Steven Cochran, one of the ring leaders of the door branding event, is supervised by his sister Bea Allen during the Saturday morning event where friends and families from Stonewall gathered together to help decorate the door that will be in the Stonewall Houses for Healing house located in Abilene for those in need of accommodations while dealing with a medical crisis. PHOTO BY TRICIA HURT
Susan Martin inspects her branding technique during the Saturday morning event held in front of the Central Baptist Church of Aspermont. PHOTO BY TRICIA HURT
Stonewall Commissioner Gerry Messick helps to burn local brands in the door that will be hung in the Stonewall County Houses for Healing door. PHOTO BY TRICIA HURT
Ranchers from around the area give the Stonewall County Houses for Healing their brand of approval
Ranchers from across Stonewall County heated their branding irons over the weekend, using family brands to adorn the welcoming door to the Stonewall County house in the expanding Houses for Healing in Abilene. When completed, the house will provide free temporary housing to those in need...