Obituaries

Lillian Kay

Lillian Kay

Jun 11, 2008

Lillian Kay, 102, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at Homestead Nursing and Rehab in Hillsboro. Lillian was born May 30, 1906 in Fort McKavett, Texas in a wagon by a military doctor, the daughter of Marvin and Buena Alley. Her father was a Spanish-American veteran. She spent her early years in Sonora, TX, where she accompanied her...

Patsy Sides

Patsy Sides

Jun 11, 2008

Patsy Sides, 78, Fort Worth died Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at the Emery J. Lilge Hospice House in Fort Worth. Patsy was born November 14, 1929 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Wilber W. and Mamie Ozella Campbell Jordan. She grew up in Hillsboro where she graduated from Hillsboro High School. On July 1, 1950 she married Billy R....

Bill Van Devender

Bill Van Devender

Jun 6, 2008

Bill Van Van Devender, 68, of Whitney passed away on June 6, 2008 in Clifton. He was the son of Everett Van Devender and Charlotte Sweeney. He grew up spending time in Idaho and Texas. He joined the Navy and moved to Texas after his military duty was over. Bill has lived in Whitney for the past 25 years...

Doris Chenault

Doris Chenault

Jun 4, 2008

Doris Chenault, 80, of Whitney passed away on June 4, 2008 in Whitney. Doris was the daughter of Ted J. and Sudie Mae Miller Farmer. At the age of three she and her family took the train to Dallas where her father went to work for Proctor & Gamble. She graduated from Sunset High School. In 1946, she married...

Rayburn Thomas

Rayburn Thomas

Jun 3, 2008

Rayburn was born to Sidney and Maudie Moore Thomas on April 13, 1925 in Bosque County, where he grew up hunting and fishing with his brother Elmoe on the Brazos River. He attended Walling Bend schools and others. In 1942, he met Sue Dobbs and from the start they had an eye for each other. At the age of...

Bobby Hightower

Bobby Hightower

Jun 2, 2008

Bobby Clifton Hightower, 35, of Whitney passed away Monday, June 2, 2008. Bobby was born Nov. 14, 1972, in Longview, to James Clifton Butch and Rebecca Jane McKay Hightower. He moved to Whitney in 1986 and graduated in 1991 from Whitney High School. He married his high school sweetheart, Deanna Lee Hyslop, Aug. 15, 1992. He worked for many...

Charles Pritchett

Charles Pritchett

May 29, 2008

Charles Pritchett, 87, of Hillsboro died Thursday, May 29, 2008, in Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Charles was born September 10, 1920 near Aquilla, in the Culp Community where he grew up, Texas the son of Charles Malone and Lula Margaret Biggs Pritchett. On August 26, 1939 he married Edna Kerley and she preceded him in death...

Felix Schulz

Felix Schulz

May 26, 2008

Felix was the son of Herman and Emma Kaddatz Schulz. He was baptized March 30, 1924 at Salem Lutheran Church in Malone and was confirmed there on April 10, 1938. His confirmation verse was Matthew 6:33. On December 14, 1944, he married Adeline Emma Sonnenburg in Malone. She preceded him in death on April 15, 1998. Felix worked for...

Johnny Jorgensen

Johnny Jorgensen

May 25, 2008

Johnny Jorgensen, 75, of Whitney passed away on May 25, 2008 in Whitney. Johnny was born Feb. 28, 1933 in Sullivan, Wisconsin. to John and MableWagie Jorgensen. He loved riding motorcycles, boating, fishing and raising chickens. He drove a truck for a cememt company. He was a Protestant. He was preceded in death by his parents. His survivors include...

Sharron Booth

Sharron Booth

May 20, 2008

Sharron Booth, 63, of Whitney passed away at her residence on May 20, 2008. Sharron was a lifelong resident of Whitney, daughter of Frances Middlebrook and the late Thomas L. Middlebrook, Sr., graduating from Whitney High School. An avid reader and collector of rabbit figurines, she also enjoyed working in her yard and raising all kinds of animals with...

