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Brandon Shelton

Brandon Shelton

Apr 14, 2009

Brandon Gean Shelton, 16, of Whitney left this Earth to be with our Lord due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident on April 14, 2009. Brandon was born on Oct. 22, 1992 in Hillsboro, the son of Bobby and Jean Cox Shelton. He grew up in Whitney and attended Whitney High School. He enjoyed skateboarding, playing video games...

Clyde Hudspeth

Clyde Hudspeth

Apr 14, 2009

Clyde Hudspeth, 78, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Westview Manor in McGregor. Clyde was born September 18, 1930 in Aquilla the son of Clyde and Mary Jewel Wills Hudspeth. He served his country in the U. S. Marine Corps and was honorably discharged. He married Callie Oletha Erwin and she preceded him in death on October...

Hertha Dungan

Hertha Dungan

Apr 14, 2009

Hertha Dungan, 69, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Hertha was born August 6, 1939 in Council Bluffs, Iowa the daughter of Herman and Louise Wurdeman Sudmann. She grew up in Treynor, Iowa. In 1955 she married Miles Dungan in California Junction, Iowa and he preceded her in death on May 6,...

Zak Stout

Zak Stout

Apr 14, 2009

Zak Stout, 18, of Whitney passed away on April 14, 2009 following an automobile accident. Zak was born on October 23, 1990 in Cleburne, Texas, the son of Ronald and Brenda Martin Stout, Sr. He had lived in Whitney all his life and was a sophomore at Whitney High School. Active in the German Club, track, tennis and theater...

Theodore Motley

Theodore Motley

Apr 13, 2009

Theodore T Motley, 90, of Hillsboro died Monday, April 13, 2009, at Central Texas Health Care System in Temple. Mr. Motley was the son of James Pendelton and Idora Bonner Motley of Hubbard. For a short period of time in his youth, he moved to Amity, Arkansas with his parents during the depression of 1929, moving back to the...

Mina Hairrill

Mina Hairrill

Apr 9, 2009

Mina Faye Mitchell Hairrill, 92, of Hewitt died Thursday, April 9, 2009, at her residence. Mina was born June 19, 1916 Hill County the daughter of L. L. and Geneva Irby Mitchell. She was of the Baptist faith. Preceding her in death were her parents and husband, Vernon Lee Hairrill, on August 15, 2001. Survivors includ three sisters, Nina...

Lucy Leeman

Lucy Leeman

Apr 8, 2009

Lucy Leeman, 79, of Whitney passed away on April 8, 2009 at Park Plaza Nusing Home. Lucy was born on June 26, 1929 in Rotan, Texas, the daughter of Johnny Taylor and Tommie Lucille Wilkes Harkins. She graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas. On February 14, 1947, she married David Leeman, Sr. They moved to Whitney in 1975....

Jim Fortenberry

Jim Fortenberry

Apr 4, 2009

Jim Weldon Fortenberry of Whitney went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 4, 2009. He was born in Pampa, Texas on Feb. 13, 1932 to Frederick Joseph Fortenberry and Allie Rose McDaniel Fortenberry. Following graduation from Central High School in Oklahoma City, he attended Oklahoma University. Jim and his wife, Helen, were founding members of White...

Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas

Mar 30, 2009

Roy Manuel Thomas was born in Silver Valley, Texas on August 2, 1915 and passed away in Whitney, Texas on March 29, 2009. He was the youngest of eight children born to Joseph Carl Thomas, a Confederate soldier ad early settler of Bosque County, and Sarah Stacey Thomas. Roy grew up in Cedron, Bosque County, Texas. He married Willie...

William Roberts

William Roberts

Mar 29, 2009

William Roscoe Roberts, a retired salesman, 86 of Hillsboro died Sunday, March 29, 2009, in a local nursing home after a long illness. Mr. Roberts was born October 23, 1922, to Rachel Jane Pollard Roberts and Robert Henry Roberts at home in the Mertens area. He attended school in Mertens and Milford. On October 21, 1944 he married the...

