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Leon Radke

Leon Radke

Mar 25, 2005

Leon Henry Radke, 62, of Malone, passed away Friday, March 25, 2005, in Malone. Leon was born October 8, 1942 in Malone the son of Alvin and Leona Trompler Radke. For nine years he served on the school board at Malone and also served on the church board at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Malone where he was a...

Ronald Lucko

Ronald Lucko

Mar 23, 2005

Ronald Glen Lucko, 47, of Penelope passed away on March 23, 2005 in Penelope. Ronald was born January 19, 1958 in Itasca the son of Alvis and Mary L. Porter Lucko. He spent most of his life in the Penelope area. Ronald was a self-employed diesel mechanic and also worked in several other trades. He served in the U....

Colonel Ben Hill

Colonel Ben Hill

Mar 22, 2005

Colonel Ben Hill, 84, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Ben was born July 5, 1920 in Hamlin, Texas the son of Walter H. and Mamie Alderson Hill. In 1927 he moved to San Angelo and to Hillsboro in 1934. Ben graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1938 and later graduated from the...

Bobby Younger

Bobby Younger

Mar 19, 2005

Bobby E. Younger of Waxahachie, formerly of Hillsboro, passed away on March 19, 2005 at Baylor Medical Center in Waxahachie, Texas. Bobby was born March 20, 1930 in James Community, Hill County to Osee Dee Barnett and Clyde Wilkes Younger. Attending Hillsboro Public Schools, he graduated in 1948. At that time he enlisted in the U. S. Air Force....

A. L. Smith, Iii

A. L. Smith, Iii

Mar 19, 2005

Mr. A. L. Smith, III, 81, of Hillsboro passed away Saturday, March 19, 2005 at his home. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 25 at First Baptist Church in Hillsboro with Dr. Howard Daniel and Rev. Reed Justus officiating. Interment will be at Ridge Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday afternoon at the family home...

Blanche Morgan

Blanche Morgan

Mar 18, 2005

Blanche Morgan passed away on March 18, 2005 at Town Hall Estates in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of Redin and Altie Lackey Burt. Blanche had lived in Hill County all of her life; attending Vaughan schools and Hillsboro High School. On December 10, 1929 she married Glenn Morgan in Waco, TX. Blanche was a member of First Baptist...

Doyle Higgins

Doyle Higgins

Mar 17, 2005

Marvin Doyle Higgins passed away on March 17, 2005 at Goodall Withcher Hospital in Clifton, TX. He was the son of L. W. and Juanita Allen Higgins and grew up in Dallas and went to school at St. Marks Academy and graduated from Carrollton High School where he was a track letterman. He also attended the University of Texas...

Charles Banner

Charles Banner

Mar 16, 2005

Charles Roy Banner, 76, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2005 in Hillsboro. Mr. Banner was born February 27, 1929 in Lynn County, Texas the son of Jacob Roy and True Zella Williams Banner. He grew up in Trent, Texas. On October 3, 1953 he married Wanda Harris. During the Korean War he served in the U. S....

Bobby Lee

Bobby Lee

Mar 14, 2005

Bobby Junior Lee passed away at his residence on March 14, 2005. He was the son of Alfred and Dorothy Pauline Edwards Lee, Jr. He had lived in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area for several years and was a machinist in the aircraft business.Bobby was a Baptist. Preceding him in death was his father, and sisters, Katie Bernice Lee and...

Lena Melton

Lena Melton

Mar 11, 2005

Lena Mae Melton passed away on March 10, 2005 in a Waco hospital. She was the daughter of John Floyd and Minnie Gladys Cryer Tice. She married James Ray Melton in 1952 in Fort Worth. Lena worked many years for Williamson Dickie in Fort Worth. She was of the Baptist faith. Preceding her in death were two sons, Larry...

