Condolences – Mary Nell Goode Hawes

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Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 15 Jan 15 - 0 Comments

Mary Nell Goode Hawes, 97 of Port O’Connor passed away December 20, 2014. She was born March 29, 1917 in Yoakum, Texas to the late Claude Wood and Grace Amelia Boak Goode. Mary was a member of St. Joseph Cathoic Church in Port O’Connor and was the last surviving graduate of the Port O’Connor High School. She married Lloyd Clark Hawes and they were married for 45 years before he passed away 33 years ago.

She is survived by her daughters, Joanne Stoe of San Antonio, Jeanie Hawes of Liberty Hill and Joy Bunch of Port O’Connor; sons, Lloyd Hawes and wife Alma of Victoria, John Hawes and wife Georgia of Port O’Connor; sister, Marjorie Hawes of Port O’Connor; 17 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Mary was preceded in death by her husband Lloyd Clark Hawes; sister, Grace (Tudie) Albrecht; brothers, Claude Goode and Henry Goode; 3 great-grandchildren, Brooke Rigamonti, Travis Hawes and Casey Joehnk.

Funeral Mass was held at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Port O’Connor on Saturday, December 27, 2014 with Father Tommy Chen officiating. Burial followed at the Seadrift Cemetery.

Condolences – Jack Glenn Webb

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Jack Glenn Webb

Jack Glenn Webb


After a lengthy battle with cancer, Jack Glenn Webb, 77, of Port O’Connor, Texas passed away peacefully at home on January 9, 2015. He slipped away in the early morning to be with our Lord.

Jack was born in Victoria, Texas, one of four children, to Hugh and Clara Webb on August 3, 1937. He had a wonderful childhood with truly loving and caring parents.

Preceded in death by his parents Hugh Vincent and Clara Elizabeth Webb of Victoria, Texas; a brother Don Webb of Victoria, Texas; and is survived by brother, Gayle Webb of Victoria, Texas and a sister, Evelyn Pullen of Clear Lake City, Texas.

Jack is also survived by his wife, Carolyn, of Port O’Connor; a son and his wife, Gregory Clayton Webb and Elizabeth Ann of Statesboro, Georgia with two daughters Jamie and Jessica. (Jack spoke of them often and would have loved to have been active in their life). Survived by a daughter, Stephanie Ann and husband Frank Park, Jr., of Buda, Texas and daughter Shannon; also another daughter, Jill Cathryn Hirsch and husband Wesley of Allen, Texas with two daughters, Rebekah and Rachel.

Jack will be missed so by his step family (four sons) who loved him dearly: Troy and Lynette Snider of Chipley, Florida with two sons Belton and Troy Jr. and great granddaughter Mandy. Tab and Dana Snider of Pinehurst, Texas with three children, Chelsea Snider, Conner Snider and married daughter Cassidy Coleman and her husband Austin of Savannah, Ga.; Chad and Susan Hosch with two children Savannah and Chandler Hosch; Ted and Rachel Hosch with two children, Mason and Audrey Hosch.

Jack received his bachelor degree from Texas A&I, Kingsville, Texas and Masters Degree at Stephen F. Austin, Nacogdoches, Texas. All in education. Jack coached all sports, taught history, and was assistant principal and principal at various schools. His last teaching job was at Giddings State School as Vocational Supervisor, from which he retired a second time.

Jack was blessed with many talents. The main one of being a loving, caring, supportive husband. He is the love of my life, my best friend and will always be. Jack had a way with children; he could keep their interest, make them laugh and teach them at the same time. Jack could take wood and make a piece of beauty of it from furniture to a truck replica. At first if you asked what he was building he would say he didn’t know yet. It would just evolve into something beautiful. He was a good handyman. He loved chiming clocks and kept them going throughout the house. He also had a musical ear. He would listen to a song and then sit and start picking it out on the keyboard. He was smart; your could ask him the meaning of any word and he could tell you. The world has truly lost a fantastic person and I’m sure God will use his many talents in heaven.

