Obituaries

Gary Clausen

Gary Clausen

Feb 24, 2007

Gary Clausen, 68, loving husband, father and grandfather passed away on February 24, 2007. He was the son of Archie and Maisel Parkhill Clausen. Gary grew up in Oregon. He joined the United States Air Force and served at several bases for 8 years. Gary worked for GTE for 18 years and retired to moved to Whitney in 1994....

Thomas Oldham, Sr

Thomas Oldham, Sr

Feb 23, 2007

Thomas Lee Jefferson Oldham, Sr., passed suddenly from this life on February 23, 2007, at his home in Blum, Texas, at the age of 66 years. Mr. Oldham?s life began in Tucumcari, New Mexico, on March 5, 1940, and he was raised in the Texas panhandle area graduating from Amarillo?s Palo Duro High. In 1958 at Las Cruces, New...

Martin Custer

Martin Custer

Feb 23, 2007

Following school, Martin enlisted and served in the U.S. Navy. He lived in Tyler for a time before moving to Wichita Falls seven years ago. He was of the Pentecostal faith. Survivors include: His wife, Cynthia Custer of Wichita Falls; mother, Jo Nell Permenter of Quanah; father, B. J. Custer of Moberly, Missouri; 2 brothers, Tony Custer of Quanah,...

Martha Eastland

Martha Eastland

Feb 23, 2007

Martha Leila Martin Eastland, a teacher in the Highland Park schools for many years and the mother of three children, died February 23 in Dallas, at the age of 90, from cancer. Mrs. Eastland was born in Hillsboro on January 10, 1917. The third of three daughters born to William Harrison Martin and Annie Leila Elliott Martin, she was...

Jess Underwood

Jess Underwood

Feb 23, 2007

Jess Underwood, 88, of Whitney passed away on February 23, 2007 in Whitney. He was theson of Sherman Andrew and Barbara Ann Barnhart Underwood. Jess grew up in southern Erath County. On Sept. 5, 1942 he married Mary Braziel and she preceded him in death on Feb. 8, 2006. Jess was a member of Towash Baptist Church and had...

Marshall Booth

Marshall Booth

Feb 22, 2007

Marshall Eugene Booth passed away on February 22, 2007 in Whitney. He was the son of James Otis Wesley and Viva Mae Worley Booth. Marshall was born in Whitney and lived there all of life. On Sept. 9, 1933 he married Viola Opal Shelley in Whitney and they were married for 73 years. For most of his life, he...

Albert Bruno, 1St Sgt. Usa Ret.

Albert Bruno, 1St Sgt. Usa Ret.

Feb 20, 2007

Albert was born on Dec. 15, 1918 to Albert and Helen Bernier Bruno. He enlisted August 16, 1939 in Boston, Mass and was assigned to 27th Infantry Division to 1st Army at Ft. Devens, Mass. In 1943, he transferred to Ft. Hood, TX, 663rd Tank Destroyer Battallion. In 1944, he went to Ft. Polk, LA, 86th Infantry Division. The...

Major Redden Usa Ret.

Major Redden Usa Ret.

Feb 20, 2007

Jim was born Dec. 30, 1937 in Arlington, Texas son of Robert Lee and Ethel Bellamy Redden. Jim served in the United States Army during Viet Nam in the military police and upon returning to the states he was Provost Marshall at Fort Bliss, TX and then served in the Medical Corp at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC.,...

Delta Schulz

Delta Schulz

Feb 18, 2007

Delta was the daughter of Herman and Della Radke Symank. Mrs. Schulz grew up in the Malone community and married Eddie L. Schulz on Nov. 25, 1937. She worked for the Malone Schools for 19 years. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Eddie on Oct. 29, 1967; brothers, Ben and Buster Symank; sister, Oleda Dalton. She was...

