Rene' Kemp
Jan 8, 2009
Rene' Dollar Kemp, 52, of Hillsboro peacefully passed from this life on January 8, 2009 surrounded by family at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Rene' was born in Waco, Texas on September 3, 1956 and spent the majority of her life in Hillsboro. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in...
Tommy Walker
Jan 6, 2009
Tommy James Walker passed away January 6, 2009 at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. He was the son of Henry and Lillian Walker. His family moved to Arlington in 1947 where he lived most of his life graduating from Arlington High School and attending Arlington State College. He proudly served in the navy during the Korean War. He...
Mildred True
Jan 3, 2009
Mildred F. True, 99, of Hillsboro died January 3, 2009, at her residence. Mildred was born December 27, 1909 in Chickasha, Oklahoma the daughter of Harvey and Emma Cloud Matthews. She married Bennie True on July 13, 1937 and he preceded her in death on Sept. 27, 1997. Mildred was an active member of Brookhollow Christian Church in Abilene,...
James Beck
Jan 1, 2009
James Beck, 72, of Fort Worth passed away on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Fort Worth. James was born on June 25, 1936, in Cleburne, the son of the late Hillery and Eula Swiney Beck. He grew up in Cleburne and joined the United States Marines for three years and then was a member of the Reserve. On March...
John Alldredge
Dec 31, 2008
John L. Alldredge, 100, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at The Legends in Hillsboro. John L. was born March 28, 1908 in Hillsboro, Texas, where she lived all her life, the daughter of John Holmes and Ollie Ann Owens Byars. She was the valedictorian of her classes at Travis School, Hillsboro High School and Hillsboro Jr. College....
Velma Murdock
Dec 29, 2008
Velma L. Murdock, 80, of Whitney passed away Dec. 29, 2008. Velma was born on Jan. 13, 1928 in Dallas, the daughter of the late W. James and Vergie Cavender Wetherell. She served her country in the U. S. Navy from 1951 - 1956. She had worked as a registered nurse for the V.A. hospital in Dallas for 20...
Woodrow Isbell
Dec 27, 2008
Woodrow was the son of William D. and Ruth Jefferson Isbell. He graduated from Abbott High School where he was captain of the football team. Following graduation, he ran a Conoco service station and helped his dad farm. He was among the first to volunteer from Hill County for the military after the war broke out. After joining the...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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