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Adron Tekell

Adron Tekell

Dec 24, 2005

Adron Tekell, 78, of Bynum died Saturday, December 24, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Adron was born January 21, 1927 in Wingate, Texas the son of Newton and Ruby Ivy Tekell. He grew up in Hill County. On January 3, 1948 he married Reva Jo Patterson. He served in the U. S. Air Force. For all of...

Morris Morgan Sr

Morris Morgan Sr

Dec 23, 2005

Morris Mason Morgan, Sr., 77, of Abbott died Friday, December 23, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Morris was born January 4, 1928 in Abbott, Texas, where he grew up, the son of Walter L. and Dora Ellen Dugger Morgan. From 1946-1947 he served in the U. S. Army. In 1950 he married Laverna R. Hallman in Waco....

Richard Mauzy

Richard Mauzy

Dec 22, 2005

Richard ?Dick? Mauzy, 64, of Hillsboro passed on Thursday, December 22, 2005, at Central Texas Veteran?s Heath Care in Temple. Richard was born June 24, 1941 in Pilot Knob, Missouri, the son of Frank J. and Helen Bernice Kitchell Mauzy. He was raised in Dallas. For forty years he lived in Connecticut and for the past six years had...

Mary Baird

Mary Baird

Dec 20, 2005

Mary "Sis" Baird, 93, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, December 20, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Mary was born September 14, 1912 in Oenaville, Texas the daughter of Louis Frances and Nannie Cleveland Rucker Cooper. She was raised in Bell County and moved to Hill County, in 1934. On December 8, 1934 she married Aubrey Baird. In 1935...

Lena Mcclain

Lena Mcclain

Dec 15, 2005

Lena McClain passed away on December 15, 2005 in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of Albert and Lizzie Alcorn Tyree. She grew up in Royce City and moved to Dallas in 1940. She married Herbert McClain and he preceded her in death in 1956. Lena had worked for Morton?s Foods; retiring in 1962. She moved to Corsicana in 1978...

Marie Canada

Marie Canada

Dec 12, 2005

Marie London Canada, 93, of Hillsboro died Monday, December 12, 2005 at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Marie was born November 2, 1912 in Itasca, Texas the daughter of George Raymond and Manie Mae Clark London. She grew up in Itasca and was a resident of Hillsboro since 1989. For 25 years she was a nurses aide...

Delton Cox

Delton Cox

Dec 12, 2005

Delton Cox, 66, of Vaughan passed away Monday, December 12, 2005, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Delton was born October 28, 1939 in Vaughan, Texas the son of William O. and Fannie Jones Cox. In 1957 he graduated from Abbott High School. On July 14, 1963 he married Betty Alexander in Vaughan. He was a self-employed contractor...

Bettye Drinkard

Bettye Drinkard

Dec 11, 2005

Bettye Faye Stevens Drinkard passed away on December 11, 2005 in a Waco hospital. She was the daughter of Robert M. and Sallie Murphree Stevens. Bettye graduated from Abbott High School and then attended a business college in Fort Worth. She began her 30 + years in Civil Service with the Navy Department in Washington, D. C., James Connolly...

Norine Horton

Norine Horton

Dec 7, 2005

Norine Dean Horton, 86, of Fort Worth died Wednesday, December 7, 2005, in a Fort Worth nursing home. Norine was born December 25, 1918 in Milford, Texas the daughter of John Henry Dean, Jr. and Lula Lee Taylor Dean. On June 15, 1944 she married William H. Horton. Since 1944 she had lived in Fort Worth. She was a...

Beatrice Ivie

Beatrice Ivie

Dec 6, 2005

Beatrice "Granny" Ivie, 85, of Hillsboro went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 6, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital. Beatrice was born July 1, 1920 in Hillsboro, the daughter of Joseph William and Ora Bell Franklin Harris, where she grew up and spent all of her life. On October 2, 1937 she married Johnny Ellis Ivie and...

