Obituaries

Dec 29, 2018

Ernestine Garrison Duke, 93, passed from this life into the loving arms of God on December 29, 2018. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at the Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Whitney. Interment will follow at 1:00 p.m. at the Myrtle Cemetery in Ennis, Texas. A visitation will be held from 4:00...

Dec 28, 2018

Charles “Chuck” Hunt 64 of Midlothian passed away on Friday, December 28, 2018 in Waxahachie. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Whitney. Officiating will be Mr. Bruce Martin. Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 PM on Friday, January 4, 2019 at the funeral...

Dec 23, 2018

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Jimmy E. Russell, 88, of Hewitt passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018, at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Hillcrest in Waco. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 28, 2018, at Waco Memorial Park in Waco. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 27, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro. Born June...

Dec 23, 2018

Chester Nelson Smith, Jr., of Whitney, passed passed quietly from this life at age 88 on December 23, 2018, which was his oldest son’s birthday who passed away in July 2018. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 27, 2018 at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Whitney with Dr. Carl Jennings officiating. Burial will follow at...

Dec 23, 2018

Jackie Earl Jean, 54, of Cranfills Gap passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 3, 2019, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro. He was born July 5, 1964, in Hillsboro to Buddy and Carolyn Jean. Jackie loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing, finding and collecting arrowheads and Indian...

Dec 22, 2018

Dorothy Fay Ponder, 85, of Frost passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018, at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at the Frost Cemetery with Rev. Melissa Graham of Line Street United Methodist Church in Hillsboro officiating. Born February 2, 1933 in Crockett, Dorothy spent her youth in the state orphanage home...

Dec 22, 2018

Delores Ann Gauer 78, of Whitney was called home on Saturday, December 22, 2018. The family will hold a private memorial service at Prairie Valley Cemetery a later date. Delores was born on September 22, 1940 in Caribou, Maine. She lived most of her life in Bellmead until moving to Whitney four years ago to be near her family....

Dec 21, 2018

Barbara Ann Boone, 83, of Whitney, passed away on December 21, 2018. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 27, 2018 at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas with Rev. Eddie Booth officiating. She will lie in state from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m on Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in...

Dec 20, 2018

Lo Harston, 79, of Whitney, passed away on December 20, 2018 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 22, 2018, at Whitney Church of Christ with Mr. Bruce Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Bethlehem Cemetery in Whitney. Loamuh Harston was born to Jerry and Vera Mae (Brown) Harston on February 21, 1939 and...

Dec 19, 2018

Mary Mason of Hillsboro, age 57, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital in Dallas. She was surrounded by her beloved family as she went to be with the Lord. Family, friends and others whose lives Mary touched are invited to a memorial service at Fort Graham Baptist Church, 137 FM...

Dec 18, 2018

Charles E. Jenkins, Sr., 89, of Las Crosse, WI, formerly of Austin, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018, in Hillsboro. No services are scheduled. Inurnment will take place at Mormon Coulee Memorial Park in Las Crosse, WI, at a later date. He was born June 13, 1929, in San Angelo to Hubert and La Etta (Crane) Jenkins and was...

Dec 18, 2018

Barbara Louise Reeves, 80, of Dallas passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2018, at Hillcrest Garden of Memory near Hillsboro with Rev. Darrel Beggs of Central Baptist Church in Hillsboro officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m. prior to services...

Dec 17, 2018

Enrique Ramirez, 34, of Joshua was called “home” to join his mother on Monday, December 17, 2018, in Mt. Pocono, PA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 27, 2018, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro with Pastor John Abrego and Pastor Manuel Abrego officiating. Burial will follow at Ridge Park Cemetery in...

Dec 16, 2018

Esta Louise Bailey, 87, of Forney, passed away on December 16, 2018, in Dallas. A graveside service will be held at 12:30 p.m., on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Whitney Memorial Park in Whitney. A visitation will be held from 11:00 until noon prior to the service at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Whitney. Louise was born on...

Dec 14, 2018

Barbara Nell Jarvis Engstrom, 88, of Arlington and Austin passed away Friday, December 14, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 16, 2018 at the Brandon Cemetery near Brandon, Texas. Visitation will be from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m., Sunday prior to the graveside service at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro. Born December 13, 1930...

Dec 13, 2018

Dorothy Lee Smith, 92, of Alvarado passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018, in Alvarado at the Alvarado Meadows Nursing and Rehab. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at the Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro with Mr. Bruce Martin of the Whitney Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow at Vaughan...

Dec 9, 2018

Velda Record, 76, of Whitney, passed away on December 9, 2018, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 13, 2018, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Whitney with Juan and Celine Abrego officiating. . Burial will follow at Bethlehem Cemetery in Whitney. A visitation will be held from 6-7 p.m. on Wednesday at...

Dec 9, 2018

Harry Threlkeld, 70, of Whitney, passed away in Houston on December 9, 2018. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Marshall and Marsahall Funeral Directors in Whitney with Pastor Greg Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at a later date in Koshkonong Cemetery in Koshkonong, Missouri. Harry was born in Koshkonong, Missouri on October 29, 1948,...

Dec 7, 2018

Donald Craig Allen, 59, of Hillsboro, passed away on December 7, 2018 at his residence. A visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m., on Monday, December 10, 2018 at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro to be followed by cremation. Donald was born in Fort Worth, on September 21, 1959, to Jimmy and Yvonne (Martin) Allen. He grew up...

Dec 7, 2018

Wayne Black 65, of Whitney passed away on Friday, December 7, 2018 in Waco. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, December 10, 2018 at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Whitney with Pastor Shane Metcalf officiating. A visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 AM prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow...