Digger and Ellis Funeral Home

Ellis Funeral Home may have turned sixty this year, but its real history started in 1939 when Frank Harrison Ellis, Sr., died, and Frank, Jr., the oldest of the family’s three children was hired by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in Amarillo so he could help out with...

For God and Country

It used to be called Decoration Day, but Memorial Day is still a day of remembering and honoring those who served our country as a member of our armed forces. Every Memorial Day since 1998, the Bailey County Cemetery Board has organized a service to do just that at...

We Buried Perla Today

I lost a dear friend, or should I say member of the family, this week when Perla Cat was killed by two roaming dogs. She didn’t stand a chance; sixteen years old, victim of a stroke, barely weighed four and a half pounds, and trusting of dogs. It was over in the blink...

Mammillaria Spinosissima

I bought this plant last year, maybe two years ago, to rescue it from the too-small pot from which offshoots were pushing their little heads up in search of room to grow. So I brought it home, repotted it, and the new crowns were relieved and happy and grew. This year...

Chamber Banquet a Rousing Success

If you missed the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce 2019 Banquet last Saturday night, May, 4th, you missed a golden opportunity to enjoy a wonderful meal, visit with friends and make new ones, honor Muleshoe citizens who were recognized for their commitment to our...