Joseph Pratt
Jun 10, 2010
Joseph was born on November 11, 1982 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Rose Lupo and Thomas Pratt, Sr. He grew up and lived in New York all of his life until he moved to Whitney three years ago. Joseph had worked as a certified nurses aide in several of the local nursing homes. Survivors include...
Shirley Ray Taylor
Jun 8, 2010
Shirley Jean Ray Taylor, 61 of Whitney passed away at her residence on June 8, 2010. Shirley was born on February 20, 1949 in Austin; the daughter of the late Hubert and Jettie Thomason Ray. She married Guy B. Taylor on March 28, 1973 and he preceded her in death on January 29, 1999. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, native...
A. B. Gant
Jun 1, 2010
A. B. Bart Gant, 89 of Whitney passed away on June 1, 2010 in Whitney. Bart was born on February 28, 1921 near Aquilla; the son of the late Ivy and Ela Harris Gant. He married Wanda Fay Carmichael on July 11, 1942 in Whitney. He was the owner and operator of a trucking company retiring in 1987. Bart...
Frances Degner
May 27, 2010
Frances Strauch Degner, 89, of Hubbard died Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Oakview Nursing Home in Hubbard. Frances was born May 19, 1921, in the Savage Community in Hill County. The daughter of the late Martin John and Lena Radke Strauch, she was the youngest of eleven children. A life-long resident of Hill County, she lived near Malone most...
Wanda Bonner
May 26, 2010
Wanda Jean Bonner, 81, of Dallas, formerly of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at the Odyssey Hospice House in Fort Worth. Wanda was born September 26, 1928 in Hillsboro, where she lived most of her life, daughter of the late Ned C. and Hassie Jean Campbell. On April 8, 1948 she married George Bonner and he preceded her...
Edna Brown
May 21, 2010
Edna Brown, 74 of Rio Vista passed away on May 21, 2010 in Whitney. She was the of Sammy Cecil and Emma Gay Hill Latimer. Edna married Jerry Brown on June 19, 1967 in Dallas. She was a bookkeeper for the National Motor Club for 30+ years. She was an avid knitter and loved playing bingo and going to...
Gus Jones Sr
May 20, 2010
Gus Glen Jones, Sr. 82 of Whitney went to be with his Lord and Savior May 20, 2010. Gus was born April 16, 1928 in Hillsboro to Gus M. Jones and Bernice Jones. He was a devoted son, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. Gus served three years with the U. S. Constabular Army in Germany from 1946...
William Ince
May 20, 2010
William J. Willie Ince passed away on May 20, 2010. Willie was born on February 24, 1933 in Whitney, the son of the late Jessie and Sarah Watts Ince. He had lived in the Whitney area all of his life and graduated from Whitney High School in 1951. On December 2, 1960, he married Pearl McCool. He served his...
Ernie King
May 16, 2010
Ernie King, 56, of Fort Worth died Sunday, May 16, 2010 in a Fort Worth hospital. He was the son of Zeno Rufus and Eunice Viola Reynolds King. Ernie spent his early years in Blum before moving to Fort Worth in 1961. He is preceded in death by his parents; 2 sisters, Frances Virginia Heald, and Catherine Beatrice Blakeley;...
Wendell Hoyle
May 15, 2010
Wendell Hoyle, 85, of Hillsboro, died Saturday, May 15, 2010, in Hillsboro. Wendell was the son of Hubert Lee and Grace Carroll Hoyle. He lived in Hill County most of his life. On November 19, 1947 he married Jo Ann Cleveland in Corsicana, Texas. Wendell was a salesman and was a member of the Hillsboro Church of Christ. He...
Robert Ottmer
May 13, 2010
Robert was born May 30, 1963 and was the son of Robert Ottmer, Sr.and Patsy Huffman Richardson. He grew up in Cleburne and married Jana Johnson on Dec.11, 1981. He was a contractor and builder of new homes. As a member of the Open Range Cowboy Church, he graciously gave of his time to the church and also helped...
Mable Whitt
May 10, 2010
Mable Louise Whitt, 77, of Hillsboro died Monday, May 10, 2010, at her residence. She born April 24, 1933 in Corbet, near Hubbard, daughter of the late William Dewey and Annie Bell Putman Coffey. She lived in Hill County all of her life and for the last 50 years in Hillsboro. On May 25, 1957 she married Melvin Red...
Gerald Chastain
May 8, 2010
Gerald Ray Chastain, 73, of Whitney died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Lake Whitney Medical Center in Whitney. Gerald was born August 20, 1936 in Hillsboro the son of William T. and Eula Majors Chastain. Gerald was an avid fisherman and liked to hunt. For 16 years he served his country in the U.S. Navy. He was a member...
William Lawler
May 6, 2010
Bill Lawler, age 85 of Hillsboro, TX left to meet his Lord in Heaven on May 6, 2010. He was born on May 28th, 1924, the oldest of the 3 children from Laura and Nicholas Davis Lawler who grew up on a farm near Lone Oak, TX where he graduated from high school in 1940. He attended East Texas...
Sue Manax
May 6, 2010
Sue Worley Birdwell Manax, 67, passed away at her home in West with her husband, Dr. Bill Manax at her side. Sue was born on November 9, 1942 in Aquilla, Texas the fourth daughter of Braxton and Valda Barnes Worley. Upon graduation from Aquilla High School, Sue became a licensed surgical technician at Torbett-Hutchins Memorial Hospital in Marlin, Texas...
Rev. Andy Andersen
May 5, 2010
Rev. Andy Andersen, 62 of Whitney passed away on May 5, 2010 in Temple. Rev. Andersen was born on August 25, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of the late Arnold George Crawford Andersen, Sr. and Eleanor Leister Andersen. He lived in Boston until joining the United States Air Force and spending four years at Shepard Air Force Base...
Avonne Frazier
May 4, 2010
Avonne Frazier, 86, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at a nursing home in Corsicana. Avonne was born June 30, 1923 in Hill County the daughter of the late Elbert and Johnnie Pope Toon. On December 11, 1941 she married Monroe Frazier and he preceded her in death on January 13, 2003. She lived in Hill County all...
Mary Summerhill
May 2, 2010
Mary was the daughter of John C. and Leona Knox Boyse. At an early age, she moved to Abbott where she was raised. She graduated from Abbott High School where she was an outstanding basketball player. On April 5, 1944, Mary married Weldon Summerhill, and the couple would share the next 66 years together. Following their wedding, they moved...
Joshua Anderson
May 2, 2010
Joshua R. J. Anderson passed away on May 2, 2010 after a car accident. Joshua was born on May 23, 1992 in Mesquite. He was the son of Ron and Denise Wheeler Anderson. Joshua was a senior at Aquilla High School and was an avid football and motorcycle fan. He enjoyed being with family and friends. He was Mommys...
Emmett Gentry
May 1, 2010
Emmett was born on February 21, 1925 in Hemphill, TX to Edgar Morris Gentry and Mary Walton Blankenship. He was a graduate of East Texas State Teachers College, Commerce, TX now Texas A&M Commerce with a BBA degree and the University of Houston, Houston, TX with a MBA. He served in the US Army during WW II in the...
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