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Mary Rudisill

Mary Rudisill

Aug 11, 2007

Mary Belle Rudisill passed away August 11th, 2007, in Whitney , Texas. Mary Belle was born in Plainview, Texas September 14th 1926 to Charlie and Opal Guines Freeman. She and her husband Wesley lived in Petersburgh , Texas for 35 years then retied at Lake Amistad in 1985. After Wesley died in 1995, she moved to Houston, Texas, then...

Theda Lambert

Theda Lambert

Aug 10, 2007

Theda Wooten Lambert, 57, of Hillsboro died Friday, August 10, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Theda was born April 30, 1950 in Hillsboro, where she was raised, the daughter of Lonnie Lee, Jr. and Mozelle Harper Wooten. She graduated from Hillsboro High School. While in high school, she was majorette for the high school band and played...

Audrey Bennett

Audrey Bennett

Aug 10, 2007

Audrey "Hun" Bennett was the daughter of John Clarence and Motie Allie Cagle Evans and had lived in Hillsboro most of her life. On July 22, 1964, she married Dudley Andrew Bennett in Hillsboro. He preceded her in death May 12, 1978. "Hun" was a nurse for Grant Buie Hospital for 32 years, retiring in 1994. She was a...

Verna Durham

Verna Durham

Aug 6, 2007

Verna Durham, 78, of Whitney passed away Aug. 6, 2007 in Temple. Verna was born on Aug. 14, 1928 in Flat River, Missouri to Leo and Lena Motley Williams. She was avid in genealogy, crossword puzzles and loved watching t.v. especially western movies. She was a member of Fort Graham Baptist Church in Whitney and a member of Eastern...

Mary Moore

Mary Moore

Aug 6, 2007

Mary Odom Moore, 98, of Whitney died Monday, August 6, 2007, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Mary was born March 6, 1909 in Aquilla, Texas the daughter of Lem and Sarah Matthews Odom. She was a longtime resident of Whitney and served as an elementary teacher and as a principal for 43 years in the Whitney...

Alton Radke

Alton Radke

Aug 6, 2007

Alton O. ?Buddy? Radke, 83, of Hillsboro died Monday, August 6, 2007, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Alton was born March 12, 1924 near Bynum, Texas the son of Otto and Matilda Piel Radke. He was baptized March 25, 1924 and confirmed April 10, 1938 at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Malone. Alton married Lenora Piel...

Everett Isbell

Everett Isbell

Aug 5, 2007

Everett E. Isbell, 86, of Hillsboro died Sunday, August 5, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Everett was born October 25, 1920 in Hill County about six miles south of Hillsboro near Cobb Creek. He was the son of William ?Bill? D. and Ruth Isbell. Due to muddy roads, the doctor could not drive to their house in...

Lola Sonnenberg

Lola Sonnenberg

Aug 3, 2007

Lola Forrest Sonnenberg passed away on August 3, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. She was the daughter of Marion and Callie Heston Forrest. Lola was a member of the WAAC during World War II. She went to nursing school at Grant Buie Hospital and received her LVN license. She loved her children very much, was an avid animal lover and...

Lucille Motley

Lucille Motley

Aug 1, 2007

Lucille Motley, 83, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Lucille was born August 22, 1923 in Hubbard, Texas the daughter of Julius and Emma Adler Muesse. She was raised in Malone and attended Savage School. She belonged to the Salem Lutheran Church in Malone where she was baptized and confirmed. Since 1947...

Sam Bennett

Sam Bennett

Jul 31, 2007

Sam Odell Bennett, 90, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Sam was born May 22, 1917 in the Bethel Community, Hill County, Texas the son of Doyle Abbe and Martha Clark Bennett. He grew up and lived in Hill County all of his life. On October 17, 1936 he married Lilly Biggs...

