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Memorial Aug. 11 for longest serving 97th District Judge Roger Towery
Retired District Judge Roger Towery. (News file photo)
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Roger E. Towery, one of the longest-serving district judges in the history of the 97th Judicial District, died Wednesday at his home in Nocona.
District Judge Jack McGaughey said Towery had undergone a kidney transplant last October and was in a Dallas hospital until three weeks ago. Towery’s new kidneys were removed several weeks ago following an infection.
Since coming to office in 1990, the retired district judge had presided over most of the important trials of the last quarter century including the 1996 murder of Waurika teen Heather Rich and the hospital murder by of Vickie Jackson.
He was a widely recognized leader of the state’s judiciary having served as president of the Texas Center for the Judiciary. Since his retirement in 2012, Towery was a visiting judge. He and his wife Ann moved to Nocona in 2012.
“Judge Towery was a man of integrity and compassion who always sought to do justice while adhering strictly to the requirements of the law. Judge’s lawyers and laymen across Texas admired his devotion to duty and to the State of Texas,” said McGaughey.
A celebration of his life will be at 11 a.m. on Aug. 11 at United Methodist in Henrietta under the direction of Davis Funeral Home.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
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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