May 8, 1868: According to The East Tennessee Union Flag, âThe Ministerial Association of the Methodist E. Church for the Jonesboro District will organize in the town of Jonesboroâ on Thursday the 21st of May at 11 oâclock, A.M., and will be protracted over the following Sunday. Ministers and laymen, and the public generally, are cordially invited to attend.â
The East Tennessee Union Flag was a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way on the masthead. In the pages of the newspaper, however, it was spelled that way, as well as Jonesboro and Jonesboroâ, as above.
May 8, 1890: The Comet reported, âJohnson City is to have an ice factory that will make 30 tons of ice daily and it is to be built at once. W.J. Graham left Monday for Asheville to see an agent about the machinery. It wilt (sic) probably be located in the Proctor Land Companyâs addition. This is an enterprise that the city has been ready to support for more than a year
Jan 20, 1964
Dec 19, 2020
Velia Aguilar Marrow, 56, left this earthly realm on Saturday, December 19, 2020, in San Angelo. She is now resting in eternal peace with her Lord, Jesus Christ.
She was born on January 20, 1964, to the late Rodrigo and Carmen Aguilar, in San Carlos, Coahuila, Mexico. Velia attended Reagan County schools, where she graduated in 1982, and remained to live in Big Lake for most of her life. Upon graduation, Velia began her banking career with Reagan State Bank, where she was Head Teller and Head Loan Department Teller. For the following twenty-four years, she continued working at Del Rio National Bank, Security State Bank and Big Lake Bank before transitioning to the Reagan County Tax Assessor-Collector office. There she served for almost fifteen years as a Deputy Tax Assessor collector till the time of her death.