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Ella Spears

Ella Spears

Jan 2, 2005

Ella Frances Spears, 82, passed away Sunday, January 2, 2005 in Bryan, Texas. Ella was born March 30, 1922 in Dublin, Texas the daughter of W. L. "Bill" and Maggie B. Hailey. She had been a resident of Bryan since 1945. After graduating from Lampasas High School and Hillsboro Junior College, Ella also attended Baylor University. For 25 years...

Judy Moore

Judy Moore

Dec 31, 2004

Julia Ann Judy Moore was born to Harvey McLean and Katharine Bouchard Williams. Judy was married to Dale Edwin Moore in San Angelo, Texas on June 29, 1958. She was a member of White Bluff Chapel. Survivors include; spouse, Dale Moore of White Bluff; son, Dale Edwin Moore, Jr. of Austin; a grandson, Tucker Moore of Austin; one brother,...

Sara Derr

Sara Derr

Dec 30, 2004

Sara Derr, 29, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2004, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Sara was born November 8, 1975 in Houston, Texas the daughter of Terry and Laveda Williams Derr. As a small child in 1983 she moved to Hillsboro, where she attended schools and was active in the high school band. She graduated from Hillsboro...

Gearlyne Mcdonald

Gearlyne Mcdonald

Dec 30, 2004

Gearlyne McDonald passed away Thursday, December 30, 2004, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Gearlyne was born October 5, 1928 in the James Community in Hill County, Texas the daughter of Benjamin Theodore and Iona McCorkle Barnett. She lived in Hillsboro most of her life. She was a nurses aide and a member of Line Street United Methodist Church...

Alton Brown

Alton Brown

Dec 30, 2004

Alton L. Brown, 76, passed away Thursday, December 30, 2004, at Scott & White Hospital in Temple. Alton was born August 14, 1928 in Blum, Texas the son of Claude and Anna Marrs Brown. He grew up in Hillsboro. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War. On June 16, 1951 he married Doris Goodman. After...

Elizabeth Baffic

Elizabeth Baffic

Dec 29, 2004

Elizabeth Marie "Liz" Baffic, 64, of Whitney passed away at her residence on December 29, 20004. She was the daughter of Harry M. and Lois Saul Bennett. Liz married Stephen John Baffic on March 4, 1977 in Denver, CO. She had lived in Denver for 17 years; New Jersey for 10 years; Harlingen, TX for 4 years and in...

Geraldine Merrell

Geraldine Merrell

Dec 29, 2004

Geraldine "Jerry" Merrell, 82, of Pearland and formerly of Whitney passed away in a Houston hospital on December 29, 2004. She was the daughter of Major Green and Rena Mae Barnard Biship. She was raised in Blythsville, Arkansas. She married Thomas U. Farmer in 1940 and he preceded her in death in June, 1976. They lived in St. Louis...

Barbara Mccauley

Barbara Mccauley

Dec 27, 2004

Barbara McCauley passed away Monday, December 27, 2004, in Waxahachie. Barbara was born February 3, 1936 in Mansfield, Texas to Bruno and Helen Hull Perry. She was raised in Mansfield. On August 1, 1953 she married Bobby McCauley in Fort Worth. She resided in DeSoto before moving to Waxahachie in 1991. She managed the Hallmark Store in Red Bird...

Nellie Baker

Nellie Baker

Dec 25, 2004

Mrs. Baker was the daughter of Henry and Mabel Jolly Mathis. She grew up, attended school, and married Howard Baker on March 21, 1953 in Olton. After living in the Panhandle area, she moved to Frisco in 1967 and then moved to Brandon in 1972, where she lived until her death. She worked as a bookkeeper for Robertson Grain...

Delores Angell

Delores Angell

Dec 22, 2004

Delores Angell, 71, passed December 22, 2004 in Hillsboro. Delores was born May 25, 1933 in San Angelo, Texas the daughter of Haskell and Guinevere Laur Dyer. She lived in Fort Worth most of her life and had lived in Hillsboro with her daughter the past 2 years. In 1950 she graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. At age...

Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Johnson

Dec 17, 2004

Jimmy was the son of Jimmy R. and Joyce Kay Shields Johnson of Wichita, KS. He attended high school in Bellvue, Nebraska. After high school he moved to Dallas where he resided most of the last 21 years. He was employed by Parkland Hospital. Survivors include his parents, Jimmy and Joyce Johnson of Wichita, KS; brother, David Johnson and...

Stan Garrity

Stan Garrity

Dec 16, 2004

Stan E. Garrity, 35, of Whitney, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2004, in Whitney. Stan was born October 5, 1969 in Mansfield, Texas the son of John A. and Cynthia Thoms Garrity. He loved horses and the outdoors. He attended Fort Graham Baptist Church in Whitney. Preceding him in death were his father; a brother, Sean Destin Garrity; and...

Grace Braswell

Grace Braswell

Dec 16, 2004

Grace Braswell, 100, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2004 at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Whitney. Grace was born March 25, 1904 near Troup, Texas the daughter of Sanders Dave and Leona Barton Davis. She moved to Hill County when she was 19 years old. She lived in Whitney until 1980, at which time she moved to Marlin...

Judy Sumrall

Judy Sumrall

Dec 16, 2004

Judy Powers Sumrall, 45, of Hillsboro passed away Thursday, December 16, 2004 at Hill Regional Hosptial. Judy was born August 1, 1959 in Memphis, Tennessee the daughter of Roy Harvey and Marcia Charlene Marshall Powers. She previously lived in Little Rock, AR, Cleburne, and Blum. She was a housekeeper and of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death...

Gerald Thomas

Gerald Thomas

Dec 14, 2004

Gerald Jay Thomas passed aways Tuesday, December 14, 2004, at his residence, following a brief illness. Gerald was born October 11, 1938 in Hillsboro the son of Mary Bell Aldridge Thomas and Jay H. Thomas, Jr. Being of the Baptist faith, as a young man he was baptized in the First Baptist Church in Hillsboro. He was a graduate...

Dolly Mccord

Dolly Mccord

Dec 14, 2004

Dolly L. McCord, 87, of Whitney passed away on December 14, 2004 at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. She was the daughter of Henry and Gertrude Rushing Ray. She was a homemaker. Dolly was also a member of Fort Graham Baptist Church and the American Legion Auxilary Post #522. Survivors include her brother, Edward Ray and wife, Edna...

J. T. Sneed

J. T. Sneed

Dec 12, 2004

Jerry Thomas "J.T." Sneed, Sr. passed away on December 12, 2004 in Tyler. He was the son of Sidney Standford and Blanche Ann Netymach Sneed. He had lived in Dallas most of his life and in Van for the past 6 years. He served in the United States Armed Forces and drove a truck for 18 years. He was...

Jay Cockerham, Jr

Jay Cockerham, Jr

Dec 12, 2004

Jay Cockerham, Jr. passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2004, at Trinity Mission Health and Rehabilitation in Italy, Texas. Jay was born July 6, 1922 in Waxahachie, the son of Joseph and Martha Box Cockerham, Sr. He grew up in the Ellis County area. During WWII he served in the U. S. Army Air Corp in Europe. On April...

Jack Miller

Jack Miller

Dec 9, 2004

Jack L. Miller, 65, of Whitney passed away on December 9, 2004 at his residence. He was the son of Ernest A. and Hazel M. Elkins Miller. He grew up in Dallas and graduated from Adamson High School. He moved to Whitney in the early 1980's. He was a member of Sons of the American Legion Guard #522 in...

Bernice Sanders

Bernice Sanders

Dec 9, 2004

Bernice was born July 17, 1924 in Dresden, Navarro County, Texas the daughter of Ben B. and Effie StaggsMelton. She lived in the Malone and Bynum areas before moving to Hillsboro in 1978. On November 5, 1943 she married Daryl Sanders in Mertens. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Hillsboro. Preceding her in...

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