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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
Greg Ball
Mar 3, 2009
Robert Gregory Ball, 46, of Hillsboro went to be with his Lord Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Greg was born Feb. 27, 1963 in Hillsboro to George Albert Ball and Linda Sue Lloyd Kuykendall. He was a father, truck driver, certified peace officer and firefighter for Peoria and Covington Volunteer Fire Depts. Greg also was a certified EMT and prison...
Vera Green
Mar 3, 2009
Vera Green, 70, of Whitney passed away on March 3, 2009. Vera was born on April 18, 1938 in Harlingen, TX, the daughter of Martin and Vera Mae Russell Rich. She married Leslie Eddy Green on Jan. 17, 1958 and he preceded her in death on Jan. 3, 1994. She had worked as a LVN for hospitals retiring in...
Geoffrey Young
Mar 2, 2009
Geoffrey Allen Geoff Young passed away on March 2, 2009. Geoff was born August 19, 1929 in Stamford, Texas to John B. and Lillie Brittain Young. He lived in Spur, Texas, with his grandfather, Frank Oscar Brittain until the age of 11, then moved to Springtown, Texas to live with his grandparents, George Lee and Fannie Prague Young. He...
Alfred Griffin
Mar 2, 2009
Alfred Pete Griffin, 64, of Hillsboro passed away Monday, March 2, 2009, in his home. Pete was born October 16, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia. Preceding him in death was his father, Homer V. Griffin. Survivors include his mother, Willie Griffin; wife, Allita Griffin; two sisters, Marilyn Griffin and Margie Raybon; his children, John Capshaw, Roxanna Gonzales, Melanie Nadel, Angie...
Virginia Hayward
Feb 28, 2009
Virginia Hayward, 90, of Hillsboro died Saturday, February 28, 2009, at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab in Italy. Virginia was born August 10, 1918 in Webster Township, Ohio the daughter of Chauncey and Cora Myerholtz Phillips. On June 20, 1936 she married Kenneth Hayward and he preceded her in death on April 9, 1978. In 1983 she retired as...
Helen Buffington
Feb 23, 2009
June Buffington, 77, of Maryville, Tennessee passed away on February 23, 2009 in Tennessee. She was born on August 9, 1931 in Winnfield, Louisiana, the daughter of Frank and Etta Kelsey Hambleton. She grew up in Louisiana. On July 19, 1948, she married Marvin Buffington Sr. in Louisiana and he preceded her in death on November 12, 1994 in...
Jewella Long
Feb 23, 2009
Jewella Lee Long, 55, of Hillsboro passed away on February 23, 2009 in Waco. She was the daughter of Floyd and Maidene Mitchell Williams. Jewella had worked as a nurse with home health care; liked to read and go fishing. She loved her family very much. She was of the Christian faith. Preceding her in death were her mother...
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