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rally pirit niss EAST TEXAS FUNERALS Saturday Services Set For Carolyn M. Myers LIBERTY CITY Graveside services for Carolyn McAdams Myers, 62, Liberty City, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Danville Cemetery the Rev. Charlotte Austin officiating. Arrangements are with Rader Funeral Home, Kilgore.
Mrs. Myers died Oct. 25, 2006. She was born June 8, 1944, in Del Rio to the late M.L. and Etau Farrar McAdams.
She lived in the Kilgore area most of her life and Elmer Roy Slaton Graveside services for Elmer Roy Slaton, 78, Tyler, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, at Lindale City Cemetery Pastor Danny Barnett officiating under direction of Hilliard Funeral Home, Van. Mr. Slaton died Oct. 25, 2006, Tyler.
He was born April 19, 1928, in Lindale to the late Buddy Tasker and Mable Claire Harrington Slaton. He was a lifelong resident of Smith County and retired as a truck driver from city of Tyler. He was a Pentecostal. He was preceded in death by brothers, Melton and Willie Slaton. Survivors include sons, Roy Slaton, Lindale, and Eddie Slaton, Cumby; daughter, Carolyn Barnett, Tyler; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. W. 'Bill' McBeath GRAND SALINE Services for William "Bill" James McBeath, 77, Grand Saline, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at Main Street Baptist Church, Grand Saline, with Brothers Billy Daniels, Bob Roberts and Eddie Paul Stanley Officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery under direction Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline.
Mr. McBeath died Oct. 26, 2006, in a Tyler hospital. He was born July 10, 1929, in Crowell to the late Parlin and Winnie Morgan McBeath. He served in the Navy during World War I1, lived in Grand Saline since 1971, and was a farmer.
He was a member of Main Street Baptist Church and active in Grand Saline Youth Foundation. Survivors include wife, Martha McBeath, 1 Grand Saline; sons, Scott Martin, 'Atlanta, and Chris McBeath, Grand Saline; daughters, Tara Davis, Grand Saline, and Kim Iske, Grapeland; brothers, Allen McBeath, Springtown, and' Arnold McBeath, Alvarado; sister, Pauline Stanley, Midlothian; and six grandchildren. Pallbearers are Edward Bailey, James Giles, Wylie Garland, Mike Rogers, Michael Koonce and Benny Hollowell. Honorary pallbearers are Bascom Lovett, Jerry Campbell, Jerry Dickerson and Billy Wayne Smith. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m.
Saturday at the funeral home. If desired, memorials may be made to Grand Saline ISD Girls Softball Program. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. Wynema Liedy Scott OVERTON Services for Wynema Carol Liedy Scott, 68, Overton, are set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Scott's Memorial CME Church, Overton, with the Revs.
Peggy Taylor, Alvin Mayfield, Barry Spencer, Theodore Green and Minister, Roger McAllister officiating. Burial will be in Liberty Cemetery, Arp, under direction of Southern Funeral Home, Henderson. Mrs. Scott died Oct. 23, 2006, at her residence.
She was born Dec. 3, 1938, in Overton to the late Hubert and Maudie Liedy. She lived most of her life in Rusk County and attended New London Elementary School, C.B. Dansby High School and Texas College. She worked in secretarial administration and was a member of Scott's Memorial CME Church.
'She was preceded in death by one sister, two brothers and two nephews. Survivors include son, Everett Reshard Scott, Fort Worth; sisters, Frankie Ferguson, New London, Alma R. Jackson, Wanda Fay Liedy and Marva Lynne Leonard, all of Fort Worth; brother, the Rev. Hubert Liedy Beaumont; nieces, nephews and other relatives. Pallbearers are Martin Thomas Randy C.
Thomas, Rory A. Thomas, Michael D. Liedy Patrick Liedy, Alexander B. Liedy and Stanley Gaines. Honorary pallbearers 'are A.J.