Milton Frank

Milton Frank

Dec 6, 2005

Milton D. Frank, 67, of Hillsboro passed away from this life Tuesday, December 6, 2005, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Mr. Frank was born in the Midway Community, Hill County, Texas on August 30, 1938 to Marvin T. and Ida Ferrell Frank. He attended school in Hillsboro, where he met and married his high school sweetheart, Lynda...

Lois Ponder

Lois Ponder

Dec 5, 2005

Lois Ponder, 84, of Kerens died Monday, December 5, 2005, at East Texas Medical Center. Lois was born March 1, 1921 in Easterly, Texas the daughter of Hallie and Hettie Kilgore Goodwin. She lived most of her life in Houston. For ten years she lived in Corrigan and lived in Kerens the past fifteen years. She was a housewife....

Geraldine Mckee

Geraldine Mckee

Dec 1, 2005

Geraldine McKee passed from this life into her Heavenly home on December 1, 2005 at Hillsboro Town Hall Estates. Mrs. McKee was born on May 15, 1932 in Waco, Texas to Ray E. and Grace Ellen Curry Thomas. On August 25, 1950, she married William ?Bill? McKee in Waco. She is a member of the First Baptist Church in...

Stella Tyra

Stella Tyra

Nov 30, 2005

Stella Mae Tyra passed away on November 30, 2005 in Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was the daughter of Walter and Mindy Doris Gregory. She lived in Texas most of her life and also lived in Arizona, Colorado, and Louisiana for several years. On June 29, 1934, she married Russell E. Tyra in Hill County and he preceded...

Mike Carter

Mike Carter

Nov 29, 2005

Edward Michael "Mike" Carter passed on November 29, 2005 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the son of Edward Darwin and Norine Metcalf Carter. Mike had cared for the hunting dogs at Steiner Valley Ranch for many years. He enjoyed Billy Graham and was an Elvis Presley fan and loved playing bingo. He was president of the residents association...

Jimmy Watkins

Jimmy Watkins

Nov 29, 2005

Jimmy Watkins, 68, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital. Jimmy was born January 28, 1937 in Waco, where he grew up, the son of Walter Wesley and Virginia Crosby Watkins. At the age of 17 he joined the U. S. Navy and served for four years. He then joined the U. S. Army and...

Jack Mcdaniel

Jack Mcdaniel

Nov 28, 2005

Jack McDaniel, 44, of Dallas passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2005, at Doctor's Hospital in Dallas. Jack was the son of Samuel Lee and Doris Mays McDaniel. He lived in Dallas most of his life. For the past 28 years he drove a truck. On November 10, 2001 he married Jeanie Tucker in Hillsboro. He was of the Baptist...

Joe Haney

Joe Haney

Nov 24, 2005

Joe Haney, 88, of Richland Hills, Texas died Thursday, November 24, 2005, at North Hills Hospital. Joe was born June 23, 1917 in Oklahoma the son of William Randolph and Winnie Hill Haney. He was raised in Bynum and graduated as valedictorian of Bynum High School. On November 14, 1946 he married Juanita Opal Allen in Fort Worth. Since...

Wilma Martin

Wilma Martin

Nov 21, 2005

Wilma Martin passed away on November 21, 2005 in Whitney. She was the daughter of Walter and Pearlie Elizabeth Gray Woods. She married Warren Hall Martin, Sr. on August 10, 1974 in Fort Worth, Texas and he preceded her in death on May 8, 2002. She loved sports, especially the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers and the Baylor Bears. Wilma...

H. R. Harmon

H. R. Harmon

Nov 20, 2005

Horace Reed H. R. Harmon passed away on November 20, 2005 in Waco. He was the son of Horace and Jewell Wright Dotson. He married Carol Brown on June 19, 1971. He retired as a Sargent with the Corpus Christi Police Department after 18 years of service. He moved to Laguna Park in 1984. He was a member of...

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