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Victor Arther

Victor Arther

Jan 20, 2007

Victor Lee Arther, 59, of Hillsboro died Saturday, January 20, 2007. Victor was born July 7, 1947 in Dallas, Texas the son of L. J. and Beulah Exum Arther. He married Shirley Askew on October 19, 1991 in Slidell, Louisiana. Victor served his country in the United States Marine Corps, serving in Vietnam and in Desert Storm, retiring in...

Helen Graves

Helen Graves

Jan 19, 2007

Helen Louise Graves, 80, of Wichita Falls, formerly of Hillsboro, died Friday, January 19, 2007, in Wichita Falls. Helen was born September 20, 1926 in Italy, Texas the daughter of Floyd and Annie Bell Green. On February 22, 1946 she married Olan Graves and he preceded her in death on October 5, 2003. Since 1974 she was a member...

Karyl Vaughan

Karyl Vaughan

Jan 19, 2007

Karyl Faulkner Vaughan passed away at her residence in Fort Worth on January 19, 2007. She was the daughter of Ellis P. and Audrey Frank Faulkner Sr. She grew up in Whitney and graduated from Whitney High School. Karyl also went to Cosmetology School in Fort Worth and the John Robert Powers School of Modeling in Fort Worth. She...

Norman Molidor

Norman Molidor

Jan 18, 2007

Jerry Molidor, 72, of Whitney passed away at his residence on January 18, 2007. He was the son of Charles Fredrick and Gladys May Miller Molidor. He served in the United States Navy from 1952 - 1955. On May 8, 1965 he married Barbara Newland in Ennis, TX. He owned a Paint and Body Shop in Duncanville for many...

Joyce Tidwell

Joyce Tidwell

Jan 17, 2007

Joyce Edwards Tidwell, 72, of Mercedes, Texas died Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at her residence. Joyce was born January 30, 1934 in Terrell, Texas. She was a long-time teacher and librarian. She began her teaching career in Harlingen in 1959, and then taught in Garland, Cedar Hill, and Grand Prairie. She continued her teaching career in Mercedes beginning in...

Pearl Nichols

Pearl Nichols

Jan 16, 2007

Pearl Monroe Nichols, 72, of Hearne, Texas died Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, Texas. Pearl was born June 13, 1934 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Mose and Maudie Mae Jones Sheffield. She lived in Hillsboro most of her life and had lived in Hearne since 1982. She first married Cleo Monroe...

Maurine Burkhaulter

Maurine Burkhaulter

Jan 15, 2007

Maurine E. Burkhaulter, 82, of Hillsboro died Monday, January 15, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Maurine was born July 1, 1924 in Whitney, Texas the daughter of James Wilburn and Alma Thetus McNeeley Burnett. She grew up and attended schools in Prairie Valley, Liberty Hill and Delmar. After graduating, she attended Southern Vocational Bible School. On May...

Becky Bonner

Becky Bonner

Jan 14, 2007

Becky Bonner, 54, of Dallas died Sunday, January 14, 2007 in a Dallas hospital. Becky was born December 27, 1952 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of George M. and Wanda J. Campbell Bonner. She grew up in Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School and Hill Junior College. She received her teaching degree from North Texas State University and...

Freida Walker

Freida Walker

Jan 11, 2007

Freida Mae Walker, 66, of Aquilla died Thursday, January 11, 2007, in Rogers, Texas. Freida was born May 21, 1940 in Hillsboro the daughter of Frieda May Thomas. She lived in the Hillsboro area most of her life. For 14 years she worked at West Rest Haven in West. Preceding her in death were her mother; husband, J. H....

Archie Stoner

Archie Stoner

Jan 10, 2007

Archie Stoner, 94, of Whitney passed away on Jan. 10, 2007 in Hillsboro. Chapel Archie was born on May 25, 1912 in Yukon, OK. to Aberham and Ruby Florence Collins Stoner. He moved to Dallas when he was 6 years old and lived in Dallas before moving to Whitney in 1963. He worked for Dallas I.S. D. for 22...

