Zada Dumas
Dec 8, 2004
Mary Zada Dumas was born April 8, 1914 in McMinnville in Warren County, Tennessee to Claude L. and Martha Savannah Bonner Meeks. At age four, the family loaded up and made the journey to Texas, locating near Maypearl. More moves were in store for the young girl as the family relocated in Hill County, first to Arnot and then,...
Betty Gault
Dec 7, 2004
Betty Louise Gault, 74, of Whitney passed away December 7, 2004 at her residence. Betty was the daughter of John and Grace Pennington Smith. She married Donald Kenneth Gault on May 11, 1946 in Fort Worth. She lived in Fort Worth most of her life and had lived in Whitney since 1985. She was a member of Fort Graham...
Lula Greenhill
Dec 4, 2004
Lula Vivian Blankenship Greenhill, 91, of Stephenville passed away December 4, 2004 at Stephenville. She was the daughter of Geroge W. and Ruby Pearl Nelson Greenhill. She married Charles Edward Greenhill on December 19, 1932 in Altus, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on December 23, 1999. She moved to Stephenville in 1990 from Whitney and was a...
Betty Davis
Dec 2, 2004
Betty Jo Davis, a devoted sister, aunt, and friend passed away December 2, 2004 in Fort Worth at the age of 80. She was born September 9, 1924 in Bynum, Texas to Clarry and Bertie Laurence Counts. She attended Hillsboro Public Schools and Hillsboro Junior College. Betty married Air Force Captain William T. Akins in 1947 and he died...
Ruby Mcconathy
Dec 2, 2004
Ruby McConathy, 79, of Whitney passed away on December 2, 2004 at her residence. She was the daughter of Charles and Rosa Collins. She married Tracy Jack McConathy on June 6, 1946 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Ruby had lived in Whitney the past twenty two years. She was a member of Prairie Valley Baptist Church in Whitney. She was...
Jerry Hemphill
Dec 1, 2004
Jerry Don Hemphill, 47, of Justin passed away on December 1, 2004. He was the son of Alton and Susie Mae Tindle Hemphill. He married Cindy Hodge on August 22, 1992. He was a painter in the furniture industry. He was preceded in death by his mother, Susie on February 24, 1995. Survivors include his wife, Cindy of Justin;...
Doris Neal
Nov 28, 2004
Doris was born November 19, 1925 in Itasca the daughter of daughter of Kellog and Estelle Johnston Hawes. She grew up in Itasca, graduated from Itasca High School and Hill Junior College and attended Sam Houston State University. On April 16, 1949 she married Pat Neal in Lubbock, Texas. She lived in Hillsboro in the 1960's. Doris helped form...
Annie Wright
Nov 28, 2004
Annie Lee was born December 6, 1929 in Alabama the daughter of Gaston S. and Frances L. Brooks Howard. In 1934 she moved to Texas and graduated as valedictorian of the 1946 class of Malone High School. On April 15, 1948 she married M. J. ?Cell? Wright and he preceded her in death on May 28, 1985. For many...
Joe Worley
Nov 22, 2004
Joe M. Worley passed away on November 22, 2004 at his residence. He was the son of Riley D. and Molcy Findley Worley. He was raised in the western part of Texas in Crosbyton, County. He and a friend were the first to volunteer to serve in World War II from Crosbyton, County. He served in the U S...
Susie Pendley
Nov 22, 2004
Susie was born January 13, 1917 in Hillsboro to William D. and Minnie B. Doherty Blansett. She grew up in Hillsboro and attended Hillsboro schools. She also lived in Hubbard, Waco, and Burnet. On September 19, 1937 she married William Troy Pendley, Sr. and he preceded her in death on October 27, 1974. She was a homemaker and worked...
Jan Franklin
Nov 18, 2004
Jettie Jannet Franklin, 60, of Whitney passed away November 18, 2004 in Waco, Texas. She was the daughter of Jessie and Jettie TrammellPrice. She married Billy Ray Franklin in Tarrant County on June 21, 1991. She lived in Johsua most of her life and in Whitney the past 16 years. She was a retired surgical nurse and of the...
Robert Lampkin
Nov 18, 2004
Don was born November 23, 1927 in Dallas the son of John Mack and Etta Lampkin. In 1945 he graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas. He served in the U. S. Army and then the Merchant Marines. He began working for Tempco, now Lockheed Martin, before retiring in 1988. On June 15, 1968 he married Wyona Fidler in...
Lena Starr
Nov 16, 2004
Lena F. Starr 75, a retired boot maker died Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at Burleson. She was the daughter of Dixon and Mabel Mercer Darnell. She grew up in Arkansas and moved to Texas in the early 1950's. She married Herman Starr on February 14, 1958 and he preceded her in death on February 13, 1994. She worked in...
Billie Littlefair
Nov 14, 2004
Billie McCown Littlefair passed away Sunday, November 14, 2004 in Woodway at the age of 91. She was born April 4, 1913 in the Towash Community near Whitney in Hill County. She was the daughter of J. Wilson and Maude Wilson McCown. She lived in Burkburnett for many years, moving to Waco in 1960 where she was employed with...
Gwendolyn Worell
Nov 11, 2004
Gwendolyn E. Worrell entered into rest Thursday, November 11, 2004. She was born on September 10, 1933 in Electra, Texas. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, EJ; a son, Glenn; and a daughter, Cheryl Lynn. Gwen leaves cherished memories with her children, Wayne, Anita, Marilyn, Carol, John, and Janet; 13 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; two brothers...
Katherine Schultz
Nov 9, 2004
Katherine was born January 12, 1914 in Hillsboro the daughter of John W. and Maude Fryer Adams. She lived in Dallas most of her life and moved back to Hillsboro in 1999. In 1932 she married Herman Schultz and he preceded her in death in 1990. Also preceding her in death were her parents and three brothers, Barnes Adams,...
Alma Johnson
Nov 9, 2004
Alma was born July 29, 1901 to J. A. and Mamie JamesonCheek in the James Community in Hill County. She lived most of her long and fulfilled life in Hillsboro. On September 19, 1925 she married T. J. Johnson at the Methodist parsonage in Abbott. During her first few years of marriage, Alma was a schoolteacher in the communities...
Elnora Helton
Nov 8, 2004
Elnora was born January 8, 1930 to Edward and Lydia Muesse Klein. Born between Irene and Malone in Hill County, she moved to Waco as a young child before returning to Frost to attend high school. On June 23, 1947 she married Hughey Helton in Hillsboro. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Irene and have lived there since....
Charles Sutton
Nov 7, 2004
Charles was born on June 12, 1928 in San Saba, Texas to Jim and Minnie Crim Sutton. Growing up, he attended school in Waco. On June 14, 1947, he married Onetta Machen in Milford, Texas, and they were able to celebrate 57 years together this past June. Charles worked for the Ashland Chemical Company before later joining NGO Chemical....
Lenda Lee
Nov 2, 2004
Lenda Clara Lee, 67, of Whitney passed away at her residence on Novembe 2, 2004. She was the daughter of John and Mabel Morgan Moody, Sr. She married Jack D. Lee, Sr. on May 21, 1957. They moved to Whitney in 1975 and owned three restaurants before retiring in 1986. Lenda was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded...
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