By DAVID YATES Discovery is still ongoing in a suit brought by an area contractor company alleging it was not paid for construction work at a church. Capitol Crew filed a lawsuit Oct. 21 in Jefferson County District Court against True Vine Missionary Baptist Church of Port Arthur, Michael L.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a reprint of a story first appearing in the Record on June 17, 2013. The reprint clarifies the defendant as Quality Medical Equipment and Supply of Beaumont, not to be confused with Monroe's Quality Medical of Groves. There is no listing for a Quality Medical in Beaumont, but Great American Medical Supply Co. and American Home Medical Supply are located at 65 N. 11th St., the
CommunityBank of Texas has filed suit against Sabine resident David Truax, alleging he has defaulted on a loan with an outstanding balance of more than $24,000.
"Superlawyer," "legend," "humanitarian," "business man," "philanthropist" -- these were the words Lamar University President James Simmons used to describe Beaumont attorney Walter Umphrey at a ceremony honoring Umphrey with an endowed scholarship in his name.
Beaumont attorney Ray Moore, right, and his wife, Mary, were present for the formal renaming of Lamar University's music department as The Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music. The founder of one of Beaumont's most successful law firms and his wife have made a major contribution to Lamar University.