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Freddie Eubank

Freddie Eubank

Jun 22, 2007

Freddie Eubank, 74 of Whitney passed away at his daughters residence on June 22, 2007. He was the son of Alvin and Oudia Callaway Eubank. He married Patsy McCreight on January 26, 1955. He retired from Texas National Guard after 21 years. He helped in the building of the Lake Whitney Dam and worked for Texas Highway Department for...

Ray Adkins, Sr

Ray Adkins, Sr

Jun 19, 2007

Ray Adkins, Sr., 71, of Brandon died Tuesday, June 19, 2007, at his home. Ray was born January 7, 1936 in Hubbard, Texas the son of Rax and Wadye Adkins. Ray was a graduate of Hubbard High School. He married Mary Ray Moffett in 1954. Long time residents of Hill County, they have lived in Brandon the last 13...

Erna West

Erna West

Jun 17, 2007

Erna West, 88, of Southlake died Sunday, June 17, 2007, at Keller Oaks Healthcare in Keller. Erna was born January 24, 1919 in Star, Texas the daughter of John and Sara Eppler Ising. She grew up around the Star area and graduated from Evant High School. On November 11, 1938 she married John Joseph West and he preceded her...

John Young

John Young

Jun 16, 2007

John was the son of Carlyle George and Mary Frances Patterson Young. He graduated from Hillsboro High School. John served as a police officer in several Central Texas communities, including Hillsboro. Later he owned and operated Basic Security in DeSoto for 7 years. Previously he was married to Linda Conner. On May 16, 2003 he married Caroline Burton and...

Floy Ross

Floy Ross

Jun 15, 2007

Floy Halford Ross passed away in Hurst, Texas on June 15, 2007. She was the daughter of Robert Leslie and Zelda Mae Gardener Halford. Floy graduated from Aquilla High School. She married Herman Ross in 1936. She became an LVN in the mid 1960's and lived in many places before retiring back to the farm in Abbott. In 1979...

Ruby Mayfield

Ruby Mayfield

Jun 15, 2007

Ruby Mayfield, 88, of Whitney passed away on June 15, 2007 at Lake Whitney Medical Center in Whitney. Ruby was born on June 6, 1919 in Cooper, Texas to Samuel and Gladys Rule Dean. She moved to California in 1938 where she met and married Doyle E. Mayfield. They lived in California and Arizona before moving back to Texas...

Mabell Walker

Mabell Walker

Jun 8, 2007

Mabell Walker, 98, of Hillsboro died Friday, June 8, 2007 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of William and Nora Mae Mc Conathy Hicks. She lived most of her life around Hillsboro. She married Lon Everett and he preceded her in death on March 2, 1968. She later married Buck Walker and he preceded her...

Ora Bobbitt

Ora Bobbitt

Jun 7, 2007

Ora Maye Stricklin Bobbitt, 96, of Hillsboro died Thursday, June 7, 2007 at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of Inez Stricklin and J.D. Stricklin. She had four brothers, Paul, Gilford, Don and Thomas Lee. All are deceased. She married James Lee Bobbit on December 24, 1941. He passed away October 26, 1963. During...

Maurine Deford

Maurine Deford

Jun 6, 2007

Maurine DeFord, 94, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Maurine was born April 2, 1913 in Malone, Texas, where she grew up, the daughter of Charles Preston and Ethel Walling Barrett. She graduated from Malone High School. In 1931 she married Buddy DeFord and he preceded her in death in 1957. She...

W. D. Parks

W. D. Parks

Jun 5, 2007

W. D. Pat Parks, born March 28th, 1916 in Allen Bend, Texas left us on June 5, 2007. He was the son of Frank and Emma Golden Parks. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He was also owner and operator of a grocery store. He married Louise Necessary on April 10, 1950. He was...

