Obituaries

Darra Wallace

Darra Wallace

Jan 27, 2008

Darra Martin Wallace, 57 went home to the Lord on the morning of January 27, 2008. She passed away quietly at home after a long battle with leukemia. Darra was born on Sept. 21, 1950 at Dallas, Texas to A. R. and Fern StricklandMartin. She graduated from Justin F. Kimball High School and Dallas Baptist College of Dallas. Her...

Nelta Hasten

Nelta Hasten

Jan 23, 2008

Nelta Hasten, 84, of Mertens died Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana. Nelta was born February 16, 1923 in Mertens, Texas, where she grew up and spent all of her life, the daughter of Blanny and Ada Kemp Thomas. After graduating from Mertens High School, Nelta went on to receive her Bachelors degree from North...

Josephine Hohenberger

Josephine Hohenberger

Jan 23, 2008

Josephine E. Hohenberger, 89, of Corsicana died Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana. Josephine was born February 8, 1918 in Frost, Texas the daughter of James F. and Bernice Jarrett Denn. She married Willard D. Hohenberger and he preceded her in death on May 22, 1979. Owner of J&H Café, Josephine was a great people...

Delmer Thomas

Delmer Thomas

Jan 20, 2008

Delmer Glynn Thomas, 81 of Whitney died Jan. 20, 2008 in Whitney. He was born on June 29, 1926 in Dawson to George Washington and Bessie Onita Haley Thomas. He graduated from Union Hill High School in 1951. He served his country during World War II in the Navy and during the Korean Conflict in the Army. He was...

Marie Reddell

Marie Reddell

Jan 20, 2008

Marie Cypert Reddell, 92, of Hillsboro died Sunday, January 20, 2008, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Marie was born February 26, 1915 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Ralph and Maude Daniel Cypert. After graduating from Hillsboro High School, she moved to Baytown to live with her sister for a couple of years until she married. In...

Pauline Corpier

Pauline Corpier

Jan 20, 2008

Pauline Corpier, 93, of Hillsboro died Sunday, January 20, 2007, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Pauline was born September 28, 1914 in Pocahontas, Arkansas the daughter of William Luther Duncan and Maudie Hurn Duncan. She spent her early years in Arkansas and Lubbock. As a teenager she moved with her parents to Hill County. On October...

Mildred Foutch

Mildred Foutch

Jan 19, 2008

Mildred was the daughter of Elige Drew and Rosa Gladys Jordan Bennett. She married Claude Samaul Reid on Oct. 24, 1934 and he preceded her in death on April 24, 1971. She later married William Ely Foutch and he preceded her in death in 1997. Mildred was a seamstress for 30 years. She was a member of the College...

Dr. John Steel

Dr. John Steel

Jan 19, 2008

Jack and his late wife, Maxine, were long time residents of Hillsboro, where Jack was an optometrist. He was born in Tennesse Colony, near Palestine, on November 12, 1914, one of 6 children. Jack attended the University of Texas at Austin and then joined two of his sisters and brothers-in-law in Memphis where he received his doctrate in Optometry....

Brian Allen

Brian Allen

Jan 19, 2008

Brian Glen Allen, 27 of Whitney went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 19, 2008. He was born Nov. 19, 1980 in Whitney to Mike and Sharon Heath Allen. He graduated from Whitney High School in 1999. He attended Hill College and graduated from the Cleburne Fire Academy in 2003. On May 12, 2001, he married Sarah...

Maxine Allen

Maxine Allen

Jan 19, 2008

Maxine Allen, 87 of Blum passed away on January 19, 2008 in Whitney. She was born on April 24, 1920 in Menlow to Luther and Jessie Cook Kennedy. She married Wilson George Allen on December 24, 1937 in Fort Worth and he preceded her in death on February 1, 2003. She worked at Lake Whitney Medical Center as a...

