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Fay Echols

Fay Echols

May 7, 2005

Fay Wilmer Echols passed away in Waco on May 7, 2005. She was the daughter of Grover C. and Lucy Peadon Dilling. Fay grew up in West and was a resident of Waco for many years. She married George W. Echols, Jr. in February of 1942 and he preceded her in death on August 9, 1991. Fay had worked...

Thomas Kernen Jr

Thomas Kernen Jr

May 5, 2005

Thomas A. Kernen, Jr., 73, of Hillsboro died Thursday, May 5, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Thomas was born June 2, 1931 in Akron, Ohio the son of Thomas Alonzo, Sr. and Sara Kernen. Serving in the U. S. Army for 20 years, he fought during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. During that time he served 18...

Sherri Harmon

Sherri Harmon

May 5, 2005

Sherri Harmon 62, of Whitney passed away at her residence Thursday, May 5, 2005. She was the daughter of John and Dorothy Marie Goia Lavandusky. In June of 1961, Sherri married Robert Eugene Harmon in Van Couver, Canada. He preceded her in death on November 22, 1983. Sherri had worked at Hill Regional Hospital as a LVN for two...

Helen Graves

Helen Graves

May 4, 2005

Helen Ruth Morgan Graves, 76, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Helen was born November 10, 1928 in Abbott, Texas the daughter of Harry and Martha Hazel Lewis Morgan. She grew up on a farm between Abbott and West. On August 22, 1955 she married Ernest Graves and they moved to Hillsboro....

Monroe Loosier

Monroe Loosier

May 1, 2005

Monroe Loosier, Jr. passed away at 3 a.m. Sunday, May 1, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital. Monroe entered the hospital April 13 for cancer surgery. Monroe was born November 19, 1956 in Waxahachie, Texas, where he attended elementary school. He also attended school in Hillsboro. Monroe was employed by Russell Furniture Company in Hillsboro for the past 15 years....

Randall Goar

Randall Goar

Apr 29, 2005

Randall Elce Goar, 48 of Clifton died April 29, 2005 in Clifton. Randall attended TSTC College in Waco, where he was on the Dean's list three times. As an electrician, he worked for a Tubing Company for the past four years. Randall loved sports, but baseball was his favorite. Reading and swimming were also some of Randall's favorite pastimes....

Juanita Boyse

Juanita Boyse

Apr 29, 2005

Juanita Boyse, 86, of Abbott died Friday, April 29, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Juanita was born January 21, 1919 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Leonard and Lillie Simmons Morgan. She grew up in the Abbott area and lived there all of her life. On October 15, 1938 she married Jack Boyse and he preceded her...

Kay Hope

Kay Hope

Apr 27, 2005

Kay Hope, 50, of Whitney, Texas, lost her difficult battle with cancer and went home to be with the Lord on April 27, 2005 at the Lake Whitney Medical Center in Whitney. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 30 at Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Whitney. Rev. Wade Yarbro officiated. She was laid to rest...

Larry Boswell

Larry Boswell

Apr 23, 2005

"Pistol" was born on June 23, 1924 in Whitney to George and Clara Lee Boswell. On July 11, 1952, he married Mattie Nell Bonds, and she preceded him in death on January 21, 2005. A farmer and rancher, he worked for a time at the Glen Rose Nuclear Plant. He also served his country in the U.S. Army. He...

Jerry Kinard

Jerry Kinard

Apr 21, 2005

Jerry "Pokey" Kinard, 73, of Hillsboro, died Thursday, April 21, 2005, at Hill Regiona Hospital in Hillsboro. Jerry was born March 25, 1923 in Dallas, Texas the son of Gerald Fred and Mary Frances Davis Kinard. Jerry was raised in Hillsboro and lived there most of his life. He graduated from Hillsboro High School and was very involved in...

