Upshur County Adds “In God We Trust”

GILMER — “In God We Trust” will soon be seen in another East Texas county. Upshur County commissioners approved adding the motto to the county seal during Monday’s Commissioners Court meeting. In recent months, Rusk, Smith, and Wood Counties have all added the saying to their courtrooms. Upshur County Judge Dean Fowler tells KETK the decision was based on the principles the country was founded on. He says, “I believe that they made that decision based on the principles that this country was founded on and the principle in our belief in God — and the necessity to remember that in our lives, in our courtrooms and in our country.” The county will raise private funds to pay for adding the motto to the courtroom.