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James Reynolds

James Reynolds

Apr 15, 2007

James Leonard Reynolds, 65, of Comanche, Texas died Sunday, April 15, 2007, at Comanche County Medical Center in Comanche. James was born April 28, 1941 near Blum, Texas the son of George Doss and Margaret Isbelle Jordan Reynolds. He lived in Hill County most of his life and had lived in Hillsboro prior to moving to Comanche. He was...

Julious King Jr

Julious King Jr

Apr 15, 2007

Julious Colvin ?J. C.? King, Jr., 60 of Willis, Texas died Sunday, April 15, 2007, at his residence. He was born August 5, 1946 in Waco. J. C. was the son of Julious Colvin, Sr. and Annie Marie Mitchiner King, husband to Christina King, and father to Andrew Colvin King. In 1963 he graduated from Hillsboro High School and...

Oleta Railey

Oleta Railey

Apr 12, 2007

Oleta M. Railey, 83, of Whitney, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2007 in Whitney. She was the daughter of L. E. and Alpha May Culpepper Borchardt. Oleta married Noah W. Railey in November, 1965 in Dallas, Texas and he preceded her in death on August 13, 1974. She owned and operated Ozark Insulation for many years. She had lived...

Janelle Stanford

Janelle Stanford

Apr 12, 2007

Janelle Stanford, 82, of Hillsboro died Thursday, April 12, 2007, at her residence. Janelle was born September 8, 1924 in the Mayfield Community in Hill County, Texas, the daughter of William Hamilton and Lillie Brown Jennings. She grew up in the James Community, spent all of her life in Hill County, and graduated from Hillsboro High School. On June...

Lerah Petty

Lerah Petty

Apr 11, 2007

Lerah Mae Petty, 95, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at Canterbury Villa Nursing Home in Hillsboro.

Raymond Davis

Raymond Davis

Apr 11, 2007

Raymond Lee Davis, 50 of Whitney passed away on April 11, 2007 in Whitney. He was the son of John Russell Davis and Mary Horton McDugald. He lived most of his life in the Dallas and Whitney area. He was of the Baptist faith. Raymond was preceded in death by his father, John in 1958; brother, Joseph Jackson and...

Nancy Franks

Nancy Franks

Apr 7, 2007

Nancy was the daughter of Chester Leroy and Frances Barnett Bennett. She lived in Hill County most of her life and attended schools in Hillsboro. For a number of years, she worked as a medication aide at Town Hall Estates. She was previously married to Calvin Pruett. In September of 2001, she married W. Leo Franks. Nancy had a...

Bobby Cameron

Bobby Cameron

Apr 6, 2007

Bobby was the son of Bob and Mary White Cameron. On November 13, 1969, he married Vickie Orton. Survivors include: wife, Vickie Cameron of Dallas; mother and step-father, Mary Maude and Jamie Goodgion of Frost; father and step-mother, Bob and Carolyn Cameron of Ore City, TX; one son, Robert Danniel Cameron of Midway; and one grandson, Anthony Cameron. In...

Sallie Desmond

Sallie Desmond

Apr 4, 2007

Sallie Laverne Desmond passed away Wed. morning, April 4, 2007 after a long hard battle with cancer. Sallie was born on June 16, 1928, the third child of ten children born to Charlie and Sallie Taylor in Collin County, Texas. On May 28, 1948 she married William R. Desmond, Jr. in Weatherford. She is preceded in death by her...

George Bell

George Bell

Apr 4, 2007

George "Stan" Bell, 69, of Whitney and formerly of Blum passed away on April 4, 2007 in Whitney. He was the son of George F. and Zorah Lea Hirst Bell. On June 1, 1957 he married Marie Birdwell in Odessa. Stan worked for Bennett Printing since 1965, retiring in April 2004. Prior to working full time for Bennett?s he...

Anita Clark

Anita Clark

Apr 4, 2007

Anita Gail Clark, 60, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at her residence. Anita was born, April 23, 1946 in Iowa City, Iowa the daughter of Howard David and Zinda Violet Turner Clark. As a small child, she moved to Hurst and graduated from L. D. Bell High School. For a few years, she worked as a dispatcher...

Bonnie Ayoub

Bonnie Ayoub

Apr 3, 2007

Bonnie Sullivan Ayoub passed away on April 3, 2007. She lived the majority of her life in Houston, Texas and was a long time employee of Bill Williams Restaurants, Phil's and The 59 Diner. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Mamie Sullivan, and sisters, Rachel Connelly and Hazel McCreight. Her daughter, Donna Tidwell, and son,...

Zelma Littleton

Zelma Littleton

Apr 2, 2007

Zelma Littleton, 97, of Whitney passed away on April 2, 2007 at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. She was the daughter of Jasper and Hattie Belle Reed Payne. Zelma was preceded in death by her husband, Tryas Littleton on Nov. 12, 1985. She was a hairdresser for many years. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her...

Hattie Davis

Hattie Davis

Mar 30, 2007

Hattie Beazley Davis of Hillsboro passed away on Friday, March 30, 2007, in her home. Oscar Wilde once wrote, ?One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything.? It should be known that above all, Hattie Davis was a woman who could be trusted. Hattie,...

Barbara Ballew

Barbara Ballew

Mar 28, 2007

Barbara Ballew, 69, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at her residence. Barbara was born September 26, 1937 in Blum, Texas the daughter of Earl and Ruby McElroy Waits. She grew up in Fort Worth. On September 4, 1954 she married Harold Ballew and he preceded her in death on November 5, 1993. In 1966 they moved to...

L. D. Murphy Sr

L. D. Murphy Sr

Mar 28, 2007

L. D. Murphy, Sr., 81, of Whitney passed away on March 28, 2007 at his residence. He was the son of Miles Henry and Alta Beulah Higgins Murphy. On March 11, 1950, L. D. married Sue Hutchison in Whitney, TX. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. L. D. worked 38 years as maintenance foreman...

Billy Waller

Billy Waller

Mar 27, 2007

Billy was born May 25, 1934, the son of William Henry and Lucille Padgett Waller. He grew up in Georgia, and served in the U.S. Air Force for 24 years. On Feb 16, 1957, he married Nell Wells. For several years, he worked as a computer programer. He was a Baptist. Suvivors include his wife Nell of Milford; children...

Rev. James Jones

Rev. James Jones

Mar 26, 2007

Rev. James E. "Jim" Jones, 78, of Whitney passed away on March 26, 2007 in Temple, Texas. He was the son of Gilbert and Mattie Armstrong Jones. Jim served proudly in the United States Marine Corps from April 1, 1952 thru October 1973. He flew the presidential detail during the Eisenhower Administration and he also worked with NASA on...

Cynthia Nelson

Cynthia Nelson

Mar 25, 2007

Cynthia Nelson, 50, of Fort Worth died Sunday, March 25, 2007, in a Fort Worth hospital. Cynthia was born December 30, 1956 in Fort Worth, Texas the daughter of the late Delton ?Dick? Degner and Lenora Jones. Survivors include her life partner, Edwin Sumlin of Fort Worth; step-mother, Pat Degner of Euless; brother, Forrest Jones of Jacksboro; sister, Sherry...

Faye Wood

Faye Wood

Mar 23, 2007

Born on March 25, 1910 the daughter of J.M. and Lula Sanders Golson. On March 18, 1928 she married J.D. McCleskey and he preceded her in death on May 22, 1966. She married O.B. Wood on December 23, 1968 and he preceded her in death on April 16, 1990 and also preceded in death by one grandson, Jack Morris...

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