Helen Slinker

Helen Slinker

Feb 18, 2007

Helen Levida Slinker passed away February 18th, 2007 in Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center. She was born April 10, 1940 at home to Dela Marie Slinker and Thomas Slinker, a full breed Chocktaw Indian. Helen grew up in Flint, Michigan in a large family of four siblings. She is survived by her older sisters Marian Slinker Rupright Clair and Dellmae...

Clyde Massey

Clyde Massey

Feb 17, 2007

Clyde was the son of Robert Hicks and Amanda Williams Massey. Mr. Massey grew up in Nederland, served his country in the U.S. Navy and worked for Gulf Oil Co. In 1977, he retired and moved to Aquilla. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sisters, and 1 brother. Survivors include three brothers: Ralph and Jim Massey...

Alta Rosenbaum

Alta Rosenbaum

Feb 15, 2007

Alta Beatrice Rosenbaum, 96, of Waco died Thursday, February 15, 2007, at Jeffrey Place Nursing Home in Waco. Alta was born November 30, 1910 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of William Arthur and Jenny Browning Bailey. On September 1, 1928 she married Floyd Rosenbaum and he preceded her in death on November 18, 1991. While living in Spokane, Washington,...

Doris Skidmore

Doris Skidmore

Feb 12, 2007

In celebration of the life of Doris Young Skidmore, 86, of Hillsboro. God called her to her eternal home, to be greeted by her husband and numerous relatives on Monday, February 12, 2007. Doris was born November 7, 1920 near Abbott, Texas the daughter of Ernest and Maude Della Greenhill Young. She was raised in the Abbott area and...

Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis

Feb 12, 2007

Paul A. Lewis, 86, of Hillsboro died Monday, February 12, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital. Paul was born April 27, 1920 in Hubbard, Texas the son of Henry Thomas and Una Caroline Washer Lewis. He grew up and farmed in Limestone County and went to Callina School. During WWII he served in the U. S. Army in the Asiatic-Pacific...

Charles Best

Charles Best

Feb 11, 2007

Charles was born July 19, 1956 in Fort Hood Texas. He was the son of James A. and Virginia Vansickle Best. He served his country during Viet Nam in the United States Air Force as a Staff Sargent. Charles traveled the country as an aerospace maintenance supervisor, and spent his spare time with his family and friends in Laguna...

Beth Parker

Beth Parker

Feb 10, 2007

Mary Beth Parker passed away on February 9, 2007 at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. Beth was born in a farmhouse in the Lone Oak community in Ellis County to Ernest and Edna West Moseley on June 19, 1928. She worked for Mohon and White Real Estate for 15 years; co-owned and managed Vista Village Retirement Center in...

Douglas Mckibben

Douglas Mckibben

Feb 10, 2007

Douglas was the son of Chester H. and June Stubblefield McKibben. He lived in the Whitney area and was a member of the Cedar Creek Baptist Church of Whitney. He was loved by his family and his friends.

Ruby Salazar

Ruby Salazar

Feb 8, 2007

Ruby Lloyd Salazar, 81, of Hillsboro died, Thursday, February 8, 2007, at Canterbury Villa Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Ruby was born July 19, 1925 in Hill County, Texas, where she was raised, the daughter of James Newman and Carrie Richardson Lloyd. In the late 1950's she moved to Fort Worth and returned to Hill County in the early 1970's....

Edward Jackson

Edward Jackson

Feb 2, 2007

Edward Owen Jackson, 91, of Farmers Branch and formerly of Hillsboro passed away on February 2, 2007 in Farmers Branch. He was born on July 11, 1915 in West, TX to William Stephan and Julia Ann Henley Jackson. He grew up in West and moved to Lamesa as a teenager. On December 28, 1935 he married Pauline Tapp. Edward...

Alice Ridlehuber

Alice Ridlehuber

Feb 2, 2007

Alice Ridlehuber, 81, of Hillsboro died Friday, February 2, 2007, at her home with her children by her side. Alice was born February 6, 1925 to Staley and Grace Mathis Goodman in the Mayfield Community of Hill County. She grew up in Hill County and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1944. On January 19, 1944 she married Homer...