Obituaries

Mary Beesley

Mary Beesley

May 7, 2009

Mary Lou Honey Beesley, 72, of Hillsboro died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at Kindred Southwest Hospital in Fort Worth. Mary Lou was born June 2, 1936 in Salado, Texas, where she grew up and graduated from high school, the daughter of James Bunn and Ruth Stroud Gidley. On June 14, 1975 she married James Beesley. For 15 years she...

Zelda Middleton

Zelda Middleton

May 3, 2009

Zelda Middleton, 78, of Hillsboro died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Zelda was born May 29, 1930 in Hill County, Texas the daughter of Claude C. and Myrtle Hollingsworth Fincher. On August 25, 1951 she married Frank Middleton and he preceded her in death on July 23, 1995. She was currently serving as the...

Wilburn Vandagriff

Wilburn Vandagriff

May 2, 2009

Wilburn Arvon Vandagriff, born February 26, 1926 in Anna, Texas, the son of Robert Jackson Vandagriff and Nancy Lucretia Adams Vandagriff passed at his home in Whitney, Texas, Saturday, May 2, 2009. He was known as Uncle Sam, to his niece, Margaret nd Colonel to the neighbor children. He began his military career on April 10, 1940 as a...

Marie Vorderlandwehr

Marie Vorderlandwehr

May 2, 2009

Marie Vorderlandwehr, 75, of Hillsboro died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at her residence. Marie was born April 2, 1934 in Braithwaite, OK the daughter of Jacob and Kathryne Wildermuth Mirtz. On November 27, 1952, she married Bob Vorderlandwehr. He preceded her in death on March 19, 2008. They moved to Hillsboro in August of 1960. Marie worked with her...

George Baker

George Baker

May 2, 2009

George D. Baker, 87, of Laguna Park was called home to be with his Lord and other family members on May 2, 2009. George was born on November 23, 1921 in Garden Plain, Illinois, the son of Fred and Etta Dodson Baker. He was a devoted husband, loving father and grandfather who retired from Bell Helicopter in 1983. He...

Jay Hill

Jay Hill

May 1, 2009

Jay Hill of Whitney, passed away May 1, 2009 in Whitney. Jay was born on July 24, 1931 in Okra, Texas, the son of Claud S. and Nora Mae Falls Hill. He grew up in Sipe Springs and graduated high school there. Jay served his country during the Korean War in the U.S. Army from 1952-1954 and was Commander...

Sharon Vessels

Sharon Vessels

Apr 30, 2009

Sharon Kay Vessels, 48, of Wills Point passed away on April 30, 2009 at her residence. Sharon was born on January, 18, 1961 in Mangum, Oklahoma, the daughter of Wilbert and Janette Halford Thompson. They moved to Texas when she was a young child. She married John Vessels on March 29, 1980. She was a homemaker and enjoyed taking...

Wanda West

Wanda West

Apr 28, 2009

Wanda West, 71, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in Hillsboro. Wanda was born September 22, 1937 in Hillsboro the daughter of Albert Colquitt and Faye Bell Hamilton Woodin. On December 3, 1962 she married William Thomas West and he preceded her in death on July 10, 1987. Her favorite past times were watching television, listening to music,...

Evelyn Anderson

Evelyn Anderson

Apr 28, 2009

Evelyn Daisy Anderson, 87, of Abbott died Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in Abbott. Evelyn was born January 14, 1922 in McLennan County the daughter of John and Leona Knox Boyse. She had lived in Hill County all of her life. On December 9, 1941 she married Rudolph Anderson and they were married for 62 years before his death on...

Tennie Isbell

Tennie Isbell

Apr 27, 2009

Tennie Isbell, 85, of Fouke, Arkansas died Monday, April 27, 2009, in Fouke. Tennie was born October 1, 1923 in Hillsboro the daughter of W. G. and Iola Scott Middleton. On August 31, 1946 she married Woodrow Isbell in Hillsboro and he preceded her in death on December 27, 2008. For over 35 years she was a homemaking teacher...

Margaret Hazen

Margaret Hazen

Apr 27, 2009

Margaret Hazen, 72, of Hillsboro died Monday, April 27, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Margaret was born May 15, 1936 in Farmington, New Mexico the daughter of Wallace and Garcie McMurtry Bowen. On November 12, 1953 she married Billy Don Hazen, Sr. and he preceded her in death on May 30, 2002. Her husband was a career...

Bobby Marsh

Bobby Marsh

Apr 27, 2009

Bobby Glenn Marsh, Sr, 73, of Houston and formerly of Whitney passed away on April 27, 2009 in Houston. Bobby was born on November 24, 1935 in Whitney, the son of Guy Leslie and Lola Grace Bilton Marsh. Graduating from Whitney High School in 1954, he began serving his country in the 36th Division of the National Guard enlisting...

Charlene Wingate

Charlene Wingate

Apr 22, 2009

Charlene Wingate, 79, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Charlene was born December 19, 1929 in Hill County the daughter of Charlie and Bessie Farquhar Gillaspie. She lived in Hill County all of her life and attended Abbott schools. On December 20, 1951 she married Joe Riley Wingate in Milford and he...

Evelyn Hodge

Evelyn Hodge

Apr 21, 2009

Evelyn Hodge, 63, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Evelyn was born February 26, 1946 in Nashville, TN the daughter of Paul and Margaret Pollock Ballanfant. On December 26, 1962 she married Lee Hodge in Nashville, TN. Shortly after their marriage, the couple came to Texas spending time in the DFW metroplex...

Alvin Arnold

Alvin Arnold

Apr 21, 2009

Alvin Arnold, 75, of Lewisville died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at Carrollton Health and Rehab. Alvin was born June 22, 1933 in Hillsboro the son of John B. and Edna Lucille Garrett Arnold. On August 25, 1956 he married Shirley Miller in Hillsboro. He served his country in the National Guard for several years. For many years he was...

Mary Mayfield

Mary Mayfield

Apr 18, 2009

Mary L. Mayfield, 72 of Greeley, Colorado passed away on April 18, 2009 while visiting her daughter, Dean-na Higgs in Whitney, Texas.

Clyde Hudspeth

Clyde Hudspeth

Apr 14, 2009

Clyde Hudspeth, 78, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Westview Manor in McGregor. Clyde was born September 18, 1930 in Aquilla the son of Clyde and Mary Jewel Wills Hudspeth. He served his country in the U. S. Marine Corps and was honorably discharged. He married Callie Oletha Erwin and she preceded him in death on October...

Zak Stout

Zak Stout

Apr 14, 2009

Zak Stout, 18, of Whitney passed away on April 14, 2009 following an automobile accident. Zak was born on October 23, 1990 in Cleburne, Texas, the son of Ronald and Brenda Martin Stout, Sr. He had lived in Whitney all his life and was a sophomore at Whitney High School. Active in the German Club, track, tennis and theater...

Brandon Shelton

Brandon Shelton

Apr 14, 2009

Brandon Gean Shelton, 16, of Whitney left this Earth to be with our Lord due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident on April 14, 2009. Brandon was born on Oct. 22, 1992 in Hillsboro, the son of Bobby and Jean Cox Shelton. He grew up in Whitney and attended Whitney High School. He enjoyed skateboarding, playing video games...

Hertha Dungan

Hertha Dungan

Apr 14, 2009

Hertha Dungan, 69, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Hertha was born August 6, 1939 in Council Bluffs, Iowa the daughter of Herman and Louise Wurdeman Sudmann. She grew up in Treynor, Iowa. In 1955 she married Miles Dungan in California Junction, Iowa and he preceded her in death on May 6,...