When we retired in August, 2003, we moved to Port O’Connor where his heart desired. His family brought him here as a child where they would spend time under a parachute at Boggy Bayou. We had eleven years here, remodeling, building and working in the yard. Took several vacations just loving to be together. I will miss him.

Will The GOP Do Better?

In the last few months the “news” has been overwhelmed with Ferguson riots, Mike Brown, and Eric Gardner,  the media manipulation by the Race Baiters, and the constant socialist political drumbeat of blaming the police. The truth is the number of police deaths by violence went up 56% last year. The Media declares ‘Police Brutality’ and ‘Racism!’ while encouraging criminal behavior and resistance to law enforcement. There may be heightened tension, but not the fault of police brutality. See: http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/jack-kerwick/the-police-brutality-epidemic-lie/ It is well known that in the ‘news business’, “If it bleeds, it leads!”; but also it served the Lib/Prog Propaganda Machine to distract the Low Info Voters (LIVs) from learning more about the previous scandals and the current unlawful actions of the Obama Admin. The 2014 election victories were more a rejection of 6 years of failed Obama policies, and the voters desire for a return to a balanced and Constitutional Federal Govt, but the RINO hierarchy of the GOP has taken it as a “mandate” to reject their Christian conservative and Constitutionalist base while groveling for Liberal Media approval and adopting a “Go along, Get along” rubber stamp of Obama’s policies. Even the policies that Republicans actively campaigned against like ObamaCare and Executive Amnesty. Now even our Senator John Cornyn, newly appointed as a Majority Whip, has voted the ‘Party Line’ rather than the interests of the people and tax-payers of Texas. Blabber-mouth Sen. John McCain has declared war on the Tea Party, and anyone else that stands for Constitutional govt and fiscal responsibility. Squeeker-of-the-House John Boehner has caved to Obama at every confrontation in hopes of another invitation to play golf and the Media won’t say mean things about him. He desperately needed replacing, but managed to hang on. Obama has gone “Full Mussolini” on Amnesty, stirring up the race & class War on Police, raised the minimum wage for govt workers and contract workers, added some 1200 new ‘regulations’, pushing normalizing relations with Cuba and Iran, while basically ignored the last election results.  He is going to do what he wants to do, regardless of Congress, many of his own party, and that pesky old Constitution that the Republicans are incapable, or at least unwilling, of enforcing.  Obama has become Dictator.  Not by revolution, or popular demand, but by default and the endless disinformation of the Mainstream Media. Obama recently claimed that under him, “race relations are better than ever”.  Say WHAT?!?  Nightly reports of riots, arson, attacks on police and firefighters, while ‘Community Organizers’ lead chants for “Dead Cops, now!”, the Black Muslims and the New Black Panther Party call for organizing and training their own armies, and Obama, Holder, and the Media encourage the rioters.  Is this “better” race relations?  Maybe, if your “Ideal” is race war and revolution; that may be the “ultimate solution” for the Obamunists and radical socialist “Democrats” to declare Martial Law and stay in power. And look what the Muslims are up to after 6 years of apologies, coddling, and cover ups.  Al Qaeda/ISIS murder people they don’t like in Paris with impunity now, how long before its in New York or Houston?

For more on Obama and his current usurpation of power, I recommend “His Royal Glibness” by Dr. Thomas Sowell. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/395468/his-royal-glibness-thomas-sowell  One favorite quote:  “Every society has some people who don’t respect the law. But, when it is the people in charge of the law — like the President of the United States and his attorney general — who don’t respect it, that is when we are in big trouble.  Has anyone asked the question, “How could so many people across the country spend so much time at night marching, rioting, and looting, if they had to get up and go to work the next morning?”  -EXCELLENT!-

