Welcome - these articles are about folks in Tyler County, Texas − the heart of the Big Thicket.

All are over 65 and have a good and precious heart ... with significant time in the county.

These appeared in the Tyler County Booster in the following order − get a subscription going.

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Message in a Bottle Series on People in Tyler County 2011 001 Judge Judith Haney - First Lady of the Arts - May 11, 2001, 9B 002 Captain Millard Scott - Ship Pilot - June 2, 2011, 6-7B. 003 Elsie Stewart - "Turnip Greens, Thank You" - July 7, 2011, 8A. 004 Rev. James Mitchell - Sending Up the Timber - July 21, 2011, 6B. 005 Willena Moore - Homemade Country Hospitality - July 28, 2011, 1B. 006 Coach Norman Turner - Always a Coach - August 25, 2011, 4-5B. 007 Officer Eveline Brunson - a.k.a., Bulldog, Shorty or Shortstop - Sept. 8, 2011, 4A. 008 Lt. Col. Paul Miller - Gooney Bird Pilot - Sept. 15, 4A, & 22, 4B, 2011. 009 Jimmie Cooley - ex-Mayor and Aunt Jim - Oct. 6, 2011, 5B. 010 John Stagg, "Nuke" Handler, Bee Keeper, Entrepreneur - Oct. 27, 8B, & Nov. 3, 8B, 2011. 011 Bobby "Bob" Martin - Math Teacher - Nov. 17, 2011 4B & 7B. 2012 012 Mary Jane Neal - Tyler County Historian - Jan. 12, 2012, 5B. also, see Original Minutes to 1863 New Bethel Association. 013 Louie "Lou" Campbell - the Lil' Ol' Pea Patch - Jan. 26, 2012, 7B. 014 Marie Moye - Nurse and Midwife of Tyler County - Feb. 9, 2012, 5, 6, 8B, and Feb. 16, 2012, 4 and 5B.  015 Garry Mattingly - Fifty Years a Lawmen - Mar. 29, 2012, 7B.  016 Frankie Kindle - Tyler County Genealogist - Apr. 12, 2012, 6B.  017 ... coming soon ... Don Woodroome - the Family Man

other articles not in byline series ... War Games in Tyler County - Medieval Style - December 8, 2011:  2B & 6-7B. Original Minutes to 1863 New Bethel Baptist Association

 

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