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Brenda Deal

Brenda Deal

Aug 19, 2005

Brenda Deal, 57, of Whitney passed away on August 19, 2005 in Whitney. She was the daughter of Marvin and Doris Booe Mc Anally. Brenda married Donald Deal and was a long time Whitney resident. Preceding her in death was a granddaughter, Desiree Jones Survivors include her husband, Donald Deal of Whitney; father, Marvin Mc Anally of Belton; mother,...

Aura Jones

Aura Jones

Aug 15, 2005

Aura Odle Jones, 98, of Hillsboro, passed away Monday, August 15, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Aura was born May 21, 1907 in Mosheim, Texas the daughter of Curtis and Minnie Cowan Odle and grew up in Bosque County. On August 23, 1928 she married Jack Jones and he preceded her in death in 1978. For most...

Mildred Prince

Mildred Prince

Aug 15, 2005

Mildred Prince, 89, of Whitney passed away on August 15, 2005 in Hillsboro, Texas. She was the daughter of Mark and Lenna Conley. Mildred graduated from Texas Womens University with a Bachelors in Science. She taught public school on every level including college. Her first teaching job was in El Paso, Texas where she married the principal, Horace Prince...

Courtnea Odom

Courtnea Odom

Aug 13, 2005

Courtnea Mae was the daughter of John M. and Bobbie Ann Weldon Smith. On September 8, 1938, she and Lester J. Odom were united in marriage in Hillsboro. Lester preceded her in death on July 1, 1987. Also preceding her in death were her parents, one sister, and 9 brothers. A dedicated homemaker, she was a member of Walnut...

Betty Reeb

Betty Reeb

Aug 9, 2005

Betty Jo Reeb passed away on August 9, 2005 in Blum. She was the daughter of Edward and Ethel Green Hughes. Upon retirement of her husband, Kenneth Edward Reeb, they settled in Blum where all will tell you of the contributions and the many hearts she touched. She was the City Secretary of Blum where she handled many task...

Roy Carter

Roy Carter

Aug 8, 2005

Roy M. Carter, 65, passed away August 8, 2005. He was the son of Roy Maston and Susan Viola MorrisCarter. He graduated from East Texas State Uiversity in August 1962. On March 2, 1973, Roy married Linda Gale Overton. He worked as a claims manager for the insurance industry and retired in 1996. Roy served as a deacon from...

Jonas Jimenez

Jonas Jimenez

Aug 5, 2005

Jonas Jimenez, 3 days old, of Hillsboro died Friday, August 5, 2005 at Cook?s Children Hospital in Fort Worth. Jonas was born August 2, 2005 in Hillsboro. He was the son of Samuel and Alva Tello Jimenez. Survivors include his parents, Samuel and Alva Jimenez of Hillsboro; maternal grandmother, Lucy Tello of Hillsboro; and paternal grandparents, Gregorio and Elba...

Doris Pond

Doris Pond

Aug 2, 2005

Doris Lanell Pond, 53, of Malone, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Doris was born December 23, 1951 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Adolph and Elna Louise Reinke Lander. She was raised in the Birome and Penelope area and graduated from Penelope High School in 1970. On January 6, 1986 she married...

Katherine Camp

Katherine Camp

Aug 2, 2005

Katherine Camp died Tuesday, August 2nd, at a Fort Worth hospice care facility. She was born May 25, 1914, in Blum, Texas to John Jack Camp and Bertha CheekCamp. The family moved to Whitney in 1916 where she attended school. Katherine attended Hillsboro Jr. College and received her teaching degree from North Texas State University in Denton. She taught...

Verna Lawhon

Verna Lawhon

Jul 30, 2005

Verna Lawhon passed away on July 30, 2005 in a local Hillsboro hospital. She was the daughter of James Algie and Stella Watson Johnson. She lived in the Yates Community until moving to Bynum as a young woman. In 1932, she married Guy E. Lawhon and they lived in the Bynum area until moving to Fort Worth in the...

