Obituaries

Doris Cook

Doris Cook

Jun 15, 2009

Doris Jean Cook, 77, of Hillsboro died Monday, June 15, 2009, at her residence. Doris was born June 7, 1932 in Kiowa, OK the daughter of William Wilbur and Una Culbert Johnson. She came from a large family. They lived in many places in her youth including in Dickens County, TX. For 45 years she lived in Plainview before...

Lillie Auten

Lillie Auten

Jun 15, 2009

Lillie Auten, 88, of Whitney passed away on June 15, 2009 Lillie was born on November 16, 1920 in Comanche County, the daughter of the late Claude Clinton and Lillie Ethel Bloyd Otwell. She attended Comyn school. On June 26, 1937 she married Marshall Lee Auten and he preceded her in death on February 13, 2006. She was a...

Renae Montes

Renae Montes

Jun 14, 2009

Renae Cooper Montes, 36, of Whitney passed away on June 14, 2009. Renae was born on April 5, 1973 in Freeport, Texas. She was the daughter of Clyde Richard, Jr and Kathy Colleen Swinscoe Venable,. She was a very warm loving giving person who enjoyed helping others and always putting others before herself. She had a optimistic outlook, always...

Dorothy Mclean

Dorothy Mclean

Jun 10, 2009

Dorothy McLean, 92, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, in Hillsboro. Dorothy was born May 31, 1917 in Hill County, Texas, where she lived her whole life, the daughter of John and Gladys Hamilton Moore. In 1934 she graduated from Hillsboro High School. Following high school she married Bill McLean and he preceded her in death in 1970....

Dale Simmons

Dale Simmons

Jun 9, 2009

Dale Simmons, 88, of Whitney passed away on June 9, 2009 at Hill Regional Hospital. Dale was born on May 15, 1921 in Wortham, the daughter of the late George and Willie Key Edwards. She grew up in Ennis and lived in many places including California for a number of years. She returned to Texas with her husband, John...

Ella Stoker

Ella Stoker

Jun 9, 2009

Ella Mae Stoker, 89, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, June 9, 2009, at Homestead Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Ella was born June 7, 1920 in Bell County, Texas, where she lived through her teenage years, the daughter of Robert and Eliza Barrington McGaugh. On March 12, 1940 she married Allen Stoker in Italy, TX and he preceded her in death...

Pat Simmons

Pat Simmons

Jun 6, 2009

Pat Simmons, 62 of Whitney passed away on June 6, 2009 in Waco. Pat was born on August 8, 1946 in Boca Raton, Florida, the daughter of Joseph and Carol Majeski Chandrl. On June 8, 1968 she married Jerry Simmons in Granite City, Illinois. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Seaton Catholic Church in Plano, Texas. Pat was...

Kelsey Jeter

Kelsey Jeter

Jun 5, 2009

Kelsey Leanne Jeter, 12, of Hillsboro, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009, in Hillsboro. Kelsey attended Hillsboro Intermediate School where she had just completed the 6th grade. She played flute in the band and was 1st chair. She enjoyed everything about nature, and liked to draw and paint. Very much a people person, Kelsey always had a happy and...

Nellie Falkenberg

Nellie Falkenberg

Jun 1, 2009

Nellie Falkenberg, 81, of Hillsboro died Monday, June 1, 2009, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Nellie was born June 8, 1927 in Penelope, Texas the daughter of T. Cobble and Ila Mae Hudgins Christian. She grew up in Birome and graduated from Abbott High School. On November 21, 1946 she married Roland Falkenberg in Hillsboro and he...

Jerry Barnes

Jerry Barnes

May 30, 2009

Jerry was the son of John William and Hanna Ruth Smith Barnes. He grew up in Whitney and graduated from Whitney High School and Hill Junior College. After school, he moved to Dallas where he served as regional manager for Complete Tire Company. In 1988, he moved to Cocoa Beach, Florida and managed Glenn's Tire Service for 15 years...

