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Geneva Williams

Geneva Williams

Dec 23, 2008

Geneva Henry Williams, 86, of Bedford died Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at Park Wood Health Care in Bedford. Geneva was born December 24, 1921 in the Mayfield Community in Hill County, Texas the daughter of John and Pearl Hamilton Hilton. She grew up and attended school in the Mayfield Community. As a young woman, she lived in Bakersfield, CA...

George Bailey

George Bailey

Dec 21, 2008

George Bailey, 64, of Hillsboro died Sunday, December 21, 2008, at his residence in Hillsboro. George was born October 29, 1944 in Nacogdoches, Texas the son of Oran and Auline Lowery Bailey. He worked as a telephone engineer installing telephone systems. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Hillsboro and was devoted to the care of his...

Tina Olivas

Tina Olivas

Dec 19, 2008

Tina Olivas, 82, of Hillsboro died Friday, December 19, 2008, at Doctor's Hospital. Tina was born October 16, 1926 in Hillsboro, Texas, where she grew up, the daughter of Augustine, Sr. and Gonzala Jimenez Maldonado. On February 10, 1964 she married Nick Olivas and he preceded her in death on July 12, 1993. For many years she worked for...

Ed Brown

Ed Brown

Dec 17, 2008

Ed Brown, 78, of Whitney died Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Ed was born April 5, 1930 in Oklahoma the son of Lewis and Nellie Davis Brown. He grew up in Fort Worth. In 1950 he married Betty Eades. For 30 years he worked in Fort Worth as a sheet metal worker before retiring...

Gertrude Hyles

Gertrude Hyles

Dec 16, 2008

Gertrude Hyles, 89, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Gertrude was born April 25, 1919 in Peoria, Texas the daughter of Sam and Eula Lee Tisdale Young. On April 27, 1942 she married Otis Hyles in Seattle, Washington and they were married for 67 years. In 1956 they moved to Hillsboro. She...

Otis Hight

Otis Hight

Dec 15, 2008

Otis D. Hight, 94, of Hillsboro died Monday, December 15, 2008, at Homestead Nursing and Rehabilitation in Itasca. Otis was born November 27, 1914 in Hill County, Texas, where he grew up, the son of William and Docia Mae Jean Hight. He attended school at Grub Hill. In 1935 he married Mozelle Myers and they lived many years in...

Max Ratcliff Jr

Max Ratcliff Jr

Dec 15, 2008

Max Allen Ratcliff, Jr., 61, of Whitney went to be in his spiritual home Monday, December 15, 2008. Max was born on April 4, 1947 in El Paso, Texas to Max Allen Ratcliff Sr. and Dorothy Marie Hill Ratcliff. He moved to Whitney in 1950. Max graduated from Whitney High School in 1965. Max attended the University of Texas...

Katherine Ralston

Katherine Ralston

Dec 15, 2008

Katherine McCullough Ralston, 92, of Waxahachie died Monday, December 15, 2008, at Brook Dale Sterling House in Waxahachie. Katherine was born May 22, 1916 in Hill County, Texas, where she was raised, the daughter of George L. and Maudie May Sinclair McCullough. She was the last of nine children. She attended McMurray and Mayfield Schools. On August 8, 1975...

Zonelle Mcclure

Zonelle Mcclure

Dec 14, 2008

Zonelle McClure, 95, of Hillsboro died Sunday, December 14, 2008, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Zonelle was born October 5, 1913 in Brandon, Texas the daughter of George Banks and Sophie Vanilla Dunlap Lavender. She lived in Hill County most of her life and graduated from Whitney High School. She was married to John Jake McClure and he...

James Melton

James Melton

Dec 11, 2008

James Ray Melton, 80 , of Whitney passed away on Dec. 11, 2008 in Whitney. He was born on Dec. 13, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of the late Alex and Ann Deberry Melton. He served as a chef in the United States Air Force from 1951 - 1960. He enjoyed fishing, gardening and was an avid cook...

Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell

Dec 11, 2008

Margaret Peggy Mitchell, 89, of Woodbury died Thursday, December 11, 2008, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Margaret was born July 5, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts the daughter of Frederick and Margaret Morrisey Shepard. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, John H. Mitchell, Sr.; two sons, John H. Mitchell Jr. and James Michael Mitchell; and...

Sandra Steele

Sandra Steele

Dec 10, 2008

Sandra Steele, age 63, passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at the Temple Living Center-Western Hills nursing facility in Temple, Texas, where she had been a resident for several years. Ms. Steele was born in Hillsboro on April 30th 1945. She attended Abbott High School and went on to attend Temple Jr. College on a basketball scholarship. After graduating...

Billie Mccreight

Billie Mccreight

Dec 3, 2008

Billie Jo McDearmon McCreight, 77, of Fort Worth died Wednesday, December 3, 2008, in Fort Worth. Billie Jo was born June 7, 1931 in McKinney, Texas the daughter of Willie Cecil and Edrey Moore McDearmon. She grew up in Hillsboro. On October 2, 1948 she married Joe McCreight and he preceded her in death on July 7, 2006. She...

Anna Brown

Anna Brown

Dec 2, 2008

Anna Mary Brown, 92, died in Lubbock on December 2, 2008. She was born August 29, 1916, in Dallas to Reverend O. N. and Ollie Glass Baucom. In 1932, at age 15, Anna Mary graduated from Lubbock High School with high honors. In 1936, at age 19, she graduated from Texas Tech with the highest honors in all four...

Calleen Richardson

Calleen Richardson

Nov 30, 2008

Calleen Helen Elizabeth Richardson, 41, of Whitney passed away on November 30, 2008 in Dallas. She was born on April 13, 1967 in Irving, Texas, the daughter of David and Vicki Donihoo Brazell. Calleen graduated from Whitney High School in 1985. She sold Avon for 18 years, was employed at Homestead Nursing and Rehabilitation in medical records and was...

Robert Kilpatrick

Robert Kilpatrick

Nov 29, 2008

Bob was the son of Walter and Alethea Seed Kilpatrick. He grew up in Rochester, Michigan where he completed high school. Following school, he entered the U. S. Army and completed basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri before being stationed at Ft. Hood. While at Ft. Hood, he met his future wife, Jimmie Waller on a blind...

Les Powers

Les Powers

Nov 28, 2008

Les Powers, 87, of Hillsboro died Friday, November 28, 2008, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Les was born June 23, 1921 in Hillsboro, Texas, where he grew up, the son of Leslie Otis and Vestia Ann Quick Powers. A graduate of Hillsboro High School, Les went on to graduate from Texas A&M in 1951 with a B.S.E....

Roy Mccullough

Roy Mccullough

Nov 26, 2008

Roy Lee McCullough, life-long resident of Hill County, died Wed., Nov. 26, 2008 at the age of 102. He and his 98 year old wife, Ruby Mae Ingram McCullough would have celebrated their 79th wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving Day, this Nov. 27th. Roy passed away peacefully at The Legends assisted living facility in Hillsboro, where the couple had made...

Rev. Paul Wiseman

Rev. Paul Wiseman

Nov 24, 2008

Rev. Paul W. Wiseman, 91, of Hillsboro died Monday, Nov. 24, 2008, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Paul was born Dec. 19, 1916 in Mangum, OK the son of Andrew Jackson and Bettie Angeline Webb Wiseman. He grew up and graduated from high school in Mangum, OK. At age 19, he left Mangum to attend Draughn's Business...

Darline Jean

Darline Jean

Nov 22, 2008

Darline Jean, 78, of Hillsboro died Saturday, November 22, 2008, at her residence. Darline was the daughter of Buck and Ruby Padgett Thomas. She married Dempsey L. Jean on March 21, 1950 in Ft. Worth. She enjoyed painting, music, and playing the mandolin. She played in the Woodbury Band for several years. She was preceded in death by her...

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