4A TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2022 TIMES RECORD NEWS 70 Wichita Falls 01-Jan Owens andBrumley Funeral HomeWichita Falls JaePun 65 Frisco 16-Dec Distinctive Link, Betty Lou 82 Wichita Falls 02-Jan Owens andBrumley Funeral HomeWichita Falls Billy Ray 91 Denton 02-Jan Milky-Bowles-Montgomery Funeral Home Additional information in display obituaries Obituaries appear in print and online at www.timesrecordnews.com/obituaries OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES Name Age Town, State Death Date Arrangements FRISCO, TX Jae Pun Lee, 65 of Frisco, TX, formally of Wichita Falls, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Je- sus Christ on Thursday afternoon December 16, 2021. The family will be holding a graveside ser- vice at Crestview Me- morial Park in Wichita Falls, TX on January 5, 2021 at 1 p.m. Jae was born on March 9, 1956 in South Korea and moved to Wichita Falls in 1979 with her hus- band Oh Kwang and son, Tae Young. Jae re- mained in Wichita Falls following the death of her husband to raise her son. Jae was a member of the Korean Baptist Church in Wichita Falls and devoted herself to caring for her friends and family.
Jae spent the last several years of her life living in Frisco, Tex- as under the care of her son and family. Jae was preceded in death by her husband, Oh Kwang and is survived by her son, Tae Young and several family members back in South Korea. Jae Pun Lee DENTON Billy Ray Taliaferro, 91, a resident of Good Samaritan Village in Denton, Texas, since May 2018, died January 2 at Presbyterian Hospital in Denton after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Jane McAnally Taliaferro, two sons, a daughter, a bonus son, seven grandchildren, five bonus grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and brother Charles of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Taliaferro was born at Leon, Oklahoma, March 5, 1930.
He was preceded in death by his twin sister Alma Faye in December 1933; and his parents Earnest and Haughty Taliaferro. He and Jane McAnally were married May 15, 1953, at Marietta, Oklahoma. He served two years in the U.S. Army, honorably discharged as corporal in 1955. After working in the oil field supply business for several years across Oklahoma and Texas, Taliaferro spent most of his career in public education, serving as a teacher and elementary school principal at Windthorst and Archer City, Texas.
He retired from Archer City Public Schools in 1996. A graduate of Leon High School he earned degrees from Murray Junior College, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and Southeastern State University, Durant, Oklahoma. Surviving family members include son Richard Stephen Taliaferro and wife Lisa, Poquoson, son Alan Ray Taliaferro and wife Ellen, Dish, Texas; daugh- ter Lisa Marie Schlomach and husband Carlton, Haslet, Texas; plus bonus-son Danny Sutton and wife Inez, Mansfield, Texas. Grandchildren are: Angela Taliaferro and husband Dag Odegaard, Lierskogen, Norway; Sarah Taliaferro, El Sobrante, Kyle Taliaferro and wife Kendra, McKinney, Texas; Wes Taliaferro and wife Lauren, Carrollton, Texas; Benjamin Schlomach and wife Katy, New Braunfels, Texas; Lauren Schlomach, Decatur, Texas; and Kelley Schlomach, Ft Worth, Texas. Taliaferro was devoted to his family and found special joy returning often to the family farm in Leon, Oklahoma.
In Archer City, he was active in church and community activities including Meals on Wheels, Archer Service Center, and Archer City Thrift Store. Taliaferro was a long-time member of the United Methodist Church, most recently Asbury United Methodist Church in Denton.Visitation will commence at 10 am January 8, 2022 A memorial service will follow at 11 am in the Asbury United Methodist Church sanctuary. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church, 117 Hercules Lane, Denton, TX 76207, or a charity of your choice. Billy Ray Taliaferro Obituaries Gone from us, but leaving memories death can never take away, memories that will always linger while upon this earth we stay. source: The Book of Memoriams Then, as has been the pattern recently, daytime highs will gradually rise until they hit a predicted high of 70 on Saturday.
No precipitation is in the forecast for the next week, meaning drought is likely to take a tighter grip on the region. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows northern Wichita County in Extreme Drought and the southern part in Severe Drought. All of North Texas is considered in some stage of drought. The half inch of precipitation Wichita Falls received over the weekend helped but not much.
A half inch of snow is included in that total. Area reservoirs remain at adequate levels, but are starting to decline. As of Monday morning, Lake Ar- rowhead was 86 percent full, Lake Kemp was at 85 percent capacity and Lake Kickapoo had fallen to 75 percent. Weather Continued from Page 1A Wichita County reported 468 cases and three deaths Monday, Dec. 27 through Thursday, Dec.
30. A week earlier, it had reported 58 cases and one death. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 22,805 cases and 545 deaths. Young County reported 24 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported nine cases and zero deaths.
Throughout the pandemic it has reported 3,101 cases and 74 deaths. Montague County reported 42 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had report- ed nine cases and one death. Throughout the pan- demic it has reported 3,288 cases and 99 deaths. Clay County reported 14 cases and zero deaths in the latest week.
A week earlier, it had reported eight cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 1,644 cases and 26 deaths. Archer County reported 31 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 15 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandemic it has re- ported 1,398 cases and 24 deaths.
