It's official. Spearman DQ will be closed permanently.

Stores included in the Project Lonestar Dairy Queen network have notified employees that the American Dairy Queen corporation will immediately and permanently close eleven locations, which includes the Spearman location.  The Lonestar store closings have impacted 238 employees with immediate layoffs, including eleven employees at the Spearman location.  

The permanent closing of the Spearman Dairy Queen is the end of an era that has spanned multiple generations of Spearman citizens.  For many years the DQ has been the afternoon coffee spot for the retirees, the afterschool ice cream stop for our kiddos, and the go-to quick stop for harvest meals.  The Spearman Dairy Queen is an iconic symbol of a small town in Texas and it will be greatly missed. 

At this time there is no information on the plans for the building but we will continue to monitor the situation.  We send our big prayers to our neighbors and the families in our community who have lost their jobs.