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Novelle Byrd

Novelle Byrd

Oct 14, 2005

Noevelle B. Byrd, 87, of Hillsboro, died Friday, October 14, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital. Noevelle was born August 20, 1918 in Chireno, Texas the daughter of William H. and Lola Shippey Byrd. She grew up and lived in Nacogdoches and Angelina counties all of her life. she married Reginald Reagan and Tony A. Byrd and they both preceded...

Alma White

Alma White

Oct 14, 2005

Alma Lois White, 69, of Burleson, died Friday, October 14, 2005, in a Burleson hospital. Alma was born May 3, 1936 in Hillsboro, the daughter of Leslie Allen and Annie Mae Wood, were she was raised. She was a member of Trinity Temple Church in Fort Worth. She was a retired nurse. On Feb. 17, 1961 she married James...

Glenda Mcpherson

Glenda Mcpherson

Oct 13, 2005

Glenda McPherson, 60, of Hillsboro, died Thursday, October 13, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital. Glenda was born January 4, 1945 in Hillsboro the daughter of Sonny and Katherine Davis Watson. On April 28, 1972 she married Bobby McPherson. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Bobby McPherson of Hillsboro; five children, Penny Clinard and husband, Lloyd Dunn, of...

Fred Kevetter

Fred Kevetter

Oct 12, 2005

Fred Kevetter, 81, of Whitney passed away at his home October 12, 2005. Frederick Joseph Kevetter was born August 7, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri to Fred and Golda Kevetter. He married Nancy Woodfin on May 5, 1950 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The two have seven children, seventeen grandchildren and one great grandchild. He joined the Navy when he...

Ramona Jimenez

Ramona Jimenez

Oct 9, 2005

Ramona Aguilera Jimenez, 99, of Abbott, died Sunday, October 9, 2005, in a Fort Worth nursing home. Ramona was born July 14, 1906 in Mexico the daughter of Jesus and Maria Ralla Aguilera. On January 18, 1929 she married Cirilo E. Jimenez and he preceded her in death on December 18, 1978. A caregiver to her whole family, Ramona...

Daniel Pustejovsky

Daniel Pustejovsky

Oct 9, 2005

Daniel Dan Pustejovsky, age 79 of Hillsboro died October 9, 2005 at his home with his family at his bedside, following a courageous battle with colon cancer. He was born August 28, 1926 in West, son of the late Joe D. And Mary Kolar Pustejovsky. He married Flo Marie Thompson in West on September 9, 1946. The two were...

Eleanor Strickland

Eleanor Strickland

Oct 8, 2005

Eleanor was the daughter of Henry J. and Elsie Byars Armstrong. At an early age she moved to Texas and grew up in Maypearl on the family farm. On January 27, 1944, she married James Richard "Jim" Strickland. He preceded her in death September 19, 2001. They lived in Houston for many years before settling in Hillsboro in 1984....

Doyle Atchley

Doyle Atchley

Oct 7, 2005

Doyle Wayne Atchley passed away at his home on October 7, 2005. Doyle was the son of J.S. and Annie Atchley. He played guitar and loved having picking sessions with his friends. He loved country and gospel music and had the honor to sit and play with favorites like Lefty Frizzell and Marty Robbins. Doyle was a master at...

E. J. Ray, Jr

E. J. Ray, Jr

Oct 5, 2005

E. J. Ray, Jr.of Waco died Wednesday, October 5, 2005, at the age of 83. He was born July 25, 1922 at Dew, Texas in Freestone County to Elmer James and Rosie Vaughan Ray. At the age of 5, he moved to Hamilton County and graduated from Carlton High School. He was a veteran of World War II, a...

Marie Johnson

Marie Johnson

Oct 4, 2005

Marie Johnson, 87, of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, October 4, 2005, at her residence. Marie was born September 5, 1918 in Pine Hill, Texas the daughter of Oscar and Lela Osborne Kirksey. She lived most of her life in Hill County. On December 5, 1933 she married J. G. ?Red? Johnson and he preceded her in death on April 18....

