All Obituaries

Patricia Ann (Lucas) Chance, age 60, passed away on April 29, 2024 in Cedar Park, Texas. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 3, 2024, at MARSHALL & MARSHALL FUNERAL DIRECTORS CHAPEL in Whitney, Texas with James Hoskins officiating. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Whitney, Texas prior to service. Patricia was born December 14,1963 in Dallas, Texas to Cecil Lucas and Sandra (Lucas) Gage. She graduated...

Frank Joseph Polansky, Jr. was born June 22, 1936, in West, Texas, to Frank Polansky, Sr. and Mary Hynek Polansky. Frank passed away on Monday, April 29, 2024, at a Waco hospital at the age of 87. Frank was a farmer all his life. He grew up on the family farm and continued caring for the land until his death. He remembered the time he went to work for his father’s uncle at the cotton gin near Morton and Pep in west Texas. Frank shared many stories about this time in his life. He...

Sammy L. Steele, 76, of Abbott, Passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Funeral services will take place at 10:00 am, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro, with a burial to follow at Ridge Park Cemetery, Hillsboro. A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, Monday, April 29, 2024, at Marshall & Marshall. He was born in Hill County on March 7, 1948. Sammy grew up and attended school in Aquilla, Texas. He served in the United States Army...

Mary Jo Holley, age 81, of Whitney, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Hutchins, Texas. Graveside Services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 25, 2024 at Whitney Memorial Park Cemetery in Whitney, Texas. Mary Jo is preceded in death by her parents, Thomas U. and Geraldine (Bishop) Farmer; and sister, Tommie Dean Sibley and her husband Billy Holley. She was employed at Bonanza Supermarket in Whitney, Texas for over 30 years. Mary Jo stocked the shelves, cut and wrapped...

Sandra Sue (Smith) Steele, age 83 of Whitney passed away Monday, April 22, 2024, at her residence in Whitney. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday, April 25, 2024, at Hickey Cemetery in Hillsboro with Levin Ainsworth officiating.  Sandra was born March 18, 1941, in Nacogdoches, Texas to Dumas and Mary Ann (Hooks) Smith. She grew up in Nacogdoches, where she was married 3 times and had 5 children. Sandra raised her children in Dallas, Texas, but also spent time in...

Linda Murrell (Davis) Taylor, age 81 of Whitney passed away on Friday, April 19, 2024, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. A visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 pm, Sunday, April 28, 2024 at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Whitney. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, April 29, 2024, at Blanton Cemetery in Blanton with Pastor Don De Foor officiating.  Linda was born March 15, 1943, in Cleburne, Texas to Fred Monroe and Gertrude M. (Revis) Davis. She...

Stanton Keetch Standly, 54, of Hillsboro, Texas, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Hillsboro. A memorial service will take place from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Warehouse Living Arts Center Theater and Gallery, 119 West 6th Avenue, Corsicana, Texas 75110. Stanton was born August 12, 1969, in Amarillo, Texas to Glenn and Cheryl (Keetch) Standly. He spent his career as a teacher. Preceded in death by his mother, Cheryl, Stanton is survived by numerous family members...

Dorcas (Dolly) Fay Grant age 81, of Whitney passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. A visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 pm Friday, April 26, 2024, at Marshall and Marshall  Funeral Directors in Whitney. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel. A burial will follow at Whitney Memorial Park.  Dolly was born on December 10, 1941, to Charles Henry Crow...

Wanda Faye Banner, 90, of San Antonio, TX, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2024.  Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Whitney Memorial Park in Whitney. Wanda was born September 29, 1933, in (Prairie Valley) Whitney, Texas, the daughter of Ab Arthur and Mary Etta (Yale) Harris.  On October 3, 1953, she married her “boyfriend”, Charles Banner.  They were married 52 years, raised their family in Dallas and moved to Hillsboro...

Lola Faye Tekell, 92, of Garland, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Twin Rivers Assisted Living & Memory Care.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro.  Burial will take place at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 29, 2024, at Ridge Park Cemetery in Hillsboro.  Visitation will be held from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2024, at the funeral home prior to service time. Lola Faye...