Gerald Stewart died on Thursday in Houston. He was 84 years outdated.
BEAUMONT, Texas — Household and mates of a beloved longtime band director at Texas faculties are mourning his latest passing.
Gerald Stewart died on Thursday in Houston. He was 84 years outdated.
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Stewart leaves behind one sibling, a brother named Cecil Brent. Brent described his brother as a quiet however well-known musician in Texas, who received his begin in music in Silsbee.
“I’m going to overlook him so very a lot,” Brent stated. “He and I had been the one two boys of my mom. Simply the 2 of us.”
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Brent stated he and Stewart graduated from a Silsbee highschool, and their mom was a principal for the Silsbee Unbiased Faculty District. Nevertheless, the household lived in Beaumont.
Brent stated everybody knew his brother from music. Stewart performed with former Lamar Univeristy president Dr. Jimmy Simmons on a number of events.
Stewart graduated with a bachelors and grasp’s in music from Prairie View A&M College. Afterward, he graduated with a grasp’s diploma from the VanderCook School of Music in Chicago, Illinois.
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Stewart was part of a band named Starship, and Brent stated he was the band’s stage and street supervisor. Starship members which are nonetheless alive are Wilford Mayes, Oliver Lacy, A. C. Guillory, Willie Dougas, Lynn Simon and Cecil Brent.
Brent stated the band performed on the Beaumont Metropolis Auditorium with Betty Wright within the Nineteen Seventies. Additionally they performed on the Truthful Park Coliseum in Dallas.
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Brent stated the band was the warm-up band for quite a lot of main live shows across the Southeast Texas and Houston areas.
Stewarts love of music went past the band. He additionally taught it to others.
Stewart’s first job was on the Liberty Coaching Heart. After leaving there, he turned the band director on the Charlton-Pollard Excessive Faculty.
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Brent stated his brother and the Charlton-Pollard Excessive Faculty Stage Band toured Europe. He stated they had been the primary Black highschool band to play for the Queen in 1975.
After the Charlton-Pollard Excessive Faculty shut down and the Beaumont Charlton-Pollard Excessive Faculty was opened, Stewart turned the band director there.
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As soon as he left Beaumont Charlton Pollard, he turned the band director at M. B. Smiley Excessive Faculty in Houston. He retired from the Houston faculty.
The mascot for the M.B. Smiley Excessive Faculty is the eagles. Brent stated his brother is now, “hovering to a greater place in music.”
Brent stated his brother’s former college students had been shocked to be taught of his passing. They advised Brent that Stewart was, “gone however not forgotten.” Many shall be on the funeral.
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Lynn Simon shall be in cost the music on the funeral. Simon and Stewart performed collectively for years.
The funeral and viewing are open to public. “The maestro is gone,” shall be on Stewart’s gravestone and program on the funeral.
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Funeral companies for Stewart shall be held on Saturday, April 30 at 10 a.m. on the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. The church is positioned on 1175 Isle Road.
A viewing shall be held from midday to five p.m. on Friday on the Mercy Funeral residence. The funeral house is positioned on 1395 Gladys Road.
Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven scoreless innings, Dustin Harris had a homer and two-run double in his second MLB game, and the defending champion Texas Rangers closed out their season with an 8-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
Nathaniel Lowe also homered, and Josh Smith drove in two runs for the Rangers, who were eliminated from postseason contention on Sept. 20. Texas finished the season with its first sweep of a three-game series since late August against the Chicago White Sox.
The Rangers finished 78-84, one season after going 90-72 and charging through the postseason on the way to their first World Series title in franchise history.
Angels rookie starter Jack Kochanowicz (2-6) gave up three runs on six hits over seven innings in the 11th start of his career after making his big league debut July 11. The Angels finished with the most losses in franchise history at 63-99 after going 73-89 last season.
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Texas scored first when Lowe hit a leadoff double to center in the fourth and Jonah Heim knocked him in one batter later with a single to left.
Harris delivered a two-run double in the seventh inning to right field on his first career hit for a 3-0 lead.
The Angels nearly broke through in the seventh, but Matt Thaiss was thrown out at home by Rangers left fielder Wyatt Langford. Thaiss was trying to score from second on a single by Michael Stefanic.
In the eighth inning, Langford led off with a single before Lowe homered to right, his 16th of the season, for a 5-0 advantage. Lowe had five hits and five RBIs over the last two games of the season.
