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Helen Bruner

Helen Bruner

Jan 25, 2006

Helen went to be with her Lord on January 25, 2006. She was born March 14, 1917 in Oklahoma City to Roy C. and Katie Schwab Harris. Following her graduation from Classen High School in Oklahoma City, she attended Judson College in Alabama before transferring to and graduating from Baylor University. During her years at Baylor she was a...

Joe Vinson

Joe Vinson

Jan 25, 2006

Joe Bob Vinson, 91, of Whitney passed away at his residence on January 25, 2006. He was the son of Alvin and Amy Bean Vinson. Joe Bob had lived in Whitney all of his life and graduated from Whitney High School. He served in the Army Air Corp during World War II. On December, 15, 1937, he married Lillian...

Gladys Adler

Gladys Adler

Jan 20, 2006

Gladys Adler passed away Friday, January 20, 2006 in Waco. She was the daughter of Louis and Mary Muesse. She grew up in Frost and graduated from Frost High School. On December 22, 1949, she married Alfred Adler and he preceded her in death on December 9, 2000. A member of Faith Lutheran Church in Corsicana, she was very...

Ellis Akin

Ellis Akin

Jan 18, 2006

Ellis Akin, 70, of Whitney, passed away at his residence on January 18, 2006. He was the son of Lee Morris and Lena Leola Harvey Akin. He served in the U. S. Air Force. On September 10, 1960, he married Jannette Hughes in Red Water, TX. Ellis became a Teamster Local 568 and Local 968 and was a truck...

Volene Drumm

Volene Drumm

Jan 17, 2006

Volene Drumm passed away at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney on January 17, 2005. She was the daughter of John Fletcher and Alma Daisey Everage Rabon. Volene married Lafe T. Drumm in Oklahoma in March, 1972. She was a bookkeeper for Texas Aircraft Milling for 20 years, retiring in 1982. She was a member of First Baptist Church...

Maurine Connally

Maurine Connally

Jan 10, 2006

Maurine Connally, 92, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, January 10, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Maurine was born December 29, 1913 in Lorena, Texas the daughter of Herbert Aubrey and Nell Lorraine Stubblefield Maxey. She grew up in Lorena and graduated high school there. In 1931 she married Jack Connally and he preceded her in death in April...

Nola Girault

Nola Girault

Jan 5, 2006

Nola Girault, 93, of Keene, formerly of Hillsboro, died Thursday, January 5, 2006, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Keene. Nola was born January 26, 1912 in Hillsboro the daughter of Frances and Lillie Lewis Lowe. She lived in Hillsboro most of her life. In June 1934 she married Bryan Girault and he preceded her in death on...

Audrey Mann

Audrey Mann

Jan 5, 2006

Audrey B. Mann, 85, of Brandenton, Florida died Thursday, January 5, 2006 at Westminster The Towers in Bradenton, Florida. Audrey was born September 17, 1920 in Kinder, Louisiana the daughter of Alceed and Loucinda Cole Bushnell. She married James Wray Mann and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her...

Mary Harvey

Mary Harvey

Jan 5, 2006

Mary Frances Harvey, our beloved wife and mother, passed away Thursday at home after a long illness. She was born on February 26, 1922. She was raised in the Arnot community near Hillsboro and lived there until she married Floyd Harvey on October 5 1941. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Whitney. Mary Frances loved to...

Shelley Miles

Shelley Miles

Jan 5, 2006

Shelley Dawn Miles, 32, of Waco died Thursday, January 5, 2006, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Shelley was born December 15, 1973 in Clifton, Texas the daughter of Gerald and Barbara Shelley Miles. She grew up in Whitney, was an accomplished twirler, and won the Miss Cinderella of Texas Pageant. A member of Northside Baptist Church in...

