All Obituaries

Winnell Herrington (Cason), age 97 of Whitney, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at Country Club Retirement Community Assisted Living in Whitney, Texas.  Winnell was born October 4, 1925, in Nacogdoches, Texas to Robert and Nell (Ballard) Cason. She graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Business and Accounting. On March 30, 1946, she married Miller Herrington in Nacogdoches. Shortly after, they moved to Texas Hill County and lived in...

Dewey Milton West, 56, of Bynum, Texas passed away Friday, September 22, 2023, at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Temple. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro with Pastor Michael McReynolds of Church on the Hill and Pastor Darrel Phillips of Line Street Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Hubbard. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday,...

William Bennett Thompson, 82, of Hillsboro passed away Friday, September 15, 2023. A visitation will be held in his memory at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro on Saturday, September 30, 2023, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. with a private family gathering afterwards. Bill was born July 8, 1941, in Oklahoma City to William David Thompson and Earline Gilder. He won an academic scholarship to Oklahoma University, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and met Ruth Ann Harms,...

Elvis Royal Thompson of Blum, Texas, passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at his home.  Graveside services will take place at 11:00 am, Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at Blum Cemetery, with Pastor Clay Strawn officiating.  Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Monday, September 18, 2023, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro. Elvis was born April 28, 1941, in Glen Rose, Texas, to Royal and Anita (Schwartz) Thompson.  He was united in marriage...

Janie Dea Coffin Baker, 98, of Itasca, Texas, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church of Hillsboro, Texas on Saturday, September 23, 2023, at 11:00 am. A reception will follow. Janie was born on January 15, 1925, in Petrolia, Texas, to Vesta Chrisman Coffin and Paul Caswell Coffin. She graduated from Amarillo High School and graduated from Texas Christian University in 1946. She continued her dedication to Christian education by...

Janet Huff, age 85, of Hillsboro, Texas, passed away Thursday, September 7, 2023.  Funeral services will take place at 11:30 am, Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro, with Pastor Misael Alvarado officiating.  There will be a visitation prior to the service, starting at 10:30 am. The burial will be at Peoria Cemetery.  Janet was born on November 24, 1937, in Mendota, Illinois, to Lester and Phylena (Fife) Erlenbach.  She...

Charles “Charlie” Loyd Mason passed peacefully, in the presence of family, on September 4, 2023. He was 75 years old. Charlie was born on December 28th, 1947, in Corsicana, Texas, and was the son of late W.L. Mason and Ruthie Mason. Charlie graduated from Tuloso-Midway High School in Corpus Christi and then moved in 1975 to the place he would call home, Whitney, Texas. Charlie was a man of many pursuits. Most recently, he was the sole employee of “Mason, Google, and...

Sherry Lynn Sappington of Whitney passed away Sunday, September 3, 2023, in a Lancaster hospital.  She will lie in state from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro.  Funeral services will be held at a later date in Mississippi. Sherry Lynn Sappington was born on June 12, 1958, in Memphis, TN. She was a caring wife, mother, Nanny, sister, and friend. She left this world on September 3, 2023, at the age...

On August 29, 2023 Robert W. Rolison, Sr. of Whitney, TX, was called home. Robert was born to Vera Loraine and Charles Douglas Rolison on October 22, 1941, the youngest of three children in Cleburne, TX. At the time of his passing, he was surrounded by family and his favorite companion, Thor (his Boston terrier) and excited to be reunited with the love of his life Carlene Lewis.  They were married in October of 1962 and went on to have three children: Robert Rolison Jr., Kathryn...

Kenneth Leon Baker passed peacefully on Friday, August 29, 2023, at Hillsboro Regional Hospital after suffering a stroke.  He was born July 6, 1946, in a one room log cabin in Allen, Oklahoma to Ardy Maxine Boyd Baker and N.W. Baker who both preceded him in death.  Survived by his beloved wife, Carolyn Margaret Baker, of fifty-three years; son Eric Jason Baker and his wife, Amanda Danley Baker, granddaughter Cadence and grandson Jameson Baker all of Hillsboro Texas; son Nicholas...