Harris’ first career home run, in the ninth inning off Roansy Contreras, just cleared the wall in right field. Smith added a two-run double later in the inning off Contreras.
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Eovaldi (12-8) gave up four hits over seven innings, with a walk and five strikeouts. Jose Leclerc pitched a scoreless eighth inning with two strikeouts, and David Robertson handled the ninth inning, closing out the 12th shutout of the season for Texas.
The Angels drew a crowd of 35,145 for the season finale and finished the season at 2,577,597, slightly down from their total attendance of 2,640,575 in 2023.
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A Texas state trooper died Saturday, more than a week after he was struck by a vehicle, authorities said.
“Today is a very somber day, as our hearts weigh heavy in reporting the tragic death of Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Ramirez Vasquez,” a regional director said in a statement shared by the Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association.
Ramirez Vasquez, 25, was investigating a crash along State Highway 302 about 9 a.m. September 17 when he was struck by a vehicle. He was taken to Medical Center Hospital in Odessa then airlifted to Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock.
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He died Saturday with his family by his side, according to the statement
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Ramirez Vasquez was a U.S. Army veteran and serving in the U.S. National Guard. He joined DPS last year and was stationed in Odessa.
“There are no words to ease the loss of one of our brothers in uniform,” DPS Director Steven McCraw said in a news release. “Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Alexis Ramirez Vasquez served this state honorably to his very last breath. His commitment to keeping the roads safe, protecting the people of Texas and the sacrifice he made will never be forgotten.”
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Ramirez Vasquez is survived by his parents and three siblings.
DPS Troopers Foundation is collecting donations through HelpAHero.com.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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ANAHEIM — Few Texas Rangers prospects in recent memory arrived with higher expectations than Wyatt Langford.
The Rangers 2023 No. 4 overall pick hasn’t disappointed, especially in the second half of the season. And most notably, he has steadily progressed into the type of hitter the organization envisioned during a torrid final month of the season.
In fact, few Rangers have put together a better month than the 22-year-old Langford.
He added to it again Saturday in the Rangers’ 9-8 comeback win over the Los Angeles Angels at Angels Stadium. He hit his fourth homer in the past six games. Nine of his 16 homers have come in his past 30 games.
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Langford is the first Rangers player with 22 or more runs, seven or more home runs, 19 or more RBI, and six or more stolen bases in a month.
Only four MLB rookies had previously posted similar totals in a single month, including Nomar Garciaparra (August 1997), Mike Trout (July and August 2012), Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr. (August 2018), and Arizona’s Corbin Carroll (June 2023).
After falling behind 7-1 in the third, the Rangers added runs in the fourth and sixth before scoring twice in the eighth and four in the ninth to finish their largest comeback win of the season. The previous largest rally was five runs in their home finale on Sunday.
Sep 28, 2024; Anaheim, California, USA; Texas Rangers starting pitcher Andrew Heaney (44) pitches during the first inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images / Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images
It was arguably Andrew Heaney’s worst start of the season, but he’ll be celebrating anyway. Heaney, the Rangers most durable starting pitcher with a team and career-high 31 starts in 2024, was charged with a season-high seven runs on a career-tying high 10 hits in four innings and dropped to 5-15 with the loss. Heaney, 33, however, earned a $1.5 million incentive bonus by reaching 160 innings pitched. He started the game with 156.
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Sep 27, 2024; Anaheim, California, USA; Texas Rangers right fielder Adolis Garcia (53) is greeted by third base coach Tony Beasley (27) after hitting a solo home run against the Los Angeles Angels. during the first inning at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images / Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images
Adolis García, who hit his 25th home run in Friday’s win, left Saturday’s game after running out a groundout in the sixth inning. García came up limping on his left knee, which has been bothering him of late.
Garcia is the seventh player in Rangers history with four or more 25-homer seasons. He’s the fourth Rangers player with 25 or more homers in at least four consecutive seasons. He joins Juan Gonzalez (5, 1995-99), Rafael Palmeiro (5, 1999-2003), and Mark Teixeira (4, 2003-06). García is
one of five 5 American League players with 25 or more homers in the past four seasons, joining Houston’s Yordan Alvarez, Boston’s Rafael Devers, Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and the New Yor Yankees’s Aaron Judge.
Sep 17, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim (left) talks with starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi (right) during the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images / Jerome Miron-Imagn Images
Rangers right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (11-8, 3.96) faces Angels right-hander Jack Kochanowicz (2-5, 4.01) in the season finale at 2:07 p.m. Sunday.
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