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Eron Bodine

Eron Bodine

May 18, 2007

Eron Boaz Bodine was born in Grayson County, Texas and married James Thomas Tom Bodine on November 21, 1936 in Hillsboro. The couple moved to San Antonio for many years before moving to Whitney in 1970. A wonderful storyteller, Eron loved to tell the story about the time she rode out a hurricane in the rumble seat of a...

Nell Mccreight

Nell Mccreight

May 16, 2007

Nell Sue McCreight, 86, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital. Nell was born July 30, 1920 in Cameron, Texas the daughter of Benjamin Boyd and Otilda Eve Braden Reynolds. She graduated from Yoe High School in Cameron. On June 28, 1946 she married Bennie D. McCreight in Orange, Texas and he preceded her in...

Ellar Owens

Ellar Owens

May 15, 2007

Ellar Mae Britton Sanders Owens, 87, of Jenks, Oklahoma, and formerly of Whitney, Texas, joined her heavenly family on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Ella was born in Okfuskee, Oklahoma on August 28, 1919 to the late John R. and Minnie Britton. She lived the majority of her life in Anson, Abilene and Whitney, Texas. She moved to Sand Springs,...

Dusty Walther

Dusty Walther

May 13, 2007

Dusty Glen Walther, 26, of Whitney, passed away on May 13, 2007. He was the son of Robert and Evelyn Goerdel Walther. Dusty was born and raised in Hamilton. He graduated from Iredell in 1999 and attended Tarleton State University for three years. Dusty was Sales Manager and a valued staff member at W. B. Ranch. He was the...

Gene Brumbalow

Gene Brumbalow

May 13, 2007

Gene Brumbalow, 63, of Milford died Sunday, May 13, 2007 at Plaza Medical Center in Fort Worth. Gene was born August 21, 1943 in Hamilton, Texas the son of Joe Edward Brumbalow and Barbara L. Bingham Mazzola. He grew up in Hillsboro and moved to Oklahoma in 1997. In 2003 he moved back to Hillsboro where he was a...

Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan

May 9, 2007

Mary Mozelle Morgan, 82, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at her residence. Mary was born July 11, 1924 in Bynum, Texas the daughter of Arthur and Mary Jane Walters Martin, the youngest of six children. In 1941 she graduated from Bynum High School and in 1943 she graduated from Hill College. On January 5, 1948 she married...

Margaret Hanstad

Margaret Hanstad

May 8, 2007

Margaret Cole Hanstad, 95, of Laguna Park passed away on May 8, 2007 in Whitney. She was the daughter of Joseph and Mary Bowden Cole. Margaret worked for many years as a cashier at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston; retiring in 1980. Her husband, Carl was a photo engraver for the Houston Chronicle. Margaret was a member of...

Wanda Crowell

Wanda Crowell

May 8, 2007

Wanda Crowell, 78, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Wanda was born August 29, 1928 in Irene, Texas the daughter of Hubert and Grace Carroll Hoyle. She grew up in Frost and moved to Abbott in 1941. On November 29, 1947 she married Bob Crowell. She was a member of the Hillsboro...

Dorothy Neel

Dorothy Neel

May 1, 2007

Dorothy Mae Neel, 78, of Whitney passed away on May 1, 2007 at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Whitney. Dorothy was born on Sept. 15, 1928 in Valley Mills, TX to Clinton M. and Sarah Lou Gilcrest Reeves. She married Oscar Neel, Jr. in Hobbs, New Mexico on Oct. 21, 1946. She was a homemaker and a member...

Jo Snellgrove

Jo Snellgrove

Apr 29, 2007

Jo Snellgrove, 58, of Aquilla passed away at her home on April 29, 2007. She was the daughter of William R. and Opal L. Miller Moore. She grew up in Bell County. She received her Licensed Vocational Nursing education at King?s Daughter Hospital in Temple and lived in Bell County most of her life and in Grande Isle, La.,...

