Monitor File Photo/Russell Slaton
Mabank freshman Honey Aldridge, playing Nov. 25 against Ennis, is the District 15-4A Newcomer of the Year and Academic All-District.

The family of Reba Beshears of Mabank is saddened to announce her passing March 12, 2025 at the age of 81 years. 
She was retired and her passions were coloring, crocheting and listening to old music.
Reba was preceded in death by her two oldest children Lavonda Leggitt and Haskell Flurry.
She is survived by daughters Brenda Morris of Texas, Melinda Lovett of Texas and Deborah Conner and husband James Conner of Kemp, sister Jimmy Phillips of Oklahoma, 11 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
E.J. Black (from left) with her sisters, Makenzie, Everly and Harper enjoy a cool drink of lemonade and horchata at the Mabank Farmers Market March 15.

By Ashlee Sawyer
ashlee@themonitor.net