Wilbarger County reported 38 cases and zero deaths in the latest week. A week earlier, it had report- ed 18 cases and zero deaths. Throughout the pandem- ic it has reported 2,591 cases and 72 deaths. Within Texas, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per- person basis were in Loving County with 4,142 cases per 100,000 per week; Hemphill County with and Hays County with 1,073. The Centers for Disease Control says high levels of community transmission begin at 100 cases per 100,000 per week.
Adding the most new cases overall were Harris County, with 36,826 cases; Dallas County, with 8,994 cases; and Tarrant County, with 7,363. Weekly case counts rose in 219 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior pace were in Harris, Dallas and Tarrant counties. Texas ranked 29th among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 66.8% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 73.3%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows.
The and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart. In the week ending Thursday, Texas reported ad- ministering another 593,458 vaccine doses, including 149,965 doses. In the previous week, the state ad- ministered 837,022 vaccine doses, including 197,167 doses. In all, Texas reported it has administered 40,612,073 total doses. Across Texas, cases fell in 25 counties, with the best declines in Hopkins County, with 38 cases from 759 a week earlier; in Wood County, with 34 cases from 222; and in Rains County, with 5 cases from 126.
In Texas, 422 people were reported dead of CO- VID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 245 people were reported dead. A total of 4,588,307 people in Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic be- gan, and 75,744 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 55,114,057 people have tested positive and 826,060 people have died. COVID-19 hospital admissions rising USA TODAY analyzed federal hospital data as of Sunday, Jan.
2. Likely COVID patients admitted in the state: Last week: 13,954 The week before that: 7,862 Four weeks ago: 6,394 Likely COVID patients admitted in the nation: Last week: 146,041 The week before that: 99,270 Four weeks ago: 86,518 Hospitals in 42 states reported more COVID-19 pa- tients than a week earlier, while hospitals in 32 states had more COVID-19 patients in intensive-care beds. Hospitals in 48 states admitted more COVID-19 pa- tients in the latest week than a week prior, the USA TODAY analysis of U.S. Health and Human Services data shows. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the coun- try, generated with data from Johns Hopkins Univer- sity and the Centers for Disease Control.
Residents line up inside Braintree Town Hall during a COVID-19 booster shot clinic in the Massachusetts community Dec. 6, 2021. GREG PATRIOT LEDGER COVID-19 Continued from Page 1A the 1400 block of Bell Street. They found heavy and smoke coming from the front of a house and worked quickly to contain it. Four people and two dogs es- caped.
The American Red Cross was called to assist. Mawson said most of the damage was contained to the front of the house and was started by a candle burning near a window. No injuries were reported. Fire Continued from Page 1A Wichita Falls and police responded to the scene of a house on Bell Street Monday morning. CHRISTOPHER RECORD NEWS Wichita Falls Police arrested a man for sexually as- saulting a woman because he claimed she allowed someone to rape him.
According to allegations made in a probable cause report: were sent to the alleged assault New morning. A woman told them she was physically and sexually assaulted by her boyfriend. She said they had been arguing because he accused her of allowing someone inside the house to rape him. She told them he became aggressive and sexually as- saulted her multiple times. The victim said he poured a bottle of perfume into her mouth and sprayed household cleaner and hair- spray in her face.
She said he told her to go back to the bedroom where he assaulted her again before instructing her to take him to a nearby convenience store down the street. She said when he went into the business, she the scene. Police noted the injuries around her collar- bone, face, and thighs. Police arrested the man and charged him with First Degree Felony Aggravated Sexu- al Assault. His bond was set at $25,000 by a judge.
Police respond to report of assault, both parties allege misconduct Christopher Walker Wichita Falls Times Record News USA TODAY NETWORK TEXAS A shooting over the New weekend landed two people in the hospital and two in jail for aggravated as- sault. According to allegations made in a police Shortly before noon on New Day, were sent to an apartment complex in the 4800 block of Brookdale Drive for a disturbance. Police dispatchers informed the of another call where shots had been at the same location. A man, later as Daeon Weaver, waved them down and told them he had been shot in the but- tocks. Another man said he had been shot in the arm.
Both said the shooter was around the corner in a park- ing lot. The located two men and a woman. The woman was crying. Police one of the men as Andrew Garcia. The woman said she called brother because she had been assaulted by Weaver and he letting her leave the apartment.
Garcia ar- rived with his brother and father. Weaver called a friend to come get him and they had all moved outside to the parking lot. Weaver allegedly assaulted Garcia and father intervened. Weav- er and his friend allegedly assaulted father and Garcia pulled a Glock 9-milimeter handgun from the pocket of his hoodie and started shooting, striking Weaver in the buttock and his companion in the arm. After investigating the scene, police determined Garcia should be arrested and charged him with two counts of Aggravated Assault.
His bond was set at $20,000 by a judge. Weaver and the other shooting victim were taken to the hospital for treatment for their non-life-threatening injuries. Weaver was arrested later and charged with Assault Family Violence-Choking. His bond was set at $25,000 by a judge. Arrest sheds new light on shooting Christopher Walker Wichita Falls Times Record News USA TODAY NETWORK TEXAS.
