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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Charles Banner

Charles Banner

Mar 16, 2005

Charles Roy Banner, 76, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2005 in Hillsboro. Mr. Banner was born February 27, 1929 in Lynn County, Texas the son of Jacob Roy and True Zella Williams Banner. He grew up in Trent, Texas. On October 3, 1953 he married Wanda Harris. During the Korean War he served in the U. S....

Bobby Lee

Bobby Lee

Mar 14, 2005

Bobby Junior Lee passed away at his residence on March 14, 2005. He was the son of Alfred and Dorothy Pauline Edwards Lee, Jr. He had lived in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area for several years and was a machinist in the aircraft business.Bobby was a Baptist. Preceding him in death was his father, and sisters, Katie Bernice Lee and...

S. L. Nicholas

S. L. Nicholas

Mar 11, 2005

S. L. "Butch" Nicholas passed away March 11, 2005 in a Waco hospital. He was the son of S. L. and Lola Nicholas, Sr. He married Kathryn Barnett on September 9, 1974 and had worked as a truck driver for M. Lipsitz for 14 years. S. L. loved to be outdoors, fish, worked on antique tractors and go to truck...

Lena Melton

Lena Melton

Mar 11, 2005

Lena Mae Melton passed away on March 10, 2005 in a Waco hospital. She was the daughter of John Floyd and Minnie Gladys Cryer Tice. She married James Ray Melton in 1952 in Fort Worth. Lena worked many years for Williamson Dickie in Fort Worth. She was of the Baptist faith. Preceding her in death were two sons, Larry...

Bertha Pursley

Bertha Pursley

Mar 10, 2005

Bertha Pursley, 98, of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home. Bertha was born November 17, 1906 in Hill County, Texas the first born child of Grover Hendrix and Sarah Ada Timmons Potter. In 1926 she graduated from Brandon High School. In the 1930's she moved to Dallas and worked as a practical...

Mary Martin

Mary Martin

Mar 10, 2005

Mary Elizabeth Martin passed away on March 10, 2005 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was born August 19, 1916, in Dallas to Rev. Alvin and Mrs. Sallie Miller Swindell. She moved to Hillsboro in 1925 when her father became pastor of First Baptist Church. After graduating from Hill Junior College and Baylor University, she taught school in...

Ann Rose

Ann Rose

Mar 9, 2005

Ann Rose, 90, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at Hill Regional Hopsital in Hillsboro. Ann was born February 10, 1915 in the Bethel Community in Hill County, Texas the daughter of Daniel Washington and Annar Myers Williams. She spent all of her life in Hill County. On October 15, 1932 she married J. C. ?Cicero? Rose and he...

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