Starks, Forrest Anderson, Sharrian Lacy, Bernell McDuffie, Travis Duncan Adrian Goodacre, Jerry Luster and Charles Dennis. Visitation will be 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries.
William R. Chapman GILMER Memorial services for William Robert Chapman, 88, Gilmer, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Croley Funeral Home chapel, Gilmer, with Jeff Procter officiating. Mr. Chapman died Oct.
25, 2006, in Longview. He was born Dec. 22, 1917, in Ennis to the late James Melton and Mary Weverka Chapman. He served in the Army during World War II and was custodian for Gilmer Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Vivian I.
Moser Chapman, on Dec. 30, 2000; brothers, Jack Vernon Chapman, James Campbell Chapman, Johnny Chapman and Shirley Kent Chapman; and sisters, lone Chapman Morrow, Mary Francis Chapman Rackley and Catherine Elizabeth Chapman Ferguson. Survivors include son, Gary Chapman, Daingerfield; daughter, LuAnne Feinstein, White Bluff, one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. CANTON Services for Kathleen Wann Travis, 93, Canton, are scheduled for 1 p.m.
Saturday at Eubank Funeral Home Canton, with the Rev. Don Childress officiating. Burial will be in Haven of Memories Memorial Park, Canton. Mrs. Travis died Oct.
25, 2006, in Canton. She was born Jan. 18, 1913, in Waxahachie to the late Albert Lawrence and Martha Ethel Dixon Wann. She moved to Canton in 1930 and was a seamstress and worked Malouf Manufacturing for 18 years. p.
Baptist She was Church, a Canton, member of and First The Gleaners Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her husband, J.R. Travis. Survivors sons, Don Lamar Travis and John Travis, both of Canton; sisters, Laree Morris, Modesto, and Bennie Graham, Grand Prairie; two grandchildren; and two Family great grandchildren. friends 6-8 p.m.
Friday at the funeral home. Kathleen Travis Lewis A. Pettigrew CHANDLER Services for Lewis A. "Pig" Pettigrew, 48, Chandler, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Faith Tabernacle Church of Deliverance, Chandler, with Elder Malachi Michaeux: officiating.
Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery, Whitehouse, direction of John R. Harmon Undertaking Tyler. Mr. Pettigrew died Oct. 20, 2006, at his residence.
He was born July 21, 1958, in Whitehouse and attended Whitehouse and Brownsboro high schools. He lived in Henderson County since 1973, was a PETTIGREW laborer and a mem- PETTIGREW ber of Faith Tabernacle Church of Deliverance. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife, Shelia Johnson, Redland; sons, Glenn West, Athens, and Frankie Day, Chandler; stepdaughter, Sherita Johnson, Redland; brother, James Lee Pettigrew, Chandler; and sister, Bobbie J. Pettigrew, Chandler.
Pallbearers are Joseph Coleman, Jimmie Coleman, Spencer Montgomery, Andrew Shaw, Brian Bell and Cody Williams. Honorary pallbearers are Glenn West, Frankie Day. Glenn Scott Jeremy Giddeon, Lonnie Frater and Lee L. Pettigrew. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries.
Bernice Lacy Osborne HENDERSON Services for Bernice Lacy Osborne, 73, Big Spring community near Henderson, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Big Springs Baptist Church with the Revs. J.B. Williams, E.R. Starling and Rufus Pollard officiating.
Burial will be in Big Spring Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home, Henderson. Mrs. Osborne died Oct: 22, 2006, in a Henderson hospital. She was born July 11, 1933, in Big Spring to the late Tom and Brazlia Lacy. She attended Rusk County public schools and was an electronic assembly worker.
After retiring, she lived in California prior to moving back to Henderson. She was a Baptist and served as an usher for many years. She was preceded I in death by sisters, Katherine Lacy, Josie Neal and Bobbie Love, and brothers, Travis Lacy and Steve Lacy. Survivors include husband, Emmitt Osborne, Henderson; stepson, Bryant Pete, California; daughter, stepdaughter, Vanessa Hillary, California; sisters, Lovie Pollard, Henderson, Bertha Lacy, Dollie Lacy and Merlene Sweeney, all of California; four stepgrandchildren; nieces, nephews and other relatives. Pallbearers are 'Patrick Pollard, Roderick Pollard, Philip Osborne, Dennis Jordan, Willie H.