Clois Ansley

Clois Ansley

Mar 27, 2009

Clois A Nash Ansley, 87, of Whitney passed away on March 27, 2009 in Whitney. Clois grew up in Louisiana, where she graduated from Bolton High School. She met Gordon Ansley and married him six weeks later on March 19, 1944. She later moved to Texas, living in Southeast Texas, then in Bosque and Hill Counties. Clois loved most...

Isabell Allison

Isabell Allison

Mar 27, 2009

Isabell Delitha Allison, 87, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma died Friday, March 27, 2009, in Sallisaw. Isabell was born May 31, 1921 in Hillsboro the daughter of Carrie and J.N. Lloyd. She married Chester Thurman Allison on August 31, 1940. Isabell was a resident of White Settlement for 50 years before moving to Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her...

Wanda Martindale

Wanda Martindale

Mar 25, 2009

Wanda Martindale, 84, of Whitney and formerly of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on March 25, 2009. Wanda was born on September 15, 1924 in Great Bend, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Mathilda Wolfe Roach. She was raised in Norborne, Missouri. On February 26, 1946, she married Frank Martindale. She spent over 60 years of her married life...

John Thompson

John Thompson

Mar 24, 2009

Johnny Joe Thompson, 40, of Whitney passed away at his residence on March 24, 2009. John was born on December 8, 1968 in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Billy Joe and Charlene Runnels Thompson. He married Mindy Singleton on October 8, 2007 at the Fort Graham Baptist Church in Whitney. He enjoyed working on and talking on CB...

Bonnie Taylor

Bonnie Taylor

Mar 23, 2009

Bonnie Joe Langford Taylor, of Houston died Monday, March 23, 2009, in Sugarland. Bonnie was born May 14, 1921 in Mertens the daughter of Charlie and Bonnie Shirley Langford. She was preceded in death by her parent and husband, Stephen Wayne Taylor. Also by maternal grandparents, E. C. and Sallie Shirley, and by brothers, Woodrow Langford, Charles Shirley Langford,...

Minnie Young

Minnie Young

Mar 22, 2009

Minnie Mozell Young, 80 of Fort Worth passed away on March 22, 2009. Minnie was born on November 22, 1928 in Whitney, the daughter of William and Lurline Wall Cappers. She married Troy Gene Young on October 8, 1947 in Whitney and he passed away on April 1, 1977. She was a homemaker enjoying country music, birdwatching and raising...

Horace Head

Horace Head

Mar 19, 2009

Horace Wesley Head, 87, died at 3:10 p.m., Thursday, March 20, after a long illness. Mr. Head was retired from industrial construction and the U.S Army. Mr. Head was born October 7, 1921, to Wesley H. and Blanche Malone Head in Osceola. He attended Itasca public schools and graduated from Itasca High School. He attended Howard Payne College in...

Velma Lindsey

Velma Lindsey

Mar 16, 2009

Velma Lee Lindsey, 81, of Arlington died Monday, March 16, 2009, at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington. Velma was born July 22, 1927 in Cherokee, Oklahoma the daughter of Chester and Fannie Dosey Garringer. She grew up in Arkansas where she attended school. She later moved to Lamesa where she met Kenneth Lindsey and they were married on October...

Lucille Branscome

Lucille Branscome

Mar 7, 2009

Lucille was born November 7, 1919 in Osceola, Texas to Will J. and Fleta Hamilton Harper. She attended Mayfield Schools and graduated from Itasca High School. After graduation, she attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary for two years majoring in Religious Education. Due to the economic situation of World War II, she left her studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary...

Jane Grayson

Jane Grayson

Mar 5, 2009

Jane Grayson, 83, of Hillsboro died Thursday, March 5, 2009, at her home. Jane was born June 28, 1925 in Italy, Texas the daughter of Burley E. and Nellie Griffis Wiles. She grew up in Italy and graduated from Italy High School. On July 13, 1946 she married Curtis Grayson and he preceded her in death on December 10,...

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