Dorothy Mclean
Jun 10, 2009
Dorothy McLean, 92, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, in Hillsboro. Dorothy was born May 31, 1917 in Hill County, Texas, where she lived her whole life, the daughter of John and Gladys Hamilton Moore. In 1934 she graduated from Hillsboro High School. Following high school she married Bill McLean and he preceded her in death in 1970....
Dale Simmons
Jun 9, 2009
Dale Simmons, 88, of Whitney passed away on June 9, 2009 at Hill Regional Hospital. Dale was born on May 15, 1921 in Wortham, the daughter of the late George and Willie Key Edwards. She grew up in Ennis and lived in many places including California for a number of years. She returned to Texas with her husband, John...
Ella Stoker
Jun 9, 2009
Ella Mae Stoker, 89, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at Homestead Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Ella was born June 7, 1920 in Bell County, Texas, where she lived through her teenage years, the daughter of Robert and Eliza Barrington McGaugh. On March 12, 1940 she married Allen Stoker in Italy, TX and he preceded her in death...
Pat Simmons
Jun 6, 2009
Pat Simmons, 62 of Whitney passed away on June 6, 2009 in Waco. Pat was born on August 8, 1946 in Boca Raton, Florida, the daughter of Joseph and Carol Majeski Chandrl. On June 8, 1968 she married Jerry Simmons in Granite City, Illinois. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Seaton Catholic Church in Plano, Texas. Pat was...
Kelsey Jeter
Jun 5, 2009
Kelsey Leanne Jeter, 12, of Hillsboro, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009, in Hillsboro. Kelsey attended Hillsboro Intermediate School where she had just completed the 6th grade. She played flute in the band and was 1st chair. She enjoyed everything about nature, and liked to draw and paint. Very much a people person, Kelsey always had a happy and...
Nellie Falkenberg
Jun 1, 2009
Nellie Falkenberg, 81, of Hillsboro died Monday, June 1, 2009, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Nellie was born June 8, 1927 in Penelope, Texas the daughter of T. Cobble and Ila Mae Hudgins Christian. She grew up in Birome and graduated from Abbott High School. On November 21, 1946 she married Roland Falkenberg in Hillsboro and he...
Jerry Barnes
May 30, 2009
Jerry was the son of John William and Hanna Ruth Smith Barnes. He grew up in Whitney and graduated from Whitney High School and Hill Junior College. After school, he moved to Dallas where he served as regional manager for Complete Tire Company. In 1988, he moved to Cocoa Beach, Florida and managed Glenn's Tire Service for 15 years...
Ava Griffin
May 29, 2009
Ava Griffin, 86, of Hillsboro died Friday, May 29, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Ava was born August 29, 1922 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of John and Naomi Brunson Andrews. Except for living for a short time in San Diego, CA, she had lived all of her life in Hillsboro. She worked at the Hillsboro Clinic...
Sue Harrison
May 27, 2009
Sue Harrison, 60 of Whitney passed away on May 27, 2009. Sue was born on November 30, 1948 in Lebannon, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Clarence and Elsie Vernon Kracke. On February 14, 1998, Sue married David Lee Harrison in Williamstown, New Jersey. She had lived in Whitney since 1990. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Her...
Barbara Bruce
May 25, 2009
Barbara Bruce, 54, of Houston died Monday, May 25, 2009, at Vosswood Nursing Center in Houston. Barbara was born June 26, 1954 in Lake Charles, Louisiana the daughter of Ronald and Dorothy Eichler Deniston-Pope. She graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Houston and received her Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of St. Thomas. On July...
Shirley Schrengohst
May 19, 2009
Shirley Schrengohst, 69 of Whitney passed away on May 19, 2009. Shirley was born on August 16, 1939 in Wellington, Kansas, the daughter of the late Floyd and Tempest Gile Winter. She married Joe Schrengohst on May 2, 1958 in Wichita, Kansas. She was a homemaker, member of King Memorial United Methodist Church in Whitney and enjoyed traveling. Survivors...
William Lewis, Ii
May 18, 2009
William Billy Lawrence Lewis, II, 67, of Hillsboro died Monday, May 18, 2009, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Billy was born October 14, 1941 in Dayton, Ohio the son of Jimmy and Jane Branon Lewis. On October 14, 2000 he married Gerlinde Hermannski in Fredericksburg. He was a registered financial advisor. He was a bluegrass musician and...
Kieth Davis
May 15, 2009
Kieth Wayne Davis, 50, of Henderson, Texas passed away on May 15, 2009 in Longview, Texas. He was born on November 12, 1958 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the son of Herbert Davis and Carol Wynn Anglin and moved to Texas at an early age. He graduated from Levelland High School in 1976 and moved to Longview, Tx. in 1981. He...
Mary Dunn
May 15, 2009
Mary Oree Dunn, 84, of Arlington passed away on May 15, 2009. Mary was born in Hillsboro, the daughter of C. W. and Mary Belle NilesHarris. She attended Grub Hill schools in Hill County and was working at the Cotton Mill in Hillsboro when she married William F. Dunn on December 24, 1946. After marriage the couple lived in...
Vern Bessire
May 12, 2009
Vern Bessire, 75, of Corsicana passed away on May 12, 2009 in Corsicana. She was born on November 4, 1933 in Aquilla, Texas, the daughter of Ferris and May McGuire Gregory. She grew up and graduated from Aquilla high school. She lived in Whitney most of her life and lived in Corsicana with her son and daughter-in-law and at...
Clifford Shirley
May 8, 2009
Clifford Buddy Shirley, 68, of Fort Worth died Friday, May 8, 2009, at at his residence in Fort Worth. He was born November 1, 1940 in Hillsboro the son of Athey Herbert and Ora Cecil Kellum Shirley. He served his country in the United States Air Force. An avid fisherman, he liked photography and took beautiful photographs. He also...
Frances Clevinger
May 7, 2009
Frances Loretta Clevinger, 80 of Whitney passed away on May 7, 2009 at her residence. Frances was born on March 19, 1929 in Coeburn, Virginia, the daughter of Wellington and Oakley Counts Boggs. She married Basil Clevinger on March 15, 1946 and he preceded her in death on March 15, 2002. They moved to Whitney in 1999. She was...
Mary Beesley
May 7, 2009
Mary Lou Honey Beesley, 72, of Hillsboro died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at Kindred Southwest Hospital in Fort Worth. Mary Lou was born June 2, 1936 in Salado, Texas, where she grew up and graduated from high school, the daughter of James Bunn and Ruth Stroud Gidley. On June 14, 1975 she married James Beesley. For 15 years she...
Zelda Middleton
May 3, 2009
Zelda Middleton, 78, of Hillsboro died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Zelda was born May 29, 1930 in Hill County, Texas the daughter of Claude C. and Myrtle Hollingsworth Fincher. On August 25, 1951 she married Frank Middleton and he preceded her in death on July 23, 1995. She was currently serving as the...
George Baker
May 2, 2009
George D. Baker, 87, of Laguna Park was called home to be with his Lord and other family members on May 2, 2009. George was born on November 23, 1921 in Garden Plain, Illinois, the son of Fred and Etta Dodson Baker. He was a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather who retired from Bell Helicopter in 1983. He...
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