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Donald Gunn

Donald Gunn

Dec 21, 2007

Donald R. Gunn, 70, of Hewitt died Friday, December 21, 2007, in Hewitt. Donald was born August 17, 1937 in Waco the son of Lonnie Ray and Annie Mae Rodgers Gunn. He grew up in the Mayfield Community in Hill County and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1955 and graduated from Navarro College in 1957. He attended Arlington...

Geral Pearce Sr

Geral Pearce Sr

Dec 20, 2007

Geral Ray Pearce, Sr., 68 of Whitney passed away on December 20, 2007 in Whitney. He was born on October 18, 1939 in Fort Worth to Joe Curtis and Mary Etta Cavender Pearce. Geral married Linda Johnson on October 22, 1984 in Dallas. He was a carpenter and did remodeling. He enjoyed helping people anyway he could. He liked...

William Miller

William Miller

Dec 20, 2007

William Troy "Jack" Miller, 80, of Aquilla passed away Thurs. Dec. 20, 2007 in Whitney. Mr. Miller was born on Aug. 5, 1927 in Aquilla to William Troy Miller, Sr. and Mildred Louise White. On July 19, 1950, he married Joyce Stewart in Rockwall, TX. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He was...

Alberta Moore

Alberta Moore

Dec 17, 2007

Alberta Moore, 86, of Whitney passed away at a local hospital on December 17, 2007. She was the daughter of Albert and Faye Greer Sylvester. She grew up in Texas. Alberta married Oscar Montgomery in 1942 and lived in California until 1963. She moved back to Texas and married Kirk Moore in 1968. She sold fine jewelry for 15...

Mike Mitchell

Mike Mitchell

Dec 17, 2007

Mike Mitchell, 56, of Little Elm, Texas died Monday, December 17, 2007, in Paris, France. Mike was born February 24, 1951 in Corpus Christi, Texas the son of John H., Sr. and Margaret Mary Shepherd Mitchell. During junior high school, he moved to Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School and completed Hill Junior college. On March 5, 1972...

Ed Partin

Ed Partin

Dec 14, 2007

Ed Partin, 75, of Whitney passed away in Hillsboro on December 14, 2007. He was the son of Melvin and Modena Bailey Partin. He graduated from Jordan High School in 1950 in Long Beach, California. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean conflict and received an honorable discharge in 1955. He lived in California for...

Robert Pelham

Robert Pelham

Dec 11, 2007

Robert Harold Pelham, 70, went home to be with Jesus December 11, 2007. Robert was born Aug. 2, 1937 to Harold Warnell and Maurine CarmichelPelham. He married Leta Ellison on April 28, 1961 in Whitney. He worked for the Texas Dept. of Transportation for 32 years. He was a member of the Towash Baptist Church and Woodman of the...

Dorotha Newton

Dorotha Newton

Dec 11, 2007

Dorotha Frazier Newton, 89, loving wife, mother, great grandmother, and teacher of North Richalnd Hills passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2007. Dorotha was born October 18, 1918 in Bynum, Texas. She received a BS degree in Education and was awarded her Masters Degree, both from the University of North Texas in Denton. Dorotha had lived in the Fort Worth...

Curtis Grayson

Curtis Grayson

Dec 10, 2007

Curtis C. Grayson, 82, of Hillsboro died Monday, December 10, 2007, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Curtis was born January 30, 1925 in Childress County, Texas the son of Jackson Rufus and Mary Rose Embrey Grayson. He grew up in Italy, Texas and graduated from Italy High School. From 1943-1946 he served his country in the...

George Boyd

George Boyd

Dec 10, 2007

George L. ?Zippy? Boyd, 75, of Hillsboro died Monday, December 10, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Zippy was born November 10, 1932 in Peoria, Texas the son of George F. and Isabelle Barnes Boyd. He grew up and lived most of his life in the Peoria area. He started school in the Bethel Community and graduated from...

