Obituaries

Mar 6, 2006

John Patrick Watlers, 68, of Buchanan Dam, Texas died Monday, March 6, 2006 at North Austin Medical Center. John was born December 10, 1937 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to George William and Eleanor Beamer Walters. John was in the United States Air Force and served over seas. In 1981 he moved to the Whitney area and then to Buchanan Dam...

Mar 3, 2006

Juette Mackey passed away on March 3, 2006 at Town Hall Estats in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of Robert Benton and Jennie V. Weaver Gray. Juette had lived in Hill County all of her life and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. On July 11, 1937, she married Eugene Mackey and he preceded her in death...

Mar 1, 2006

Wilma Lee Varnon, 81, of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Wilma was born September 24, 1924 in the Files Valley Community in Hill County, Texas the daughter of Lee and Fannie Mae Cummins Halbert. On June 13, 1942 she married Boyd Varnon in Hillsboro. A member of First United Pentecostal Church in...

Feb 28, 2006

Nelson "Mike" Simmons passed away February 28, 2006 at the Lake Whitney Medical Center in Whitney. He was the son of Virgil Lee and Mattie Ethel Worley Simmons. He had lived in Hill County his whole life. On February 24, 1949, he married Karon Burleson in Whitney, Texas. Mike worked as a farmer and rancher for most of his...

Feb 26, 2006

Martha was the daughter of Charles Adolphos and Fannie Bell Cooper Burleson. She was married to the late Ray Tubbs. In the 1950's, she was the co-owner of a neighborhood grocery store in Hillsboro. Later she moved to Temple and became an LVN, working in nursing homes in Temple. In the early 70's she returned to Hillsboro and worked...

Feb 24, 2006

Beryl Hanes Zachidny passed away on February 24, 2006 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was the daughter of Mitchell and Laura Hanes Jackson. On February 14, 1942 she married Jerry Wayne Zachidny and he preceded her in death on September 12, 1987. She retired in 1980 from the State of Maryland where she had worked as an...

Feb 24, 2006

Doris Robinson passed away on February 24, 2006 at her residence. Doris was the daughter of Thomas and Bertha Smith Manning. On August 22, 1961 she married James Robinson in Arcadia, LA. She was a very loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and was loved by all who knew her.

Survivors include her husband, James Robinson of...

Feb 17, 2006

D'Anne Thompson passed away February 17, 2006 in Whitney. She was the daughter of the late Horace and Mildred Conley Prince. D?Anne grew up in Pampa and graduated from Pampa High School. On August 28, 1965 she married Donald Thompson. She was very active in her church and was an organist. Her life?s ambition was to serve her Lord....

Feb 17, 2006

Elizabeth Anne Chapple passed away at Providence Hospital in Waco on February 16, 2006. She was the daughter of Pearl Scarbrough Carpenter and Ray Calvin Adams and niece of Josh and Belle Baughs who raised her in the Huron area. On August 12, 1960, she married Ellsworth John Chapple and he preceded her in death, August 9, 2001. She...

Feb 16, 2006

Doris Skidmore, 92, of Hillsboro died Thursday, February 16, 2006 at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home. Doris was born November 3, 1913 in Abbott, Texas the daughter of John Seldon and Lena Lee Bills Hoyle. She lived in Abbott most of her life and completed school there. For a number of years she worked as an attendant at the...

Feb 16, 2006

Rosa Lee Davison, 85, of Hillsboro died Thursday, February 16, 2006, at Canterbury Villa Nursing Home. Rosa was born July 30, 1920 in Mineola, Texas the daughter of Wiley and Nancy Rose Blackburn Lewis. For many years she worked for Safeway Store. In September 1936 she married Edwin Glenn Davison in Cleburne and he preceded her in death on...

Feb 16, 2006

Geroge Derrick Pylant, Jr. lost his battle with Alzheimer's Disease when the Lord mercifully called him home February 16, 2006. George was born in Hattiesburg, MS. He was a 1964 graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a double major in math and chemistry. He worked as a sales representative for Hoechst Celanese until his retirement. He was...

Feb 14, 2006

Homan Reed, 84, of Peoria passed away peacefully at his home in Peoria on Tuesday, February 14, 2006. Homan was born February 17, 1921 in Peoria, Texas the son of Homan and Lela Young Reed. On October 25, 1940 he married Delphine Everett at Peoria. After retiring from Exxon in Baytown, Texas, Homan and Delphine returned to Peoria to...

Feb 13, 2006

Marshall Auten passed away in Whitney, TX on Feb. 13, 2006. Born to Otis and Ethel Auten in Prairie Valley, Community, TX., Marshall began his formal education at Prairie Valley School. Marshall would continue his education at Hill Junior College in Hillsboro and Tarleton College in Stephenville. His academic accomplishments culminated with the awarding of a Bachelor of Arts...

Feb 13, 2006

Kathy "Sissy" Wallace passed away on February 13, 2006 in a Fort Worth hospital. She was the daughter of George S. and Katherine Davis Watson. She grew up in Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School. Kathy lived in Hill County most of her life. On December 4, 1969, she married Gary Wallace. She worked as a bank teller...

Feb 13, 2006

Alton Leon Allen, 64, of Hillsboro died Monday, February 13, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital. Alton was born January 9, 1942 in Eustace, Texas the son of Hoye and Hazel Marie Channon Allen. An avid historian, Alton loved music and to travel, hunt, and fish. He was a very hard worker and a good dad. Preceding him in death...

Feb 10, 2006

James was born June 24, 1927 in Ridgeville, Indiana, the son of Paul Wilson and Nella Foust Martin I.He joined the United States Air Force at age eighteen and served as a military advisor in Vietnam. He retired in 1968 as a Tech Sergeant. He married Mildred Upchurch in April of 1969 and they lived in Burleson until moving...

Feb 10, 2006

Aline Hammock Bruton, 96, of Hillsboro died Friday, February 10, 2006, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Aline was born November 21, 1909 in Irene, Texas the daughter of Henry Augusta and Betty Lyle Sharp Hammock. On May 9, 1930 she married Mayse Bruton in Hillsboro and he preceded her in death on July 6, 2005. For...

Feb 9, 2006

Johnnie Harris, 85, of Clifton passed away February 9, 2006 at the Goodall - Witcher Hospital in Clifton. Johnnie was the son of C. W. and Mary Belle Niles Harris. He lived in Hillsboro as a small child and attended school at Grubb Hill in Hill County. As a young man he worked in the CCC. During World War...

Feb 8, 2006

Mary B. Underwod, 84, of Whitney passed away on February 8, 2006 at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. She was the daughter of Robert G. and Lillie Estelle Riddle Braziel. On September 5, 1942, she married J. S. Underwood in the Reverend F. E. Waller residence. Mary was employed by Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney from 1970...