Gallup did a recent poll on The Concerns of Americans. http://www.gallup.com/poll/180398/cluster-concerns-vie-top-problem-2014.aspx  The results were surprising, especially compared to the Democrat Agenda and the Lap-Dog Media’s continuous howling. “ Complaints about government leadership — including President Barack Obama, the Republicans in Congress and general political conflict — led the list, at 18%. This was closely followed by mentions of the economy in general (17%), unemployment or jobs (15%) and healthcare (10%). Beyond the top four issues, 8% of Americans named immigration as the country’s most important problem, while 6% mentioned the federal budget deficit or debt and 5% cited ethical or moral decline. All other issues received less than 5% average mentions in 2014.” “Of the top five issues that most concerned Americans in 2014, the economy and unemployment are significantly less dominant than they were even two years ago. At the same time, concerns about government and immigration have been mounting, while concerns about healthcare have consistently simmered at a moderately high level since 2009.” -quotes from article.  The other 13 issues had 4% or less.  Of the issues that seem to most concern Obama & Co.: ‘Race relations/Racism’, and ‘Gap between rich and poor’ each got 3% and ‘Wage issues’ (minimum wage) got 2%.

I don’t expect Obama to pay any attention to this, but the GOP “Leadership” better.  The top 7 issues are most of the Tea Party platform, while Obama’s Agenda issues top out at 3%, don’t make the list, or are in direct conflict with what the American people really want. If the RINOs don’t wake up and pay attention, the voters will reject them in 2016 even worse than they rejected Obama and his Democrat minions in 2014.

Will the GOP do any better than the Leftist Dems lead by the Obamunists?  What we have seen since Nov. 4th doesn’t inspire much confidence. The RINOs better get with the program of trying to restore a Constitutional America, or we should abandon them and form a “third party”, actually a real “second party”, because the RINO lead GOP is not a dime’s worth of difference from the Socialist Democrats when it comes to getting anything done but grow the Federal bureaucracy, create debt, and waste money.

We are at war for freedom, the Constitution, and Western Civilization, continuously attacked by Communists & Anarchists with their Do-Good-er “Socialist Democrat” cheerleaders, Muslims and militant anti-Christians of many types, the Elitist One World Totalitarians, … and now the power-hungry RINOs?  Folks better wake up and start doing something other than watching TV.  Supporting our police might be a good start.

Become a Friend of the Port O’Connor Library

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Want to become a Friends of the Port O’Connor Library, Inc. member? Please go to our website
www.friendsofportoconnorlibrary.org and join with us today to support our local POC library and the building of the new library/learning center. Thank you!

What’s Rockin’ at the Port O’Connor Library by Shirley & Sue

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Not writing anything now as Henry and I have just returned from a very long trip; long but totally enjoyable; at least till the temperature DROPPED!  Then I was very thankful for the non-decorative but very warm sweats I’d brought.

Hope many of our residents had the opportunity to come into our Library during the Christmas Season and were then able to see the many books and dvds our Library offers to our residents.  In addition, there are 5 computer stations that are available to anyone here.  Don’t make yourself a stranger; come see us.

And if you missed our Christmas Celebration wherein you would have found as you entered Christmas Carols of all kinds echoing throughout the room; cookies available for a snack and often coffee too; and delightful decorations throughout our Library, including a stunningly appearing tree, all I can say is wait till next Christmas.  For those, Shirley and I have to thank Ginnie Lichac for helping me decipher the funny instructions needed to set up the tree!  And to Mrs. Grace Stone and her totally enjoyable and enthusiastic daughter, Susan Onishi for their input —- no, their decorating skills that gave our tree and our Library itself a warming Christmasy appearance.  Thanks so much to all of you for your help; next year we’ll do even better, and maybe I can find a plug for my coffee pot!

Hope everyone in Port O’Connor had a delightful and Merry Christmas and we’re all awaiting the next few months of 2015 in our very special New Year!
I know I’ve used the following quote for several years, but it really makes sense.  Just think about it!

“When an old person dies, a Library burns down!” – Karin Gillespie

And we certainly don’t want our Library to burn down!

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