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W. A. Shelley

W. A. Shelley

Jun 10, 2004

W. A. Shelley, 68, of Whitney died June 10, 2004 in Waco. He was the son of James Perry and Mamie Ivy Shelley. He married Bobbie Jean Freeman on June 15, 1956 in Valley Mills, Texas. He had lived in the Whitney area most of his life and had worked for J. W. Payne Construction for 35 years; retiring...

Janet Williams

Janet Williams

Jun 9, 2004

Janet was born January 7, 1950 in Fort Worth, Texas to Johnie Waymon and Wanda Tonahill Waits. She graduated from Green B. Trimble Tech class of 1968. On August 9, 1989 she married Mark Williams in Tyler. She was the office manger at Creative Images Advertising in Crowley and a member of Glen Garden Baptist Church in Fort Worth....

J. F. Ward

J. F. Ward

Jun 9, 2004

J. F. Ward, 70, of Mansfield died June 9, 2004 in Dallas. He was the son of Stanley and Ollie Marie McGuire Ward. He married Ela Mae Cunningham on June 1, 1960 in Weatherford, Texas. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He had lived in Whitney until moving to the Fort Worth area in...

Edith White

Edith White

Jun 7, 2004

Edith was born February 21, 1917 in the Arnot Community, of Hill County, Texas to Willis Clifford and Nannie Walker White. She grew up in Hill County and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1935. In 1936 she started teaching. In 1954 she received her Master?s from Texas Weslyan College. For over a period of 35 years she taught...

Frances Acuna

Frances Acuna

Jun 6, 2004

Frances was born January 18, 1939 in Sweetwater, Texas to Domingo and Josefa Gomez Torrez. She grew up in Sweetwater. In 1955 she married Raymond Acuna and they moved to Grand Prairie. They also lived in Chicago and California. In 1990 she moved to Hillsboro. She enjoyed her work as a seamstress and made beautiful quilts. She was a...

Sandra Baxter

Sandra Baxter

Jun 3, 2004

Sandra was born December 25, 1977 in McKinney, Texas the daughter of Herman Lee and Debbie Hall Clinton. She grew up in Waxahachie and Red Oak. She worked for Knox Fuel Stop in Red Oak before transferring to Hillsboro where she served as manager for over two years before entering nursing school. She was due to graduate from nursing...

Maidene Modrall

Maidene Modrall

Jun 2, 2004

Maidene was born January 12, 1931 in El Paso County, Texas to Leo and Jewella MayPageMitchell. She grew up and lived in the El Paso area until moving to Hillsboro in 1988. A graduate of Ysletta High School in El Paso, she worked in many hospitals in El Paso. She was an LVN at Sun Towers Hospital in El...

Jack Clark

Jack Clark

May 31, 2004

Jack L. Clark was born on September 22, 1934 in Paragould, Arkansas to Bernard and Mary Clarke. He served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957. He worked for Justin Boots for over 28 years. He had lived in Whitney since 1987 and worked for Iron Springs Christian Camp for the last four years. He attended the...

Travis Williams

Travis Williams

May 30, 2004

Travis Earl Williams was born January 16, 1935 near Blum in Hill County to Newt and Ellen Porter Williams. He lived in Hill County most of his life. Preceding him in death were his parents, Newt on April 27, 1960 and Ellen on April 21, 1995; and three brothers, Lester in September 1992, Harry in June 1996, and Billy...

Thomas Beavers

Thomas Beavers

May 29, 2004

Thomas Boyd Beavers was born December 4, 1941 in Hillsboro to Albert Clayton and Velma Lee Dobbs Beavers. He attended Hillsboro Schools and Navarro Junior College. From 1961-1967 he served in the U.S. Marines. He served in Okinawa before his tour of duty in Vietnam in 1965. In 1967 he was honorably discharged from the Marines as a Sergeant....

Warren Lambert

Warren Lambert

May 28, 2004

Warren Blake Lambert was born on May 27, 1962 in Clifton, Texas to Marvin and Virginia Allen Lambert. He grew up in Aquilla and graduated from Aquilla High School. He attended Hill Junior College and Texas State Technical College. He was a auto mechanic. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Warren was preceded in death by...

Karen Worley

Karen Worley

May 27, 2004

Karen Annette Worley was born on November 25, 1949 in Aquilla, Texas, the seventh daughter of Braxton and Valda Barnes Worley. Karen graduated as valedictorian of the 1968 senior class of Aquilla High School. She earned an Associates of Arts Degree from Hill College in 1970; a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Texas, Arlington in 1974....

Leona Piel

Leona Piel

May 27, 2004

Leona was born on March 19, 1914 to Otto and Theresa Turk in Winters, Runnels Co. Texas. She is the seventh of ten children. On December 15, 1934, she married Herbert ?Bubie? Piel of Malone Texas. They lived in the Walling community and Malone for their 60 years of marriage. Leona was very active in St. Peter Lutheran Church...

Marcos Montes

Marcos Montes

May 27, 2004

Marcos was born February 4, 1934 in Goliad, Texas to Pablo and Guadalupe Prez Montes. He lived in Hillsboro and in the Woodbury area since 1974. On March 11, 1958 he married Elida Tamayo in Santon, Texas. Preceding him in death were his parents; a daughter, Diana Montes in 1982; and two brothers, Ernesto Montes and Pablo Montes, Jr....

Stanley Harris

Stanley Harris

May 24, 2004

Stanley was born September 4, 1950 in Waco, Texas to Addie Dunn and Carl Edward Harris, Sr. He lived in Hill County most of his life. Preceding him in death were his mother, Addie Dunn Harris on January 22, 1976; his father, Carl Edward Harris, Sr. on Mary 19, 1989; and a sister, Dorothy Ruth Bynum on August 25,...

Edmond King

Edmond King

May 22, 2004

Edmond E. "E. E." King was born on March 20, 1929 in Dallas, Texas to Carlton and Opal King. He grew up in the South Oak Cliff area of Dallas where he met and married his wife of 54 years, Delia Jo Smith. In 1959, Edmond moved his family to Lake Whitney where he could do what he loved...

Terry Tidwell

Terry Tidwell

May 20, 2004

Terry Tidwell was born November 10, 1954 in Commerce, Texas to Donald Dwane and Joyce Edwards Tidwell. In 1974 he graduated from Mercedes High School. He enjoyed playing chess and bowling. Preceding him in death were his father, Don Tidwell in October 1980; and his grandparents, Vera and Charlie Tidwell and Fern and Floyd Edwards. He was a truck...

Billy Bayless

Billy Bayless

May 18, 2004

Billy Bayless was born on November 27, 1954 in Cleburne, Texas to Edgar Lee and Cora Lee Odom Bayless. He grew up in Alvarado and attended schools in Blum, Venus and Maypearl. He had lived in Morgan for the past 20 years and was a truck driver for ATS Trucking for the past 7 years. He was preceded in...

Barbara Parish

Barbara Parish

May 16, 2004

Barbara Gail Parish was born on October 12, 1954 in Hobbs, New Mexico to Bill and Bonnie Malone Sisk. She married John Parish on August 10, 1973 in Oklahoma City. She had been a resident of the Whitney area since 1993; had previously worked at Lake Whitney Hospital; liked to help people and liked to drink Dr. Pepper. She...

Mamie Esmond

Mamie Esmond

May 11, 2004

Mamie was born October 6, 1904 in Hill County, Texas to William Columbus and Docia Jean Hight. She lived in Hill County all of her life and for the past 83 years in the Woodbury Community. She first married Thomas R. Mabry in 1920 and he preceded her in death on September 17, 1988. Later she married Joe Esmond...

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