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
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
Beth Stubblefield
Dec 25, 2006
Beth Stubblefield, 76, of Hillsboro died Monday, December 25, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Beth was born August 7, 1930 in Corpus Christi, Texas the daughter of Philip Louis and Mary Novis Glass Forstner. At the age of 6 she moved to Hillsboro where she attended schools, graduating from Hillsboro High School in 1947. She received a...
Roy Mcknight
Dec 20, 2006
Roy Rea McKnight, 91, of Whitney passed away December 20, 2006 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. He was the son of Raymon and Olive Rea McKnight. Roy served during World War II in the United States Navy on the USS Enterprise. On March 27, 1941 he married Clara Alice Swiger and she preceded him in death on May...
Hillary Hull
Dec 19, 2006
Hillary Sadie Hull, infant daughter of Scott and Amber Hull died December 19, 2006 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. She was born Dec. 18, 2006 in Hillsboro. Hillary was preceded in death by her grandmother, Phyllis Hull; uncles, Mark Alan DeWitt, Jr., Sean Richard DeWitt and great grandparents, Morgan and Claudia Christian. Survivors include her parents, Scott and...
Charles Griffith
Dec 19, 2006
Charlie Griffith, 69, of Hillsboro was killed near Austin in a plane crash on December 19, 2006. He was the son of Charles O. and Rose Kilpatrick Griffith. Charlie grew up in Oklahoma. On October 24, 1958, he married Martha Brooks and moved to Burkburnett, Texas. He owned and operated his own tunneling contracting company since 1981. Charlie had...
Noal Denison
Dec 15, 2006
N. L. Denison passed away on December 15, 2006 in Palestine. He was the son of Josh W. and Lula Christy Denison. He grew up and attended schools in Milford. N. L. was involved with Civilian Conservation Corp. during the mid 1930's. He served in the U. S. Coast Guard from 1941- 1947. He worked for Union Carbine as...
Gladys Reid
Dec 13, 2006
Gladys M. Reid, 91, of Commerce, Texas died Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at Leonard Manor Nursing Home in Leonard, Texas. Gladys was born July 2, 1915 in the Huron Community in Hill County, Texas the daughter of James Wesley and Velma Pinckard Moore. On November 18, 1933 she married J. J. Reid in Hillsboro and he preceded her in...
Doris Crain
Dec 12, 2006
Doris Lucille Galiga Crain, 87, of Hillsboro passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2006. Mrs. Crain was born January 22, 1919 in the small community of Osceola, Texas. She was the daughter of the late Lillie Mae Shelton Galiga and William Thomas Galiga. On December 14, 1941 she married Julius Crain. He preceded her in death on January 21, 1987....
Venita Dollar
Dec 11, 2006
Venita Dollar, 71, of Hillsboro died Monday afternoon, December 11, 2006, at her home with her family. Venita was born February 6, 1935 in Mayfield, Texas the daughter of Jesse Vernon and Hazel Lodeska Smith. She attended school in Mayfield and graduated from Hillsboro High School. On February 12, 1956 she married James Dollar and he preceded her in...
Don Poole
Dec 10, 2006
Don died December 10, 2006 in Malone, TX, he was born February 14, 1941 in Alto Georgia to Ralph Waco Poole and Blanche Taylor Poole. Don was a ?True Friend.? He was loved and will be greatly missed. Survivors include his wife, Susan Williams, of Malone; sons, Donald Poole, Jr & wife, Tim W. Poole & wife, all of...
Cora Grigsby
Dec 10, 2006
Cora Lee Grigsby, 95, of Whitney, formerly of Bynum, died Sunday, December 10, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Cora was born May 19, 1911 in Josephine, Texas the daughter of Childs Wilkerson and Lettie Ann Holland McGee. On January 29, 1934 she married W. O. Grigsby in Hillsboro and he preceded her in death on May 28,...
Jerri Houston
Dec 9, 2006
Jerri Ann Houston passed away on December 9, 2006 in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the daughter of James and Faye Moore Ince. On June 14, 1964 she married James Houston. They were married for 42 years. Jerri was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She loved to play bingo, slot machines, read and especially cook. She was preceded...
Willie Gatlin
Dec 9, 2006
Willie was the daughter of Gilbert and Francis Cochran Kellum. She grew up in Hillsboro and later moved to Whitney. Mrs. Gatlin married Marvin Steagall and later Howard Gatlin and they both preceded her in death. She was a housewife and of the Church of Christ faith. She is survived by her children Debra Buckaloo and husband, Pete of...
Jerry Hunt
Dec 7, 2006
Jerry E. Hunt, 84, of Hillsboro died Thursday, December 7, 2006, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Jerry was born July 14, 1922 in Hillsboro, where he grew up, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Joe E. Hunt. On April 14, 1943 he married Marguerite Schmidt in Hillsboro. During WWII he served in the United States Air...
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