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Chessie Fanning

Chessie Fanning

Nov 13, 2007

Chessie Williams Fanning, 83, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Chessie was born November 17, 1923 in Gadsden, Alabama the daughter of Bonnie Rawls and Roxie Hudgins Huggins. Chessie was an excellent cook who loved to take trips and dancing. She especially loved spending time with her family laughing and...

Robert Nichols

Robert Nichols

Nov 10, 2007

Robert Nichols, 64, of Plano, formerly of Wake Village, Texas, died Saturday, November 10, 2007. Robert was born October 29, 1943 in Grand Prairie, Texas the son of Park and Gladys Biggers Nichols. He grew up in Hubbard and graduated from Hubbard High School. After graduation, he went to Sam Houston State University where he received his BS degree...

Ronald Mccombs

Ronald Mccombs

Nov 8, 2007

Ronald McCombs, 67, of Bynum died Thursday, November 8, 2007, in Bynum. Services will be held at a later date. Ronald was born May 30, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio the son of James Raymond and Dorothy Borders McCombs. Before moving to Texas in 1976, he had grew up and lived in Ohio. In 1974 he married Bonnie Bukey. During...

Alvin Kaddatz

Alvin Kaddatz

Nov 8, 2007

Alvin A. ?Kowboy? Kaddatz, 91, of Hillsboro died Thursday, November 8, 2007, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Kowboy was born October 9, 1916 near Malone, Texas the son of Karl Charlie and Annie Radke Kaddatz. Faith and family were first in his life. On January 2, 1954 he married Nancy Mann in Malone. He was an avid...

Eva Walker

Eva Walker

Nov 6, 2007

Eva Gertrude Walker, 99, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Eva was born December 10, 1907 in Covington, Texas the daughter of Robert Lee and Nancy Jane Wilson Walker. She lived in Milford and Hillsboro most of her life. After living in Amarillo for 10 years, she moved back to...

Calvin Mcmullen

Calvin Mcmullen

Nov 6, 2007

Calvin Lee Floyd McMullen, 21, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, November 6, 2007, in Cleburne. Calvin was born September 14, 1986 in Bakersfield, CA the son of Dewey and Linda Followill McMullen. In 2005 he graduated from Hillsboro High School. He loved music and played the guitar extremely well. He also loved to cook. He worked for AOK Construction in...

Edrie Boyd

Edrie Boyd

Nov 4, 2007

Edrie Florene Judy Boyd passed away on November 4, 2007 in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of Samuel Adolphus and Bertha Truitt Gilley. She attended Whitney school graduating as the valedictorian of her class in 1933. She then attended Hillsboro Junior College and later entered Baylor Hospital School of Nursing receiving her Registered Nurses Certificate in 1938. She worked...

Sarah Pippin

Sarah Pippin

Nov 4, 2007

Sarah Helen Pippin, 77, of Whitney left this earth be with the Lord, Sunday November 4, 2007. She was born on March 15, 1930 in Lueders, TX. to the late Joseph Earl and Fannie Mae Petty Shelley. She graduated from Peacock High School in West, Texas. She was a member of Towash Baptist Church in Whitney. Helen spent most...

Ruby Lentz

Ruby Lentz

Nov 3, 2007

Ruby was the daughter of Charlie and Annie Radke Kaddatz. She was baptized April 13, 1924 at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Walling, TX by Rev. E. O. Baack with sponsors, Alice Sonnenberg and August Groppe. She was confirmed April 10, 1938 at St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church by Pastor John Striepe. Her confirmation verse was John 10: 27-28, ?My...

E. L. Pelham

E. L. Pelham

Nov 1, 2007

E. L. Pelham, 83, of Whitney passed away on Nov.1, 2007 in Whitney. He was the son of William Ed and Wilma Newsome Pelham. He lived in Hill County most of his life and in Fort Worth for 15 years. He first married Adell Cappers on April 10, 1943 and she preceded him in death on March 10, 1988....

