John Roome
Jul 2, 2005
In loving memory of John William Roome, husband and father, born February 25, 1936 in Denver, CO and died on July 2, 2005 in Whitney, TX; survived by, wife, Patricia L. Roome, of Whitney; daughters, Sherrye L. Barrow of Duncan, AZ, Andrea L. Finch of Fort Worth, TX , Lynette St. Charles of Rhama, NM; grandchildren, Brian Winkle, Michelle...
William Burton
Jul 2, 2005
William L. "Bill" Burton age 77 of Whitney died July 2, 2005 in Whitney. He was born August 18, 1927 the son of William L. and Bess Eloise Egan Burton, Sr. Bill lived most of his life in the Dallas area and graduated from Crozier Tech in 1945. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII in...
Carolyn Tefteller
Jun 29, 2005
Carolyn Tefteller, 67, of Covington, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005, at her residence in Covington. Carolyn was born January 25, 1938 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Wallace and Jewel Hoffman Ray. At the age of nine, she moved to Texas and lived in the White Settlement area. On January 25, 1956 she married Hubert Tefteller. She...
Jason Curry
Jun 28, 2005
Jason Bentley Curry was born to James Burl Curry and Joyce Louella West Curry in Texas City, Texas on the 8th day of November, 1963. He left this world in Austin, Texas on June 28, 2005, at the age of 41 years. Jason lived in Hitchcock, Itasca, Galveston and Austin, Texas. He graduated from Ball High School in 1982...
Charlie Jay
Jun 26, 2005
Charlie Jay, 57, of Laguna Park passed away Sunday, June 26, 2005 at his residence. He was the son of Charles Francis and Olice Jay. He grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from Timble Tech High School and also attended Tarrant County Junior College. In 1968, he entered the U. S. Army and served in Viet Nam. He...
Harold Morgan
Jun 25, 2005
Harold LeRoy Morgan, 76, of Whitney passed away Saturday, June 25, 2005 in Whitney. He was the son of Robert Filmore and Mary Anna Arrants Morgan. On November 8, 1949, Harold married Ruby Clay in Avenal, California. He worked with music and youth in several churches and was involved in the ministry for 52 years. He established Sun Country...
Orlis Penney
Jun 25, 2005
Orlis Wendel Penney, 68 of Whitney died on June 25, 2005 at a Waco Hospital. Orlis was the son of Robert Orlis and Beatrice Gorden Penney. A welder by profession, he owned and operated Penney's Welding Shop in Whitney for 25 years retiring in 2003. He liked to go to Shreveport to gamble and loved to watch boxing. Preceding...
Fernando Gabino
Jun 24, 2005
Fernando was born July 25, 2002 in HIllsboro and was the son of Luis and Sandra Escobedo Gabino. He is survived by his parents; sister, Kassandra Gabino; and many other family members.
Jo Kruger
Jun 22, 2005
Jo Anna Kruger, 47, of Abbott, died Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at her residence. Jo Anna was born July 1, 1957 in Waco the daughter of Louis Jim and Clara Antonio Urban Janda. She lived in Abbott all of her life and graduated from Abbott High School in 1975. On November 4, 1978 she married Billy Weldon Kruger in...
Charles Thompson
Jun 21, 2005
Charles Tommy Thompson, 64, of Clifton passed away June 21, 2005 in Hillsboro. He was born August 28, 1940 to Stephen and Ruth Shoemake Thompson. Charles grew up in Austin and moved to the Clifton area twenty years ago. On July 12, 1997 he married Barbara Massey. He worked as a finisher in the concrete industry. Preceding him in...
Modena Spindler
Jun 18, 2005
Modena Mac Pilgrim Spindler, 85 of Houston and formerly of Whitney passed away in Houston on June 18, 2005. Modena was the daughter of Oscar Pickney and Annie Malinda Hall Pilgrim. She grew up in Aquilla and lived in Houston, Whitney and Temple during her life. On September 4, 1948, she married Alfred George Spindler and he preceded her...
Edna Jones
Jun 16, 2005
Edna Marie Jones, 88, of Hillsboro, passed away at home June 16, 2005. Edna was born November 22, 1916 at Otto, Texas in Falls County to Joseph and Alice Ayers Vanous. She graduated from Mart High School and Texas Women?s University in Denton, Texas. She taught school in Falls County for several years and served her country during War...
Ed Kennedy
Jun 15, 2005
Edward Claude Kennedy, 90, of Blum passed away at a Glen Rose nursing home on June 15, 2005. He was the son of Holley Claude and Clara Elizabeth Coody Kennedy. He was rasied in Wise County and moved to Hill County in 1946. During World War II he served his country in the United States Air Force as a...
Kenny Janes
Jun 15, 2005
Kenny Janes, 17, of Whitney died Wednesday, June 15, 2005, near Aquilla. Kenny was born August 22, 1987 in Hillsboro the son of Kenneth Alan and Johnnie Grace Merritt Janes, Sr. He would have been a senior at Aquilla High School. He was a member of Vaughan Baptist Church. Preceding him in death were his great-grandparents, Odell and Aleta...
Mark Adams
Jun 15, 2005
Mark Paul Adams, 53, of Nemo, Texas, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at Medical Center of Arlington. Mark was born October 14, 1951 in Sunnyside, Washington the son of Paul and Georgia Newton Adams. He grew up in the Peoria area and graduated from Hillsboro High School. He worked in the automotive industry all of his life. He was...
Johnnie Diggs
Jun 13, 2005
Johnnie Carrol ?Big John? Diggs, 57, of Hillsboro died Monday, June 13, 2005, at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. Johnnie was born on March 24, 1948 in Vaughan, Texas the son of A. C. ?Pete? and Eunice Lee Diggs. On December 24, 1969 he married Dorothy Grones in Hillsboro. For 22 years he worked for Rockett Water Supply in...
Robert Upchurch
Jun 10, 2005
Robert was born October 13, 1928 in Hill County, Texas to Rayburn and Early Mae West, Upchurch. Robert married Geneva Lois Nix at her parents residence in Covington the 12th of October, 1946. In 1985, after 38 years of service he retired from the Santa Fe Railway as a carman. Robert was a member of the Covington Church of...
Billy Padgett
Jun 6, 2005
Billy Joe Padgett passed away at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Whitney on June 6, 2005. He was born in Hillsboro, Texas to Briggs Pierce and Emmie Hare Padgett. He was a farmer and rancher and served in the United States Air Force. Billy Joe was a member of the VFW; Disabled American Vets and the Sheriff's Association....
Marie Degner
Jun 4, 2005
Marie Della Degner passed away on June 4, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro, Texas. Marie was born on February 1, 1912 in Malone, Texas to Will and Emma Conrad Schronk. She spent most of her life in Hill County and on April 10, 1927, she was confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Malone. Maire married T. C....
Deborah Noble
Jun 3, 2005
Deborah Sue Noble passed away on June 3, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro, Texas. She was born on February 26, 1952 in Dallas, Texas to Jack Alford and Vivian Lee Sanders Bryant. On July 3, 1983, Deborah married Harold Noble in Hillsboro. She had been a nurse at Children's Medical Center in Dallas for nine years and...
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