Outdoornews
June 3, 2021
June 5: NWTF Cascade Thundering Toms, 5 p.m., New Englader.
June 5: NC PF Chapter 630 Banquet, 4:30 p.m., Bellamauro-Reynoldsville. For more info call Chris Pringle, 814-590-1901.
June 25: RMEF Lehigh Valley Chapter Banquet, 5 p.m., Homewood Suites, Center Valley. For more info call Karen Hendershot, 484-221-1679.
June 26: WTU NEPA Chapter Banquet, 2 p.m., Gordon Pavillion, Monroe Township. For more info call Randy Storrs. 570-690-7514.
June 26: WTU Rivers Edge Deer Camp, 4 p.m., Mount Union Fire Company. For more info call Randy Dunmire, 814-644-9138.
July 17: WTU Crawford County Chapter Banquet, 4 p.m., Crawford County Fairgrounds, Meadeville.For more info call Michelle Krieg, 814-573-2533.
James “Bob” Franklin Busbee, 94, of Rising Star passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021.
Bob will lie in state at Heartland Funeral Home until the visitation on Friday, January 29, 2021 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm at the First Baptist Church in Rising Star, Texas.
The Funeral service will begin at the church at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 29, 2021 with Reverend Matt McGowan officiating and Interment will follow at the Rising Star Cemetery.
Bob was born March 21, 1926 in Rising Star to Dr. Thomas and Sophie Busbee. He attended Rising Star School and married Betty Conner March 25, 1951. Bob joined the US Army in December 1944 and served in the Asiatic Pacific Campaign where he received ribbons and awards including a Bronze Star. After service in the Army, Bob went to Galveston to work for the phone company until his dad got sick and his mom told him to come home. He returned to Rising Star to work the farms and met the love of his life, Betty Conner. They moved to Pecos, Texas