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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....

Floyd Garland

Floyd Garland

Apr 7, 2005

Floyd Baxter Garland, 93, of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2005, at his residence. The son of Fred Baxter and Fannie Garner Garland, Floyd was born January 6, 1912 in Chelsea, OK where he grew up working on the family farm. On Dec. 1, 1930 he married Roxie Mae Henry in Claremore, OK. The love of his life,...

Gladys Johnson

Gladys Johnson

Apr 7, 2005

Gladys Maggie Welch Johnson passed away on April 7, 2005 in Dallas. She was the daughter of William Edgar and Ada Belle Cook Welch. She married Homer Johnson on December 24, 1935 in Dallas and he preceded her in death on July 9, 1990. She had lived most of her life in the Dallas and Fort Worth area and...

Jim Landrum

Jim Landrum

Apr 5, 2005

Jim L. Landrum, 74, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Jim was born December 28, 1930 in Houston the son of Roy and Lucille Elizabeth Ray Landrum. He was raised in Brownsboro, where he attended school and graduated high school. After high school, he moved to Dallas where he entered the...

Harley Gant

Harley Gant

Apr 4, 2005

Harley Newton Gant passed away on April 4, 2005 in Whitney. He was the son of Jesse Newton and Ida Jones Gant. Harley was a contractor in the concrete business for 19 years, retiring in 1979. He married Prudence Irene Miller on November 3, 1934 and she preceded him in death on July 1, 1997. He was a member...

Cynthia Fedrick

Cynthia Fedrick

Apr 4, 2005

Cynthia Fedrick, 40, of Itasca passed away Monday, April 4, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Cynthia was born in Denver, CO to Charles F. and Cynthia Beard Mott on August 18, 1964. On December 23, 2004 she married Byron Sitton. She was a loving and caring wife and friend. She loved animals and especially her dog Mindy....

Jessie Ward

Jessie Ward

Apr 4, 2005

Jessie Lee Johnson Ward passed away on April 4, 2005 in Whitney. She was the daughter of Clint and Minnie Lee Wagner Johnson. She married Harman Wallace Ward on May 8, 1948 in Dallas, TX and he preceded her in death on September 22, 1998. She had lived in the Dallas area most of her life working for Southwestern...

Jane Eastland

Jane Eastland

Apr 2, 2005

Jane Eastland, 75, of Hillsboro passed away April 2, 2005. She was born on October 13, 1929 to James K. and Mary Belle Dennis. She attended Hillsboro schools and graduated from Hillsboro High in 1947. Upon graduation she attended Baylor University. After receiving her degree in Journalism/English in 1950, she began teaching in Fort Worth. She also taught in...

Barbara Coviello

Barbara Coviello

Mar 31, 2005

Barbara Lord Coviello, 82, of Whitney, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2005, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Barbara was born September 4, 1922 in Lynn, Massachusetts the daughter of Henry A. and Louette Gardner Lord. On May 11, 1941 she married Romaine ?Ray? A. Coviello in Lynn, Massachusetts and he preceded her in death on March...

Mozelle Scarborough

Mozelle Scarborough

Mar 29, 2005

Mozelle Scarborough, 80, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2005, in Hillsboro. Mozelle was born born on October 28, 1924 in Liberty County, Texas the daughter of James Franklin and Prudie McGowan Benton. In September 1943 she married Oliver L. Scarborough in Houston and he preceded her in death on October 6, 2003. A very active member in...

Jean O'Brien

Jean O'Brien

Mar 29, 2005

Jean Hurley O'Brien, 79, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Jean was born December 25, 1925 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the daughter of William Sylvester Hurley and Ethel Hooton. For the past three years she was a resident of Hillsboro and a former resident of Whitney for almost 30 years. She...

Ted Dozier

Ted Dozier

Mar 28, 2005

Ted Dozier passed away on March 28, 2005 in a Dallas hospital. He was the son of James William and Ruby Novelene Crow Dozier and grew up in Mineral Wells. On October 14, 1977, Ted married Betsy Adair. He was a self-employed grocery store owner for several years in Burleson and then was in the insurance business before retiring...

Gilberto Gonzales, Sr

Gilberto Gonzales, Sr

Mar 25, 2005

Gilberto Gonzales, Sr. passed away on March 25, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. He was the son of Bruno and Presiliana Villanueva Gonzales. On September 8, 1943 he married Rosa Vasquez and she preceded him in death on September 27, 2003. During World War II he served his country in the United States Army. He had lived...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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