Obituaries

May 30, 2005

Rebecca Barfield, 58, of Waco, died Monday, May 30, 2005, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Rebecca was born February 17, 1947 in Wichita Falls, Texas the daughter of John Henry Lewis and Hallie Aline Croft Nowell. She was raised and attended school in Corsicana. On June 12, 1965 she married William Dale Barfield in Corsicana. For the...

May 30, 2005

Paul R. McNally, 61, of Whitney passed away on May 30, 2005 at his residence. On November 13, 1943, Paul was born to Paul Edward and Edith Berton McNally in Sewickley, PA. He grew up in Ambridge and graduated from Ambridge High School. Paul moved to Texas in 1963 and lived and worked in the Metroplex area until 1968...

May 28, 2005

Bertha "Nita" Jones passed away on May 27, 2005 at the Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro, Texas. The daughter of Asbery B. and Sallie Harmon McMullin, she was born near Blum, Texas on July 20, 1916. She had lived in Hill County most of her life and married Harvey A. Jones in January 26, 1935. In her middle 50's,...

May 27, 2005

Lou Thornton, 81, of Hillsboro, passed away Friday, May 27, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. The daughter of John Lonnie and Della Austin Johnson, she lived in Hillsboro since the mid 1950's. After 49 years, she retired from H & R Drug Store in Hillsboro on May 15, 1998 and worked in the lunch room at Hillsboro...

May 22, 2005

Nelda Antonia Rose Radke Schulz, 83, of Hillsboro, died Sunday, May 22, 2005, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Nelda was born June 11, 1921 in the Honey Flat Community, east of Bynum, in Hill County, Texas the daughter of Otto and Mathilda Piel Radke. She attended school at Honey Flat and Irene. She was baptized and confirmed...

May 20, 2005

Billy Guy "Bill" Elliot, 71, of Aquilla passed away May 20, 2005 in Waco. Bill was born on October 24, 1933 in Hasse, Texas to Wilburn Willard and Ruby Davison Elliott. He married Betty on September 24, 1975 in McLennan County. For several years he worked in road construction as a heavy equipment operator. On November 11, 1988, Bill...

May 19, 2005

Margaret E. Frazier, 94, of Hillsboro, died Thursday, May 19, 2005, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Margaret was born December 25, 1910 in Hillsboro the daughter of A. M. & Stevie Allen Frazier. She graduated from Hillsboro High School. She received her Bachelor and Master degrees from the University of Texas in Austin. After living in...

May 16, 2005

Jerry Jackson, 74, of Hillsboro, died Monday, May 16, 2005, at Kindred Hospital Southwest in Fort Worth. Jerry was born May 24, 1930 in Fort Worth the son of Jerry Robert and Edna Mae Custer Jackson, Sr. He grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from high school there. Immediately after graduation he entered the U. S. Coast Guard...

May 11, 2005

Glenn Bratcher, 57, of Malone, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2005. Glenn was born August 10, 1947 in Frost, Texas the son of Jimmy Mack and Opal Charlene Henthorn Bratcher. Glenn was raised in Irene and lived in Malone most of his life. On June 24, 1967 he married Connie Piel at St. Peter?s Lutheran Church in Malone. Since...

May 10, 2005

Donna Faye Baker Presley passed away at her residence on May 10, 2005. She was the daughter of Grady and Faye Pursley McCall. She was raised and attended school in Dawson. Donna lived in Dallas where she was an administrator -director in the radiology department at Methodist Hospital; retiring in 1995. On June 6, 1987 she married Kenneth Edwin...

May 9, 2005

Lenora Matilda Radke Trojan, 86, of West formerly of Malone, died Monday, May 9, 2005, at West Rest Haven Nursing Home. Lenora was born June 4, 1918 in Penelope the daughter of Otto and Matilda Piel Radke. She was the fourth of eight children and grew up and lived most of her life in the Malone area. On June...

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...

May 7, 2005

Hardy was born Aug. 2, 1938 in Hillsboro to Curtis M. and Leta Faye Stanford Griffin and grew up in the Vaughan and Abbott communities. He served in the U.S. Army after he got out of school. A truck driver all his working life, he worked for many years at Leeway Motor Freight and ABF Freight where he retired...

May 7, 2005

Doris Aline McGlothlin Copeland, 95, a resident of Hurst for more than 50 years, passed from this earthly life on Saturday, May 7, 2005. She was born August 28, 1909 in Virden, IL, the youngest of four daughters born to Elizabeth Plowman McGlothlin and Charles Austin McGlothlin, a prominent farm couple of Central Illinois. She was preceded in death...

May 7, 2005

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...

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...

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....

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....

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....