Blooming Grove High School Alumni

06/04/2018

After owning the property for more than 120 years, the High Family of Blooming Grove is putting this extraordinary Texas Ranch on the market. Listed by Blue Sky Country Real Estate | Robert Phipps | [email protected]

04/21/2018

06/08/2016

Country Ranchette on 14.7 acres in sought after Blooming Grove School District. Completely remodeled 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage brick home. Bonus room can be office or 5th bedroom. Kitchen has granite counters, beautiful tile back-splash, stainless appliances. New wood floors in all bedrooms and ceramic tile throughout the rest of home. Fenced and x-fenced in 6 areas. 40 x 16 horse stall with 4 bays. Wash rack. Dog Kennels, Working pen, squeeze chute. 14 x 28 wooden bldg with loft and electric. Metal storage building for tools and equipment. All appliances stay, including washer, dryer and big screen TV.
Listed by Blue Sky Country Real Estate. Robert Phipps - Broker. Cell-text 972-351-4710. Email: [email protected]

05/18/2016

Did you know Blooming Grove has it's own "Community Information Portal" on the web? You'll find information and links to everything going on in and around our wonderful community. Upcoming events, articles, Facebook Feeds from all the local organizations, Local FREE Classified ads, Homes and Land for sale, Local Weather and Moon Phase calendar and much more. If you'd like to be a volunteer contributor, let us know, we'd love to have some help keeping the community informed and up to date. Send an email to [email protected].

05/13/2016

Progress is being made daily at the BGCG. Special HUGE THANK YOU to Susan McCall for her generous donation of tons of beautiful plants for our garden. Susan donated 5 flats of Bush Tomatoes, 2 Rosemary, 2 Lavender, 2 Marigolds and 1 flat of Dill. It’s turning into a Food Forest! Susan is Mayor Pro Tem / BG Council member, Broker Associate with Blue Sky Country Real Estate and Key Account Manager for Seville Farms.

05/02/2016

Tales from the Grove - Ewing Forgey, born in 1869, son of James Henry Forgey and Angie Groves Forgey, was a photographer / newspaper worker in Blooming Grove. He worked at various times with my grandfather, Thomas M Campbell, and great uncle Mike Campbell at the Blooming Grove newspaper. My father talked about him in his stories and when he spoke his name it always sounded like “Ewenfoggy” to me as a kid. One source describes him as a “small, funny looking man”. He was a bachelor all his life.

Ewing Forgey’s grandfather, Hugh Forgey,(pictured) was the progenitor of the Forgey family in Navarro County. The Forgey family arrived in America in the early to mid 18th century from Antrim, Ireland, and the BG branch migrated from Cumberland Co Pennsylvania, down the Great Wagon Road through Virginia, and finally settled in Maury Co Tennessee. Hugh Forgey brought his wife Celina Shorter Forgey, sons James Henry Forgey and Burrell C. Forgey, and several younger children from Maury County, TN to Navarro County in the mid 1850s.

Burrell Forgey was a Confederate Corporal in Company I, 19th Texas Cavalry. James Henry Forgey was a Confederate private in Clinton Fouty’s Company of Texas Volunteers. After the war James Henry married Angie Groves, and while they lived in Anderson County, Texas briefly, by 1880 both Burrell Forgey and James Henry Forgey had brought their families to Gradyville, which was what Blooming Grove was called back then.

Current residents of the Grove will note that the town’s major thoroughfare, State Highway 22, is also known as Forgey Street. It was after the above families that the street was named. At the time it was named, it was just a street in BG. To get to Corsicana you had to either ride the train or follow what was called “The Pike” which meanders east off of FM 55 south of town, and goes past White Church Cemetery. Younger generations also call it by another name but for the sake of mixed company I will call it “The Avenue” with a wink.

Highway 22 came along in the 1920s although it was just basically a dirt road at that time running from Corsicana to Comanche, Tx. Anyway, now you know why its also called Forgey Street, if you didn’t before.
T. Edgar Campbell

04/26/2016

“Slow but sure, a steady pace… A motto for the human race” – Progress is being made at the Blooming Grove Community Garden… The rainy weather has held up many of the “To Do’s” @ The Garden, but this past weekend we got a reprieve and were blessed with beautiful weather.
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04/03/2016

Coming soon. Completely remodeled 2,690 SF gorgeous brick home on 14+ acres. In sought after Blooming Grove School District. [email protected] - 972-351-4710

02/03/2016

Just Listed! 126+ acres prime pasture - ranch land in Cryer Creek area of NW Navarro County. Good fencing, cross fenced into 4 areas. One stock tank is approx one half acre. 35 acre wooded area has a 1.25 acre tank. Corral, loading chute. Currently used as a cow calf operation and hay baling. On paved asphalt FM Rd. Water and electric available at road. Several suitable building sites. Blooming Grove schools. 11 miles to I-45 in Rice. 3.8 miles to SH 22.

01/08/2016

“The Columns” home in Blooming Grove, Texas is now officially on the market. Owners Stuart and Eva Marshall have enjoyed two decades as stewards of this grand estate, while raising their son Chad and enjoying the charms of life in the small community. The Marshall’s purchased the home in 1996 from then Mayor and Mrs. Don von Hoffman.

01/08/2016

Want to own a Piece of Texas' History? Built on the original site of the Central Texas College in Blooming Grove, Texas, this Historical Gem is now available and waiting for it's new owners. Originally constructed in 1914 by Roger S Loyd, Jr, President of the First State Bank in Blooming Grove. This stately estate contains 4,600 square feet of living space and has 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. Ten foot ceilings and hardwood floors throughout. Formal Living, Dining, Sitting Parlor, Breakfast Nook, Mud-Utility Room. Out back, there's an In Ground Swimming Pool and Cabana-Pool House. Additionally, there's a 3 stall Barn and a Rustic Efficiency Apartment which is income producing. The home is situated on a 3+ acre lot right in the heart of town, within easy walking distance of the schools, stadium, library, park and downtown area. Blooming Grove is conveniently located 1 hour south of the DFW Metroplex, making it easily accessible to Waxahachie, Waco, Hillsboro, Ennis and Corsicana. For more information, or to schedule an appointment to view this property, contact Robert Phipps with Blue Sky Country Real Estate. [email protected], or call/text 972-351-4710

11/07/2015

Curious to know how many of BGHS Alum are business owners? Give a shout!