William Ince
May 20, 2010
William J. Willie Ince passed away on May 20, 2010. Willie was born on February 24, 1933 in Whitney, the son of the late Jessie and Sarah Watts Ince. He had lived in the Whitney area all of his life and graduated from Whitney High School in 1951. On December 2, 1960, he married Pearl McCool. He served his...
Ernie King
May 16, 2010
Ernie King, 56, of Fort Worth died Sunday, May 16, 2010 in a Fort Worth hospital. He was the son of Zeno Rufus and Eunice Viola Reynolds King. Ernie spent his early years in Blum before moving to Fort Worth in 1961. He is preceded in death by his parents; 2 sisters, Frances Virginia Heald, and Catherine Beatrice Blakeley;...
Wendell Hoyle
May 15, 2010
Wendell Hoyle, 85, of Hillsboro, died Saturday, May 15, 2010, in Hillsboro. Wendell was the son of Hubert Lee and Grace Carroll Hoyle. He lived in Hill County most of his life. On November 19, 1947 he married Jo Ann Cleveland in Corsicana, Texas. Wendell was a salesman and was a member of the Hillsboro Church of Christ. He...
Robert Ottmer
May 13, 2010
Robert was born May 30, 1963 and was the son of Robert Ottmer, Sr.and Patsy Huffman Richardson. He grew up in Cleburne and married Jana Johnson on Dec.11, 1981. He was a contractor and builder of new homes. As a member of the Open Range Cowboy Church, he graciously gave of his time to the church and also helped...
Mable Whitt
May 10, 2010
Mable Louise Whitt, 77, of Hillsboro died Monday, May 10, 2010, at her residence. She born April 24, 1933 in Corbet, near Hubbard, daughter of the late William Dewey and Annie Bell Putman Coffey. She lived in Hill County all of her life and for the last 50 years in Hillsboro. On May 25, 1957 she married Melvin Red...
Gerald Chastain
May 8, 2010
Gerald Ray Chastain, 73, of Whitney died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Lake Whitney Medical Center in Whitney. Gerald was born August 20, 1936 in Hillsboro the son of William T. and Eula Majors Chastain. Gerald was an avid fisherman and liked to hunt. For 16 years he served his country in the U.S. Navy. He was a member...
William Lawler
May 6, 2010
Bill Lawler, age 85 of Hillsboro, TX left to meet his Lord in Heaven on May 6, 2010. He was born on May 28th, 1924, the oldest of the 3 children from Laura and Nicholas Davis Lawler who grew up on a farm near Lone Oak, TX where he graduated from high school in 1940. He attended East Texas...
Sue Manax
May 6, 2010
Sue Worley Birdwell Manax, 67, passed away at her home in West with her husband, Dr. Bill Manax at her side. Sue was born on November 9, 1942 in Aquilla, Texas the fourth daughter of Braxton and Valda Barnes Worley. Upon graduation from Aquilla High School, Sue became a licensed surgical technician at Torbett-Hutchins Memorial Hospital in Marlin, Texas...
Rev. Andy Andersen
May 5, 2010
Rev. Andy Andersen, 62 of Whitney passed away on May 5, 2010 in Temple. Rev. Andersen was born on August 25, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the late Arnold George Crawford Andersen, Sr. and Eleanor Leister Andersen. He lived in Boston until joining the United States Air Force and spending four years at Shepard Air Force Base...
Avonne Frazier
May 4, 2010
Avonne Frazier, 86, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at a nursing home in Corsicana. Avonne was born June 30, 1923 in Hill County the daughter of the late Elbert and Johnnie Pope Toon. On December 11, 1941 she married Monroe Frazier and he preceded her in death on January 13, 2003. She lived in Hill County all...
Mary Summerhill
May 2, 2010
Mary was the daughter of John C. and Leona Knox Boyse. At an early age, she moved to Abbott where she was raised. She graduated from Abbott High School where she was an outstanding basketball player. On April 5, 1944, Mary married Weldon Summerhill, and the couple would share the next 66 years together. Following their wedding, they moved...
Joshua Anderson
May 2, 2010
Joshua R. J. Anderson passed away on May 2, 2010 after a car accident. Joshua was born on May 23, 1992 in Mesquite. He was the son of Ron and Denise Wheeler Anderson. Joshua was a senior at Aquilla High School and was an avid football and motorcycle fan. He enjoyed being with family and friends. He was Mommys...
Emmett Gentry
May 1, 2010
Emmett was born on February 21, 1925 in Hemphill, TX to Edgar Morris Gentry and Mary Walton Blankenship. He was a graduate of East Texas State Teachers College, Commerce, TX now Texas A&M Commerce with a BBA degree and the University of Houston, Houston, TX with a MBA. He served in the US Army during WW II in the...
Lydia Kunkel
Apr 28, 2010
Lydia Kunkel, 89, of Bynum died Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Itasca Nursing Home. Lydia was born September 7, 1920 in Hill County, where she lived all her life, daughter of the late William and Marie Schreiber Priebe. She attended White School in eastern Hill County. On December 21, 1938 she married Albert Herman Kunkel. After marriage, the couple...
Nadine Lentz
Apr 21, 2010
Nadine Stanford Lentz, 89, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Nadine was born September 11, 1920 in Hillsboro, where she lived all of her life, daughter of the late Bozie Brice and Fannie Lou Williford Stanford. Following graduation from Hillsboro High School, she worked with her grandparents doing all the...
Alta Schlaepfer
Apr 20, 2010
Alta was born on February 25, 1927 in Graham, the daughter of the late Edward James and Myrtle King Kilpatrick. She married L. J. ?Red? Schlaepfer on April 10, 1948 in Breckenridge and he preceded her in death on April 8, 2005. She worked as an LVN at Kermit Memorial Hospital in Kermit for several years. A woman of...
June Price
Apr 18, 2010
June Price, 85 of Whitney passed away on April 18, 2010 in Austin. June was born on June 1, 1924 in Clarendon; the daughter of the late Bert and Ruth Jane Barton Willey. After moving from the West Texas area she grew up in Glen Rose and lived there until moving to Hill County in 1957 where she lived...
Johnnie Best
Apr 15, 2010
Johnnie Milburn Best, 79, of Hillsboro died Thursday, April 15, 2010, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Johnnie was born September 2, 1930 in Ovalo, TX son of the late Raymond and Alcie Best. As a young child he moved to Crane and graduated from Crane High School. During the Korean War, he served his country in the...
Doyce Sanders
Apr 9, 2010
Doyce Nathaniel Sanders, 90, of Fort Worth died Friday, April 9, 2010, at Jacksboro Healthcare Center in Jacksboro, TX. Doyce was born October 25, 1919 in Aquilla, TX son of the late Lee Harrison and Mary Cummings Sanders. He lived in the Hillsboro, Fort Worth, and Dallas areas most of his life. During WWII, he served his country in...
Wayne Bearden
Apr 8, 2010
Wayne Toots Bearden, 85, of Hillsboro died Thursday, April 8, 2010, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Wayne was born October 26, 1924 in the Mountain View Community in Hill County, son of the late Loyd Benton and Ollie Jane Spear Bearden. He grew up in Hill County most of his life. During WWII, Wayne served his country...
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