Mereta Morrison

Mereta Morrison

Jan 17, 2008

Mereta Morrison, 87, of Mabank passed away on January 17, 2008. She was born on April 20, 1920 in Van Zandt County to Jesse LaFette and Ocie Bell Mathis Pennington.

Patty Winnett

Patty Winnett

Jan 15, 2008

Patty Winnett, 50 of Clifton passed away Jan. 15, 2008 at her residence. She was born on March 27, 1957 in Hillsboro to Rhecie and Velma Jane Hartis Gatlin. On April 26, 1974, she married Harold Winnett in Burleson. Patty spent her life caring for the well being of her family and friends. She liked to fish, cook, camping...

Robert Richardson

Robert Richardson

Jan 15, 2008

Mr. Robert Bob Jasper Richardson, 76, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at Kindred Hospital in Fort Worth. He was born September 8, 1931 in Beloit, Kansas, to Emmett David and Florence Gladys Coad Richardson. Bob was raised in Cawker City, Kansas, and graduated from High School with the class of 1948. Bob enlisted in the Marine Corps...

Vicki Daughtry

Vicki Daughtry

Jan 13, 2008

Vicki Sue Daughtry 41, of Walnut Springs passed away Sunday, January 13, 2008 in Glen Rose. She was daughter of Ernest Dean and Annie Pearl Jones Daughtry. Vicki grew up in the Walnut Springs area. She worked as a nurses aide in the Glen Rose Medical Center. She was of the Baptist faith. Preceding her in death were her...

John Young

John Young

Jan 13, 2008

John Wesley Young, 50 of Whitney passed away at his residence on January 13, 2008. He was born on August 26, 1957 in Mahoning, Pennsylvania to Geoffrey Allen and Albina Feudale Young. John went to heart of Texas Regional Police Academy and graduated in 1983. He also was a graduate of TSTI in August 20, 1986 with a degree...

Bobbie Smith

Bobbie Smith

Jan 12, 2008

Bobbie Ruth Smith, 92 of Temple, Texas passed away on Jan. 12, 2008 in Temple. Bobbie Ruth was born on October 22, 1915 in Bynum, Texas the daughter of Carrol D. Tobe and Erma McCommas Smith. She grew up in Bynum and graduated from Bynum High School. She also graduated from North Texas State University in Denton and received...

Ellis Bailey

Ellis Bailey

Jan 10, 2008

Ellis Bailey, 82, of Whitney passed away on Jan. 10, 2008 in Whitney. He was born on Dec. 6, 1925 in Aquilla to George E. and Beatrice Vaughan Bailey. On March 5, 1948, he married Elizabeth Ann Bourland and she preceded him in death on April 23, 2002. Ellis was an avid bowler and played in several leagues. He...

Norma Wilkerson

Norma Wilkerson

Jan 9, 2008

Norma Jean Medley Wilkerson, 66, of Whitney passed away on January 9, 2008 in Fort Worth. She was born on March 21, 1941 in Vashti, Texas, to Thomas and Mae Barnett Medley. She grew up in Ringgold, Texas and graduated from Goldberg High School in 1949 as valedictorian of the class. On December 30, 1960, she married Royce Wilkerson....

Allynne Murphy

Allynne Murphy

Jan 3, 2008

Allynne ?Lynne? Virginia Murphy, 74, of Whitney, Texas passed away Thursday, January 3, 2008, in Providence Hospital. She was born in the ?old Providence? on January 5, 1933 to Austin V. and Libbie Horak Owen in Waco. Lynne attended Waco public schools and graduated from Waco High in 1950. She earned a degree from 4C College in Waco and...

Justin Hammond

Justin Hammond

Jan 1, 2008

Justin Allen Hammond, an infant, of Whitney died Tuesday, January 1, 2008, at Cook Children?s Medical Center in Fort Worth. Justin was born November 12, 2007 in Fort Worth the son of Gary Allen and Ruth Ann Day Hammond. Preceding him in death were his paternal grandfather, J. D. Hammond; two uncles, Steven and Chris Hammond; and one cousin,...