Petty, James Jordan Jr. and Michael Lewis. Honorary pallbearers are Albert Lary Willie Stewart, Robert Petty, James Jordan Archie Lee Jordan and Harold Blaine. Family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. Judith Castro WHITEHOUSE Mass for Judith Guadalupe Castro, infant daughter of Fermin and Margarita Castro, Whitehouse, will be celebrated 2 p.m. Friday at Prince of Peace Catholic Church with the Rev. Dan Daugherty officiating. Burial will be in Whitehouse Cemetery under direction of Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Directors, Tyler.
The infant was born and died Oct. 25, 2006, in Tyler. In addition to her parents, survivors include brother, Julio Castro, Whitehouse; sister, Aracely Castro, Whitehouse; grandparents, Lorenza Noyola, Whitehouse, Fermin and Rosa Castro, Mexico; aunts, uncles and other relatives. If desired, memorials may be made to Prince of Peace Catholic Church, P.O. Box 456, Whitehouse, 75791.
To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. Mary Seafers Cooper PALESTINE Graveside services for Mary Isabel Seafers Cooper, 94, Palestine, are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Chapel of the Air, Land of Memory Cemetery, under direction of of Memory Funeral Home, Palestine. Mrs. Cooper died Oct.
26, 2006, at her residence. She was born June 16, 1912, in Port Arthur to the late Charles Fredrick and Mary Isabel Neal Seafers. She was a homemaker and member of First Christian Church, Daughters of the American Revolution and Palestine Study Club. She was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice Carlton Cooper in July 2006; son, Maurice C. Cooper in April 1992; brother, Fredrick Seafers; and sisters, Lora May Bussy and Muriel Gillam.
Survivors include nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends 2-3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. If desired, memorials may be made to First Christian Church, 113 E. Crawford, Palestine, 75801.
To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. Chapel Mausoleum Feds Investigate Possible Los Alamos Lab Breach received her bachelor's degree from Stephen Austin State University. She taught at Ore City, Gilmer and Laneville and retired from Crisman School in Longview. Survivors include son, Bruner, Longview; daughter, Donna, Czymarek, Liberty City; sister, Judy dren; great-grandson; and one Tomlin, Liberty, City; five grandchilnephew. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m.
Friday at the funeral home. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. James Henderson HENDER- Services for James Henderson, 62, Tyler, are scheduled for d. p.m. Saturday at El Bethel Baptist Church No.
1, Overton, with the Rev. Billy Hinton officiating. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery under direction of John R. Harmon Undertaking Tyler. Mr.
Henderson died Oct. 17, 2006, in Houston. He was born March 24, 1944, in Cass County. He graduated from Dunbar High School and received his bachelor's degree from Texas College. He lived in Smith HENDER- County for 40 years SON and was production foreman for Atlantic Richfield Oil and a member of El Bethel Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his father, wife and one brother. Survivors include son, Jermaine Henderson, Tyler; daughter, Darneka Henderson, Dallas; Mary Henderson, Texarkana; brothers, Nadell Henderson, Texarkana, Robert Henderson and Otis Henderson, Texarkana; sister, Faye Henderson, Houston; and two grandchildren. Pallbearers are George Haskin, Goodin, Danny Foster, Roderick Johnson, Virgil Brown and Charles Jessie. Honorary pallbearers are Charles Coleman, Virgil Bursey, Robert S. Scott and Andre Henderson.
A Family will receive friends 6:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. Algie Lee Hatton OPELIKA Services for Algie Lee Hatton, 81, Opelika, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Hope Community Church, Opelika, with W.M.
