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Callie Hudspeth

Callie Hudspeth

Oct 23, 2006

Callie Oletha Hudspeth, 71, of Hillsboro died Monday, October 23, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital. Mrs. Hudspeth was born November 15, 1934 in Whitney, Texas the daughter of Clayton Henderson and Hollis Shaw Erwin. Before retiring, she worked as a LVN at All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, for Dr. John Montgomery in Hillsboro and later at Town Hall...

Velda Keeton

Velda Keeton

Oct 21, 2006

Velda was the daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Engel Steffen. She attended schools in Bloomfield and North Plains, Oregon before graduating from high school in Hillsboro, Oregon. She earned her teaching degree from Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon. To put herself through college, she worked as a welder in the shipyards near Monmouth. During this time she met...

Mrs. Floyd Young

Mrs. Floyd Young

Oct 21, 2006

Mrs. Floyd Edna Young, 75, of Hillsboro went home to be with the Lord on October 21, 2006. She was the daughter of Lee Harrison and Mary Elizabeth Cummins Sanders On Sept. 13, 1949, Edna married Floyd Leon Young in Hillsboro. She worked for HISD in the cafeteria; managed Tacker Drive Inn for many years and worked at Vesuvius...

James Fuller Sr

James Fuller Sr

Oct 19, 2006

James O. Fuller, Sr. passed away at his parents home on October 19, 2006. He was the son of Homer and Oleta Fuller. He worked at Kilsby Tube Supply of Grand Prairie for 16 years and at Tatex of Waco for 11 years. He loved to hunt, fish and be with his family and friends. Survivors include his parents,...

Vicki Schmidt

Vicki Schmidt

Oct 14, 2006

Vicki Stephanie Schmidt, 52, of Fort Worth passed away peacefully Saturday, October 14, 2006 at Huguley Memorial Medical Center following a brief illness. Vicki was born in Hillsboro, TX and attended school in Fort Worth. Vicki continued her education at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. She earned her under-graduate and graduate degree in the field of...

Dennis Johnson

Dennis Johnson

Oct 13, 2006

Dennis L. Johnson, 60 of Whitney passed away on October 13, 2006. Mr. Johnson was born on May 26, 1946 in Texarkana, TX. He was the son of Lamar and Wilma Schaffer Johnson. Dennis served his country in the United States Navy. He had lived in the Whitney area since 1974 working as a Lake Ranger until his death....

Herman Symank

Herman Symank

Oct 12, 2006

Herman W. Buster Symank, 84, of Malone, died Thursday, October 12, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Buster was born July 20, 1922 near Malone, Texas, the son of Herman C. and Della Radke Symank. During WWII he served his country in the U. S. Army, serving in North Africa and Italy. On June 29, 1946 he married...

Claude Waller

Claude Waller

Oct 11, 2006

Claude Raymond Waller passed away October 11, 2006 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was the son of Calvin Earl and Iona Florence Stark Waller. On Aug. 1, 1936, he married Margaret Belle Baker in Blum, Texas. They were married 70 years. She preceded him in death on Oct. 5, 2006. During World War II, Claude served...

James Garrison

James Garrison

Oct 9, 2006

James L. Garrison, 89, of Hillsboro, died Monday, October 9, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital. James was born August 24, 1917 in the Union Bluff Community in Hill County, Texas the son of Pierce and Bertha Thompson Garrison. In 1940 he went to work for W. C. Johnson Gulf Station. During WWII, he served his country in the Air...

Marshall Mcmullen

Marshall Mcmullen

Oct 8, 2006

Marshall Dane McMullen, an infant, of Hillsboro died Sunday, Cctober 8, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital. Marshall was born October 8, 2006 in Hillsboro the infant son of Kenneth and Tamra Braswell McMullen. Preceding him in death was a sister, Sierra McMullen, on Sept. 4, 2001. Survivors include his parents, Kenneth and Tamra McMullen of Hillsboro; paternal grandparents, Dewey...

