure. FBC has long prayed for more opportunities to serve the youth in our community and those prayers have been mightily answered.

We continue to collect non perishable food items for the POC Food Pantry. The VBS youth donated nearly 100 items as they attended. You can help by donating food or money to this ongoing ministry managed by Fisherman’s Chapel. Our small community has many who are helped by your generosity and not just during the holidays. Please remember to bring food items when you attend any of our services and Bible studies.

The Samaritan’s Purse Shoe Box Ministry is another project that FBC supports. Our 2023 goal is to surpass the 200 boxes we were able to fill and send last year. The boxes are distributed all over the world and besides the items we pack, a Bible in the child’s language is included. Almost any item small enough to fit into a shoe box such a shoe box such So much has been happening this summer already at First Baptist Church… After Vacation Bible school and children’s camp at Palacios Baptist Encampment, 8 older youth went to Camp Zephyr on Lake Corpus Christi (see photo on page 12). FBC is so blessed to have as our youth and music minister, Raymond Grant and our youth director, Candice Stryker. They accompanied the youth and lead them in activities throughout the year. All year the FBC youth raised money to pay for these camps so that any child who wishes to attend may do so. Between the two camps, nearly 30 were able to attend at no cost to them. If you donated baked goods, bought baked goods or donated money, you made this possible. THANK YOU!

FBC Kids at Camp Zephyr
Candice Stryker, Grace Brown, Brooklyn Thornton, Laela Aranda, Maya Thornton, Gracie O’Shields, Brayson Thumann, Landon Jones, Jasum Ysagurrie; in back – Raymond Grant