Verla Poston
Jan 25, 2005
Verla Ann Poston, 69, of Hillsboro, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital. Verla was born November 1, 1935 in Bay City, Texas the daughter of She was the daughter of Gilbert and Sylvia Vaughn Walters. Since 1968 she had lived in the Woodbury Community. On May 15, 1952 she married William T. ?Bill? Poston and...
Harold Lehmann
Jan 22, 2005
Harold Dean Lehmann, 70, of Whitney passed away in Waco on January 22, 2005. He was the son of John Wiliam and Laura Hodde Lehmann. He lived in Hill County all of his life. He lived in the Malone area until moving to Whitney in 1949. He worked for the Whitney Gin from the early 50's until the middle...
Violet Burson
Jan 22, 2005
Violet Ernestine Mullan Burson, 88, of Hillsboro passed away Saturday, January 22, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Violet was born July 25, 1916 in Forrest, Texas the daughter of Eugene and Sara Josephine Swain Mullan. She graduated from Sam Houston State Teachers College with a degree in elementary education. She married her college sweetheart, Robert Denis "Dickey...
Bernice Carpenter
Jan 17, 2005
Bernice "Penny" Carpenter, 76. of Waco passed away Monday, Jan. 17, 2005 in Waco. Bernice was the daughter of Otto and Leta White Ratliff and had lived in the Aquilla area for 20 years. She married James Oren Ferguson and he preceded her in death in 1967. Later she married Billy Carpenter in 1979 and he preceded her in...
Dennis Holliday
Jan 17, 2005
Dennis "Doc" Holliday, 57, of Whitney passed away at his residence on January 17, 2005. He was the son of Aubrey Dale and Rowena Ballard Holliday. He had lived in Fort Worth and Whitney most of his life. He was a member of Sons of American Legion, Post 522, Whitney, TX. He married Susan Henshaw in June 1994 in...
Raleigh Rogers
Jan 16, 2005
Raleigh Wayne Rogers, 82, of Hillsboro passed away Sunday, January 16, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Raleigh was born May 29, 1922 in Hillsboro, the son of George Sherman and Lula Pearl McCoy Rogers. On August 29, 1941 he married Reba Walker in Mexia, Texas. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Hillsboro where he...
Edna Johnson
Jan 16, 2005
Edith Johnson 91, of Whitney passed away at her residence on January 16, 2005. Edna was the second of twelve children born to Hayden and Jessie Lasiter Chasteen. She moved to a farm in Grapevine in 1929. She met and married Lee Bridges in 1936. Three boys were bron to them. In 1963 she married Charles Johnson. She was...
Robert Maass
Jan 15, 2005
Robert Maass, 38, of Bynum passed away January 15, 2005. Robert was born October 31, 1966 in Hillsboro, the son of James and Mary Ann Shirey Maass. He was a lifetime resident of Hill County. He graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1985, Hill College, and received a Business Degree from Southwest Texas State University in 1990. A farmer...
Fredrick Johnson Jr
Jan 14, 2005
Curry Johnson, 62, of Whitney passed away on January 14, 2005 in Whitney. He was the son Fredrick Curry and Henrietta Brumme Johnson, Sr. He married Linda Stansberry in Meridian on October 17, 1979. He was a retired Department of Public Safety Trooper. He started his career in Taylor, Texas in 1970 and later worked in Bosque and Hill...
Faye Dumas
Jan 14, 2005
Faye Padgett Dumas, 86, of Burleson passed away on January 14, 2005 in Fort Worth. The daughter of Arthur Garfield and Annie Elmina Taylor Padgett, Faye attended the Arnotville school through the 8th grade and graduated from Hillsboro High School. A resident of Hill County most of her life, she married Curtis O. Dumas on Nov. 14, 1937. He...
Travis Cockerham
Jan 12, 2005
Travis Casey Cockerham, 3 months old, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2005, in Hillsboro. Travis was born September 23, 2004 in Fort Worth, Texas the son of Russell and Jeanie Lewis Cockerham. Survivors include his parents, Jeanie and Russell Cockerham of Itasca; a brother, Trevor of Itasca; a sister, Brittany of Itasca; his grandparents, Danny and Carol Lewis of...
Bobby Ratliff
Jan 12, 2005
Bobby Wayne Ratliff, 46, of Hewitt passed away January 12, 2005 in Whitney. He was the son of Ben Richard and Patsy Ruth McEwin Ratliff. He graduated from Temple Christian Academy in 1977. He and Lisa Stevens were joined in marriage June 8, 1979 in Bosque County, Texas. Bobby was a truck driver for 10 years before working for...
Henry Jones
Jan 11, 2005
Henry Frances Jones, 74 of Whitney passed away at his residence on January 11, 2005. He was the son of Ernest and Alma Smith Jones. He married Marilyn McCoy on March 9, 1950 in Lebanon, Indiana. He liked to fish, football games, listening to the radio and loved the outdoors. He was preceded in death by his parents; son,...
Jessie Cone
Jan 11, 2005
Jessie Joyce Cone, 84, of Southlake and formerly of Whitney passed away on January 11, 2005 in Hurst. She was the daughter of Albert and Mattie Lee HammondBopp. She married Leonard Lee Cone on June 25, 1950 in Dallas and he preceded her in death on December 25, 1988. She had lived in Dallas most of her life and...
Elizabeth Mcgouirk
Jan 10, 2005
Elizabeth Gladys "Arkie" McGouirk, 84, of Whitney passed away on January 10, 2005 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was the daughter of Monroe and Lilliam KingTurner. Elizabeth married Duane McGouirk in Elmer, Arkansas in August of 1964. She had been a resident of Whitney since 1972 and had volunteered with the meals at the Senior Center for...
Nadine Brooks
Jan 8, 2005
Nadine was the daughter of Emory and Cora Bodine Wilson. She married Pendleton Byron Brooks on December 23, 1934 and he preceded her in death on March 3, 1988. Her family moved from Hillsboro to Austin in 1965. She was a member of the Central Christian Church of Hillsboro and previously a member of the Central Christian Church of...
Milton Andrews
Jan 8, 2005
Milton "Skinny" Andrews, 92, of Whitney passed away on January 8, 2005 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. He lived in the Whitney area most of his life. He was a construction worker for Austin Bridge for 20 years, retiring in 1977. Milton is the last remaining of nine children born to James Jefferson and Ida Hill Andrews who...
R. C. Pinckard
Jan 6, 2005
R. C. Pinckard, 87, passed away Thursday, Janaury 6, 2005, in Fort Worth. R. C. was born February 10, 1917 in Rio Vista, the son of Walter C. and Minnie Jean Pinckard. In 1942 he enlisted into the U. S. Army in Itasca and was discharged at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio in 1945. On July 3, 1974...
Vicente Garcia
Jan 5, 2005
Vicente Mora Garcia, 32, passed away Wednesday, Janaury 5, 2005, in Hillsboro. Vicente was born September 11, 1972 in San Isidro de Cleguera, Guanajuato, Mexico the son of Felipe and Francisca Mora Garcia. For the past seven years he had lived in Hillsboro and worked for the City of Hillsboro since March 2004. He was member of Our Lady...
Gary Alexander
Jan 4, 2005
Gary Ben Alexander passed away on January 4, 2005 in Clifton, Texas. Gary was the son of Elword L. and Bessie Coleman Alexander. He grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from Southwest High School. He moved to Whitney in 1984. He had worked for several years and was a big NASCAR fan and loved to be with his...
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