Mrs. N. J. Jones

Mrs. N. J. Jones

Jul 30, 2005

Ellen was the daughter of Charlie Martin and Mary Olif Johns Fikes. She grew up in McCulloch County, TX and graduated class valedictorian from the school in Katemcy in 1927. Shortly after her graduation, she married Rev. N. J. Jones on November 12, 1927 in Brady, Texas. He preceded her in death January 19, 1973. A very active musician,...

H. L. Borth

H. L. Borth

Jul 26, 2005

Hank was the son of Johnny Lee Borth and Ruby Jane Stovall Borth Wilkerson. At the age of 14 he began work as a ranch hand in New Mexico for Clint Weeks, whom he would later name a son after. At 15, he roughnecked in the oil fields of west Texas into the 1950's. He entered the U. S....

Marie Luther

Marie Luther

Jul 24, 2005

Marie was the daughter of Samuel Herbert and Joyce Mae Smith Anderson, Jr. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. On December 5, 1937, she married William G. Luther, and he preceded her in death on February 3, 1999. Survivors include her son, William David Luther of Austin, Texas.

Walker Smith

Walker Smith

Jul 24, 2005

Walker Smith passed away on July 24, 2005 in Hillsboro. He was the son of Charlie and Lillie Mae Rose Smith. He served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He married Ella Belle Morin on January 4, 1946 and she preceded him in death on August 31, 1993. Walker went to work for Chance...

Angela Wiseman

Angela Wiseman

Jul 23, 2005

She was the daughter of Charles Auther and Nancy Abby Thaxton Smalley. Married John Peewee Wiseman on May 1, 1933 in Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on March 14, 1980. She received her Associate degree from Tarleton State and started teaching school at Island Grove, and then taught at Woodrow School. Then she worked for Wiseman Brothers...

William Desmond Jr

William Desmond Jr

Jul 23, 2005

William Robert "Willie" Desmond, Jr., 83 of Whitney died on July 23, 2005 at his residence. He was the son of William Robert Desmond, Sr. and Annie Elizabeth Holden Desmond, growing up and attending schools in Fort Worth. William married Sallie LaVerne Taylor on May 28, 1948. After serving in the U S Navy as Seaman First Class, he...

Bohdan Prokop

Bohdan Prokop

Jul 15, 2005

Bohdan ?Bob? Prokop, 79, of Hillsboro, Texas, died Friday, July 15, 2005, at his residence in Hillsboro. Bohdan ?Bob? Prokop was born on February 9, 1926 in western Ukraine outside of Pyskorowice to Maria Kulhawec and Oleksandr Prokop. He has lived in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, and Australia. For the past 40 years he had lived in the United States....

Betty Carter

Betty Carter

Jul 14, 2005

Betty Blue Carter, 74, of Whitney, died, Thursday, July 14, 2005, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Betty was born February 23, 1931 in Cleburne, Texas the daughter of George Burton and Lorine Renfro Blue. She lived in Alvarado most of her life. She married Billy Ray Carter. Betty was a member of the VFW in Alvarado and...

Frances Boliver

Frances Boliver

Jul 10, 2005

Frances Forbus Boliver, 88, of Whitney, died Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. Frances was born September 16, 1916 in Texas. She owned Arrowhead Lodge and Water System. She was of the Baptist faith. Preceding her in death were her parents; and two husbands, J. T. Forbus and Rube Boliver. Survivors include several nieces...

Colleen Wilkins

Colleen Wilkins

Jul 9, 2005

Colleen Doak Wilkins, age 56, lived in Hillsboro, Texas and went on to the better place Saturday, july 9, 2005. Born February 6, 1949 in Dallas, she goes now to be with her mother, Jeannine Dollar. She is ssurvived by her father, J. Braxton Doak; husband, John Wilkins; a daughter, Denise Anne Presson and husband, Gaylon Presson, a daughter...

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