Henry Bratcher

Henry Bratcher

Oct 2, 2005

Henry Allen ?Bratch? Bratcher, 89, of Hillsboro, died Sunday, October 2, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Allen was born June 26, 1916 in McKinney the son of William Ragland and Ella Agnes Godwin Bratcher. He lived in Hillsboro most of his life. On June 5, 1974 he married Lila Bell Frank. For 19 years he worked as...

Betty Stephens

Betty Stephens

Oct 1, 2005

Betty Stephens, 58 of Walling Bend Park died on October 1, 2005 in Whitney. A law enforcement employee for the State of Texas, Betty worked 20 years retiring in 2002. She lived most of her life in Tennessee and Texas, the past 11 years at Walling Bend Park. She married Gary Stephens on July 3, 1999 in Clifton, Tx....

Billie Bell

Billie Bell

Sep 30, 2005

Billie Bell, 81, of Cleburne, died Friday, September 30, 2005, at Hugley Hospice House in Burleson. Billie was born October 23, 1923 in Vaughan, Texas the daughter of Albert and Annie White Ridlehuber. She grew up in the Vaughan and Hillsboro areas. For 25 years she lived in Amarillo. She moved to Cleburne 30 years ago. On April 8,...

Frances Thompson

Frances Thompson

Sep 29, 2005

Frances Marie Kendrick Thompson, 82, of Waco, passed from this life into the presence of her Savior at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, September 29, 2005. Frances was born in Frost, Texas to Willie Spurgeon Kendrick and Josie Bell Lipsey Kendrick. As a small child, her family moved to Hillsboro where she attended public schools. There she met the love of...

Ellen Hall

Ellen Hall

Sep 29, 2005

Ellen Marie Hall, 79, of Parker, died Thursday, September 29, 2005, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Cleburne. Ellen was the daughter of Joe Melvin and Essie Mertel Pidcock Warren. She lived in Dallas most of her life. For 38 years she was a teller at Bank of America, retiring in 1991. Preceding her in death were her parents;...

Tressie Cox

Tressie Cox

Sep 29, 2005

Tressie Cox, 87, of Dallas, died Thursday, September 29, 2005, at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Tressie was born October 2, 1917 in Hillsboro the daughter of Clarence Rutherford and Laura Melissa Davis King. She grew up in Hill County and graduated from Abbott High School, where she excelled in basketball. On August 28, 1937 she married John Tom Cox...

Billy Irvin

Billy Irvin

Sep 28, 2005

Billy Frank Irvin, 72, of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005, at his home. Billy was born December 24, 1932 in Hillsboro the youngest son of Walker Mitchell and Dulcie Aldridge Irvin. He attended Hillsboro schools and served in the United States Army. For 40 years he was an employee at Bell Helicopter, Textron, retiring in 2000. At that...

Phyllis Long

Phyllis Long

Sep 28, 2005

Phyllis Jean Janes Long, 58, of Frankston, Texas, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005, at East Texas Medical Center in Jacksonville, Texas. Phyllis was born August 28, 1947 in Borger, Texas the daughter of Thomas Alvin and Dorothy Murle Leggett Janes... She was raised in the Union Bluff Community and graduated from Hillsboro High School. On September 24, 1979 she...

Jana Stratton

Jana Stratton

Sep 28, 2005

Jana Crocker Stratton, 72 of Temple, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at a Fort Worth hospital. Jana was the daughter of Houston Jerrel and Ethel Selby Crocker, Sr. and attended Hillsboro High School where she graduated in 1949, and attended Hill College for one year. While in Hillsboro she was a girl scout troop leader and worked for Lone...

Ruby Hope

Ruby Hope

Sep 22, 2005

Ruby Hope, 67, of Whitney passed away September 22, 2005. She was the daughter of Loving Jay and Bertie Lee Long Doty. Ruby had lived in Whitney most of her life. She married Floyd Odell Hope and he preceded her in death on April 19, 1999. She had worked as a seamstress for Rose Marie. She was a member...

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