Thomas Middlebrook Sr

Thomas Middlebrook Sr

May 19, 2008

Thomas was born on Jan. 6, 1921 in Whitney to W. T. Talbot and Lelia Agnes Morgan Middlebrook. As a lad, Thomas grew up going to school at Whitney and working for his uncle E. L. Middlebrook and his father, W. T. Middlebrook, in a General Merchandise Store now the Forum which included groceries, hardware, cotton ducking and mens...

Bettye Ryno

Bettye Ryno

May 18, 2008

Bettye Simpson Ryno of Whitney passed away peacefully on May 18, 2008 at Goodall Witcher Nursing Facility in Clifton, Tx. with her loving daughter, Renee Fossett, and beloved nieces, Glenda Braud and Rita Zimmerman by her side. Bettye was born March 17, 1933 in Whitney, Tx. the daughter of James Perry and Mamie Adeline Ivy Shelley. She grew up...

Leona Lucas

Leona Lucas

May 17, 2008

Leona was the daughter of Asa M. and Ila Velma Carroll Howard. She lived in the Malone area most of her life. On Sept. 10, 1948, she married J D Lucas. He would precede her in death on Oct 17, 2001. During her working years, Leona was a nurse's aide at both Callaway-McNutt Nursing Home in Hillsboro and the...

Dorothy Herrin

Dorothy Herrin

May 6, 2008

Dorothy Herrin, 82, of Lewisville, Texas, formerly of Hillsboro, Texas, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at Lewisville Estates Assisted Living in Lewisville. Dorothy was born May 20, 1925 in Magnolia, Mississippi the daughter of William and Mary Neely. She grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1942 she married Henry McClurg and they were married for 22 years. Then in...

Donna Flores

Donna Flores

May 5, 2008

Donna Lee Flores, 72, of Whitney passed away on May 4, 2008 in Waco. She was the daughter of Charles E. and Margaret Loftis McCullough. She lived in Indiana until she was a teenager. She then moved to San Antonio, Texas where she met and married Abe Flores on December 8, 1951. Donna worked as a Mary Kay Consultant...

Charlyne Moore

Charlyne Moore

May 3, 2008

Charlyne Annette Moore, 55, of Whitney passed away on May 3, 2008 in Whitney. Charlyne was the daughter of Edgar Earl and Evelyn Estelle Goodnight Davis. She was born and raised in the Dallas area where she worked for Sears and Roebuck before moving to Whitney in 1987. She was a certified EMT, and worked for Town Hall Estates...

Annie Jones

Annie Jones

May 1, 2008

Annie Mae Jones, 74, of Morgan passed away on May 1, 2008 in Clifton. She was the daughter of William Isaac and Lena Mae Robinson Sanders. She married Walter Jones on June 17, 1979. Annie Mae was an excellent cook, loved to hunt, fish, sew and was an avid animal lover. She was a member of the Cedar Shores...

Henry Morgan

Henry Morgan

May 1, 2008

Henry M. Morgan, 94, of Whitney passed away at his residence on May 1, 2008. He was the son of Garfield and Fannie Miller Morgan. He married Erma Thomas on March 23, 1974 in Peoria. He had worked as a paint body worker for automobiles, was an avid fisherman, gardener, enjoyed old cars and loves listening to old music....

Kenneth Lindsey

Kenneth Lindsey

Apr 30, 2008

Kenneth Pop Lindsey, 83, of Arlington passed away on April 30, 2008 in Arlington. He was the son of Morgan and Annie May Kelley Lindsey and grew up in Lamesa. He married Velma Garringer on Oct. 9, 1943. During World War II, he served in the United States Army. He worked as a carpenter and loved to play golf...

Odell Morris

Odell Morris

Apr 29, 2008

Odell Randolph Morris, 80, of Whitney passed away on April 29, 2008. He was the son of Vesta and Fay Walsenham Morris. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict from July 18, 1952 to April 17, 1954. He was a 23 year member of the American Legion Post #522 in Whitney. He worked for Gifford...