Charlotte Wallace
Oct 6, 2004
Charlotte M. Wallace, 87, of Tipton, Indiana, formerly of Whitney passed away on October 6, 2004 at Miller's Merry Manor in Indiana. She was the daughter of William Jacob and Belle Overstreet Rape. Charlotte married Roy Wallace on Octobber 26, 1968 and he preceded her in death on December 1, 1994. She had worked in the claims department at...
R. A. Johnson
Oct 5, 2004
R. A. was born February 10, 1916 in the Yates Community of Hill County, Texas to Jim and Stella Watson Johnson. He grew up and attended school in the Yates Community and later moved to Bynum where he worked on the family farm. He spent most of this life in Carlsbad where he lived and worked in the San...
Welma Mcgirk
Oct 3, 2004
Mrs. McGirk was the daughter of Joseph Oscar and Levia Rayburn Heath. She grew up in East Texas and Oklahoma. Welma and Dwight McGirk were married on September 7, 1935 and they moved to Hillsboro in 1960. For several years, she worked at the school cafeteria as a cook. Her husband preceded her in death on July 22, 1975,...
Luther Neal Jr
Sep 21, 2004
Mr. Neal was born February 10, 1922 in Hillsboro the son of Maye Martin and Luther H. Neal, Sr. He grew up in Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School. He then went on to graduate from Hillsboro Junior College and received his Bachelor and Master degrees in Education from Southwestern University in Georgetown. During WWII he served in...
Clara Goates
Sep 20, 2004
Clara Mae Dollins Goates, 91, of Waco formerly of Whitney passed away on Septembe 20, 2004 in Waco. Cara was born on November 29, 1912 in Gholson to Joseph and Clara Joines Dollins. She married William Riley Goates Jr. on August 19, 1934 in West. She and Riley raised their family in Gholson and moved to Lake Whitney to...
Pete Spires
Sep 18, 2004
Oliver "Pete" Spires, 66, of Whitney passed away Saturday, September 18, 2004 in a Waco hospital. He was the son of Freddie Lamar and Elsie Gertrude Davidson Spires. He joined the military at age 17 and traveled all over the world. He retired from the military at age 37. He was a member of international Order of Oddfellows and...
John King
Sep 18, 2004
John was the son of Hugh A. and Ruby Mae Hayes King. He lived in Dallas and the Corsicana area before moving to Hillsboro about a year ago. Before moving to Hillsboro, he was a grounds keeper for the Texas Air National Guard for nine and a half years. John's survivors include his daughter, Sarah Johnson and her husband,...
Brenda Sanders
Sep 14, 2004
Brenda Sanders, 61, of Whitney passed away on September 14, 2004 in Fort Worth. She was the son of John and Jane Nazareth Brown. She lived in the Whitney area most of her life. She married Bobby Sanders on January 16, 1965 in Fort Worth and he preceded her in death on April 2, 2003. She was also preceded...
Joe Mckelvey Jr
Sep 13, 2004
Joe McKelvey, Jr., 44, of Ennis passed away on September 13, 2004 in Ennis. He was the son of Joe Harrell and Georgia Hopper McKelvey, Sr. He had lived in Dallas for many years where he ran his own landscaping business and continued to run it up until his death. He married Marilyn Kelly on March 23, 1978. They...
Samuel Wakefield
Sep 12, 2004
Samuel Ramon Wakefield, 22, of Blum died September 12, 2004 in Cleburne. He was the son of Jose and Donna Tobias. He liked to play football, listen to music, play Nintendo and mingle with his friends. He was a sky light installer for Sky Tech in Milford. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his parents, Jose and...
Tommy Luttrell
Sep 8, 2004
Tommy Luttrell, 82, of Whitney passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at a local nursing home. Tommy was the son of Vernon and Lura Pearl Reed Luttrell. He grew up in Dallas and served in the United States Army during World War II. He married Charlsie Johnson on February 22, 1947 in Dallas and she preceded him in...
Sharon Mendek
Sep 6, 2004
Sharon Elizabeth was the daughter of Jerry and Betty Turner Jackson. She loved children, family and friends and had an open heart for animals. Her hobbies included arts and crafts, gardening and planting flowers. For relaxation, she loved to listen to country and western music and play nintendo games with her family. Along with her husband, Mickey, she enjoyed...
Kay Watson
Sep 1, 2004
Kay Watson, 77, of Whitney passed away at her residence Wednesday, September 1, 2004. She was the daughter of William Jennings Bryan and Oci Pearl Adams Davis. She lived in Whitney and Hillsboro most of her life. She married George Sherman "Sonny" Watson on August 29, 1942 in Hillsboro. He preceded her in death on May 11, 1990. She...
Mae Priddy
Aug 29, 2004
Mae Priddy, 96, of Whitney passed away on August 29, 2004 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was the daughter of James Lewis and Ella Kuhn West. She first married Rayburn Upchurch and later married Bill Priddy in 1943. She had lived in Whitney for over 40 years; taught an adult Sunday School class and was a seamstress...
Charles Record
Aug 27, 2004
Charles Homer Record was born to Charles Douglas and Florence Kilgore Record on August 28, 1919 and grew up during the Great Depression. He graduated from Melissa High School. On July 24, 1937 he married Thelma Vandagriff in Athens, Texas. They were married for almost 62 years before she preceded him in death on June 10, 1999. During World...
Mattie Perry
Aug 25, 2004
Mattie was born May 27, 1912 near Martins Mill, in Van Zandt County, Texas to William Oscar and Alma Alviera Daniel Thomas. She grew up as a child at Martins Mill in Van Zandt County. Later in years, her family moved to Mertens where she met her late husband, Ernest C. Perry. They married December 3, 1927 in Milford...
Opal Mccown
Aug 25, 2004
Opal T. McCown was born July 8, 1922 in Whiney, Texas. Mrs. McCown worked for many years at the Department of Energy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her husband, James A. McCown; her son, James T. McCown; and one brother, Wilburn Taylor. Survivors include two daughters, Kathryn McCown and Linda Stucker both of Albuquerque,...
Gladys Moore
Aug 23, 2004
Gladys was born October 2, 1912 in Hillsboro, Texas to John Wilmer ?J. W.? and Emily Wooten McAdams. She was born and raised in Hillsboro and was a graduate of Hillsboro High School. She was formerly a member of Line Street United Methodist Church in Hillsboro. For the past 38 years she had lived in California. Preceding her in...
Jerry Wallace
Aug 22, 2004
Jerry Norton Wallace died Sunday, August 22, 2004. He was born October 19, 1920, the first of two sons, to Vesta and Alec Wallace in Hill County, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his brother A. G. Denny Wallace. He is survived by his son John Mack Wallace, by numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and...
Jim Purdy
Aug 18, 2004
Jim Purdy, 56 of Whitney passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 while returning from Hawaii. He was the son of Aryland Melvin and Francis Margaret Tarr Purdy. He married Ruby Mae Looper on April 18. 1974 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the perfect family man; a loving husband, the greatest father and he valued his time...
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