NEWS
Funeral service on Sunday in BHS gymnasium
By BARBARA GREEN, [email protected]
The Bowie and Nocona areas are mourning the shocking death of Bowie Junior High Coach Rhonda Duncan Parr Wednesday evening after she collapsed with a possible brain aneurysm Tuesday night.
The 28-year-educator taught sixth grade girl’s PE and junior high sports. Bowie Superintendent Blake Enlow announced the loss in a letter to the “Jackrabbit Community.”
“Our beloved teacher, coach and friend, Rhonda Parr, passed away on Feb. 4. Little did we know as we witnessed her work the table at the Nocona vs. Bowie basketball game on Tuesday evening it would be the last time we would see her. Coach Rhonda Parr was not only a pillar in the Bowie community, but her impact stretched to the entire Montague County area and she will be dearly missed,” wrote Enlow.
Parr, age 49, had reportedly left the basketball game because she did not feel well and her head was hurting. As she traveled to her home at Montague, she became ill and had to stop on the side of the road. An ambulance was called and she went to a Fort Worth hospital where she died Wednesday afternoon.
The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Bowie High School gymnasium and the family says everyone is welcome to attend but are asked to wear masks in honor of Parr. Burial will follow in Montague Cemetery.
Viewing hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Feb. 6 at the White Family Funeral home.
Read the full story as friends share their memories of Rhonda Parr in the weekend Bowie News.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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