Ross Jennings
Jul 4, 2010
Ross Jennings, age 91 of Deer Park, Tx. died Saturday July 4, 2010 at The Waterford in Deer Park. Mr. Jennings was born January 4, 1919 and reared in Whitney, by his parents James Waddle and Alta Maud Jennings. He attended Whitney high school and received an Associates Degree from Hill Junior College. Ross married Allene Cox in Ft....
Elizabeth Humphrey
Jul 2, 2010
She was the daughter of J. B. and Clara Mills Humphrey. Elizabeth grew up in Hubbard, graduated from Hubbard High and lived in Hillsboro since 1974. She worked as a sales clerk for several years. Elizabeth was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Barney Humphrey. Survivors are son, Jeff Humphrey...
Myra Booth
Jul 2, 2010
Myra Lee Sanders Booth, age 69 of Whitney, passed away Friday, July 2, after a yearlong battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 3, at 2 p.m. in the Marshall and Marshall Funeral Chapel in Whitney with Rev. Eddie Booth and Rev. Scotty Marsh officiating. She will be laid to rest at Prairie Valley Cemetery. Myra...
Tracy Mcconathy
Jun 30, 2010
Tracy Jack McConathy, 86 of Whitney passed away June 30, 2010. Jack was born on Sept. 27, 1923 in Hill County; the son of the late Charles Benjamin and Margaret Ann Daniels McConathy. On June 6, 1946 he married Ruby Collins in Mountain Home, Ark. and she preceded him in death on Dec. 2, 2004. He served his country...
Eva Slough
Jun 28, 2010
Gladys Slough, 98 of Whitney passed away on June 28, 2010. Gladys was born on January 30, 1912 near Nocona, the daughter of the late James and Lillian Pitts Lowe. On December 26, 1928 she married Elmer Slough and he preceded her in death on April 2, 1986. She moved to Whitney from Freeport in 1977. Gladys enjoyed listening...
Otho Boyd
Jun 28, 2010
Otho was the son of Lonzo Jasper and Birdie Ethel Harlin Boyd. He grew up in Hill County and attended school in Hillsboro. During World War II, he served his country in the U.S. Navy. After the war he returned to Hillsboro and married Lavoy Jones. The couple lived in Dallas for many years where he worked for Southern...
Velva Kimbrow
Jun 28, 2010
Velva Kimbrow, 95, passed away Monday, June 28, 2010 at Hill Regional Hospital with her loved ones by her side. Velva was born Aug. 29, 1914 in McKinney, Texas to Mamie Hall Jordan and Tony Hall. On October 20, 1936, she married Bert E. Kimbrow. For 20 years the couple owned and operated Kimbrow Jewelry in Dallas after Bert's...
John Reid, Jr
Jun 27, 2010
John H. Mike Reid passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, June 27, 2010. He was born in Covington, Texas on September 28, 1926. John served his country during World War II and again in the Korean War as a Naval Machinist Mate 3rd. He retired from General Dynamics as Director of Division Aircraft in 1993. He was...
Refugio Carmona
Jun 23, 2010
Refugio Carmona, 61, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Refugio was born June 12, 1949 in Ojuelo, Mexico the son of Antonio and Brigida Montanez Carmona. He grew up in Mexico and moved to Hillsboro in 1973. For 20 years, he worked for Town Square Furniture and for the last 5...
Warren Ferguson
Jun 22, 2010
Warren W. Ferguson, 89, of Mertens died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Baylor Medical Center in Waxahachie. Warren was born September 13, 1920 in Brandon the son of Joseph Benjamin and Carrie Almedia Potter Ferguson. He lived in Hill county all of his life. On June 14, 1942 he married Carrie Jean Goodman in Hillsboro and they lived in...
Bob Coughanour
Jun 15, 2010
Bob Coughanour, 63, of Decatur, AL died Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at Trinity Hospital in Birmingham, AL. Bob was born April 4, 1947 in McKees Rocks, PA the son of Arthur Alvin and Minerva Madge Gemas Coughanour. He grew up in Pennsylvania, moved to Texas at age 12, and to Hillsboro at age 14. In 1966 he graduated from...
Clyde Holley
Jun 14, 2010
Clyde L. Holley, 103, a Hill County native and longtime Dallas resident who was an award-winning traveling salesman for more than 50years, died June 14 at Wesley Woods Retirement Center in Waco. He had lived in Waco for the past five years. In the mid-1930s, Mr. Holley began working as a salesman for E. C. Atkins & Co, an...
Howard Odom
Jun 11, 2010
Howard Frederick Odom, age 89 of Clifton, passed away June 11, 2010 in Clifton. He was the son of Fred and Annie Matthews Odom He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Juanita; sister, Lucille Arnold; brothers, Maurice Odom, Gene Odom, Billy Odom and infant, Dickie Odom. Howard is survived by daughter, Sandra Odom Crank and husband, Edwin,...
Joseph Pratt
Jun 10, 2010
Joseph was born on November 11, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Rose Lupo and Thomas Pratt, Sr. He grew up and lived in New York all of his life until he moved to Whitney three years ago. Joseph had worked as a certified nurses aide in several of the local nursing homes. Survivors include...
Shirley Ray Taylor
Jun 8, 2010
Shirley Jean Ray Taylor, 61 of Whitney passed away at her residence on June 8, 2010. Shirley was born on February 20, 1949 in Austin; the daughter of the late Hubert and Jettie Thomason Ray. She married Guy B. Taylor on March 28, 1973 and he preceded her in death on January 29, 1999. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, native...
A. B. Gant
Jun 1, 2010
A. B. Bart Gant, 89 of Whitney passed away on June 1, 2010 in Whitney. Bart was born on February 28, 1921 near Aquilla; the son of the late Ivy and Ela Harris Gant. He married Wanda Fay Carmichael on July 11, 1942 in Whitney. He was the owner and operator of a trucking company retiring in 1987. Bart...
Frances Degner
May 27, 2010
Frances Strauch Degner, 89, of Hubbard died Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Oakview Nursing Home in Hubbard. Frances was born May 19, 1921, in the Savage Community in Hill County. The daughter of the late Martin John and Lena Radke Strauch, she was the youngest of eleven children. A life-long resident of Hill County, she lived near Malone most...
Wanda Bonner
May 26, 2010
Wanda Jean Bonner, 81, of Dallas, formerly of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at the Odyssey Hospice House in Fort Worth. Wanda was born September 26, 1928 in Hillsboro, where she lived most of her life, daughter of the late Ned C. and Hassie Jean Campbell. On April 8, 1948 she married George Bonner and he preceded her...
Edna Brown
May 21, 2010
Edna Brown, 74 of Rio Vista passed away on May 21, 2010 in Whitney. She was the of Sammy Cecil and Emma Gay Hill Latimer. Edna married Jerry Brown on June 19, 1967 in Dallas. She was a bookkeeper for the National Motor Club for 30+ years. She was an avid knitter and loved playing bingo and going to...
Gus Jones Sr
May 20, 2010
Gus Glen Jones, Sr. 82 of Whitney went to be with his Lord and Savior May 20, 2010. Gus was born April 16, 1928 in Hillsboro to Gus M. Jones and Bernice Jones. He was a devoted son, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. Gus served three years with the U. S. Constabular Army in Germany from 1946...
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