Speakers and Subject Matter
from June 2002 - Present
**Brown Bag logo courtesy of Mr. Jim West.
Brown Bag Speakers and Subject Matter
June 2002 March 2004
Ms. Steavy Jakubik Ennis Czech Heritage
Mr. Mike McMinn Waxahachie Cotton Industry
Ms. Joanna Dunn Ferris Ferris Brick Manufacturing
Mr. Horace Bratcher Waxahachie Horse Sense
Mr. Wilbur Stephenson Midlothian Hawkins Spring
Mr. John Percival Ennis HT&C & Ellis County Railroads
Ms. Jimmie Faye Bynum & Ms. Ann Bynum Red Oak, Maypearl - Ellis County Rodeo Arena
Mr. Bill Pitts Waxahachie Downtown Waxahachie
Ms. Mattie Borders - Waxahachie Oak Lawn School
Ms. Sugar Glaspy Ennis "Malinda and her Men"
Ms. Reeda Peel Ennis 10,000 Years of Ellis County Pre-history
Ms. Mary Ellen Dale Waxahachie Early Days of Teaching in Waxahachie
Ms. Jenny Kellum Red Oak - A Familys Role in Early Texas and Ellis County History
Ms. Virginia Duff Ferris Texas State Legislator
Dr. Jack Kelly Waxahachie Veterinary Medicine of the 40s & 50s
Mr. Bruce Webb Waxahachie Fraternal Organizations
Mr. Roy & Ms. Jeanette Burks, Mr. Weindell Stiles, Ms. Jean Heffernan Waxahachie, Maypearl, Waxahachie - "Birds of Ellis County"
Mr. Warren Culbertson Waxahachie Weather, Technology, and Television
Lois Hacker, Elizabeth Sims, Mattie Matthews, and Helen Smith - Waxahachie - Nursing in Waxahachie
Mr. Alton Adams - Rockett - Farming in Ellis County
Mr. Jack Sparkman - Bristol - "Let Me Tell You About Bristol"
Ms. Shirley Campbell - Midlothian - Native Texas and Ellis County plants
September 2009 - Present
Ms. Shirley Williams - Ina Bess Lumpkins, Ellis County Artist, September 2009
Ms. Marietta Allen - The Ferris Brick Company, October 2009
Mr. George Weatherly - Trench Art - The Overlooked Folk Art, January 2010
Mr. Edward Burleson - A History of Burleson Honey, February 2010
Mr. Bill Abbott - The history of the town of Oak and Oak Branch, March 2010
Mr. Jim Chapman - Restoration of the M-K-T Depot, April 2010
Mr. Larry Felty - "Folk Art Constructions," September 2010
Mr. Chad Hicks - The Calaboose and Wyatt Real Estate Office, October 2010
Ms. Nancy Cannaday - "Bonnie & Clyde," January 2011
Mr. Mark Singleton - The History of Citizens National Bank, February 2011
Mr. Billy Ray Hancock - "The Evolution of Richards Park," March 2011
Ms. Anita Williamson - "Waxahachie Main Street Program: A Brief History," April 2011
Dr. Tommy Stringer - "The Pearce Museum at Navarro College," September 2011
Ms. Ellen Beasley - "Discovering Historic East Waxahachie," October 2011
Ms. Glinda Felty & Ms. Chris Bhore - "The Hawkins Street Family of Waxahachie," January 2012
Ms. Karen Kay Esberger - "Some History of Midlothian - Founding through the early 1900s," February 2012
Mr. Keith Roberts - "The Inner Workings of the Ellis County Courthouse," March 2012
Ms. Sugar Glaspy - "Miss Emily's Diary: A Pioneer Woman in Navarro and Ellis Counties," September 2012
Mr. Ken Roberts - "KBEC Radio, Waxahachie, Texas," October 2012
Ms. Elmerine Bell - "We Still Hear His Voice" - The Tenure of Professor W. H. Stafford in the Italy Public Schools, November 2012
Ms. Peggy Crabtree - "Hard Times on Hawkins Street and Other Family Stories of Early Ellis County," January 2013
Mr. Bruce Webb - "Fraternal Organizations of Waxahachie," February 2013
Mr. David Price - "Sims Library in the 21st Century," March 2013
Don Locke, D.D.S. - "The Supper Quilt," April 2013
Wendel Dickason - "Base Ball in
the 1860s," September 2013
George Cole The Waxahachie Powder Mill, October 2013
Scott Green - "General Edward H. Tarrant," January 2014
Elmerine Bell - "The Remnants of St. Mary Cemetery," February 2014
Jim Templin - "Ennis History," March 2014
Rusty Brenner - "Texas Cemetery Restoration," April 2014
Clyde Melick - "The Growth of Waxahachie," September 2014
David Smith - "Cattle Drives of Texas," October 2014
Jim West - Nature Photographer, January 2015
Karen Carreon - "Ferris, Texas," February 2015
Sharan Farmer - "Bardwell, Texas," March 2015
Steve Chapman - "Early Pioneer Recollections," April 2015
David Hudgins - "Historic and Modern Fires in Waxahachie," October 2015
David Smith - "Stained Glass Windows in Ellis County Churches," January 2016
Bruce Webb - "Fraternal Societies in Waxahachie," February 2016
Bill Abbott - "Ellis County Columbian Mammoth Excavation," March 2016
John Wray - "Being a Freshman in the Texas State House of Representatives," April 2016
Rollin Phipps - "North Texas Rails," September 2016
John Stevens - "Early Years in Texas - The Gathings Start a New Home - 1855-1860," October 2016
"Waxahachie Remembers" video, January 2017
Alex Toprac - "The New Age Historical Homes & Structures," February 2017
Sharan Farmer - "The Early History of the Sims Family in Ellis County," March 2017
John Hamilton - "The Naming of Waxahachie," April 2017
Larry Felty - "Folk Art - A Discussion of Folk Art Forms," September 2017
David Smith - "Saddlebags & Bibles - Circuit Riding Preachers," October 2017