Ava Griffin

Ava Griffin

May 29, 2009

Ava Griffin, 86, of Hillsboro died Friday, May 29, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Ava was born August 29, 1922 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of John and Naomi Brunson Andrews. Except for living for a short time in San Diego, CA, she had lived all of her life in Hillsboro. She worked at the Hillsboro Clinic...

Sue Harrison

Sue Harrison

May 27, 2009

Sue Harrison, 60 of Whitney passed away on May 27, 2009. Sue was born on November 30, 1948 in Lebannon, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Clarence and Elsie Vernon Kracke. On February 14, 1998, Sue married David Lee Harrison in Williamstown, New Jersey. She had lived in Whitney since 1990. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Her...

Barbara Bruce

Barbara Bruce

May 25, 2009

Barbara Bruce, 54, of Houston died Monday, May 25, 2009, at Vosswood Nursing Center in Houston. Barbara was born June 26, 1954 in Lake Charles, Louisiana the daughter of Ronald and Dorothy Eichler Deniston-Pope. She graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Houston and received her Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of St. Thomas. On July...

Shirley Schrengohst

Shirley Schrengohst

May 19, 2009

Shirley Schrengohst, 69 of Whitney passed away on May 19, 2009. Shirley was born on August 16, 1939 in Wellington, Kansas, the daughter of the late Floyd and Tempest Gile Winter. She married Joe Schrengohst on May 2, 1958 in Wichita, Kansas. She was a homemaker, member of King Memorial United Methodist Church in Whitney and enjoyed traveling. Survivors...

William Lewis, Ii

William Lewis, Ii

May 18, 2009

William Billy Lawrence Lewis, II, 67, of Hillsboro died Monday, May 18, 2009, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Billy was born October 14, 1941 in Dayton, Ohio the son of Jimmy and Jane Branon Lewis. On October 14, 2000 he married Gerlinde Hermannski in Fredericksburg. He was a registered financial advisor. He was a bluegrass musician and...

Kieth Davis

Kieth Davis

May 15, 2009

Kieth Wayne Davis, 50, of Henderson, Texas passed away on May 15, 2009 in Longview, Texas. He was born on November 12, 1958 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the son of Herbert Davis and Carol Wynn Anglin and moved to Texas at an early age. He graduated from Levelland High School in 1976 and moved to Longview, Tx. in 1981. He...

Mary Dunn

Mary Dunn

May 15, 2009

Mary Oree Dunn, 84, of Arlington passed away on May 15, 2009. Mary was born in Hillsboro, the daughter of C. W. and Mary Belle NilesHarris. She attended Grub Hill schools in Hill County and was working at the Cotton Mill in Hillsboro when she married William F. Dunn on December 24, 1946. After marriage the couple lived in...

Vern Bessire

Vern Bessire

May 12, 2009

Vern Bessire, 75, of Corsicana passed away on May 12, 2009 in Corsicana. She was born on November 4, 1933 in Aquilla, Texas, the daughter of Ferris and May McGuire Gregory. She grew up and graduated from Aquilla high school. She lived in Whitney most of her life and lived in Corsicana with her son and daughter-in-law and at...

Clifford Shirley

Clifford Shirley

May 8, 2009

Clifford Buddy Shirley, 68, of Fort Worth died Friday, May 8, 2009, at at his residence in Fort Worth. He was born November 1, 1940 in Hillsboro the son of Athey Herbert and Ora Cecil Kellum Shirley. He served his country in the United States Air Force. An avid fisherman, he liked photography and took beautiful photographs. He also...

Frances Clevinger

Frances Clevinger

May 7, 2009

Frances Loretta Clevinger, 80 of Whitney passed away on May 7, 2009 at her residence. Frances was born on March 19, 1929 in Coeburn, Virginia, the daughter of Wellington and Oakley Counts Boggs. She married Basil Clevinger on March 15, 1946 and he preceded her in death on March 15, 2002. They moved to Whitney in 1999. She was...