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Sweetwater Reporter
Sunday, January 29, 2012 ■ Page A3
Obituaries
MARY LILY CARTWRIGHT
Mary Lily Cartwright, age 84, of San Augustine, Texas,
(former resident of Sweetwater, Texas) passed away on
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Memorial Health System of
East Texas in Lufkin, Texas.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday,
Jan. 30, 2012 at Garden of Memories with Rev. Brian
Brownlow officiating. Arrangements are under the direc-
tion of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home.
Maty was born Aug. 2, 1927, in Santa Anna, Texas to
O.C. and Ninnon A. (Jones) Cartwright. She was an expert
at short hand and an executive secretary for Shell Oil
Company for many years before retiring. She had a gift for
working with children and touched the lives of many chil-
dren. She was a talented artist and taught a love of drawing
to her great niece Tarah. She was a devoted caretaker to her
mother, Ninnon. She lived in San Augustine at the time of
her death and was a loved member of the Twin Lakes Care
Center Community. She was a bright woman who loved
learning and had an active mind. She loved nature especial-
ly flowers and birds. She was a talented cook, and an excel-
lent seamtress. She loved her family and was an inspiration
to many. She was the definition of a "Steel Magnolia" who
overcame many obstacles and rose to the occasion when
needed by family and friends. She was servant hearted and
was a living testimony to Christ's
Love. She was a former member of Highland Heights
United Methodist Church in Sweetwater.
She is survived by her niece, Scarlett Cartwright of
Belton, Texas; nephew, Jay Cartwright and wife Tricia of
Sugarland, Texas; and great-nieces and nephews, Tarah
Troutman, Troy Troutman, Cody Cartwright, Kendall
Cartwright, Brenda Cartwright and Tammy Cartwright.
She was preceded in death by her parents, O.C. and
Ninnon Cartwright; brothers, Buck Cartwright and Neigh
Cartwright; twin brother, James Robert Cartwright; sister
Lucile Plum; and nephew, Clinnon Cartwright.
TIM GRAY
Funeral services for Tim Gray, 39, of Roscoe, are pending
with McCoy Funeral Home.
Gray died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, at Baylor Medical Center
in Dallas.
DILL ART) ROYCE MCCAIN
A graveside service for Dillard Royce McCain, 56, of
Sweetwater, will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29,
2012, at Slater's Chapel Cemetery in Nolan with Rev. Billy
Oliver officiating. Interment will follow under the direction
of McCoy Funeral Home.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan.
28, 2012, at McCoy Funeral Home.
McCain died Thursday. Jan. 26, 2012, at Rolling Plains
Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater.
He was born Jan. 5, 1956, in Muleshow, Texas. Royce
had lived in Sweetwater since 1980. He attended Nolan
High School and played football, ran track and was in FFA
He converted at the early age of 12 at Longworth Baptist
Church. Royce had worked for Schwerman Trucking
Company in Maryneal starting in 1980.
Survivors include daughters, Patricia Gail Neves of
Sweetwater, Christy Stone of Sweetwater, Kristy Tollison
of Sweetwater, Rebecca Brown of Abilene, Sammie Painter
of Sweetwater and Tammy Williams of Waco; 14 grand-
children; several great-grandchildren; brother, Clinton
McCain and wife Dorothy of Denison; and four sisters,
Deanna Thomas and husband Bennie of Denison, Janice
Oliver and husband Billy of Nolan, Debbie Barrett of Ennis
and Chris Seales of Deming, N.M.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Troy Edward
McCain and Faye Ellen Davis.
Disputed coal mine project
revived on Texas border
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A two-decade old plan to mine
tons of low-quality coal in South Texas for Mexican power
plants has been revived.
The San Antonio Express-News reports a Texas Railroad
Commissioner will begin hearing evidence Monday on
an application by the Dos Republicas Coal Partnership to
strip-mine coal just north of Eagle Pass. The border city is
130 miles southwest of San Antonio.
The coal is such poor quality that it cannot be used in
the United States, but it can be used in Mexico's federally
owned power plants just outside Piedras Negras. Those
plants near the Mexican border city across the Rio Grande
from Eagle Pass are not under any pollution restrictions.
