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Ron Breeding

Ron Breeding

Oct 9, 2008

Ron Chief Breeding, 65, of Aquilla, beloved member of the family of Vaughan Baptist Church, was called home on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Ron was the son of Cecil and Margaret Mann Breeding. He married Frances Waller on August 3, 1963. He served in Law Enforcement for 34 years including 19 years in Hill County as Chief of Police...

Myra Finch

Myra Finch

Oct 9, 2008

Myra Dell McMurry Finch, 94, of Bynum was welcomed into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior on Thursday, October 9, 2008. Myra was born August 8, 1914, near Memphis in Hall County, Texas the eldest of four children born to Earl Seab and MattieSmith McMurry, and moved with her family to Brandon at an early age. She...

Aubrey Valentine

Aubrey Valentine

Oct 8, 2008

Aubrey Jackson Valentine, 89, of Lubbock, formerly of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, October 8, 2008, in Lubbock. Mr. Valentine was born August 3, 1919 in Martins Mills, Texas the son of Willie Bruce and Clemmie Lillian Valentine. He had two brothers, Arless Wayne and James Willie, and a sister, Mabel. The family moved from Martins Mills to West, TX in...

Chester Mckibben

Chester Mckibben

Oct 7, 2008

Chester Mac McKibben, 90, of Whitney passed away on Oct. 7, 2008 in Whitney. He was born July 27, 1918 in Nowata, OK.to Stanley and Jenny Parrot McKibben. On Oct. 2, 1943, he married Ruby June Stubblefield and she preceded him in death on June 11, 2008. During his time in the United States Army, he was a horse...

Auline Bailey

Auline Bailey

Oct 4, 2008

Auline was the daughter of George and Belle Crawford Lowery. She grew up in Nacogdoches and graduated from Stephen F. Austin University. On October 31, 1942 she married Oran Bright Bailey, and he preceded her in death on April 21, 1980. For 20 years she taught elementary school, and then became Dean of Women at Baylor University for 10...

Stanley Goodman

Stanley Goodman

Oct 4, 2008

Stanley Goodman, 79 of Whitney passed away on Oct. 4, 2008. He was born on July 14, 1929 in Clarksville, TX to Robert and Alice Stanley Goodman. He grew up in Kilgore. In 1961, he married Pat Love. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He was a firefighter for 36 years in Arlington. After...

Mildred Bruton

Mildred Bruton

Oct 3, 2008

Mildred Earline Bruton, 85 of Hillsboro passed away on October 3, 2008 in Waco. She was the daughter of Joseph Millard and Josephine Dora Court Rainbolt. She attended and graduated from school in Penelope. On Feb. 13, 1942 she married Robert Bruton in Hillsboro and he preceded her in death on June 16, 2008. She worked for Maloufs and...

Sam Mosley

Sam Mosley

Oct 3, 2008

Sam was born on April 10, 1930 in Slaton, the son of the late Sam T. and LillianRoyal Mosley. He grew up in Hillsboro and played basketball at Hill Junior College. He married Libba Sanders on March 3, 1951. Mosley became the head football coach at Humble in 1972 and remained in that post until 1978. He led the...

Thelma Dobbins

Thelma Dobbins

Sep 29, 2008

Thelma Lucille Dobbins passed away on September 26, 2008 in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of W. Wylie and Lena Marie Caldwell Hudson Smith. After living in Dallas, she moved to Whitney, Texas in 1969. Thelma was a homemaker, member of First Baptist Church and VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post #8571 in Whitney. Thelma married Glenn Alvin Dobbins February 6,...

James Johnson

James Johnson

Sep 28, 2008

James Arnold Hoot Johnson, 61, of Hillsboro went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 28, 2008, at his residence. He was born September 21, 1947 in Temple, Texas. Hoot moved to Peoria with his wife and children in August of 1970 and had resided in Hill County since that time. At the age of 23, while...

Oscar Whittington

Oscar Whittington

Sep 25, 2008

Oscar E. Beat Whittington, 82, of Hillsboro, a most devoted husband, father, and grandfather passed away Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Homestead Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Oscar was born October 22, 1925 in Pluto, Ellis County, Texas the son of Oscar B. Whittington and Mary Patton Whittington. He lived in Hillsboro all of his life except when he was...

L. J. Boyd

L. J. Boyd

Sep 24, 2008

L. J. Boyd, 76, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. L. J. was born January 16, 1932 in the Massey Community of Hill County, Texas the son of Lonso Jasper and Birdie Ethel Harlin Boyd. He lived in Hill County all of his life and was of the Church of...

Leroy Walters

Leroy Walters

Sep 22, 2008

Leroy Walters, 64, of Bynum died Monday, September 22, 2008, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Leroy was born January 11, 1944 in Bynum, Texas the son of Lee and Jessie Lucille Roden Walters. In 1962 he graduated from Bynum High School and received an Associate of Arts from Hill College in 1964. Following his graduation from Hill...

Bertha Knutson

Bertha Knutson

Sep 17, 2008

Bertha Knutson, 76, of Whitney passed away at her residence on September 17, 2008. Bertha was born on Feb. 12, 1932 in Hallock, Minn. She married Ernest Knutson and he preceded her in death in 1969. She loved being outdoors, camping, fishing, going to the beach and crocheting. She loved her family and the times they were together. She...

Ruby Crawford

Ruby Crawford

Sep 15, 2008

Ruby Matlock Crawford, 80, formerly of Laguna Park passed away on Sept. 15, 2008 in Lewisville. Ruby was born on Jan. 9, 1928 in Hollis, OK. to the late G. W. and Polly Catherine Stephens Matlock. She married William Matthew Crawford on Jan. 18, 1946 in Fort Worth and he preceded her in death on Nov. 27, 2007. She...

Joyce Gossett

Joyce Gossett

Sep 9, 2008

Joyce Gossett, 63, of Whitney died Tuesday, September 9, 2008, in Whitney. Joyce was born November 1, 1944 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Avery B. and Rita Louise Hilton Hight. She grew up in Oak Cliff. For a few years she lived in California before moving back to Hillsboro to care for her mother. She had been with...

Veda Webster

Veda Webster

Sep 9, 2008

Veda Webster, 78, a longtime resident of Whitney passed away on Sept. 9, 2008 in Waco. Veda was the daughter of James Virgil and Ruby Ida Shaw Whitehead. She married Robert Lee Webster. She was an avid gardener, a lifetime member of American Legion Auxiliary Post #522 and a past president. She was also a member of Steiner Baptist...

Jo Buchanan

Jo Buchanan

Sep 8, 2008

Joann Buchanan 73, of Whitney passed away on Sept. 8, 2008 in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of George Walter and Lillie May Dorety. On July 19, 1957 she married Richard Berriman Buchanan and he preceded her in death on Dec. 2, 2002. She was an operator for Southwestern Bell and retired in 1997 and a member of First...

Catherine Duffy

Catherine Duffy

Sep 5, 2008

Catherine was born on March 7, 1944 in Clifton BosqueCounty, Texas the daughter of Edward Leon and Adell Cappers Pelham and grew up in Ft. Worth. She lived in California for a while before returning to Texas. She spend most of her life in Hill County. Catherine enjoyed the challenge of putting together jigsaw puzzles and also relaxed by...

Richard Donohue Sr

Richard Donohue Sr

Sep 4, 2008

Richard Edward Dick Donohue, Sr., 70, of Whitney passed away on September 4, 2008 in Waco. He was born on November 16, 1937 in New York City, New York to Joseph Edward and Hilda Clara Burguess Donohue. On June 30, 1957, he married June Marilyn Rapp in New York City. He served his country in the United States Air...

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