Compton officiating. Burial will be in Red Hill Cemetery, Opelika, under direction of Chandler Memorial Funeral Home, Chandler. Mr. Hatton died Oct. 26, 2006, at a Tyler hospice.
He was born April 25, 1925, in Opelika and attended school in Brownsboro. He served in the Marine Corps during World War Il and was a welder and a member of Assembly of God. He lived in Dallas for 52 yearsand in Opelika for 29 years. Survivors include his wife, LaFawn Anthony Hatton; daughters, Connie Patrick, Myra Hatton and Jana Hatton; brother, Fred Hatton; sisters, Fayrene Dobson, Bonnie Jo Henrikson and Cleo Brand; and two grandchildren. Pallbearers are John Brashear, Ricky Crawford, Ray Seagroves, Brian Hatton, Kevin Brand and Dennis Brand.
Honorary pallbearers are Shaun Hatton, Mike Barnett and Ernie Laedtke. Family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. Terry Arnold Webb ATHENS Services for Terry Arnold Webb, 53, are scheduled for 1 p.m.
Saturday, at CarrollLehr Funeral Home chapel, Athens, with the Revs. Lynn Stroud and Joe Warren officiating. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Webb died Oct.
25, 2006, at her residence. She was born Nov. 24, 1952, in Athens. She graduated from Athens High School and Trinity Valley Community College School of Nursing. She was a licensed vocational nurse and worked in.
hospitals and nursing homes, as well as private-duty nursing. She was preceded in death by her father, Harold Arnold; brother, Steve Arnold; and grandparents, Wesley and Gibbs, Ray and Nora Arnold. Survivors include her husband, Roy Dennis Webb, Athens; daughters, Carley Elizabeth Norton, Dallas, and Amanda Catherine Adams, Athens; mother and stepfather, Ann Gibbs and Herman Rogers, Athens; brother, Andy Arnold, Brownsboro; sister, Kelly Fitzgerald, Montalba; stepbrothers, Mike Rogers and Buddy Rogers, both of Athens; stepsisters, Marchele Sisson, Wills Point, and Connie Hamilton, Paris; six grandchildren; nieces, nephews and other relatives. Pallbearers are Jason Murray, Joey Fitzgerald, Darby Fitzgerald, Brian Norton, Kaylon Robinson and Michael Rogers. Honorary pallbearers are Barry Boyd and John Campbell.
Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. Doris Moore MONTALBA Graveside services for Doris Moore, 62, Montalba, are scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday at Rock Church with the Rev.
Lynn Stroud officiating. Burial will be in Rock Church Cemetery under direction of Bailey Foster Funeral Home, Palestine. Mrs. Moore died Oct. 26, 2006, in an Elkhart nursing home.
To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. Lieutenant Session RUSK Services for Lieutenant Session, 97, Rusk, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodville CME Church with the Rev. Joe Radford officiating.
Burial will be in Session Cemetery under direction of Funeral Home, Jacksonville. Mr. Session died Oct. 21, 2006; in a local nursing home. He was born May 5, 1909, in Rusk, and lived in Cherokee County most of his life.
He attended Woodville schools and was a farmer and a member of Woodville CME Church. He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother. Survivors include his wife, Pearline B. Session, Laneville; son, John R. Session, Amarillo; daughters, Marie Johnson, Tyler, Jessie L.
Matters, Port Arthur, and Ruby Robinson, Jacksonville; brothers, Lester Session and R.L. Session, both of Rusk; sisters, Jewel Jordan, Mildred Griffith Griffith, all of Rusk; 26 grandchildren; greatgrandchildren; and 30 great-greatgrandchildren. Pallbearers include Joe Phillips, John D. Griffith, Melvin Session and Jack Session. Honorary pallbearers are Tracy Session, Norman Jordan, Robert Session, Charles Roy Walker and Robin Devereaux.
Viewing will be 8 a.m.-7 p.m. and family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. Joe K.