Mary Franklin

Mary Franklin

Dec 10, 2007

Mary Franklin, 76, of Moody, formerly of Hillsboro and Fort Worth, died Monday, December 10, 2007 at Westview Manor in McGregor. Mary was born August 10, 1931 in Hillsboro the daughter of Marcus Edward and Valley Ezell Wood Hickey. She grew up in Hillsboro but spent most of her life in Fort Worth. For many years she was married...

Sheri Yale

Sheri Yale

Dec 6, 2007

Sheri Yale, 44, of Burleson died Thursday, December 6, 2007, in Burleson. Sheri was born April 23, 1963 in Fort Worth, Texas the daughter of Vernon and Betty Perry Giebler. She loved spending time with family and friends and she loved animals very much. Sheri was also an avid music fan. She was employed by Dr. Jerome B. Tulecke...

Douglas Davidson

Douglas Davidson

Dec 3, 2007

Douglas was the son of Rex Temple and Ruby Lee Allen Davidson. On February 17, 1961 he married Lenda Landtroop. For 32 years, he was an over the road truck driver for FFE, CalArk, and TAPS. He received numerous awards for safe driving. Douglas was a great father, husband, and friend who was dedicated to his work. Preceding him...

Elsie Ward

Elsie Ward

Dec 2, 2007

Elsie Mae Ward passed away on December 2, 2007 in Waco. Elsie was the daughter of Allen and Ione Swartz Arnold. She married Marlin E. ?Bo? Ward November 26, 1949, and he preceded her in death May 1, 1978. She was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Whitney, TX. Survivors include her daughter, Melinda Tucker and...

Wanda Bush

Wanda Bush

Nov 28, 2007

Wanda Bubba Bush, 83, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at Park Plaza Nursing Home. Ms. Bush was born March 31, 1924 in Grand Prairie, Texas to Lelia Robertson & C.W. Barton. She fell in love and married Jack Bush, February 24, 1944, in Liberal, Kansas, he was a WWII veteran. Wanda and Jack resided in Grand Prairie until...

William Crawford

William Crawford

Nov 26, 2007

William Bill Matthew Crawford, 85, of Laguna Park, Texas passed away at his home on November 26, 2007. He was the son of John William and Merzuery Shetley Crawford. He served in the South Pacific in the United States Navy during World War II. He was past commander of the Whitney V. F. W. Post #8571and past president of...

Linda Richardson

Linda Richardson

Nov 24, 2007

Linda was the daughter of Oran Andrew and Ruby Mae Pringle Sirmons. She grew up in Amarillo and married Nelson Richardson on Jan. 31, 1969. They moved to Waco in 1985. Linda worked for the Waco Housing Authority for 10 years. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Judy Kifolo. Survivors include husband, Nelson Richardson of...

Troy Lewis

Troy Lewis

Nov 20, 2007

Troy Fred Lewis, 83, of Whitney died Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Troy was born April 17, 1924 in Bethel Community, Hill County, Texas the son of J. Frank and Fannie McMurray Lewis. On September 19, 1944 he married Ruby Lee Stringer and she preceded him in death on February 6, 2004. He...

Ruby Watson

Ruby Watson

Nov 18, 2007

She was the daughter of Harvey and Hattie Akins Waller. Mrs. Watson grew up and attended school in Hill County, TX where she met and married the love of her life and best friend, Ney Watson. They lived and worked together on their farm in Bynum, TX until moving to Hillsboro, TX in 1961. At that time she began...

Sue Parker

Sue Parker

Nov 16, 2007

Sue Parker, 81, of Hillsboro died Friday, November 16, 2007, in Hillsboro. Sue was born November 28, 1925 in Weston, West Virginia the daughter of Hugh and Lovelia Blanche Eskew Fidler. Raised mostly by her grandmother, Ada Eskew, in Hampton, West Virginia, Sue attended schools in Weston. On April 12, 1942 she married Frank Parker in Covington, Kentucky. At...

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