Mrs. Judith “Judy” Castleberry Miller, born on June 20, 1943 in Albany, Texas, passed away surrounded by loved ones at the age 75 on March 29, 2019 in Dallas, Texas.
Judy graduated from The Hockaday School, attended Austin College, and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin.
Judy was the beloved wife of 53 years to Will Miller.
The Rgt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas, will visit Trinity Episcopal Church in Albany on April 14, Palm Sunday.
Bishop Mayer, former rector of the Church of Heavenly Rest in Abilene, will preach and celebrate Holy Communion with the local church’s 109th anniversary of its official establishment as a mission church.
John Matthews, Trinity’s centerarian Senior Warden Emeritus, has said, “We always enjoy a visit from our bishop and look forward to having him here again.”
Madison Wilkins was named as Top Hand for the second year in a row at the 2019 Buyer-Seller Banquet on Saturday, April 6. Cutter Edgar and Wilkins were announced as the winners of the 29th annual Watt R. Matthews Memorial Scholarships.
“We had a good banquet,” said Shackelford County Youth and Livestock Association president Bronco Askew. “We were not able to get a speaker arranged this year, but we hope to be able to do that again in the future.”
Although some pledges are still outstanding, the SCYLA was able to get checks out to all the youth, Askew added.
Members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department will host their annual community-wide Easter egg hunt at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at the Webb Park Complex, with all Albany children and their guests invited to hunt for treats hidden by the AVFD members.
Children will be divided into four various age groups before the hunt starts at 3:00 p.m.
Communities across the country recognize those who help save lives in times of personal or national crisis during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, being observed locally April 14-20.
Shackelford County sheriff Ed Miller commended local 9-1-1 telecommunicators when he gave special recognition to one of the workers during Monday morning’s county commissioners meeting.
“Our dispatchers take a lot of calls, and sometimes, they have to think outside the box,” said Miller.
The 13th annual Albany Classic Car Show is set to take place on Saturday, April 20, and everyone is invited to come downtown and enjoy the various body styles and polished chrome that reflect memories of yesterdays.
Members of Shifters Car Club will once again serve as hosts for the show, and they are hopeful that a lot of cars will come as long as the weather is cooperative this year.
A total of 20 Albany tracksters qualified for the area meet in 18 events, helping the boys place second and the girls third at the District 8-2A Track and Field Meet held last Thursday here in Albany.
The top four places in each district event moved on to the area meet held yesterday in Mertzon. Results of the meet were not available at press time, but the top four winners from that meet advance to the Region I-2A Track Meet on April 26-27 at South Plains College in Levelland.
The Lion baseball team was edged out by a walk-off run on an error last Friday to drop their second district game against Haskell.
Albany was on the road Tuesday in Hamlin, bringing back a 15-0 win against the 1A Pipers.
The team will be off on Friday, but the annual fundraiser including a hamburger supper and long ball batting fundraiser will start at 6:00 p.m. with all proceeds benefiting the baseball program.
Members of the team are selling tickets for the hamburger supper, as well as gathering pledges for the batting competition.
The Lady Lion softball team split games last week against a couple of the 1A members of the district, as the second round of league action got started.
Albany traveled to Stamford on Tuesday, bringing back a 7-0 loss. Details of the game were not available at press time but will be reported next week.
The local team will host Haskell on Friday at 5:00 p.m. and will also be at home on Tuesday, April 16 to host the Hawley Lady Bearcats at 5:00 p.m.
The Lady Lions lost to Eula, 18-6, on April 2, falling behind early and never recovering.
Five Albany High School athletes will be competing in the regional tennis tournament next Wednesday, April 17 at Odessa College in Odessa.
District girls singles champion Sarah Beth Cotter, along with two second place doubles teams, will leave for Odessa next Tuesday, with games starting Wednesday morning.
Cotter, a freshman, finished with the top spot after a first round bye and two subsequent perfect matches.
