Kountze HS Band receives donation

  • Kountze High School Band director Ardis Matthews and Cheryl Bean presented a plaque to Mr. Bobby Fife who was a 19 year band instructor for the KISD school district. Photo by Danny Reneau
    Kountze High School Band director Ardis Matthews and Cheryl Bean presented a plaque to Mr. Bobby Fife who was a 19 year band instructor for the KISD school district. Photo by Danny Reneau
Cheryl Bean donated a King Trombone to the Kountze High School Band in honor of the parents of Bobby Fife. The senior Bobby Fife sold insurance and later served the community as Mayor and at the same time as Chief of Police. His wife was a school teacher in the school system. Son Bobby, who was the band director at KHS from 1998 until 2017, played the trombone in the band as did two of his…

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