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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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