Obituaries

Stella Tyra

Stella Tyra

Nov 30, 2005

Stella Mae Tyra passed away on November 30, 2005 in Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was the daughter of Walter and Mindy Doris Gregory. She lived in Texas most of her life and also lived in Arizona, Colorado, and Louisiana for several years. On June 29, 1934, she married Russell E. Tyra in Hill County and he preceded...

Jimmy Watkins

Jimmy Watkins

Nov 29, 2005

Jimmy Watkins, 68, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital. Jimmy was born January 28, 1937 in Waco, where he grew up, the son of Walter Wesley and Virginia Crosby Watkins. At the age of 17 he joined the U. S. Navy and served for four years. He then joined the U. S. Army and...

Mike Carter

Mike Carter

Nov 29, 2005

Edward Michael "Mike" Carter passed on November 29, 2005 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the son of Edward Darwin and Norine Metcalf Carter. Mike had cared for the hunting dogs at Steiner Valley Ranch for many years. He enjoyed Billy Graham and was an Elvis Presley fan and loved playing bingo. He was president of the residents association...

Jack Mcdaniel

Jack Mcdaniel

Nov 28, 2005

Jack McDaniel, 44, of Dallas passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2005, at Doctor's Hospital in Dallas. Jack was the son of Samuel Lee and Doris Mays McDaniel. He lived in Dallas most of his life. For the past 28 years he drove a truck. On November 10, 2001 he married Jeanie Tucker in Hillsboro. He was of the Baptist...

Joe Haney

Joe Haney

Nov 24, 2005

Joe Haney, 88, of Richland Hills, Texas died Thursday, November 24, 2005, at North Hills Hospital. Joe was born June 23, 1917 in Oklahoma the son of William Randolph and Winnie Hill Haney. He was raised in Bynum and graduated as valedictorian of Bynum High School. On November 14, 1946 he married Juanita Opal Allen in Fort Worth. Since...

Wilma Martin

Wilma Martin

Nov 21, 2005

Wilma Martin passed away on November 21, 2005 in Whitney. She was the daughter of Walter and Pearlie Elizabeth Gray Woods. She married Warren Hall Martin, Sr. on August 10, 1974 in Fort Worth, Texas and he preceded her in death on May 8, 2002. She loved sports, especially the Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers and the Baylor Bears. Wilma...

H. R. Harmon

H. R. Harmon

Nov 20, 2005

Horace Reed H. R. Harmon passed away on November 20, 2005 in Waco. He was the son of Horace and Jewell Wright Dotson. He married Carol Brown on June 19, 1971. He retired as a Sargent with the Corpus Christi Police Department after 18 years of service. He moved to Laguna Park in 1984. He was a member of...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...