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Pauline Cockerham

Pauline Cockerham

Apr 22, 2008

Pauline Gorham Cockerham, 79, of Milford died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at Trinity Mission Health & Rehabilitation in Italy, Texas. Pauline was born November 28, 1928 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Ray Emmet and Alma Wood Gorham. She grew up, graduated high school, and lived most of her life in Milford. On April 30, 1947 she married Jay...

Marvin Dupy

Marvin Dupy

Apr 19, 2008

Marvin Dupy, 69, of Whitney passed away on April 19, 2008 in Temple, Texas. Marvin was the son of Charles and Sadie Crawford Dupy. He grew up in Illinois and at the age of seventeen, joined the Navy and served his country for twenty years. Then joined the reserves and served ten more years. Retiring in 1985 and moving...

Ural Burkhaulter

Ural Burkhaulter

Apr 19, 2008

Biography: He was the son of Thomas Andrew and Emma Bird Jackson Burkhaulter. He grew up in and attended school in Rising Star. He married Maurine Elliott Burnett on May 9, 1942 and she preceded him in death on Jan. 15, 2007. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII in the Pacific Theater. He worked many years in...

Barbara Duncan

Barbara Duncan

Apr 19, 2008

Barbara Gail was the daughter of Johnnie Edward and Irene Priest Duncan. She grew up in the Roanoke area moving to Louisiana as a young woman and moved to Laguna Park in 1988. She was an LVN and a member of the Open Range Cowboy Church of Whitney. Preceding her in death were her parents, a daughter, Regina Ann...

Barbara Greene

Barbara Greene

Apr 19, 2008

Barbara was the daughter of Albert H. and Lydia Priebe Kunkel. She grew up and graduated high school in Bynum. Shortly after high school, she began working in medical records as a medical transcriptionist and continued that work for 50 years. Barbara was an avid fan of both the Dallas Cowboys and the University of Texas. A sports enthusiast,...

Rose Hollenshead

Rose Hollenshead

Apr 18, 2008

Rose Marie was born on September 8, 1911 in Burlington, Kansas to Frank W. and Frances Hoffmans Haight. She graduated from high school in Burlington and then graduated in 1932 with a B. A. degree from St. Mary of the Woods College in Terre Haute, Indiana. After school she worked in the family hardware and furniture stores in Burlington...

Edna Markwardt

Edna Markwardt

Apr 17, 2008

Edna Pearl Piel Markwardt, 81, of Hillsboro was called to her eternal home by her Lord on Thursday evening, April 17, 2008, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Pearl was born January 22, 1927 in Malone, Texas the fourth child born to Herman T. and Johanna Jennie Radke Piel. She was baptized into the Christian faith at St....

Jean May

Jean May

Apr 14, 2008

Jean May, 57, of Brandon died Monday, April 14, 2008, at Homestead Nursing and Rehab in Hillsboro. Jean was born August 19, 1950 in Memphis, Texas the daughter of William and Laveta Wingo. She loved to work in the yard and was of the Assembly of God faith. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Benny Fred May,...

Ray Mcconathy

Ray Mcconathy

Apr 13, 2008

Ray McConathy, 73, of Burleson died Sunday, April 13, 2008, at his residence. Ray was born March 8, 1935 in Whitney, Texas the son of W. Oscar and Allie Offutt McConathy. In 1953 he graduated from Whitney High School. Following high school, he owned and operated his own gas station in Whitney for a few years. He lived in...

John Leath

John Leath

Apr 12, 2008

John Blake Leath, 90, of Whitney passed away on April 12, 2008 in Waco. He was the son of John E. and Stella Kelly Leath. He grew up in the Handley area of Tarrant County. He graduated from Handley High School in 1935 and married Mary Thompson in 1937. He joined the US Navy in 1943 and served during...

