Obituaries

Marguerite Hunt

Marguerite Hunt

Jun 29, 2007

Marguerite Beth Hunt passed away in Hillsboro on June 29, 2007. She grew up in Hillsboro. She and Jerry Hunt met and were married 10 days later, just before he entered the Air Force and they remained married for 63 years. The couple lived in Hillsboro and Longview before moving to Paris in the late 1950's. They later moved...

Vesta Kissick

Vesta Kissick

Jun 29, 2007

Vesta was the daughter of Lee Boyd and Allie West Rogers. On May 13, 1951, she married Jimmie Kissick and he preceded her in death on December 3, 1995. All of her adult life she had lived in San Antonio, where she was a member of Faith Missionary Baptist Church. Also preceding her in death was a daughter, Regina...

Boyd Varnon

Boyd Varnon

Jun 28, 2007

Boyd Varnon, 85, of Hillsboro died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at Walls Regional Hospital in Cleburne. Boyd was born August 1, 1921 in Bowie, Texas the son of Willie D. and Bessie Maddox McDuff Varnon. As a young man he lived in New Mexico. On June 13, 1942 he married Wilma Lee Halbert in Hillsboro and they had 63...

Mildred Crawford

Mildred Crawford

Jun 25, 2007

Mildred Watts Crawford, 87 of Whitney passed away on June 25, 2007. She was the daughter of John William and Dee Coots Watts. Mildred was a homemaker. She was a member of King Memorial United Methodist Church in Whitney. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Linda Gale Saulter; 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Survivors include her sons,...

Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

Jun 25, 2007

Mary Sue Wilson, 88, of Whitney passed away on June 25, 2007 in Whitney. Mary Sue was the daughter of Herbert S. and Etta Clark Connolly. She grew up in Whitney and graduated from Whitney High School in 1936. On July 15, 1939, she married ?Hap? Wilson. She taught school in Steiner Valley, Snyder and Big Spring, TX for...

Iva Collins

Iva Collins

Jun 24, 2007

Iva Mae Collins, 95, of Hillsboro passed away Sunday, June 24 at The Legends in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of David Miller and Minnie Laurence Rose. Born in Hill County, she grew up in the Lake Whitney area and lived most of her life in Cleburne and Hillsboro, where she moved in 1966. She was very energetic, a...

Willie Hestilow

Willie Hestilow

Jun 23, 2007

Willie was born on August 15, 1954 in Bynum, Texas to W.F. and Tassie Good Hestilow. He grew up in Fort Worth and married Reta Roden on August 9, 1985. He volunteered at the Salvation Army in Fort Worth and was a member of Gospel Light House Church in Fort Worth. Survivors include his wife, Reta of Fort Worth;...

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...

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,...

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...

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...