Al Alexander
Jul 8, 2006
Al was the son of Jack and Effie Loyd Alexander. For 10 years, he served in the U.S. Navy and married Lynn Gardner on April 8, 1966. Lynn and Al moved to Whitney in August of 1990 where he owned and operated Alexander Plumbing. Not only a Master electrician and plumber, he was also a Lay Pastor at the...
Joe Mccreight
Jul 7, 2006
Joe Tom was born to Joe DeWitt and Nettie Marie Sumner McCreight. He married Billie Jo McDearmon on Oct. 2, 1948 in Hillsboro, Texas. During World War II, he was in the U.S. Army. In 1989, he retired from General Dynamics with 41 years of working as an aircraft machinist. Joe Tom was an avid golfer, sports fan, liked...
Virginia Dutton
Jul 2, 2006
Virginia Dare Meadows Dutton, 94, joined her loved ones and peacefully entered into rest Sunday, July 2, 2006, in Fort Worth. Virginia was born on May 24, 1912 in Alvarado, Texas, to Bill and Sally Banks Meadows, and was the youngest of 9 children. She married Relly Reed "R.R." Dutton in June of 1927, and enjoyed 55 years of...
William Tidwell
Jun 23, 2006
Bill Tidwell passed away in Florida on June 23, 2006 He was the son of Wade and Mary Jane Shaw Tidwell. He grew up in Whitney and served in World War II in the Army?s Fighting 69th Infantry Division in European Theater. He re-enlisted into the Air Force and retired in 1963 after 22 years of combined service in...
William Waits
Jun 22, 2006
William ?Bill? Waits, 66, of Hillsboro died Thursday, June 22, 2006 at his residence. Bill was born December 30, 1939 in Meridian, Texas the son of Travis and Frances Cappers Waits. At the age of 15 he entered the National Guard and was promoted to Sergeant within six months. On January 28, 1955 he married Betty Freeman in Hillsboro....
Gary Howard
Jun 17, 2006
Gary Norman Howard passed away at his home on June 17, 2006. He was the son of Carson Guthrie and Estelle Bailey Howard. Gary grew up in eastern New Mexico. He served in the United States Navy from 1955- 1959. On April 6, 1961, he married Mary Morgan in Carlsbad, New Mexico and she preceded him in death on...
Adell Welch
Jun 15, 2006
Adell Welch, 81, of Whitney passed away on June 15, 2006 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was born on October 28, 1924 in Aquilla to Homer Marvin and Rosa Lee Bailey Welch. Adell worked for General Electric in Dallas for 40 years. She moved to Hillsboro in the 1990's after her retirement and was a resident of...
Gertrude Huddleston
Jun 15, 2006
Trudy was the daughter of Marion Josh and Berdie Dawkins Walters. On December 4, 1948, she married John J. Huddleston and he preceded her in death on October 6, 2004. Four brothers also preceded her in death. She worked as a bookkeeper for over 45 years as she traveled with her husband in the military. She was a member...
Huey Rush Jr
Jun 12, 2006
Huey Lee Rush, Jr., 73, of Whitney passed away on June 12, 2006 in Waco. He was the son of Huey and Alma Anna Huff Rush. He grew up in the Corsicana State Orphans Home beginning at age 13 He attended school and graduated from Corsicana State Orphans Home; played football and ran track at Navarro Jr. College and...
Steve Marshall
Jun 10, 2006
Steve Marshall, 54 of Whitney died on June 10, 2006 at a local hospital. Steve was born October 21, 1951 in Houston to Walter and Ethel Minor Marshall. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a long haul truck driver. Private services will be held at a later date
Ocie Bruton
Jun 9, 2006
Ocie Modena Bruton 96, of Mertens passed away on June 9, 2006 at Town Hall Estates in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of David Nathaniel and Nellie Pearl Langford Bruton. She was born and raised in Irene, Mertens area and graduated from Mertens high school. After high school she went to work for Southwestern Life Insurance Company until she...
Jan Allison
Jun 9, 2006
Jan Allison, 61, of Whitney passed away on June 9, 2006. Jan was born on January 27, 1945 in Clifton to Arthur James and Anna Rose Mae Miller Gant. She grew up in the Whitney area. On Dec. 15, 1960 she married Charley Allison. They lived in the Joshua area from 1962 until moving back to Whitney in 1987....
Bette Transier
Jun 4, 2006
Bette Ann Transier, 72, of Whitney was called home on June 4, 2006 to be with our Lord and Savior for ever more. She was born on October 16, 1933. One brother, Don Otterstetter preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, George of 52 years;cchildren, Bill, Susie and John;12 grandchildren many friends and family that loved her and...
Marshall Altom
Jun 3, 2006
Marshall Altom 84, of Hillsboro passed away on June 3, 2006 at Hill Regional Hospital. Marshall was born Aug. 7, 1921 in the Echo Community in Coleman, TX to David Andrew and Halley Beeler Altom. He grew up in Coleman where he graduated high school. Marshall earned both a Bachelor and Masters? degree from Hardin Simmons University. He taught...
Mary Gilmore
Jun 3, 2006
Mary Elizabeth Plummer Gilmore passed away at her residence in Whitney on Saturday evening, June 3, 2006. Mrs. Gilmore was born April 24, 1921 in Southside, Tennessee to George Bruce and Lulu Delina Bumpus Plummer. She graduated in 1943 from Austin Peay State College in Clarksville, Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. Due to a shortage...
Johnny Thomas
Jun 3, 2006
Johnny W. Thomas, 56, of Irving died in an automobile accident on June 3, 2006. Johnny was born on April 12, 1950 in Clifton to Clarence Elmoe and Joann B. Hill Thomas. He grew up in Irving and graduated from MacArthur High School in 1968, after graduation he attended Dallas Baptist College in Dallas, and attended Tarrant County Jr....
Bill Woodside
Jun 2, 2006
?Mr. Lake Whitney? Bill Woodside, 87, of Whitney, passed away June 2, 2006 in Whitney. Bill was born on Dec. 7, 1918 in Paris to J. Frank and Minnie Mae Ritchie Woodside. He served his country during World War II in the Marines. He married Hazel Lourie Coker on June 20, 1949 in Paris and she preceded him in...
Lillie Prentice
Jun 1, 2006
Lillie Mae Prentice passed away on June 1, 2006 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was the daughter of John W. and Cornelia Henderson Chatham. Lillie was raised in the Comanche and De Leon area; moving to Whitney in 1939. On January 19, 1939 she married Frank Prentice and he preceded her in death December 16, 1962. She...
Verl Hackney
May 31, 2006
Verl L. Hackney, 91, of McKinney, Texas died Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at Life Care Center in Plano, Texas. Verl was born June 24, 1914 in Bradford, Arkansas the son of John and Ida Hagar Hackney. During WWII, from 1943 to 1945, he served in the U. S. Army in the Battle of the Bulge with 3 major battle...
Beverly Wooten
May 30, 2006
Born Beverly Jean Schrader on December 22, 1920 in Cheney, Washington, to parents William F. Schrader of German descent and Janet Ingels Melville Schrader of Scottish descent. After World War II broke out, Beverly went to work as a riveter on the B-27 & B-29 bombers. These women were known as Rosie the Riveters. This work took her to...
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