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Brownfield ISD maintence team takes time to add Christmas lights and decorations to the front of the BISD Administration building. BISD Superintendent Chris Smith said, “Our guys have been working on a synchronized light show. We are thinking of having something where people can drive through and we can have music.” Smith also said BISD would like to add something new each year. (Contributed photo/staff photo)
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For decades one of the oldest holiday traditions has been painting Christmas images on windows of businesses and homes. Brownfield is no stranger to this artwork as many businesses have faithfully done this year after year. Brownfield Chamber of Commerce Director Lorena Valencia said, “We are glad this happens here, it helps with the Christmas cheer.” Eleven year old Ezayah Oliva is pictured painting a Christmas penguin at the BISD administration building. (Staff photo)
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The Brownfield City Council had a regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday morning Dec. 3, to consider and discuss a few items of business. After the invocation, and pledges and with no public comments, the council approved the Nov. 19 minutes.
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In May the Brownfield News brought you a story about Brownfield missing woman Melanie Carroll who, according to the Brownfield PD, was last seen on or about February 9, 2020 in Brownfield
Read moreWhile the coronavirus cases continue to tick up, the Brownfield Regional Medical Center (BRMC) has been keeping up. Since the first case hit Texas, BRMC has been proactive with such things as medicines, beds, and ideas which have been a huge help.
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The 9th Annual Keep the Cheer Here event, sponsored by the Brownfield Chamber of Commerce took place Thursday. Due to the coronavirus, the event time was changed from the typical 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. to 12 p.m.-7 p.m. The annual event focuses on small businesses in Brownfield and allows extra time for customers to shop and support local businesses. The following businesses took part in this years event: Brownfield Floral, Cubs Den Nutrition, Dusty Creek Gifts & More, Forever Nutrition, Gemini Engraving, Just By Chance Jewelry, Krank Koffie, Oooh La La, The Main Place, Tencha’s Lunch Box, Terry County Country Store, The Triple D Winery & Restaurant, and Whitehouse Parker. Arnold Community Educational Services (ACES) also served chili, beans, and cornbread to go. Lorena Valencia, the chamber director said, “It was a good turnout all day and the businesses were very pleased and grateful.” (Contributed photo/staff photo)
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LaNora Tanner Welch – A private family graveside service for LaNora Welch, 85, of Brownfield, Texas, will be held 2:00 P.M. Monday, December 7, 2020, at Gaines County Cemetery, Seagraves, Texas. Officiating will be Rev. David Welch. Services under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Home of Brownfield. LaNora was born July 25, 1935, to the late Lonnie and Nora Parrish Tanner in Willow Wells, Texas. She went home to be with her Lord December 2, 2020, in Lubbock, Texas. She attended Seagraves public schools until she married Jack Welch in June of 1950, in Seagraves. Jack was a farmer and LaNora was fully involved. Together they raised their four sons as a farm family. She loved everything about that life. Later she earned an associate’s degree from business school and worked in varying agri-businesses. Later in life she moved to Brownfield and became a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Her faith was important to her, having placed her faith in Christ as a teenager. Her legacy of strength and resilience is honored by all her family. And they will cherish every hand-stitched quilt, every crocheted blanket, every hand-sewn apron. She was preceded in death by her husband Jack in 1986. She is survived by her sons, Billy Welch and his wife Debra from Seminole, Texas; Bobby Welch from Meadow, Texas; David Welch and his wife B.J. from Houston, Texas; and Dale Welch from Arkansas City, Kansas. She is also loved and missed by her nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
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