Patricia Houston

Patricia Houston

Nov 1, 2007

Patricia K. Wylie Houston was born on October 4, 1940 in Duluth, MN to James L. and Catherine Wylie. She grew up in Duluth with her three sisters: Pam, Kathy and Peggy. On May 16, 1961, Patricia married Gordon D. Avritt in Duluth and they later gave birth to two kids: Lisa and Michael. On February 1, 1969, she...

Lottie Peacock

Lottie Peacock

Oct 31, 2007

Lottie Elizabeth Sis Peacock passed away on October 31, 2007 in Whitney. She was the daughter of William Nelson and Katie Lloyd Butcher. On Dec. 24, 1943, she married C. J. Peacock and he preceded her in death on March 24, 1999. She was a homemaker and a member of the Whitney Church of Christ. Also preceding her in...

Emily Heath

Emily Heath

Oct 30, 2007

Emily Rose Heath, beloved infant daughter of Charles and Faith Heath passed away on October 30, 2007. She is survived by parents, Charles and Faith Heath; sister, Haleigh and brother, Charlie all of Whitney; paternal grandparents, Preston and Connie Heath of Whitney; maternal grandparents, Rick Tingle of Meeker, CO and Mary Moon of Woodburn, OR; paternal great grandfather, Paul...

Hermia Solash

Hermia Solash

Oct 29, 2007

Hermia T. Solash, 78, of Hillsboro passed away on Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, in Hillsboro after a lengthy illness. She was buried on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, in Mineral Wells with her first husband, Louis J. Rochat, Jr. who preceded her in death in 1972. Hermia was born January 7, 1929 in Ravenna, KY the daughter of Thomas D....

Martha Haynes

Martha Haynes

Oct 28, 2007

Martha was the daughter of Earl Q. and Ethel Greenwade McMahan. She was a bookkeeper in the Medical Records for the Whitney Hospital, retiring in 1991. Martha was an avid reader and marvelous seamstress. On May 23, 1986, she married M. C. Haynes and he preceded her in death on July 19, 1992. Martha was a member of the...

Joe Curlee

Joe Curlee

Oct 27, 2007

Joe was born July 9, 1926 in Rockwall County, Texas to William Carson Curlee and Lula Idella Curlee. He married Jocille Cooper on February 21, 1958 and she preceded him on October 16, 1997. He was also married to Imogene Walles on February 19, 1949 and was married for eight years. Joe served in the U.S. Army in WW...

Charlie Blasor

Charlie Blasor

Oct 25, 2007

Charlie Blasor, 81, of Hillsboro died Thursday, October 25, 2007, at his residence. Charlie was born October 15, 1926 in Pittsburg, Kansas the son of Brannick and Elsie Crabtree Blasor. He grew up in Kansas. He first married Joan VanDewalker. He served his country in the United States Navy. After moving to Oregon, he worked in the lumber business....

Carl Bartley

Carl Bartley

Oct 24, 2007

Carl Junior Barlty, 77, of Lakeside Village passed away on October 24, 2007 in Clifton. He was the son of Pearl Edmer and Bessie Norene Williams Bartley. On April 14, 1973, he married Louise Barrett in Ardmore Oklahoma. He worked as a grocery store manager and retired in 1993. Carl loved to talk, garden, mow and being outside. He...

Mary Ward

Mary Ward

Oct 21, 2007

Mary Ward, 70, of Hearne, formerly of Hillsboro, died, Sunday, October 21, 2007, at her residence. Mary was born December 23, 1936 in Hillsboro, Texas, where she lived most of her life, the daughter of Claude and Bessie Sheffield Thomas. About 20 years ago, she moved to Hearne where she worked as an apartment manager. Preceding her in death...

Maxine Jean

Maxine Jean

Oct 21, 2007

Maxine Jean, 89, of Blum died October 21, 2007 in a Hillsboro nursing home. Maxine was born March 20, 1918 in Sulphur Springs, TX the daughter of John Edward and Lola May Gibbons Acrey. She grew up in East Texas near Longview and Sulfur Springs. She moved to New York as a teenager for a few years before moving...

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