Newstory: Presentation at Old Jail, July 31, 2014

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
August 2015
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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX - Friday, August 8, 2014

Presentation at Old Jail

A presentation was held at the old Coke County Jail Thursday 
afternoon, July 31, 2014. Several county citizens were given the stones  
and replicas of the shadow box in honor of John Russel Saul. 
Mr. Saul, grandson of former Coke County Sheriff Sam Russell, was born 
April 16, 1930, on the upper level of the jail,  just a little ways 
from the Colorado River. He passed away near the Colorado River, but 
in Columbus, Texas, on September 1, 2013.
 
The stones were cut from stones used to build the jail in 1907. 
The original stones were gathered by Commissioner Bobby Blaylock and 
given to John Shaddix to be delivered to be crafted by Buddy Hudson.
Attending the presentation were: John Shaddix, Bonita Cartright, 
Wayne McCutchen, Buddy Hudson, Phelan Wrinkle and Bobbie Allen.

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