NEWS
Crash kills Nocona woman, 2 others seriously injured
A 23-year-old Nocona woman was killed and the driver of that vehicle was seriously injured in a massive head-on collision on State Highway 59 north of Bowie on July 7.
The crash occurred three miles north of Bowie on State Highway 59 at 5:45 p.m. last Friday. Three people were injured and one person was killed.
(Photo above) A Department of Public Safety Trooper looks at this Nissan Sentra that was involved in a two-vehicle fatality accident on July 7. Journie Rakae Fletcher, Nocona, a passenger in this vehicle was killed. The driver, Symon Zavier Ford was seriously injured. The car went airborne, crashed and rolled on its roof east of the roadway into a creek. (Courtesy photo L.W. Phillips Towing)
According to the Department of Public Safety report issued on Tuesday morning, Journie Rakae Fletcher, a passenger in a Nissan Sentra passenger vehicle driven by Symon Zavier Ford, 21, Frisco, was transported to Nocona General Hospital where she was pronounced dead by Dr. Chance Dingler at 6:41 p.m.
Ford received incapacitating injuries and was airlifted to a Metroplex hospital listed in critical condition.
Elizabeth Ann Price, 62, Montague, was driving the other vehicle, a Jeep sports utility vehicle with her husband, James Price, 65. The driver received non-incapacitating injuries and was treated and released. Her husband went to the hospital with incapacitating injuries but was listed in stable condition.
Price was traveling north on State Highway 59 and Zavier was going south on the highway. The preliminary accident investigation from Trooper Dreu Kirkland, states Ford was driving left of the center stripe, attempting to pass several vehicles within a no passing zone.
Price was being approached by the Nissan in its lane and she took evasive action in an attempt to avoid a collision. Price steered right onto the shoulder of the roadway as Ford steered left colliding with the Jeep head-on.
After the collision, the Jeep came to rest facing south in the northbound lane. The Nissan went airborne after the crash rolling onto the roof ejecting the driver and coming to rest on its top east of the roadway in a creek and some trees. The car caught fire after the crash, but witnesses were able to extinguish it.
Bowie Library’s Summer Reading program opens at 10 a.m. on June 9 at the Bowie Community Center with a bubble truck party.
Come prepared to get soapy and wet as this popular series kicks off the summer. This year’s theme is “Unearth a Story,” with a focus on prehistoric items and dinosaurs.
Summer reading is open to children ages 0-12 and these free programs will be at the Bowie Community Center at 10 a.m. every Tuesday in June and July excluding June 23, July 14 and July 21 when it will be at the library.
Children will be given a reading log to bring with them to each program. Each child also receives a book at the end of the series.
The program will include the following activities: June 16, Bright Star Theater Group; June 23, Read and Go take home craft; July 7, dinosaur exhibit; July 14, Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum program; July 21, Read and Go take home craft and July 28, Creature Teacher.
‘Tween and Teen
There will be a summer reading program for this age group of those 11 to 18. Programs at are 2 p.m. June 11, 18 and 25 all at the library.
Youngsters can do dinosaur scratch art, air-dry clay diffuser disc and take part in an escape room.
Top photo- Summer reading art activity from 2025. (News file photo)
June has opened so it must be time to start making plans for the 60th Jim Bowie Days Celebration June 19-27.
It will be a golden anniversary for the western festival that offers fun for the entire family. From a barbecue cookoff to pet parade, rodeo and pickleball, don’t miss any of the action.
Activities get underway with the 2nd annual Smokedown BBQ Cookoff which welcomed 24 teams during its first outing. The cooking competition will be June 19 and 20 in the Pelham Park area and community center.
Registration will be on the day of the event. Friday night will feature the steak challenge and on Saturday the contest has beans ($20 entry fee), chicken, pork spare ribs and brisket ($200 entry fee).
Read the full schedule of events in your Thursday Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Directors of the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation continue to dig deeper into operational records and finances when they met on May 26.
Carla Swofford, secretary, said it was a very productive meeting as they found out important information about an outstanding loan and discussed a water rate hike.
Additional research on the original U.S. Department of Agriculture loan that finance installation of the water system many years ago, found the loan terms were different than they believe. It was thought to be a 30-year note with a balloon payments, however, after talking to USDA officials in Abilene it was found to be a 40-year note with no balloon. Its payout is in 2039.
Swofford said that was a big relief to know there was no balloon payment hanging over the corporation.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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