P. M. Miller, Jr

P. M. Miller, Jr

Apr 19, 2005

Pearlie Maitland Miller, Jr. passed away on April 19, 2005 in White Settlement, Texas. He was the son of Pearlie M. and Elizabeth Jane Mason Miller, Sr. He married Joy Parris on March 15, 1957 in Fort Worth. He was an active mason; member of Eastern Star and The Shriners and was a retired Sheriffs Reserve Deputy. Matt was...

Margaret Padget

Margaret Padget

Apr 19, 2005

Margaret Padget, 93, of Brandon passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital. Margaret was born February 18, 1912 in Brandon, Texas the daughter of William Wade and Katie Dessimo Crowe Rochelle. She lived all of her life in Brandon. On January 15, 1938 she married John Padget and he preceded her in death on December 9,...

Sydney Guidry Jr

Sydney Guidry Jr

Apr 17, 2005

Sydney Augustus Guidry, Jr., 64, of Covington, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2005, at his residence. He was born September 17, 1940 in Houston, Texas the son of Sydney Augustus Guidry, Sr. and Mary Sue Wells Guidry. Sydney was a loving husband, father and grandfather Papa. He was a Christian for he had made his peace with the Lord....

Beuna Patton

Beuna Patton

Apr 17, 2005

Beuna Irene Patton passed away on April 17, 2005 in Arlington, Texas. She was the daughter of Grover Cleveland and Rosetta Nancy Woodruff Pridmore. She was raised and attended school at LaFlore, Oklahoma and graduated from Eram High School. Buena had also lived in Houston, Shreveport, Lousiana, Fort Worth, Whitney and Hillsboro before moving to the Masonic Lodge Retirement...

Ludie Roberson

Ludie Roberson

Apr 11, 2005

Ludie Robeson, 97, of Hillsboro passed away on Monday, April 11, 2005, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Ludie was born April 28, 1907 in Graham, Texas the daughter of William Robert and Sally Pound Bruton. She lived in Hill County most of her life. On November 5, 1924 she married Willie Tom ?Bill? Roberson and he...

Rhonda Tefteller

Rhonda Tefteller

Apr 11, 2005

Rhonda Faye Tefteller, 43, of Covington passed away Monday, April 11, 2005, at her residence in Covington. Rhonda was born February 28, 1962 in White Settlement the daughter of Hubert and Carolyn Ray Tefteller. She grew up in Everman and worked as a shipping and receiving clerk for Walls and the Tree of Life in Cleburne. Survivors include her...

Wanda Thompson

Wanda Thompson

Apr 10, 2005

Wanda Louise Littleton Thompson passed away on April 10, 2005 in Hillsboro, Texas. She was the daughter of Buell and Mertis Dorsey Littleton. Wanda married Melvin Thompson on November 1, 1951 in Hillsboro and he preceded her in death on May 25, 1987. She was a member of House of Prayer Baptist Church in Whitney. Also preceding her in...

Margot Barnett

Margot Barnett

Apr 10, 2005

Margot was the daughter of Wilhelm and Helene Lamotte Satzger. A native of Germany, it was there she grew up and graduated from high school. In June of 1953 she married William Travis Barnett and the couple moved to the United States later that same year. Following William's discharge from the military, the couple settled in Hillsboro. Margot worked...

L. J. Schlaepfer

L. J. Schlaepfer

Apr 8, 2005

"Red" was the son of Louis James and Mittie Mae Turknett Schlaepfer. He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II, and enlisted in the U. S. Army on September 3, 1946. He completed his military service and received his honorable discharge on March 2, 1948. It was only a little more than a month before he married...

Betty Shipley

Betty Shipley

Apr 8, 2005

Betty is in the arms of the Good Shepherd. She died April 8. Betty was a native of Hillsboro, Texas. She attended Hill College, and graduated from Seton Hospital School of Nursing. She was employed at Children's Medical Center, Dallas, for 26 years, as a Supervisor and a Quality Control Nurse. Her caring, love for children extended past retirement....

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