Billy Raulston

Billy Raulston

Jan 5, 2007

Billy Joe Raulston 79, of Whitney passed away in Purdon on January 5, 2007. He was the son of Marshall and Iva May Raulston. He served in the United States Army and was honorably discharged on Dec. 8, 1946. On Oct. 1, 1949, he married Wanda Oleta Jean and she preceded him in death on Feb. 5, 2005. Billy...

Susie Williams

Susie Williams

Jan 3, 2007

Susie Williams, 83, of Whitney passed away Jan. 3, 2007 at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. She was the daughter of Cone Samuel and Pink Cecilia Pharris Jackson. Susie grew up in Freestone County and moved to Lake Whitney in 1963. She worked as a care giver in Home Health. She married L. O. Williams and he preceded...

Felipe Ramirez

Felipe Ramirez

Jan 3, 2007

Felipe Jimenez Ramirez, 96, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, January 3, 2007, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Felipe was born May 1, 1910 in Valley Mills, Texas the son of Felipe and Grabiela Jimenez Ramirez. On October 26, 1935 he married Dolores Galvan in Hill County and she preceded him in death on May 29, 2002.He loved...

Maurice Craig

Maurice Craig

Jan 1, 2007

Maurice Craig, 82, of Hillsboro died Monday, January 1, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Maurice was born July 4, 1924 in Emmett, Texas the son of George and Margaret Johnson Craig. He grew up in Irene and attended school there. On March 10, 1943 he joined the United States Army and served during WWII, serving with the...

Billy Sawyers

Billy Sawyers

Dec 31, 2006

Billy Harrell Sawyers, 69, of Terrell, Texas died Sunday, December 31, 2006 at Country View Manor in Terrell. Billy was born September 5, 1937 in Hillsboro, Texas the son of Terry W. and Bessie Bell Smith Sawyers. From 1956-1963 he served in the United States Air Force. For many years, he owned and operated a paint and body shop...

Anna Camp

Anna Camp

Dec 29, 2006

Anna Claudine, age 92 went home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus on Friday afternoon, December 29, 2006 in a Ft. Worth nursing home. She was a member of King Memorial United Methodist Church in Whitney. Anna was the daughter of D.L. and GertrudePerryGriffing. After moving to Whitney in 1949, she taught school for a number of...

Benton Bearden

Benton Bearden

Dec 29, 2006

Benton was the son of Loyd Benton and Ollie Jane Spear Bearden, Sr. A graduate of Hillsboro High School, he lived in Hill County most of his life. He married Melba Jean Porter on July 16, 1948 in Waco, Texas. While working as a self-employed mechanic, Benton ran Bearden's Garage just east of Hillsboro for 60 years. Also, he...

Margie Day

Margie Day

Dec 29, 2006

Margie was the daughter of Herman and Irene Pauline Groppe Maass. She was born in the Honey Flat Community of Hill County and grew up on the farm near Irene and Brandon. After graduating from Bynum High School, Margie went to the Providence School of Nursing in Waco and took academic classes at Baylor. After receiving her BS in...

Charlsie Horn

Charlsie Horn

Dec 28, 2006

Charlsie Lovice Horn passed away on December 28, 2006 in Clifton. She was the daughter of Hiram and Mittie Jeffery Gregory. Charlsie grew up in the Lebanon community. She married W. T. ?Bill? Horn in Nov. 1926 and he preceded her in death on July 4, 1997.Charlsie was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded...

Paula Bennett

Paula Bennett

Dec 26, 2006

Paula Ann Coover Bennett passed away on December 26, 2006 at her residence. She was the daughter of James R. and Mary Evelyn Hall Coover. She grew up in Temple and moved to New Delhi, India where they lived for four years from 1966 to 1970. They then moved to Fort Worth, where she graduated high school from Southwest...

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