NEWS
Police find lost man deceased near Big Tree Road
Updated Sept. 11, 7:15 p.m.
Bowie Police report that Jack McKee, the Bowie man missing since yesterday as been found deceased on an oil lease located on Big Tree Road.
The 91-year-old was found just before 5 P.m. said Police Chief Guy Green. He was found deceased in his vehicle that appears to have left the road and went into a thick stand of trees. The truck could not be seen from the air or road. No further details are available at this time.
Posted at 10:53 a.m. Sept. 11
Bowie Police are investigating a missing person report filed today by the family of Jack McKee, 91, Bowie. Detective Kent Stagg said police met with the family Thursday morning as the family said the man was last heard from at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday when he talked to some people on the phone about a pumping job. His location at that time is uncertain, possibly in the Bellevue area.
McKee, who resides at 703 Roach, is 5 ft. 11 in., 135 pounds and a white male. He was driving a tan GMC Canyon single-cab pickup, license plate BSK6810
Staff said the family has had no contact with the man since that morning phone call on Wednesday. They said he normally returns home around 3 p.m. in the afternoon. Stagg said shortly before midnight Wednesday, police were able to get a “ping” off his cell phone that indicated it may be in the Montague area, possibly around Catholic Cemetery Road. McKee does work wells in that area.
A search is underway for the Bowie man and anyone with information is urged to contact the Bowie Police Department, 872-2251.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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