Judge Minter

Funeral services for Judge Joe Minter, age 78, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 7, 2010, at First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Fred Lewis, Rev. Henry Suchie, Rev. LaVelle Hendricks and Rep. Mark Homer officiating. Interment will follow at Pickton Cemetery, with Coy Johnson, Tommy Allison, Clyde Browning, John Hipkins, Joe Reid Scott and Stacy Loyless serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Sulphur Springs Country Club golf buddies, Hopkins County Military Coalition, Single Action Shooters Society, V.F.W. , Scott Ferguson, Rep. Mark Homer and Dr. Charles Jones. Visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, August 6, 2010 at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
Judge Joe Minter passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at his residence. He was born in Pickton on March 28, 1932, the son of Joseph A. Minter and Idabell (Templeton) Minter. He married Dorothy J. Wright in Deport, on August 1, 1953; she survives. Judge Joe Minter was a retired county judge. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He was affiliated with the following organizations: Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Order of the Red Rose (honor society for university professors), Who's Who, as school administrator and university professor, National Retired Teachers' Association, Ark-La-Tech Council of Government, Northeast Texas Railroad Board, Hopkins County Historical Society Board of Directors, Farmers' Union, American Legion and V.F.W. He served as co-chairman of Hopkins County Memorial. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs. Judge Minter was a Fulbright Scholar. He reorganized the Meal-A-Day program. He organized the Veteran's Coalition Honor Guard for deceased veterans and he was instrumental in reorganizing rural rail service for Hopkins, Franklin, Titus and Hunt Counties.
Other survivors include: daughter, Kay Hart and husband, Richard, of Snellville, Georgia; two sons, David Minter and wife, Sherry, of Richmond, Virginia, John Minter of Williamsburg, Virginia; sister, Barbara Minter Shields of Grapevine; brother, Thomas M. Minter of Rowlette; grandchildren, Steve Minter, Paul Minter, Michael Minter and John M. Minter, David Hart and Sam Hart; great-grandchild, Joseph Aaron Minter; brother-in-law, Leroy Wright and wife, Shirley of Terrell; sister-in-law, Mildred Rogers of Paris; brother-in-law, James Roushey of Mesquite; special caregiver, Lisa Flecker; numerous nieces and nephews and countless special friends.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Ann Pleasant and Sally Roushey. Memorials may be made to Meal-A-Day.