Wilma Walker
Nov 28, 2009
Wilma Lois Walker, age 96, passed away peacefully at home November 28, 2009. She was born August 19, 1913 in Woodbury, Texas, the sixth of eleven children. At the time of her death she resided in Deer Park, Texas with her youngest daughter. Devoted mother and grandmother, Wilma was the consummate preacher's wife. She and her husband, Rev. R.W....
Jamie Stansberry
Nov 28, 2009
Jamie Duane Stansberry, 53, of Fort Worth died Saturday, November 28, 2009, in Fort Worth. Jamie was born October 22, 1956 in Andrews, TX the son of Joseph Lawrence and Thera Williams Stansberry. He grew up in Andrews and moved to Fort Worth as a young man. He graduated from Haltom City High School. For most of his adult...
Shirley Miller
Nov 27, 2009
Shirley Miller, 71, of Covington passed away on November 27, 2009. Shirley was born on January 23, 1938 in Murfreesboro, TN; the daughter of the late Fred and Lillie Hutchinson Woodlee. She moved to Texas as a young girl. She married Weldon Miller on June10, 1954. Shirley graduated from Beauty School at Hill College and owned and operated her...
Juan Ybarra
Nov 26, 2009
Juan Ybarra, 87, of Hillsboro died Thursday, November 26, 2009, at Homestead Heritage Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Mr. Ybarra will lie in state starting at 9 a.m. Saturday morning, November 28, at the funeral home. Juan was born August 21, 1922 in Tuleta, TX the son of Thomas and Hilda Colunga Ybarra. He grew up in Beeville and married...
Gene Pyle
Nov 25, 2009
Gene was born on Feb. 11, 1940 in Harvey, Iowa; the son of the late Donald and Freda Wilson Pyle. He served his country in the United States Air Force. Gene had worked as an electrical engineer and retired in 1998. On Oct. 2, 1998, he married Carolyn Seale in Grand Prairie, Texas. He was of the Methodist faith....
Phyllis Murphy
Nov 23, 2009
Phyllis Dawn Murphy, 53, of Whitney passed away on November 23, 2009. Dawn was born on August 31, 1956 in Whitney; the daughter of the late Lee Dale Murphy, Sr. and Edith Sue Hutchison Murphy. She worked as an LVN at Town Hall Estates and Park Plaza Nursing homes in Whitney for numerous years. Dawn loved her family very...
Mary Levins
Nov 20, 2009
She was the daughter of Eli C. Foster and Kathleen Lincoln Foster. She graduated from Tulsa Central High School in 1937 and attended Oklahoma University from 1937-1939 where she was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. She graduated from Tulsa University in 1941. Mary worked for several years at Brown-Dunkin Co. in Tulsa as a fashion consultant. She married...
Madine Yocham
Nov 18, 2009
Madine Bell Yocham passed away on November 18, 2009 at her residence. Madine was born on September 28, 1925 in Hill County, Texas; the daughter of the late William and Edna Bonner Shelton. On January 2, 1942, she married J. P. Yocham and he preceded her in death on February 3, 2005. Madine was an avid dancer, liked to...
Dorothy Gaines
Nov 18, 2009
Dorothy Curtis Gaines, 86, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at James L. West Hospice House in Ft. Worth. Her body will lie in state beginning Friday afternoon. Dorothy was born May 6, 1923 in Bynum, Texas, where she grew up, the daughter of Enoch and Ethel Utley Curtis. In 1940 she graduated from Bynum High School and received a...
Mrs. Ruby Mccullough
Nov 18, 2009
Mrs. Ruby Mae Ingram McCullough, life long resident of Hill County, died Wed., Nov. 18, 2009, at the age of 99. She passed away peacefully at The Legends Assisted Living Facility in Hillsboro, where she had made her home in recent years. Her body will lie in state beginning Friday afternoon. Ruby was born on January 25, 1910 to...
Mary Gatlin
Nov 14, 2009
Mary Ann Gatlin, 60 of Whitney passed away on November 14, 2009 at her residence. Mary Ann was born on September 30, 1949 in Waco to Willie J. and Mary Ann Laubert Miller. She grew up in West and married Monte Gatlin on April 14, 1973. He preceded her in death on November 23, 1996. She was a member...
Marion Cauble
Nov 13, 2009
Marion P. Ducie Cauble, 93, of Hillsboro died Friday, Novmeber 13, 2009, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Ducie was born on September 30, 1916 in Hill County; the daughter of Samuel and Mellie Bridges May. She grew up in Vaughan and graduated from Aquilla High School where she was State Tennis Champion for Aquilla and she played...
W. T. Weeks
Nov 12, 2009
W. T. was born on June 21, 1922 in Fort Worth; the son the late Leroy and Odette McCown Weeks. He grew up and lived most of his life in Fort Worth. As a young man he was a member of the 3C's program where he learned most of his construction skills that he used in building nearly every...
Harland Hartley
Nov 10, 2009
Harland Ray Hartley, 78 of Whitney passed away November 10, 2009. Harland was born on November 22, 1930 in Whitebead, OK; the son of the late Luther and Irene Owens Hartley. He served his country in the United States Navy. He had worked as a accountant for Santa Fe Railroad retiring in 1992. On April 4, 1980, he married...
Duke Clark
Nov 7, 2009
Duke was the son of John Wallace and Georgia Mae Myers Clark. He married Doris Dugger on December 30, 1950 in Milford, TX. Duke graduated from Blum High School. He was in World War II serving in Gander, Newfoundland, with the 70th Service Squadron as an aircraft mechanic. After World War II ended, he entered the United States Air...
Terry Douglass
Nov 6, 2009
Terry was the son of Marshall Thompson and Ruby Juliette Self Douglass. He resided in Dallas. Terry was known for his love for theater and Frank Sinatra. His passion was golf and was known as ?Frankie Fairway?. He will be missed by all and as Sinatra said, ?The best is yet to come.? Terry worked in sales, a ?singing?...
Kevin Moak
Nov 3, 2009
Kevin was born on May 9, 1966 in Fort Worth. He was the son of James and Juanita Browning Moak. On Sept. 28, 2004 he married Joann Schichtel in Laguna Park. A avid outdoors man, he loved the lake, barbeques, playing tree golf, horseshoes and motorcross races. He was of the Baptist faith. His sister, Paulette Hobbs preceded him...
Thera Burnett
Nov 2, 2009
Thera was born on January 23, 1935 in Mena, Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late Lester and Dorothy Masters Bain. She moved to Dallas in 1965 from Mena where she raised her family. Thera worked as a legal secretary until retirement in 2000. She moved to Whitney in 2003 to become a resident of Town Hall Estates....
Walter Neyhard
Nov 1, 2009
Walter was the son of John Albert and Helena Marie Shupp Neyhard. He grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania and joined the Air Force as soon as he was old enough near the end of World War II. Walter served in the Air Force for over 20 years. During his military career, he was stationed at air...
Judge Charles Herd
Oct 30, 2009
Charles was the son of Charlie and Bertie Hawkins Herd. He grew up in Irene and graduated from Malone High School. After graduating from Sam Houston State University, he worked in the oil and gas industry for a number of years in both west and south Texas. During WWII, Charles served in the Army, receiving several recognitions, including the...
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