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Danny Day Ketchum was born August 1st,1954 in Seguin, TX to Frank and Maud Ester Ketchum.

Danny accepted Christ at an early age. God called him to his Heavenly home on April 24, 2023.

Danny received his formal education in Seguin, Texas graduating from Seguin High School in 1972. Upon graduation, Danny had a desire to serve his country, so he joined the United States Navy. He served two years and was honorably discharged. After his military career, he enjoyed working with seniors in the healthcare industry.

Danny enjoyed fishing and sketching. He was a self-taught handyman, helping out friends with different tasks. He also had a passion for animals by taking in abandoned cats.

Danny was preceded in death by his grandparents, parents, sister Annette, and brother Bill. He leaves to cherish his memory brothers, Frank Edward Ketchum, Dennis Day Ketchum (Monika), sister Janet Ketchum Antwine (Kermit), and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Graveside Service

Monday May 15th, 2023

9:15 am

Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery

1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd. San Antonio, TX 78209

Major Michael Carey Jones, USAF (Ret.), age 75 of McQueeney, passed away on May 5, 2023. Michael was born on April 30, 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama to Ida Jean (Chapman) and Carey Cannon Jones.

Michael enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1966 at the age of eighteen. He was passionate about serving his country and always shared with his family that it was the best decision he ever made.

During his twenty-seven active years in the USAF, he held numerous positions. As an airman, Michael served in the Vietnam war and later went back to school and received his bachelor’s degree from Culver Stockton College in 1977 where he was also a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He became an officer in the USAF working his way through the ranks to Major, ending his military career as the Director of Aerospace Maintenance, when he retired in 1993. Michael also volunteered to go to Desert Storm and didn’t tell his family he volunteered, until he was safely back home.

Michael never stopped working. He went on to hold positions as the director of the Texas Criminal Justice’s Parole Division Training, as well as a probation officer in Burnet County, creating a robust GED program, which helped countless men and women onto a road to a brighter future. He had a brief stent at the Emergency Management Division, as a Critical Infrastructure Analyst. He also worked at the Texas Lottery Commission in many roles, until his final retirement, in 2021. He would always joke that he was going to be a 90-yearold door greeter at Walmart because he always liked to stay busy. Of all positions held, he exceled as a husband, brother, dad, and poppy, in which he made each family member feel like they were the most important person in his life.

Michael is preceded in death by Celeste Wright (Grandmother), Ida Jean Chapman (Mother), and Carey Cannon Jones (Father).

Survivors include his loving wife of 33 years, Sharon Jones; daughters, Melissa Byers, Heather York, son in-laws Michael Byers, Leslie York, and six grandchildren, Camryn Byers, Daron York, Kennedy Byers, Kaylin York, Kierra York, and Colby Byers. Gregg Merrell (brother), Paula Merrell (sister in-law), Cynthia Mims (sister), Gene Mims (brother in-law), Rusty Merrell (brother), Diann Merrell (sister in-law), and nieces and nephews, Tommy, David, Abigail, JoAnna, Niccole, Lauren, Ben, Jacob and numerous great nieces and nephews. As well as countless friendships made along the way.

Visitation will be held on Sunday May 14, 2023, from 2 – 4 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary. Graveside services and interment with full military honors will be held Monday, May 15th, 2023, at 2:15 p.m. at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with Chaplain Tom Jones officiating.

Memorial contributions may be made In Michael’s name to the New Braunfels Food Bank, 1620 S. Seguin, New Braunfels, Texas 78130.

You may sign the guest book at www.treshewell.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Tres Hewell Mortuary, 165 Tor Dr., Seguin, Texas, 78155, 830-549-5912.

Texas Preps For

Expected Migrant Surge

(Austin, TX) -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott says he’s deploying another national guard unit to the border for this week’s end of Title-42. The public health rule has been used to expedite deportations and, without it, there are worries about a surge of illegal immigration. The governor says the Texas Tactical Border Force will focus on stopping asylum-seekers from crossing illegally into the country. The Biden Administration estimates that 13-thousand people will come across the border illegally on a daily basis once Title 42 expires on Thursday.

New Guidance

Suggests Women In 40s Begin Breast Cancer Screening

(Washington, DC) -- New guidance says most women should begin screening for breast cancer at 40. The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force, a group that guides insurance policies with its decisions, says women with average risk should be screened every other year between ages 40 and 74. Before, task force recommendations suggested women should begin screening at 50 unless they had higher risk factors. But with higher rates of breast cancer among women in their 40s, the last task force chair said there’s more value in screening at younger ages.

Rubio Wants No More Subsidies For Junk Food (Washington, DC) -- Senator Marco Rubio wants to make sure Americans no longer subsidize unhealthy eating habits. The Florida Republican wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that he wants to make sure food stamps, or SNAP benefits, can’t be used on soda and prepared desserts. He says this will reorient the program toward healthy foods like milk and pure fruit juice. Rubio estimates more than 20 percent of SNAP benefits are spent on junk food, and that will cost taxpayers 240 billion dollars over the next decade. He also writes it’s immoral, irresponsible and reprehensible that SNAP plays a role in spreading diabetes and obesity.

Medical Care Company Settles False Billing Claims

(Seattle, WA) -- A healthcare company that does business in several states has settled with the federal government over false billing claims. The U.S. Attorney in Seattle says United Wound Healing will pay 292-thousand dollars to resolve the case. They are not admitting wrongdoing. The company does business in Washington, Oregon, Utah, and Idaho. They work at long-term care facilities and provide specialized treatment to patients with a variety of wounds. If the patient received care for another medical problem the same day as they were seen by United Wound Healing, Medicaid and Medicare are not supposed to be billed.

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