Bobby Ball

Bobby Ball

Apr 26, 2007

Bobby Ball, 71, of Whitney died Thursday, April 26, 2007 at his residence. Bobby was born January 15, 1936 in Hill County, Texas the son of George and Clara Bell Ball. On November 30, 1985 he married Dianne Pierce in Whitney. He was an avid reader and collector of small cap guns and old toy cars. Bobby was a...

Cheryl Rose

Cheryl Rose

Apr 26, 2007

Cheryl Arlene Rose, 57, of Hillsboro died Thursday, April 26, 2007, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Cheryl was born June 7, 1949 in Hillsboro, Texas, where she grew up, the daughter of Arlee, Sr. and Mary Dickey Grubbs. She graduated from Hillsboro High School and Hill College Cosmetology School. For many years she owned and operated Cheryl?s...

James Sessums

James Sessums

Apr 24, 2007

James McAdoo ?Red? Sessums, 89, of Whitney died Tuesday, April 24, 2007, in the Temple VA Hospital, after a lengthy illness. Mr. Sessums was born May 22, 1917 in Whitney, Texas the son of George and Edna Underwood Sessums. He grew up in the Hill County area. In 1942, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and served his...

Jim Carmichall

Jim Carmichall

Apr 24, 2007

Jim J. Carmichall, 77, of Hillsboro passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Carmichall was born February 27, 1930 in Blum, Texas son of the late Joseph Ernest and Anna Lee Coody Carmichall. He graduated from Blum High School and attended Hill College, University of North Texas, and Baylor University. In 1954 he married June Overton...

Ella Boehm

Ella Boehm

Apr 24, 2007

Ella K. Boehm, 91, of Whitney passed away on April 24, 2007 in Whitney. She was born on April 27, 1915 in Riesel to Oliver and Meta Kuehl Courtade. Ella traveled from Pawanee, Oklahoma to Riesel, Texas in a covered wagon when she was about nine years old. She spent 30 years of her life on a farm in...

Harold Ridlehuber Sr

Harold Ridlehuber Sr

Apr 22, 2007

Harold Counts Ridlehuber, Sr., 70, of Hillsboro died Sunday, April 22, 2007, at his residence. Harold was born August 25, 1936 in the Mayfield Community in Hill County, Texas the son of Henry Counts and Della Susan Harrison Ridlehuber. He grew up in Itasca and graduated from Itasca High School. He worked for General Dynamics, Bell Helicopter, and Snow...

David Porter

David Porter

Apr 21, 2007

David was the son of Ewell Duayne and Ruby Mae Davenport Porter. He grew up in Hillsboro and Abbott. For many years he worked as a telephone cable splicer for Alltel Telephone and other telephone companies, and later became an independent contractor providing cable splicing services. He married Catherine Clymore on May 26, 1989. A member of Abiding Life...

Mary Sawdon

Mary Sawdon

Apr 20, 2007

Mary Ruth was born on October 30, 1936 to Buford and Emma Viola in Monroe, La. She died on April 20, 2007 in Coleman, Texas at Holiday Hills Nursing Home. She was a retired certified nurses aide. Survivors include: Children Pat Shanahan of Ft. Worth Debbie Sanders and husband, Ronnie of Whitney Alvin Bradshaw and wife, Linda of Monroe,...

Gladys Wilson

Gladys Wilson

Apr 18, 2007

Gladys B. Wilson, 85, of Round Rock, formerly of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007, in Round Rock. Gladys was born August 24, 1921 in Wills Point, Texas the daughter of Gustavus Nathaniel and Nancy Lurinda Williamson Baillio. She grew up in Gladewater, TX and graduated high school there. She later moved to Dallas where she went to work...

Frances Davis

Frances Davis

Apr 16, 2007

Frances Jackson Davis, 96, of Hillsboro died Monday, April 16, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Frances was born August 20, 1910 in Hillsboro, Texas, where she lived all of her life, the daughter of Whit and Stella Godfrey Robertson. She first married Burris C. Jackson and he preceded her in death on Dec. 25, 1967. She later...

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