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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...

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...

Steven Bell

Steven Bell

Oct 24, 2005

Steven Wayne Bell, 34 passed away on October 24, 2005. He was the son of Boyd Wayne Bell and Phyllis Darnell Bell. Steven was self-employed in the construction industry. He was an excellent artist. He loved his children very much and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his father, Wayne Bell of Granbury; mother, Phyllis Finley of Arlington;...

Eustace Fletcher

Eustace Fletcher

Oct 22, 2005

Eustace A. Fletcher passed away on October 22, 2005 at his residence. Eustace was born to Haywood C. and Alma Williams Fletcher in Ft. Worth. On May 19, 1936 he married Georgia Mae Parker and she preceded him in death on August 16, 1992 after 56 years or marriage. He retired from ADT in 1972 after 30 years. He...

Hershel Davis

Hershel Davis

Oct 21, 2005

Hershel was the son of William T. and Mable Riffe Davis. After graduating from Bishop High School, Hershel moved to Abilene where he graduated from Abilene Christian College with a B. A. Degree in 1958. He entered the ministry as a gospel preacher serving in Olivia and George West before moving to Whitney Church of Christ. While there he...

Leroy Copeland

Leroy Copeland

Oct 21, 2005

Leroy Copeland of Hurst, Texas passed away peacefully in his home on October 21, 2005. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 54 years, Doris. She passed away May 7, 2005. He was born December 4, 1913 in Whitney, Texas to the late Samuel S. Copeland and Frances Henrietta Bennett. He is survived by his daughter,...

William Anders

William Anders

Oct 20, 2005

William was the son of Roy Mack Anders, Sr. and Frances Louise HamiltonWilliams. He grew up in Waco and graduated from Texas State Technical College as a master chef. For most of his life, he worked in general construction. He loved cooking and thoroughly enjoyed fishing. An avid reader, he also enjoyed drawing. An outgoing person, he delighted in...

Mozelle Pass

Mozelle Pass

Oct 17, 2005

Mozelle Pass died Monday, October 17, 2005, at Trinity Mission of Italy, Texas. She was the daughter of William Thomas and Mary Alice Motley of Milford, Texas. Mozelle was born June 9, 1915 in Irene, Texas where she graduated from high school with honors. She attended Hillsboro Junior College and later graduated from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth,...

Helen Day

Helen Day

Oct 16, 2005

Mrs. Day was born in Brownwood, to John J. and Letitia Shepherd Skiles on May 15, 1918. He worked for Railway Express, and Letitia was a homemaker. Elizabeth, who was soon nicknamed "Beth," graduated from Lometa High School in 1935, when the public school system provided only 11 grades. After graduation, Beth worked for the local telephone company in...

Lonye Steele

Lonye Steele

Oct 15, 2005

Lonye was born April 22, 1915 in the Vaughan Community to Minnie and Cory Harrison. She grew up in Abbott where she graduated from High School in 1932, and where she was an active member of the Abbott Methodist Church. On October 3, 1937, she married Arthur Steele and they lived all of their 36 years of marriage in...

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