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Steve Wilson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Harold Senter

Harold Senter

Jan 18, 2010

Harold Conway Senter, 60, of Files Valley, in Hill County, TX died Monday, January 18, 2010, at Kindred Hospital in Houston. Harold was born April 20, 1949 in Corsicana. He grew up in Alvarado, Cleburne, Oklahoma, Arizona, Dallas and Scurry where he enjoyed the country and all that went with it. He graduated from Abilene Christian University with both...

Hannah Chapman

Hannah Chapman

Jan 17, 2010

Hannah Gabrielle Chapman, 8, of Hillsboro died Sunday, January 17, 2010, at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth. Hannah was born May 30, 2001 in Waco to David and Marcey West Chapman. She only weighed 1 pound 7 ounces and was only 13 inches long. She spent 96 days in NICU and was given less than a 50/50...

Kathy Anderson

Kathy Anderson

Jan 13, 2010

Kathy Anderson, 56, of Whitney passed away on January 13, 2010. Kathy was born on April 27, 1953 in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the daughter of Archie Thomas and Esther Isabell Mosely Hardaway. Kathy had lived in Whitney the past 20 years. She married Gary Anderson in Sept. 2003. She had worked as a beautician. She was preceded...

Marie Miller

Marie Miller

Jan 10, 2010

Marie Miller, 98, of Lampasas passed away on January 10, 2010. Marie was born on July 10, 1911 in China Spring; the daughter of the late Dow and Florence Landtrip Whisenant. She married Carl Miller on September 3, 1927 in Whitney, TX and he preceded her in death on May 30, 1987. Following her marriage, she lived in Fort...

Bobbie Hale

Bobbie Hale

Jan 10, 2010

Bobbie Jean Odom Hale passed away at her daughters home following a long illness. Bobbie Jean was born on June 18, 1927 in Lubbock, Texas. She was the daughter of the late Lyle and Bernice Hudson Hollon. On Dec. 3, 1945, she married Carl Lee Hale in Lubbock and he preceded her in death on Dec. 11, 1988. An...

Lorentz Fulton

Lorentz Fulton

Jan 9, 2010

Lorentz Fulton, 22, of Whitney passed away on January 9, 2010 in an automobile accident. Lorentz was born on November 6, 1987 in Hillsboro, Texas. He had lived in Whitney all of his life. Lorentz worked in construction with C. R. Poldrack, Inc. of Groesbeck. Survivors include his mother, Lori Fulton of Whitney; father, Gary Fulton of Whitney; brothers,...

Alma Finch

Alma Finch

Jan 8, 2010

Alma Florence Armstrong Finch was born on March 18, 1913, in McNairy County, Tennessee to Virgil Eugene and Margaret Victoria Armstrong. Alma attended school at Rockwell where she played basketball. On August 1, 1936 Alma married Floy Lee Finch in Hillsboro, TX. They celebrated sixty-one years of marriage before he preceded her in death on April 10, 1998. Alma...

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