Marcus Hall

Marcus Hall

Jul 30, 2007

Marcus F. Hall, 83, of Hillsboro died Monday, July 30, 2007, at Canterbury Villa Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Marcus was born November 2, 1923 in Grandview, Texas the son of William Fred and Nannie T. Byers Hall. He lived in Johnson County until 1970. On September 12, 1970 he married Helen Harris and they moved to Hillsboro. For many...

Gregory Gremminger

Gregory Gremminger

Jul 28, 2007

Gregory Francis ?Shorty? Gremminger born January 26, 1924 in Scotland, Texas, died at 83 years on July 28, 2007, after a long and hard fight with cancer. Shorty was a loving husband and father, faithful to God and his country. As a Navy serviceman, he was awarded the American, Good Conduct and Victory WWII medals as an Aviation Metalsmith...

Willard Keelin

Willard Keelin

Jul 27, 2007

Willard was the son of Rev. Harmon and Hazel Gladine Smith Keelin. During his youth, he lived many places. His father was a Methodist minister and the family served in churches from Norman, Oklahoma to Hillsboro, Texas. After graduating from high school in Carter, Oklahoma, he served his country in the United States Army. Since 1959 he had lived...

Jack Strickling

Jack Strickling

Jul 26, 2007

Jack Kennedy Strickling, 59, of Whitney passed away Thursday, June 26, 2007. He was born on January 19, 1948 in Glen Allen, Mississippi, to Clifton Lloyd and Izetta Elizabeth Kilpatrick Strickling. Jack had worked as an industrial plumber with Local Union #100 retiring in 1986. He loved to fish and was of the Baptist faith. Preceding him in death...

John Kirkpatrick

John Kirkpatrick

Jul 24, 2007

John Kirkpatrick, 82, of Itasca died Tuesday, July 24, 2007, at Itasca Nursing Home. John was born on January 28, 1925 in Hillsboro, Texas the son of Travis Monroe and Nettie Abney Kirkpatrick. He was a native of Hillsboro. John graduated from Texas A&M and served in the U. S. Army. He went on to teach economics in the...

Tommy Holbrook

Tommy Holbrook

Jul 23, 2007

Tommy Holbrook, 65, of Whitney passed away on Monday, July 23, 2007 in Houston. Tommy was born on April 29, 1942 in San Angelo to Alvin and Louise Hawes Holbrook. He grew up in Ballinger and graduated from Ballinger High School. On September 1, 1961, he married Linda Lee. He graduated from Tarleton State College and Southwest Texas State...

Bill Stacey

Bill Stacey

Jul 23, 2007

Bill Stacey, 74, of Hillsboro died Monday, July 23, 2007, at his residence. Bill was born February 15, 1933 in Wagoner, Oklahoma the son of Lewis Stacey and Viola Marie Brogden. As a young man he entered the military and served in Korea, where he was disabled and received a Purple Heart. In 1949 he married Alice Eleanor Brock...

Steve Mcclure

Steve Mcclure

Jul 23, 2007

Steve McClure, 63, of Mertens died Monday, July 23, 2007 near Brandon. Steve was born April 4, 1944 in Corsicana, Texas the son of F. L. and Mabel Davis McClure. After graduating high school in Texas City, he moved to Galveston and he and his dad ran Southern Glass & Mirror for 35 years. On December 21, 1963 he...

Dora Costerison

Dora Costerison

Jul 20, 2007

Dora Costerison, 79, of Hubbard died Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia. Dora was born April 13, 1928 in Jamestown, Tennessee. On August 20, 1952 she married Don Costerison, Sr. and he preceded her in death on November 10, 1985. She loved her family very much and was extremely proud of her grandsons. She was...

James Dyer

James Dyer

Jul 18, 2007

James W. ?Jay? Dyer, 76, Whitney died Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Jay was born December 10, 1930 in Lecompte, Louisiana, where he grew up, the son of Wilburn ?Cap? and Margaret ?Maa? Guy Dyer. After graduating from Lecompte High School, he attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Northwestern State University in Natchitoches,...

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