S. L. Nicholas

S. L. Nicholas

Mar 11, 2005

S. L. "Butch" Nicholas passed away March 11, 2005 in a Waco hospital. He was the son of S. L. and Lola Nicholas, Sr. He married Kathryn Barnett on September 9, 1974 and had worked as a truck driver for M. Lipsitz for 14 years. S. L. loved to be outdoors, fish, worked on antique tractors and go to truck...

Mary Martin

Mary Martin

Mar 10, 2005

Mary Elizabeth Martin passed away on March 10, 2005 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was born August 19, 1916, in Dallas to Rev. Alvin and Mrs. Sallie Miller Swindell. She moved to Hillsboro in 1925 when her father became pastor of First Baptist Church. After graduating from Hill Junior College and Baylor University, she taught school in...

Bertha Pursley

Bertha Pursley

Mar 10, 2005

Bertha Pursley, 98, of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home. Bertha was born November 17, 1906 in Hill County, Texas the first born child of Grover Hendrix and Sarah Ada Timmons Potter. In 1926 she graduated from Brandon High School. In the 1930's she moved to Dallas and worked as a practical...

Ann Rose

Ann Rose

Mar 9, 2005

Ann Rose, 90, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at Hill Regional Hopsital in Hillsboro. Ann was born February 10, 1915 in the Bethel Community in Hill County, Texas the daughter of Daniel Washington and Annar Myers Williams. She spent all of her life in Hill County. On October 15, 1932 she married J. C. ?Cicero? Rose and he...

Jewel Cowley

Jewel Cowley

Mar 9, 2005

Jewel Finch Cowley, 96, passed away March 9, 2005 in Oklahoma. Jewel was born May 16, 1908 in Mertens, Texas the daughter of John and Hattie Hughes Finch. She worked for Kimblingers Grocery and Dry Goods in Covington, and at Brinns Department Store and Swartz Department store both in Hillsboro. Jewel also sat with people that needed assistance and...

Betty Penney

Betty Penney

Mar 8, 2005

Betty Jane Penney passed away on March 8, 2005 at a Waco hospital. She was the daughter of Drew Perkins and Mary Magdalene Hall Corpier. She lived in Woodbury until graduation from high school and had lived in Whitney the rest of her life. Betty Jane was a registered nurse and had worked for Grant Buie Hospital in Hillsboro,...

Frances Fenley

Frances Fenley

Mar 6, 2005

Frances Alice Fenley, 96, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2005, in Dallas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Tracy Fenley; and her parents, James and Lena Amoss. She remained young at heart loving God, life, family, and friends. Survivors include her cousins, Mr. & Mrs. Brice Gee, Mrs. Lucyle Terry, Bob McCrory, Richard Mattox, Judy Barbatoe,...

Dalton Taylor

Dalton Taylor

Mar 5, 2005

Dalton Ray Taylor passed away in Hillsboro on March 5, 2005. Dalton was the son of Simmeon William and Eddie Lou Cannon Taylor. He was raised around Sand?s Flat. He married Linda M. Davis on October 30, 1959 in Cleburne, Texas. He lived in the Joshua area for 30 years and in the Covington area for the past 12...

Paul Brown

Paul Brown

Mar 4, 2005

Paul Elijah Brown passed away on March 2, 2005 in Whitney. He was the son of M. A. and Katy Pool Brown. He married Marjorie Mason on April 2, 1942 in Fort Worth, Texas. During World War II he served his country in the United States Army with the 602 Tank Destroyer Battalion. He was in the Battle of...

Frank Pearce

Frank Pearce

Mar 4, 2005

Frank Pearce, 93, of Whitney, Texas died March 4, 2005 in Town Hall Estates, Whitney, Texas. Frank was born January 15, 1912, to James Madison and Sidney Bowles Pearce in Wapanuka, Oklahoma. The Pearce family moved to Childress, Texas where his father was employed with the railroad. After his father?s death in 1930, Frank?s family moved to Calera, Oklahoma...

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