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...
Larry Dickson
Aug 18, 2004
Larry Dickson, 63, of Whitney passed away at his residence August 18, 2004. He had lived in the Whitney area the past 18 years. He retired from the United States Army. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his son, Kevin Dickson of Fort Worth. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 337 Carr, Hillsboro,...
Harold Nelson
Aug 17, 2004
Harold Dean was born July 9, 1954 in Hillsboro, Texas to Herman Jefferson and Helen Katherine Pope Nelson. He liked to hunt, fish, and loved motorcycles and restoring classic cars. He was an auto body repairman at Bebrick Collision Center in Waco. He was a Methodist. Preceding him in death were his father, Herman Nelson, on January 29, 2004...
Berta Izquierdo
Aug 14, 2004
Berta was born in Cuba, the daughter of Manuel and Cecilia Medina Suarez. In 1969, she left Cuba as a refugee and moved to California, settling in Long Beach where she lived until recently moving to Hillsboro. Berta was first married to Emiliano Marquez. She later married Raymundo Izquierdo and he preceded her in death. Her life was spent...
Richard Jodoin Sr
Aug 13, 2004
Richard Alan Jodoin, Sr., 43, of Whitney passed away on August 13, 2004. Richard had served in the United States Navy Reserve. He married Suzanne Arrington on Julu 5, 1991 in Fayettville, Arkansas. He had lived inWhitney the past 12 years and had worked for M & M Mars in Waco for 2 years. Survivors include his wife, Suzanne...
William Hogan
Aug 13, 2004
William Allen Hogan, 81, of Whitney passed away on August 13, 2004 in Whitney. He was the son of Thomas W. and Georga Paine Hogan. He married Olive Whitehead on May 20, 1944 in Rockwall, TX. He had worked for IBEW Local #20 for 56 years in Dallas. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Whitney, Whitney...
Sherry Howard
Aug 11, 2004
Sherry was born on April 24, 1925 near Caddo Lake in East Texas to Henry Ralph and Vena Victoria Bradley Moore. She grew up in East Texas near Marshall and Caddo Lake and graduated from Pine Tree High School. In 1952 she moved to Hillsboro from Fort Worth. In 1960 she started Sherry?s Hitch?n Post which she operated until...
Lorine Campbell
Aug 8, 2004
Lorine Campbell, 74, of Whitney passed away on August 8, 2004 at her residence. Lorine was the daughter of Dempster Windfield and Sarah Jett Peck. She married Cecil Campbell on December 18, 1948 in Vernon, Texas. She lived in the Dallas area most of her married life and in Whitney since 1978. She was preceded in death by 1...
Martha Strange
Aug 6, 2004
Martha Strange, 78, of Lake Whitney passed away on August 6, 2004 at her residence. She was the daughter of Roy and Roberta Payne Dalton. She married Jack Strange on December 8, 1945 in Itasca. She moved to Dallas in 1946 and retired to Lake Whitney in 1978. She worked at Magnolia for 3 years, Channel 8 WFAA for...
Mildred Yarbrough
Aug 3, 2004
Mildred was born April 24, 1918 in Malone, Texas to Margaret Jane Wells Wright and James Thomas Wright. She grew up in Malone and graduated from Malone High School in 1936. She attended Hillsboro Junior College for one year and then graduated from North Texas State Teachers College in Denton in 1939. She began her teaching career in Penelope...
Josephine "Jo" Smith
Aug 3, 2004
Josephine "Jo" Smith was born on November 13, 1919 in Axtell, TX to James Richard and Leither America Lyon Miller. She married Sam Henry Smith on January 31, 1946 in Dallas, TX and he preceded her in death on July 26, 1994. She had lived most of her life in Dallas and retired to Whitney 20 years ago. She...
Ethel Reagor
Aug 1, 2004
Ethel was born December 3, 1914 in Hillsboro, Texas to John and Merzuery Crawford. She lived in Hillsboro most of her life. On June 30, 1934 she married George Reagor. She owned and operated a beauty shop in Hillsboro until she retired. She was raised in the Church of the Nazarene in Hillsboro that her father founded. She loved...
Carl Moss, Jr
Aug 1, 2004
Carl Eugene Moss, Jr. was born on December 19, 1960 in Sentinel, Oklahoma to Carl and Joy Moss. He had lived in Whitney most of his life and was a truck driver. He had served in the United States Air Force. He was a methodist. He was preceded in death by his mother, Joy on July 22, 1986 and...
Charlie Roach
Jul 31, 2004
Charlie was the son of Charles Robert and Charlotte Eloise Clark Roach, Jr. A graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, he also attended North Texas State University before moving to California. After serving in the U. S. Navy during the Korean conflict, he returned to Dallas where he worked as a computer engineer. Charlie was a member...
Nelson Patrick
Jul 31, 2004
?Dr Pat?, beloved Texas Music Educator, a resident of Austin for 50 years, age 92, died Saturday, July 31, 2004. Dr. Pat was born in Marlin, Texas on April 19, 1912. His father died when he was 6, so he spent many of his early years helping to support his family. His undergraduate studies took place at Texas A&I...
Donald Blount
Jul 27, 2004
Donald was born November 16, 1925 in Hillsboro, Texas to Harry G. and Mary Mildred Frazier Blount. He lived in Hillsboro all of his life, graduated from Hillsboro High School, and attended Hillsboro Junior College. During WWII he served in the U. S. Air Force. In 1946 he went to work for the Postal service, retiring on June 1,...
Jelina Carlisle
Jul 26, 2004
Jelina was born March 8, 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas to Willis Henry and Shirley Scott Jordon. She attended Covington schools and was a homemaker. Preceding her in death was her mother, Shirley Scott Jordon, on May 5, 1997. Survivors include her father, Willis Henry Jordon of Hillsboro; a daughter, Jaycee L. Carlisle of Hillsboro; a son, Matthew W....
Matt Jaeger
Jul 25, 2004
Matt was the son of William Harold and Douglas Lee Moon Jaeger. He was raised in Tyler and lived most of his life in Hillsboro. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro. Survivors are his wife, Barbara Jaeger of Hillsboro; his parents, Douglas Lee and William Harold "Bill" Jaeger of Tyler; sister, Denna Sessum and...
Wincie Conger
Jul 24, 2004
She was the daughter of Rundle Earl and Bertha Ann McCoy Corridon. She loved to quilt, embroidery, crochet, and also liked to fish. Anytime that anyone said go , she was ready. Mrs. Conger never met a stranger as she loved people and always had a wonderful smile. She worked as a nurse's aide for nearly 14 years at...
Will Furnish
Jul 22, 2004
Will was the son of Price Witt and Della Mae Simpson Furnish. He married Dorothy "Dot" Webster on August 24, 1940 in Owen County, Kentucky. Mr. Furnish was a Veteran of World War II, enlisting on April 29, 1943 at Lexington, Kentucky; serving with the 901st Signal Company, 25th Air Depot Group Signal Corps in the U.S. Army. He...
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