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Para Harrell

Para Harrell

Nov 16, 2005

Para Lee Harrell, 99, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, November 16, 2005, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home. Para was born January 5, 1906 in Pittsburgh, Texas, where she grew up, the daughter of Jim and Auda Mae Husley Brown. She was a member of the Church of God in Christ in Pittsburgh. Preceding her in death were her parents,...

Betty Deluca

Betty Deluca

Nov 16, 2005

Betty Payne DeLuca, 50, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, November 16, 2005, in Hillsboro. Betty was born January 31, 1955 in El Paso, Texas the daughter of James Rufus and Ruby Foster Payne. In 1973 she graduated from Abbott High School and received an Associates Degree in Nursing from Hill College. After high school she served in the United States...

Dorothy Furnish

Dorothy Furnish

Nov 15, 2005

Dorothy E. Furnish, 84, of Whitney passed away on November 15, 2005 in Clifton. She was the daughter of Jess and Minnie Fornash Webster. She married Willard Ray Furnish on August 24, 1940 in Owen Co., Ky. He preceded her in death on July 22, 2004. Dorothy was a volunteer for the Lake Whitney Medical Center; former member of...

Eunice Bryan

Eunice Bryan

Nov 15, 2005

Eunice H. Heath passed away on November 15, 2005 in Midland. She was the daughter of George Washington and Connie Smith Heath. Eunice was a graduate of Whitney High School in 1934. On August 3, 1936, she married Windsor Quincey Bryan. She had worked as an inventory management specialist for the United States Veterans Administration. She had resided in...

Louise Finch

Louise Finch

Nov 14, 2005

Louise Finch, 88, of Hillsboro died Monday, November 14, 2005, at her residence. Louise was born November 19, 1916 in Waxahachie the daughter of Joseph Dewitt and Minerva Lou Jones Lowrey. In 1932 she graduated from McMurray School. On November 25, 1933 she married Clifton Payton Finch in Hillsboro and he preceded her in death on July 7, 2003....

Marion Wooten

Marion Wooten

Nov 12, 2005

" Sailor Rest your Oars" Marion "Bill" Wooten, 82 of Whitney died on November 12, 2005 at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. Bill was born in Prairie Valley, Whitney on April 23, 1923 to James and Rosa Wooten. Upon graduation from Whitney High School in 1914, he joined the U. S. Navy. He married Beverly Jean Schrader on...

Horace Mccauley

Horace Mccauley

Nov 11, 2005

Horace McCauley, 96, of Hillsboro died Friday, November 11, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. He was the son of David Franklin and Bertha Emma Jack McCauley. He lived in Hill County all of his life except during WWII when he lived in Dallas for three years and built planes. He also farmed in Hill County. For ten...

Joe Hawkins

Joe Hawkins

Nov 10, 2005

Joe W. Hawkins, 91, of Hillsboro, died Thursday, November 10, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Joe was born May 17, 1914 in Hillsboro the son of Jessie James and Mary Ann Craig Hawkins. He lived in Hillsboro most of his life and graduated from Hillsboro High School. On October 13, 1934 he married Jeanette Turner. He was...

Bob Young

Bob Young

Nov 10, 2005

Bob Young, 60, of Hillsboro died Thursday, November 10, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Bob was born November 6, 1945 in Sparta, Wisconsin the son of Carlyle George and Mary Frances Patterson Young. He lived most of his life in Hillsboro, but lived awhile in Dallas also. Bob was a member of First United Methodist Church in...

Dorothy Crouch

Dorothy Crouch

Nov 9, 2005

Dorothy Crouch, 72, of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, November 9, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Dorothy was born August 15, 1933 in Fairfield the daughter of Robert Lee and Thelma Jane Ivy Crouch. At the age of three she moved to Hillsboro and has lived here since. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Hillsboro. Preceding...

Lela Beebe

Lela Beebe

Nov 7, 2005

Lela Beebe passed away on November 7, 2005 at Town Hall Eastes in Whitney. She was the daughter of Perry Martin and Anna Squires Provines. On November 11, 1933, she married Elmer Beebe in Auburn, Indiana and he preceded her in death on March 13, 1978. Lela was a retired seamstress from Marshall Clothing Company in Auburn. She was...

Lenore Eason

Lenore Eason

Nov 7, 2005

Lenore Eason, 54, of Valley Mills died Monday, November 7, 2005, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Lenore was born December 17, 1950 in Midland, Texas the daughter of Rhodes James Eason and Wynama Glenn Danley. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Preceding her in death were her father, R. J. Eason; brother, Curt Easton; sister...

B. H. Ralston

B. H. Ralston

Nov 6, 2005

B. H. ?Bill? Ralston, 83, of Hillsboro died Sunday, November 6, 2005 at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Bill was born September 24, 1922 in Ellis County, Texas, where he was raised, the son of William C. and Margaret Lou Hawks Ralston. Since 1980 he had lived in Hillsboro. On August 8, 1975 he married Katherine McCullough in...

Grace Wiley

Grace Wiley

Nov 5, 2005

Grace Richards Wiley passed away in Hillsboro on November 5, 2005. Grace was born October 24, 1913 in Springdale, TX; the youngest of six children born to Eural and Cora Brown Richards. On December 3, 1931, she married Clyde Barcus Wiley in Durant, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on January 28, 1998. She worked a number of...

Pauline Offield

Pauline Offield

Nov 4, 2005

Pauline Elizabeth Offield passed away on Friday, November 4, 2005 at a Whitney Hospital. She was born February 21, 1917 in Lufkin, Texas to Jim and Ida Smithart Reeves. Pauline was married to Robert Offield on November 18, 1993 and he preceded her in death on May 10, 1994. She was a homemaker. Preceding her in death were her...

Robert Birdwell Sr

Robert Birdwell Sr

Nov 2, 2005

Bob was the son of John Allen and Ila Mae Howell Birdwell. He was a verteran of the Korean War and served in the U.S. Army for two years. On June 16, 1952 he married Betty Sue Crisp in Hillsboro. They moved to Dallas where he attended Neilson Beauty College and then moved to Fort Worth where he owned...

Teresa Frank

Teresa Frank

Oct 30, 2005

Teresa was the daughter of Charles Edward and Gail Lynn Cravens Hickey. She worked as a manager for the Milford Grill. Her father preceded her in death in 1990. Survivors include: husband Randy Frank of Milford; mother, Gail Cash of Alvarado; step-parents, Michael and Angie Flanagan of Bentonville, AR.; children, Brandi Culton and husband Don of Arlington, Tiffiny Collins...

Christine Rose

Christine Rose

Oct 29, 2005

Christine was born July 20, 1925 in Navarro County to John and Allie Cagle Evans. After growing up in Navarro County, she resided in Hillsboro until moving to Waco in 1964. On November 24, 1951, she married Loyd "Tooter" Rose, and he preceded her in death on March 18, 2001. Also preceding her in death were 2 brothers, John...

Erma Degner

Erma Degner

Oct 26, 2005

Erma Jane Degner passed away October 26, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital after a short battle with cancer. She was born October 26, 1925 east of Malone and grew up in the Malone area near the Salem Community. She graduated from Malone High School. She married Victor ?Shorty? Degner on December 25, 1944 and they lived and farmed west...

Georgia Adams

Georgia Adams

Oct 25, 2005

Georgia Adams, 77, of Whitney, formerly of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at her residence. Georgia was born March 13, 1928 in Berryville, Arkansas the daughter of Mark L. and Donnie Bell Fultz Newton. She grew up in Arkansas. On September 3, 1948 she married Paul Adams in San Ando, CA and he preceded her in death...

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