Brianna Wilborn

Brianna Wilborn

Apr 11, 2008

Brianna Grace Wilborn, two month old daughter of Louis Wilborn and Ashley Hopson of Hillsboro died April 11, 2008 at a local hospital. She is survived by her parents; maternal-grandparents, Glenn and Sandra Johnson of Hillsboro and Harry and Sandra Hopson of Fort Worth; her paternal-grandparents, Candace Wilborn and Leon Chandler of Cleburne. Ministers Carlon Lemmons and Pastor Richard...

Dorothy Wills

Dorothy Wills

Apr 10, 2008

Dorothy Wills, 86, of Justin, Texas died Thursday, April 10, 2008, in Justin. Dorothy was born January 26, 1922 in Bosque County, Texas the daughter of Dexter Polk and Virgie Elsie Ennis Baker. She lived in Aquilla most of her life. She married Slick Wills and he preceded her in death in 1982. For 20 years she was a...

Sherry Vest

Sherry Vest

Apr 10, 2008

Sherry Perry Vest, 56, of Hillsboro died Thursday, April 10, 2008, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Sherry was born June 29, 1951 in Fort Worth, Texas the daughter of William and Tommie Anderson Bean. She grew up in Hillsboro and worked as a nurses aide. She was a member of Grace City Church in Hillsboro. Preceding...

Bentley Graham

Bentley Graham

Apr 9, 2008

Bentley Graham, 95, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in Hillsboro. Bentley was born September 9, 1912 in Waco, Texas the daughter of Earl Fayne and Myra Cecilia Zagorski Hooks. She graduated from Waco High School and lived in Lacy Lakeview during her youth, where she met her future husband. On August 6, 1932 she married Mack Graham....

Juanita Erwin

Juanita Erwin

Apr 8, 2008

Juanita Kennedy Erwin, 79, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at Kindred Hospital Southwest in Fort Worth. Juanita was born September 16, 1928 in Aquilla, Texas the daughter of Drew Marion and Elsie Ethel Foushee Kennedy. One of the highlights of her early years, was going to school in Aquilla and winning state basketball championships in 1944, 1945,...

Robert Gibson

Robert Gibson

Apr 5, 2008

Robert Lee Gibson, 64, of Whitney passed away on April 5, 2008 in Waco. He was the son of J. L. and Millie Smith Gibson and served his country in the United States Navy. Robert is surved by his wife Melba Langley Gibson and other family and friends.

James Neal

James Neal

Apr 5, 2008

James was the son of J.K. and Eura Mae Johnson Neal. He lived in Hill County most of his life. On November 5, 1955, he married Florence Doner Upchurch in Loveview. For 28 years, he worked as Water Superintendent for the City of Hubbard, retiring in 2005. James was of the Baptist faith and was a member of Hubbard...

Thomas Marsh

Thomas Marsh

Mar 30, 2008

Thomas R. Marsh, 78, of Mayfield, Texas died Sunday, March 30, 2008, in Mayfield. Thomas was born August 19, 1929 in Whitney, Texas, where he grew up and attended school, the son of Guy L. and Lola Grace Bilton Marsh. During his military service in the U. S. Army Air Force from 1946-1949, he did duty in both Korea...

Kenneth Hayman

Kenneth Hayman

Mar 25, 2008

Kenneth Lowell Hayman, 82, of Whitney passed away on March 25, 2008 at his residence. He was the son of Calvin and Stella Bolin Hayman. He served his country in the United States Navy. He also worked as a plant supervisor for a paper company retiring in 1983. He married Barbara Fletcher in Whitney on October 20, 1990. He...

Charles Dean

Charles Dean

Mar 24, 2008

Charles Ray Dean, 72, of Aquilla died Monday, March 24, 2008, at Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. Charles was born November 15, 1935 in Chatt, Texas the of Samuel and Lydia McClure Dean. He lived in Hill County most of his life and graduated from Aquilla High School. After high school, he moved to Beaumont for 15 years....

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