Eagle Pass-area elected officials and community leaders
have mobilized to fight approval of the coal mine.
RPMH
Continued from pageAl
Center for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC),
diabetes is one of the lead-
ing causes of death in the
nation.
For more than 11 years,
the RPMH has support-
ed the Diabetic Outreach
Program. A free service to
the community, the pro-
gram offers diabetic edu-
cation, support groups,
dietary consults, and a
variety of resources that
help affected individuals
and their loved ones live
with or prevent the dis-
ease.
"Diabetes is being diag-
nosed in more and more
Americans each year,"
Jones explained. "The
RPMH Diabetic Outreach
Program exists to increase
awareness about the dis-
ease by offering free edu-
cation and support to
everyone in our commu-
nity."
If you would like more
information about dia-
betes or if you think you
might be at risk, please
contact the RPMH Diabetic
Outreach Program at 325-
235-1701.
About Rolling Plains
Memorial Hospital
Rolling Plains Memorial
Hospital provides health-
care for those in the
communities they serve.
Founded in 1976, Rolling
Plains Memorial Hospital
offers a wealth of medi-
cal services including:
24 hour emergency care,
advanced radiology servic-
es including CT scanning
and MRIs, outpatient lab,
physical therapy, surgical
services, swing bed ser-
vices, patient education,
home health and assistive
services, and more. For
additional information,
please visit www.rpmh.
net.
Report: Nation 's cattle
herd continues decline
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The
nation's cattle herd has shrunk to
its smallest size in 50 years amid a
brutal drought in the Southwest that
shriveled pastures and drove hay
prices to record levels, a new report
said Friday.
In a report that likely foreshadows
higher beef prices for consumers
at the meat counter, the National
Agricultural Statistics Service count-
ed 90.8 million head of cattle and
calves in the United States as of Jan.
1. That's 2 percent fewer than last
year at this time.
It's the lowest inventory since
1952, when the nation had 88.1 mil-
lion head of cattle, the agency said.
Kevin Good, senior market analyst
for CattleFax, said the government
report shows a continuation of a
long-term trend that has seen the
nation's ranchers liquidating cattle
herds 14 out of the past 16 years.
"What has brought it to a head the
last couple of years is drought," Good
said. "Drought sped that along with
massive liquidations in the South —
Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico his
past year — big declines in beef cow
numbers there."
Retail prices at this time last year
rose about 10 percent and will likely
rise another 5 percent or more this
year, he said.
"Now7 you have a situation where
you have tighter supplies at the same
time you are exporting more prod-
uct overseas," Good said. "So it even
tightens the supply more for the next
couple of years and it means higher
prices as we move forward."
Texas still leads the nation with
11.9 million head of cattle and calves,
but its numbers fell by 11 percent.
Cattle numbers plunged 12 percent
in Oklahoma to 4.5 million head.
In New Mexico, the cattle numbers
dropped 10 percent to 1.39 million
head.
The decline was less severe in
Kansas, where cattle numbers fell 3
percent to 6.1 million head, accord-
ing to the report.
"I know of instances of where
ranchers culled more deeply than
they would normally," said Matt
Teagarden, director of industry
relations for the Kansas Livestock
Association. "There were producers
who were scrambling to find hay for
cattle."
While the Agriculture Department
report contained no big surprises,
the decline in total beef cow num-
bers was a little bigger than many
people in the industry expected.
Good said.
Beef cows numbered 29.9 million,
down 3 percent from a year ago, the
agency said. Milk cows numbered
9.2 million, up 1 percent.
Scam
Continued from pageAl
India.
• They start the call
in most cases by telling
the victim that they need
to call their lawyer and
appear in court the next
day.
• These "collection
agents" usually claim to
be from some government
agency, even claiming to
be prosecutors in many
cases. For some reason,
they usually claim to be
associated with the state
of California.
• These fraudsters have a
good bit of personal infor-
mation on the people they
are calling. They usually
have some combination of
Social Security Number,
bank account and date of
birth for the victim.
• They usually ask for
a relatively large sum of
money.
