MABANK–The Mabank City Council met in regular session June 6 with Mayor Randy Teague as his first meeting as mayor. He played a clip from June 6, 1944 in which then President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announced D-Day as the U.S Army invaded Normandy, France. Teague asked for remembrance of those Veterans of World War II of which he said, “we are losing (them) at an alarming rate.”

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Kannon Ritchie of Kerens is named District 20-2A Most Valuable Player for his exploits at the plate and as a pitcher.

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Kerens senior pitcher Trayton Spivey receives first-team All-District honors for his 20-2A mound abilities.

Funeral services for Frankie Jean Hyde, 95, of Mabank were held June 13, 2023, at Eubank Cedar Creek Funeral Home with Pastor Brent Tucker officiating. Interment followed at Elm Grove Cemetery.
Frankie passed away June 8, 2023 in Mabank. She was born April 15, 1928 in the Odom Community to Jesse Vell and Anna Jewel Gibson Merideth.
Jean was a member of First Baptist Church in Mabank. She grew up in the Odom Community until moving to Fort Worth during her Sophomore year in high school.  

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