Dick "Dick Cason, M.D." Cason

Dick "Dick Cason, M.D." Cason

Oct 8, 2006

Dick Kendall Cason, III was born June 27, 1922 in Beaumont, TX. His parents were Dick Cason and Maurine Mills Cason who both preceded him in death. He graduated from Rice Institute and received his medical degree from UTMB in Galveston in 1945. He did his internship in New York City at Kings County Hospital where he met his...

Anna Ford

Anna Ford

Oct 7, 2006

Anna was the daughter of Aaron and Bertie Wright Jones. As a small child, she moved to Fort Worth and graduated from Paschal High School. On August 30, 1958, she married Lee Ford in Fort Worth. Anna worked for the Everman I.S.D. for 23 years, retiring in 1994. She was a talented, self-taught artist, and enjoyed oil painting and...

Gwen Young

Gwen Young

Oct 6, 2006

Gwen Young, 66, of Whitney died Friday, October 6, 2006, at St. Luke Episcopal Hospital in Houston. Gwen was born August 1, 1940 in Brady, Texas the daughter of Hadye W. & Edith Heald Russell. On June 6, 1959 she married Bryan Young. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband, Bryan Young of...

Connolly Frank

Connolly Frank

Oct 6, 2006

Connolly Frank, 93, of Blum, passed away peacefully with his family on Friday morning, October 6, 2006. Connolly Frank, known for his outgoing and charismatic nature, was loved and respected by all who knew him. Born in Huron, Texas on December 5th, 1912 to Myrtle Connolly and Ben Frank, Connolly Frank was the descendant of J.J. and Sue Ella...

Charlotte Bass

Charlotte Bass

Oct 6, 2006

Charlotte was the daughter of Conrad and Lois Nowles Wood. She was raised in El Dorado, Arkansas, and on August 31, 1951 was married to Oliver P. Bass, Jr. While in El Dorado, she was involved in the El Dorado, Jr. Charity League, Charter member of the El Dorado Little Theater, and was very active in the First United...

Margaret Waller

Margaret Waller

Oct 5, 2006

Margaret Bell Waller, 87, of Whitney died Thursday, October 5, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Margaret was born October 12, 1918 in Blum, Texas the daughter of Ira and Bertha Ward Baker. On August 1, 1936 she married Claude Waller in Blum. Margaret was a homemaker and accomplished seamstress. She loved gardening and her chickens. She was...

Marie Hill

Marie Hill

Sep 29, 2006

Marie Hill, 93 of Whitney died on September 29, 2006 at Lake Whitney Medical Center. She was the daughter of John Henry and Lila SharpHampton. Marie graduated from Whitney High School in 1931. She went to work for Community Public Service Utilities Company, working in their offices in Whitney, Clifton and Valley Mills. On December 21, 1936, she married...

Dorothy Mccreight

Dorothy Mccreight

Sep 29, 2006

Dorothy Jean McCreight, 70, of Hillsboro died Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, at Town Hall Estates in Hillsboro. Dorothy was born on May 13, 1936 in Beaver, Oklahoma to Benjamin and Marie Dowell Vanderpool. She grew up in Meade, Kansas. She married Johnny McCreight on May 13, 1954 in Billings, Montana and he preceded her in death in 1978. They...

Robert Shirey M.D.

Robert Shirey M.D.

Sep 26, 2006

Robert Wells Shirey, M.D., passed away at his home in Hillsboro on Tuesday, September 26. Dr. Shirey was born on September 7, 1915, in LouAnn, Arkansas, to LouAnn Wells Shirey and Robert Leroy Shirey. A graduate of Camden High School and Hendrix College in Arkansas, he completed his education at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, receiving three degrees including...

Lillian Ball

Lillian Ball

Sep 26, 2006

Lillian Ball, 89, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at Walls Regional Hospital in Cleburne. Lillian was born July 4, 1917 in Hillsboro, where she lived most of her life, the daughter of John and Nancy Dutton Allen. On October 7, 1933 she married R. C. Ball and he preceded her in death October 23, 1985. For 10...

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