El Norma Smitherman
Feb 28, 2010
El Norma Day Smitherman, 81, of Hillsboro died Sunday, February 28, 2010, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Norma was born December 24, 1928 in Teague the daughter of the late Josh and Emma Izetta Johnson Canady. On June 12, 1948, she married W. C. Day in Teague and he preceded her in death on April 2,...
Randall Ballew
Feb 26, 2010
Randall Wayne Randy Ballew, 52, of Hillsboro went to be with the Lord on Friday, Feb. 26. 2010, in Whitney. Randy was born September 9, 1957 in Fort Worth, son of the late Harold and Barbara Waits Ballew. He grew up in Hillsboro. Also preceding him in death was his sister, Debbie Ballew Pearson, and a nephew, Kevin Ballew....
Robert Watkins
Feb 23, 2010
Robert Dewitt Watkins, 77 passed away on Feb. 23, 2010 in Waco. Robert was born on Dec. 1, 1932 in Brownfield, the son of the late DeWitt and Elizabeth Hewitt Watkins. On July 1, 1953, he married Betty Smith in Weatherford. He served his country in the United States Air Force enlisting on Dec. 15, 1952 and retiring on...
Jewel Lewis
Feb 20, 2010
Jewel was the daughter of Fletcher Levi and Annie Lou Daily Lewis. She grew up and attended school in Woodbury. In 1944, she moved to Dallas where she lived until moving to Hillsboro in 1974. She worked for 8 years as a teacher's aide with the Hillsboro I.S.D. Her greatest joy was her family and she dedicated many years...
Vicki Donihoo
Feb 19, 2010
Vicki Jo Donihoo, 62, of Corsicana, formerly of Whitney, died Friday, February 19, 2010, in Corsicana. She was born September 25, 1947 in Dallas, TX to Royal and Pauline Connally Donihoo. She was a drug and alcohol counselor in the prison system. Vicki was a proud grandmother and an avid reader. She was a very active member of the...
Carole Castleberry
Feb 18, 2010
Carole was born on June 7, 1943 in Farmville, VA. She was the daughter of Bill and June Stamps Mills. She grew up in Irving and lived there for a number of years graduating from Irving High School and North Texas State University. Carole received her license to become a registered nurse from the Dallas County Community College in...
Jack Smith
Feb 17, 2010
Jack W. Smith, 79, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at Lutheran Sunset Home in Clifton. Jack was born September 18, 1930 in Port Arthur, TX, the son of Veal and Winnie Smith, where he grew up and graduated from school. On September 17, 1949 he married Verda Fontenot. In 1964 he received his bachelors degree in speech...
Steve Wilson
Feb 13, 2010
Edwin Steve Wilson of Hillsboro, TX passed away February 13, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. Steve was born in Hillsboro on June 14, 1949. He attended Hillsboro schools, Hill Junior College, and Sam Houston State University. In 1971, he married the love of his life, Shelia Ray. Steve enjoyed a long career with Freese and Nichols, an...
Bobbye Reynolds
Feb 9, 2010
Bobbye Louise Reynolds, 81, of Hillsboro died Sunday, February 7, 2010, at her residence. She was born September 14, 1928 in Brownsville the daughter of Robert Darnell and Adelia Davis Cunningham. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Calla Dee Burkett. Survivors include her husband, Carl Reynolds of Hillsboro; children, Donna J. Reynolds of Berlin,...
James Dumas
Feb 9, 2010
James Kenneth Dumas, 83, of Cleburne died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at Odyssey Health Care in Fort Worth. He was born July 30, 1926 in Hillsboro the son of George B. and Bertha Bradley Dumas. In December 1942 at age 16, he enlisted in the United States Army and served for 38 years. On December 1, 1945 he married...
Don Holderman
Feb 3, 2010
Don Holderman, 87 of Clifton passed away on February 3, 2010. Don was born on December 8, 1922 in Dickens, Texas; the son of the late Dee and Ermine Wooten Holderman. He grew up in Portales, New Mexico. During World War II, he was a Japanese POW in the Philippines and after 20 years of service in the Unites...
Wayne Edmondson
Jan 31, 2010
Wayne was born on Feb. 24, 1931 in Amarillo, the son of the late Lee and Lyda Cox Edmondson. He grew up and attended school in Amarillo. In 1948, he joined the United States Navy. After the Navy he worked for Plains Creamery until he purchased a milk distributorship which he operated for nearly 30 years. After selling the...
Thelma Curtis
Jan 31, 2010
Thelma Jo T. J. Curtis, 82, of Hillsboro died Sunday January 31, 2010, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Thelma Jo was born September 5, 1927 in Hillsboro the daughter of John Allen and Ila Mae Howell Birdwell. She was a life long resident of Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School. She worked at Sears in Hillsboro...
Ross Darrow
Jan 30, 2010
Ross C. Darrow, 87, of Hillsboro died Saturday, January 30, 2010, at Hill Regional Hospital. Ross was born February 12, 1922 in Milford, TX, where he grew up, son of the late Ross Chapman, Sr. and Willie Bowling Darrow. After high school graduation, he moved to Dallas and joined the Army. After serving in the U. S. Army, he...
Vesta Shockey
Jan 29, 2010
Vesta Shockey, 92, of Athens died Friday, January 29, 2010, at Silver Springs Nursing Home in Houston. Vesta was born May 30, 1917 in Paducah, TX the daughter of Thomas Aaron and Zula Everett Jaynes. On January 16, 1954 she married Garland Emit Shockey and he preceded her in death on July 5, 1998. She enjoyed working with children...
Charles Dawson
Jan 28, 2010
Charles Wayne was born here in Hill County on December 22, 1942, the son of Clyde Allen and Ruby Gertie Jones Dawson. Since April 30, 2009, he battled cancer until our Lord carried him home as he slept, January 28, 2010. Charles moved to Dallas in the early 60's where he became Regional Supervisor for Centennial Liquor Stores and...
Virginia Swilling
Jan 26, 2010
Virginia was the daughter of William Robert and Eula Jewel Turner Toler. She grew up in DeLeon and graduated from high school there. On July 13, 1941, she married R. T. Rabbit Swilling at the First Baptist Church in Whitney and he preceded her in death on September 13, 1999. She was also preceded in death by her parents...
Elmer Waits
Jan 22, 2010
Elmer Ray E.R. Waits, 79, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Fort Worth. E.R. was born July 19, 1930, in Trenton, Texas, to Limmie and Alice Waits. He served as a Deacon with First Baptist Church, Whitney, and previously at First Baptist Church of Hurst. A 32nd Degree Master Mason, he received his...
Laverne Sizemore
Jan 20, 2010
LaVerne Sizemore, 51, Hillsboro died Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. LaVerne was born August 30, 1958 in San Bernardino, CA the daughter of Roy and Yvonne Gossert Nulph. She grew up in California. On March 13, 1981 she married Chester Sizemore. In 2000, they moved to Hillsboro and for the last two years...
Henry Finley
Jan 20, 2010
Henry Hank Finley, 70 of Whitney passed away on January 20, 2010 in Whitney. Hank was born on December 4, 1939 in Teague; the son of the late Vernon Lee and Margarete Virginia Terry Finley. He served his country in the United States Army. He worked as a lineman and foreman in telephone communications for several years. Hank was...
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