Kaydence Eaton

Kaydence Eaton

Jun 5, 2007

Kaydence Nichole Eaton infant daughter of James and Nikki Mills Eaton passed away on June 5, 2007. Survivors include her parents, James and Nikki of Whitney; maternal grandmother, Sheila Mills of Whitney; maternal grandfather, Tommy Strickland of Whitney; aunts and uncles, Bennett and Sheila Craven of Whitney, Evelyn and Ernest Lowery of Waco, Sharon and Jeff Lowery of Waco,...

Judith Price

Judith Price

Jun 3, 2007

Judith Ann Price, 54, of Whitney passed away at her home on June 3, 2007. She was the daughter of Melvin and Janice McKay. On March 29, 1980, she married Donald Wayne Price. Judi was preceded in death by her husband on May 19, 1999 and her father, Melvin McKay on March 31, 2007. Judi is survived by her...

Chandler Fossett

Chandler Fossett

Jun 2, 2007

Chandler Francis Fossett, 8 of Hillsboro passed away at his home on June 2, 2007. He was the son of Steve Fossett and Mica Faglie Fossett. Chandler lived in the metroplex until age 3 when he moved to Hillsboro with his family. He was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. Preceding him in death were his grandmothers, Ina...

Paul Froloff

Paul Froloff

May 29, 2007

Paul William Froloff passed away on May 27, 2007 in Temple. He was the son of William and Mary Deneitt Froloff. Paul served in the United States Army during World War II where he earned the purple heart, bronze star medal, good conduct medal, American campaign medal, European-African-Middle Eastern campaign medal with four bronze stars, World War II victory...

Jack Shadle

Jack Shadle

May 28, 2007

Jack was the son of John E. and Sarah A. Mitchell Shadle. He grew up in Pennsylvania and served in the U.S. Army during WWII in the Army Air Corp. On May 20, 1949, he married Dorothy Heckman. Jack worked for Keasbey-Mattison, which later became Certain-Teed, and he was transferred to Hillsboro in 1961. After that time, he continued...

Carroll Kuykendall

Carroll Kuykendall

May 27, 2007

Carroll Bruce Kuykendall, 63, of Hillsboro went to be with his Lord & Savior in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 27, 2007, after a courageous battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Bruce was born on October 29, 1943 in Waxahachie, Texas the son of Wilson and Oleta Frank Kuykendall. Bruce was raised in the Midway community and graduated from...

Marie Adams

Marie Adams

May 26, 2007

Marie Adams, 78, of Odessa died Saturday, May 26, 2007, at Odessa Medical Center in Odessa. Marie was born March 6, 1929 in Bynum, Texas the daughter of James E. and Martha Taylor Isbell. She grew up in Hillsboro and married Orville Adams on January 18, 1947. He preceded her in death on April 1, 1983. In 1964, she...

Charlotte Steel

Charlotte Steel

May 25, 2007

Charlotte Maxine Maxey Steel, 93, of Waco died Friday, May 25, 2007, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. She was born December 29, 1913 in Lorena, Texas the daughter of Herbert and Nell Loraine Schaeffer Maxey. She graduated from Waco High School. She went to work in the lab at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center where she was head...

Major C. H. Lewis, Jr

Major C. H. Lewis, Jr

May 23, 2007

Major C. H. ?Mike? Lewis, Jr., 85, of Hillsboro died May 23, 2007 at his residence. Born October 28, 1921 in Shelbyville, TN, Major Lewis was the son of Claude H., Sr., a Baptist minister, and Laviria Yancey Lewis, a school teacher. Attending Middle Tennessee State Teachers College when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred, Major Lewis started his...

Frank Orenbaun

Frank Orenbaun

May 18, 2007

Frank Orenbaun, 78, of San Antonio died Friday, May 18, 2007, at Morningside Manor in San Antonio. Frank was born April 22, 1929 in Hillsboro, Texas the son of Thomas Richard and John Beatrice Dixon Orenbaun. During the Korean War, he served in the United States Navy on the USS Kearsarge. He then served in the United States Air...

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