H. C. Westberry

H. C. Westberry

Jan 4, 2006

H. C. "Preacher" Westberry, 92, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Ceneter in Waco. H. C. "Preacher" was born May 3, 1913 in Files Community, Hill County, Texas the son of Hubert and Martha Cheek Westberry. He was born, raised and graduated high school in the Files Valley community, and also attended Texas A...

Catherine Andrews

Catherine Andrews

Jan 4, 2006

Catherine Andrews, a long time resident of Hillsboro, died of natural causes on January 4, 2006 at the home of her daughter, Christina Andrews, in Fort Worth, Texas. Catherine was born in Waco, Texas on June 7, 1915. She was the only child of two exceptional people, Gus and Angelica Andrews, who had immigrated to the USA from Greece....

Richard Love

Richard Love

Jan 3, 2006

Richard M. "Dick" Love passed away on January 3, 2006 in Arlington. He was the son of Nathaniel Nelson and Helen Beecher Love. He moved to Arlington, Texas in 1953 and began a career with General Motors until his retirement in 1987 when he then moved to Whitney. He was a 16 year member of the Arlington Police Department...

Jimmy Johnston

Jimmy Johnston

Jan 3, 2006

Jimmy Don Johnston, 64, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, January 3, 2006 at his residence. Jimmy was born October 22, 1941 in Hillsboro the son of Cone and Doris Caruthers Johnston. He graduated from Hillsboro High School and attended Hill College. On December 6, 1960 he married Dena Sessums in Hillsboro. From 1960-1964 he served in the United States Air...

Margaret Bennett

Margaret Bennett

Jan 2, 2006

Margaret Bennett, 88, of Arlington, and formerly of Hillsboro and Woodbury, died January 2, 2006 at Arlington Villa. Margaret was born November 30, 1917 the daughter of Josiah Hagler and Margaret Delcenia Revier Thomas. She lived in the Woodbury Community most of her life and spent the last two years in Arlington. On May 9, 1936 she married Nick...

Mabel Cunningham

Mabel Cunningham

Dec 30, 2005

Mabel Oda Cunningham, 96, of Hillsboro died Friday, December 30, 2005, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home. Mabel was born July 19, 1909 in Arcola, Illinois the daughter of Ephrim Hopper and Leota Engeline Poynter Wharton. Her mother passed away when she was two years old and her grandmother, Sally Tharp Wharton raised her. Mabel married Vorice ?Jack? Cunningham...

Loyd Schell

Loyd Schell

Dec 28, 2005

Loyd Darrold Schell passed away at his residence in Dallas on December 28, 2005. He was the son of Arthur Darrold and Ione Oletta Chapman Schell. He had lived in Dallas most of his life. Preceding him in death were his parents. Survivors include his sister, Mina I. Bumguardner of Fort Worth; close friend, Bobby Flat of Mansfield. Memorials:...

Effie Carver

Effie Carver

Dec 26, 2005

Effie Carver, 86, of Keene died Monday, December 26, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Effie was born November 22, 1919 in Duncan, OK the daughter of Lemuel Oran and Ruby Viola Patton Henry. As an infant she moved to Vernon, Texas and grew up there. She and her older brother helped raise and provide for their other...

Ronald Cliett

Ronald Cliett

Dec 26, 2005

Ronald Reed Cliett, 62, of Whitney, passed away on Monday, Dec.26, at Lake Whitney Medical Center after a bold fight with cancer. Ronald was born on August 24, 1943, in Hillsboro. He was the son of Benjamin Quinn Cliett and Georgie Lee Duke. He was raised on the family ranch in the Huron community and attended school in both...

Frederick Kent

Frederick Kent

Dec 24, 2005

Frederick Lee "Bear" Kent passed away at his home on December 24, 2005. He was the son of Harold Mc Crey and Mary Louise Lewis. He had lived in Whitney the past 18 years. He was an auto mechanic prior to working for Fisher Control in Mc Kinney for 17 years; retiring in 1999. He later worked for Wal-Mart...

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