Obituaries

Kelsey Jeter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Wilburn Vandagriff

Wilburn Vandagriff

May 2, 2009

Wilburn Arvon Vandagriff, born February 26, 1926 in Anna, Texas, the son of Robert Jackson Vandagriff and Nancy Lucretia Adams Vandagriff passed at his home in Whitney, Texas, Saturday, May 2, 2009. He was known as Uncle Sam, to his niece, Margaret nd Colonel to the neighbor children. He began his military career on April 10, 1940 as a...

Marie Vorderlandwehr

Marie Vorderlandwehr

May 2, 2009

Marie Vorderlandwehr, 75, of Hillsboro died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at her residence. Marie was born April 2, 1934 in Braithwaite, OK the daughter of Jacob and Kathryne Wildermuth Mirtz. On November 27, 1952, she married Bob Vorderlandwehr. He preceded her in death on March 19, 2008. They moved to Hillsboro in August of 1960. Marie worked with her...

George Baker

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...

Jay Hill

Jay Hill

May 1, 2009

Jay Hill of Whitney, passed away May 1, 2009 in Whitney. Jay was born on July 24, 1931 in Okra, Texas, the son of Claud S. and Nora Mae Falls Hill. He grew up in Sipe Springs and graduated high school there. Jay served his country during the Korean War in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954 and was Commander...

Sharon Vessels

Sharon Vessels

Apr 30, 2009

Sharon Kay Vessels, 48, of Wills Point passed away on April 30, 2009 at her residence. Sharon was born on January, 18, 1961 in Mangum, Oklahoma, the daughter of Wilbert and Janette Halford Thompson. They moved to Texas when she was a young child. She married John Vessels on March 29, 1980. She was a homemaker and enjoyed taking...