All Obituaries

Lavern Roberts, 87, of Hillsboro, Texas, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Graveside services will take place at 6:00 pm, Friday, July 1, 2022, at New Woodbury Cemetery with pastor Kenny Kennedy officiating. Lavern will lie in state from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, Thursday, June 30, 2022, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro, Texas. Lavern better known as “Nana” by the many who knew and loved her was born September 18, 1934, to Susan Mildred Shults and Julius...

Phyllis Ann Henderson, Age 65 of Whitney passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022 in Waco. A memorial visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 am Friday, July 1, 2022, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Whitney. Pepper was born on August 6th, 1956, to John and Shirley Grant in Louisville, Kentucky. Pepper enjoyed playing games on her IPad while watching mystery shows on TV. Anyone who knew her also knew that she had a deep love for her cats, and they might as well have been her...

Liduvina Torres Martinez, 49, of Hillsboro, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 25th, 2022.  Funeral service will take place at 10:00 am, Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors, Hillsboro, Texas, with burial to follow at Hillcrest Garden of Memory in Hillsboro. Liduvina, better known as "Lido” by the many who knew and loved her, was born to Ma. De Los Angeles Baltazar and Manuel Torres V. in CD.L. Cardenas, Michoacan....

Charlene (Shaw) Helms, 66, of Cleburne, Texas, passed away at a local nursing home June 24, 2022, surrounded by family after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Charlene was born August 20, 1955, in Whitney, Texas to Audrey and Evelyn (Burton) Shaw. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1973 and later attended Hill Junior College in Hillsboro, Texas. Charlene was a Pharmacy Technician at Brookshire’s for many years before eventually moving over to Eubank Drug where she...

Tommy Clevinger, 75, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2022, in Waco, Texas.   Tommy was born in Grundy, Virginia to Basil and Francis Clevinger. He was a veteran in the US Army during the Vietnam war. In his fifties, he met Diana James. They fell in love while working together at Abbott Labs and married in 2004. Upon retirement, they moved to Whitney, Texas. In addition to his partner Diana, Tommy is survived by his children: Michael Clevinger, Robert and Amy Clevinger, Catherine and...

John Robert Turner Sr born into this life on July 12, 1941, to Clifton Roy “Bud” Turner and Francis Marie Schrock Turner in Oak Grove, La. He left this earth to be with his Lord Jesus, on Tuesday June 21, 2022, while his loving wife sat at his side holding his hand. He is preceded in death by his parents, and his brother Carl Turner. While it was the hardest thing he has ever had to do, he left behind his devoted wife Madelyn Sue Turner, son’s John Turner of Odessa Tx,...

Joe Bob Boyd passed away at his home in Whitney on Sunday, June 19, 2022, at the age of 78. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro with Pastor David Gant and Rev. Roy Frink officiating. Burial will follow at Peoria Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday, June 24, at the funeral home. Joe Bob was born to Steve ‘Henry’ and Lilly Elizabeth (Roberts) Boyd,...

Carrol "Dewayne" Sanders, 69, passed away peacefully on June 18, 2022, in Waco, Texas. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on May 1, 1953 to Frank Sanders and Inez.  As a young boy his family moved to Tennessee. Dewayne loved hunting and fishing with his older brother and father. In the early 70's he joined the Marine Corp, after being discharged he moved to Florida and from there began working as a clam diver, fisherman and picked fruit in the orange groves. He...

Mary E. Nelson, 99, of Peoria, Texas, passed away surrounded by family on June 15, 2022, in Hillsboro, Texas. Funeral services will take place at 11:00 am, Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro, with Eddie Booth of the Peoria Baptist Church officiating, with visitation preceding the service from 10:00 to 11:00 am in the Marshall and Marshall Chapel. Mary was born January 9, 1923, in Hill County, Texas to Henry T. Lewis and Una Washer Lewis. On her...

Theresa LaRue Williams, 62, of Hillsboro, Texas, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022, in Waco, Texas. Graveside services will take place at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Williams/Densman Family Cemetery, located at 164 HCR 4228, Hillsboro, Texas. Visitation will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro. Theresa was born at Camp Pendleton, California, on May 15, 1960, to Phillip and Nancy Paul. She worked for...