Clark OAKWOOD Services for Joe K. Clark, 80, Oakwood, are scheduled for. 1 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Baptist Church with the Revs. Richard Dahlgren and Jack Smith Jr.
officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood City Cemetery under direction of Bailey Foster Funeral Home, Palestine. Mr. Clark died Oct. 25, 2006, at a Palestine hospice.
He was born April 8, '1926, in Pauls Valley, to the late John Mathis and Ada Malinda Kaufman Clark. He served in the Navy during World War Il and was a building superintendent and a. member of Memorial Baptist Church, Oakwood. He was preceded in death by three sisters and five brothers. Survivors include his wife, Norma Clark, Oakwood; daughter, Carolyn Rinehart, Newcastle, son, Little Joe Clark, Longview; four grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.
Pallbearers are Mickey Richmond, Rodger Rinehart, Max Rinehart, Wayne Rinehart, Drew Wilbanks and Jerry Wilbanks Jr. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. B.
Herbert Greer GLADEWATER Services for B. Herbert Greer, 77, Gladewater, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Croley Funeral Home chapel, Gladewater, with the Rev. Rodger Garbs officiating. Burial is scheduled for 4 p.m.
at Rusk County Memorial Gardens, Henderson. Mr. Greer died Oct. 26, 2006, in a Tyler hospital. He was born April 13, 1929, in Eagle Nest, to the late Bernice "Jack" and Ethel Cox Greer.
He attended Union Grove schools and Gaston High School in Joinerville. He moved to Midland to work for General American Oil Co. in the oil field and was transferred to Rusk County, where he was welder for General American in Gladewater. He was a 32nd-degree Mason, a member of First United Methodist Church, Gladewater, and Creative Christians, and was preceded in death by sister, Irene Smart. Survivors include his wife, Geneva Stevens Greer; daughters, Katheryn Lee Wallace, New London, Connie Sue Harkness, Livingston, LaDonna Gail Greer and Geanna Lynn Mount, both Henderson; stepchildren, Trecia Roberts, Austin, Ronnie Stevens and Melesia Stevens, both of Gilmer; sisters, Juanita Birdwell, Nacogdoches, and Janita Bolt, Marshall; seven grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Gerald Griffin, Chris Godfrey and grandsons, James "Beau" Griffin, Jerry Harkness, Ronnie Godfrey and Steve Roberts. Honorary pallbearers are members of 20th Century Class of First United Methodist Church, Melvin Specht and Larry Aaron. Family will receive friends 5-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. If desired, memorials, may be made to Creative Christians, P.O.
Box 1167, Gladewater, 75647. To view online, go to tylerpaper.com and click on obituaries. By DEBORAH BAKER Associated Press Writer Federal security officials and computer experts have been sent to Los Alamos National Laboratory to ensure directives at the nation's premier nuclear weapons lab are being followed in the wake of a possible security breach. The FBI was called in last week after police in northern New Mexico stumbled onto appeared to be classified information from the lab while arresting a man at a mobile home for possession of drug paraphrenalia. The information discovered on computer during a search for evidence of a drug business, said Los Alamos Police Sgt.
Chuck Ney. He said police alerted the FBI to the documents, which appeared to contain classified material. The mobile home's owner, who wasn't home at the time, was listed as a former employee of one of the lab's subcontractors. Linton Brooks, head of the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration, said Wednesday he was sending NSA's chief of defense nuclear security to investigate, along with a team of computer specialists to ensure compliance with department directives at the lab. He said investigators want to find out how the latest possible security breach could occur despite "extraordinary efforts in the last three years to put strong security procedures in place" at Los Alamos and other weapons facilities.
Los Alamos has a history of -profile problems that have highlighted sloppy inventory, control and security failures at the nuclear weapons lab. In 2000, nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee pleaded guilty to one count of mishandling computer files. In 2004, the lab was temporarily shut down after two computer disks were reported missing; it turned out they never existed and it was an inventory error. The lab was put under new management and the Energy Department began moving toward creating a diskless environment to prevent classified material from being carried "We intend to do everything possible to guard against any criminal activity, particularly where a breach of security may be involved," Lab Director Michael Anastasio said. Gov.