• In some cases, through
coincidence or other-
wise, they actually claim
to be representing a pay-
day loan company that
the victim actually owes
money to.
According to Officer
Renteria, the callers hack
into the online records of
payday loan companies
to obtain information
on accounts. "I strongly
suggest that residents do
not go online to apply for
payday loans, as the vic-
tim who received the call
had applied for the loan
online.*'
"The callers appear
to have a great deal of
information and are tar-
geting payday loan cus-
tomers. They sometimes
even have names of fam-
ily members," said Officer
Renteria. "They also give
false American names such
as Kevin White, Robert
Connor, Zack Wilson,
Jessica Bush, Andy Hunt,
etc. when they are clearly
not from this country."
Some phone numbers
that are common among
the identity thieves
include the following:
• 941-961-8518
• 714-845-0766
• 714-409-0250
• 310-208-3170
• 714-400-0563
• 213-221-1002
• 213-995-3046
• 310-362-4319
• 714-333-2951
According to the Doug
WITH SO MANY CHOICES,
WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE
TO PAY TAXES?
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interest rate risk such that when interest rates rise, the prices of bonds can decrease and the
investor can lose principal value. Any bond called prior to maturity results in reinvestment
risk for the owner of the bond. May be subject to alternative minimum tax. Municipal bonds
may have original issue discount.
Some of the available issues of bonds are callable. Contact your local Edward Jones financial
advisor for more information about maturity dates and applicable call provisions.
To invest in tax-free bonds, call or visit your local
financial advisor today.
Jason S Blake
Financial Advisor
301 E Broadway
Sweetwater, TX 79556
325 235 8662 www.edwardjones.com Membersipc
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MAKING SENSE OF INVESTING
Zloto, resident agent in
charge of the Saginaw
Resident Office of the U.S.
Secret Service Department
of Homeland Security,
the international ring of
identity thieves obtain
information victims pro-
vide on online payday
loan applications. 'Using
the information you pro-
vided on the application,
the identity thieves con-
tacted you claiming to
be law enforcement and/
or members of the legal
profession. At some point
during this conversation,
the thieves threatened you
with arrest, incarceration
and/or a large lawsuit if
you did not immediately
pay money with a debit/
credit card. Let me assure
you that it is highly ille-
gal to threaten and extort
money from individuals."
Zloto offered tips to
victims of these identity
thieves.
Stopping the calls
The identity thieves are
calling you from a call
center overseas. They
are using computers to
make it appear that the
calls are originating in the
United States. Everything
they are telling you is a
lie except for the fact that
they have the information
you provided on your loan
application. The next time
they call will be the abso-
lute last time you speak
with them. Tell them the
following.
1. You spoke to law
enforcement.
2. You know they are a
scam.
3. You are not going to
pay them any money.
4. You want your money
returned.
5. Stop calling.
6. Then hang up.
If they call after you
have made the above
statement, do not answer
the phone. If the calls last
for more than two days,
contact your phone com-
pany and change your
telephone number.
If the thieves are calling
you at work, just put them
on hold. Do not engage
them in a conversation.
Investigators have found
that if you stop talking
to them, they will stop
calling.
Dispute the charge
Contact your bank and/
or the pre-paid debit card
company that issued the
card you used to make the
fraudulent payment. You
will need to find out the
name of the company that
took the funds off of the
card. Once you determine
the company, you need to
dispute the charge. Advise
the bank/pre-paid com-
pany that you are a victim
of identity theft and the
company in question ille-
gally took the money from
your account under extor-
tion and false pretenses.
If you used a bankcard
associated with your bank
account, you will need
to advise your bank that
you are a victim of iden-
tity theft and will need
to close the bankcard so
no additional funds can
be removed without your
permission.
IfyoupaidwithaWestern
Union Moneygram, please
advise Western Union of
the fraudulent charge and
attempt to determine who
and where the money was
picked up. You will need
to send all the informa-
tion you have collected on
the Western Union to the
Secret Service.
Visit the Federal Trade
Commission website www.
ftc.gov to find out ways
you can protect yourself
from further identity theft
and to file a quick report
with them.
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