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It is with great sadness that the McMillion family announces the passing of Jimmy Don McMillion on Monday, October 11, 2021. Jimmy was born October 25, 1942 in SouthMayd, Texas to Jones and Ola (Weimer) McMillion. He graduated from Howe High School in 1961 and then attended Grayson Community College and North Texas State University. On December 31, 1964, he married Jean Ann Crawford in Van Alstyne, Texas. Jimmy was employed as an engineer for Texas Instruments and Johnson & Johnson for over 20 years and then left to start a general contracting company in 1983. He spent years coaching his sons in little league baseball, acting as Cub Scout and Webelos Scoutmaster for Howe Troop 45 Boy Scouts, served on the Howe City Council, and volunteered for the Howe Fire Department. He was an avid carpenter and woodsmith and was always building. His creations included WWII era planes, doll houses, bulldozers, boats, covered wagons, and so much more. Anyone who knew Jimmy, knew that he could be found in one of two places – the Howe QuickCheck or his shop. You just had to look for the “man with the pencil behind his ear.”

Jimmy is survived by his two sons, Jonathan McMillion and his wife Conne of Kennedale, TX, Joey McMillion and his wife Paula of Van Alstyne, TX; eight grandchildren, Ryan, Hunter, Garrett, Megan, Nichole, Nathan, Carlie and Savanna; and great grandsons Bentley and Colton. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jones and Ola, and his son Jimmy Shawn McMillion in 2003.

Graveside services will be held at 10:30 AM Friday, October 15, 2021 at Hall Cemetery, in Howe, TX. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Thursday, October 14, 2021 at Scoggins Funeral Home.

HOWE, Texas – Jason Morrie Wimbish, 39, of Denison, was arrested in Howe Wednesday morning after an argument over a minor traffic collision on U.S. Highway 75 escalated into a confrontation involving a knife and handgun.

The incident occurred at approximately 10 a.m. when a Chevy Silverado and Fiat coupe collided with one another on northbound U.S. Highway 75 in Howe. The drivers exited the highway and stopped in a parking lot in the 1500 block of north Collins Freeway.

Wimbish, a passenger in the Fiat, reportedly got of the car and charged the Silverado brandishing a knife. The driver of the Silverado, a Weatherford man, claimed he was in fear for his life and pointed a legally owned and carried pistol at Wimbish who retreated back to the Fiat.

Howe police arrived and upon completion of their investigation, determined that the driver of the Silverado acted in self-defense and arrested Wimbish for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. He was booked into the Grayson County Jail.

HOWE, Texas – A 20-year-old Dallas man is in the Grayson County Jail on charges of Intoxication Manslaughter after an early morning crash in Howe left a Missouri man dead.

Guillermo Munoz Garcia was driving south on U.S. Highway 75 in his black Dodge Challenger at approximately 2:30 a.m. when he struck a vehicle parked on the right shoulder of the highway. Jordan Helenkamp, 28, of St. Louis, was in the driver’s seat of his Chevy Malibu at the time of the collision and was pronounced dead at the scene. A dog in Helenkamp’s vehicle was hurt in the crash and taken by officers to a veterinary hospital, but died of its injuries.

A passenger in Munoz Garcia’s vehicle suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital. Munoz Garcia was not injured.

If convicted, Munoz Garcia faces up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.