Bill Richardson, a former energy secretary in Clinton administration, noted the lab had made efforts to improve security but apparently not enough. "We need to plug the leaks, we need to beef up security," the governor said Wednesday. "This can't keep happening." FBI spokesman Bill Elwell in Albuquerque said the investigation is continuing and that he couldn't talk about the evidence seized from the home or the individuals connected to the case. The woman who owned the mobile home had worked for lab subcontractor Information Assets Management until about two weeks ago. spokeswoman at Information Assets Management would say only that the woman "is not currently employed with us." The company helps organizations shift from paper-based files to electronic systems.
The federal charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material is a misdemeanor that carries. a maximum sentence of a in prison and up to a $100,000 fine. Special Prosecutor Grills Witness In CIA Leak Case WASHINGTON (AP) Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald took on the first witness in the CIA leak case Thursday, dissecting an expert witness until she acknowledged errors and misstatements in her research. Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, hoped the hearing would persuade a judge to let him call a memory expert at his obstruction and perjury trial in January.
At the outset of the procedural hearing, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton indicated that he was not inclined to allow a memory expert to testify at the trial. Still, he allowed Libby's lawyers to present a witness to bolster their claim that memory experts would help in his defense. When it came Fitzgerald's turn, the veteran prosecutor launched into a nearly three-hour cross-examination of the witness psychologist Elizabeth Loftus that had some members of the audience shaking their heads. It was the first public courtroom confrontation between Fitzgerald and Libby's defense team and foreshadowed a contentious trial.
Libby wants to use a memory expert to help argue that, when he made false statements to investigators about his conversations with reporters regarding CIA operative Valerie Plame, it was because of faulty, memory, Prosecutors say he Loftus testified that many jurors don't understand how memory works and how unreliable it can be. Fitzgerald challenged the validity -of memory research. Citing footnotes in her publications, presenting conflicting statements and questioning her methodology, Fitzgerald got Loftus to acknowledge that a statement in one of her research papers was taken out of context and that a figure in one of her books was incorrect. Libby's defense team had no comment after court. Walton did not immediately rule on whether to allow the memory testimony at trial.
He closed the courtroom to continue the debate over how much classified information Libby should be allowed to present at trial. Libby is the only person charged in, the leak case. Plame believes the Bush administration leaked her name to reporters as retribution for her husband's criticism of prewar intelligence on Wild Pigs Eyed As Source Of E. Coli Bacteria In Spinach WASHINGTON (AP) Wild pigs may have spread deadly bacteria onto a California spinach field, sparking an outbreak that killed three people and sickened more than 200 others nationwide, investigators said Thursday. State and federal investigators have narrowed their focus to the ranch, where boar trampled fences that had hemmed in a spinach field.
Samples taken from a wild pig, as well as from stream water and cattle on the ranch, have tested positive for the same strain of E. coli implicated in the outbreak, said Dr. Kevin Reilly of the California Department of Health Services. Investigators continue to look at three other ranches in the areas in seeking the source of the contaminated fresh spinach. "We are not saying this is the source at this point," Reilly said of the ranch.
Reilly told reporters the outbreak appears to be over. It sickened 204 people in 26 states and one Canadian province, he said. Wild pigs are one "real clear vehicle" that could explain how E. FUNERAL HOME CEMETERY MAUSOLELM 903.597.1396 12053 Hwy. 64 West Tyler coli spread from cattle on the ranch to the spinach field less than a mile away, Reilly said.
The pigs could have tracked the bacteria into the field or spread it through their droppings, he said. Investigators also are looking at runoff, flooding, irrigation water, fertilizer and other wildlife, including deer, as possible sources. Investigators first recovered the same strain of bacteria earlier this month from three cattle manure specimens collected on the ranch. On Thursday, Reilly said the strain had been isolated from six other samples collected on the ranch, including from cattle. All Obituaries Now Online Send flowers, gifts and I charitable contributions.
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