Gladine Simon
Oct 14, 2008
Gladine Watson Simon 85, of Denton and formerly of Whitney passed away on Oct. 14, 2008 in Denton. Gladine was born on Sept. 3, 1923 in New Baden, Texas to John Thomas and Floy Williams Watson. She married Thomas Travis Simon on April 26, 1954 in Durant, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 2002. She...
Ethel England
Oct 12, 2008
Ethel Pulliam England, 99, of Hillsboro entered into His gate with Thanksgiving on Sunday, October 12, 2008, in Hillsboro. Ethel was born December 17, 1908 in Hill County, Texas, where she lived all of her life. She was the daughter of the late George S. and Lula Frances Utley Pulliam, the third child of ten children. She attended the...
Myra Finch
Oct 9, 2008
Myra Dell McMurry Finch, 94, of Bynum was welcomed into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior on Thursday, October 9, 2008. Myra was born August 8, 1914, near Memphis in Hall County, Texas the eldest of four children born to Earl Seab and MattieSmith McMurry, and moved with her family to Brandon at an early age. She...
Ron Breeding
Oct 9, 2008
Ron Chief Breeding, 65, of Aquilla, beloved member of the family of Vaughan Baptist Church, was called home on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Ron was the son of Cecil and Margaret Mann Breeding. He married Frances Waller on August 3, 1963. He served in Law Enforcement for 34 years including 19 years in Hill County as Chief of Police...
Aubrey Valentine
Oct 8, 2008
Aubrey Jackson Valentine, 89, of Lubbock, formerly of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, October 8, 2008, in Lubbock. Mr. Valentine was born August 3, 1919 in Martins Mills, Texas the son of Willie Bruce and Clemmie Lillian Valentine. He had two brothers, Arless Wayne and James Willie, and a sister, Mabel. The family moved from Martins Mills to West, TX in...
Chester Mckibben
Oct 7, 2008
Chester Mac McKibben, 90, of Whitney passed away on Oct. 7, 2008 in Whitney. He was born July 27, 1918 in Nowata, OK.to Stanley and Jenny Parrot McKibben. On Oct. 2, 1943, he married Ruby June Stubblefield and she preceded him in death on June 11, 2008. During his time in the United States Army, he was a horse...
Auline Bailey
Oct 4, 2008
Auline was the daughter of George and Belle Crawford Lowery. She grew up in Nacogdoches and graduated from Stephen F. Austin University. On October 31, 1942 she married Oran Bright Bailey, and he preceded her in death on April 21, 1980. For 20 years she taught elementary school, and then became Dean of Women at Baylor University for 10...
Stanley Goodman
Oct 4, 2008
Stanley Goodman, 79 of Whitney passed away on Oct. 4, 2008. He was born on July 14, 1929 in Clarksville, TX to Robert and Alice Stanley Goodman. He grew up in Kilgore. In 1961, he married Pat Love. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He was a firefighter for 36 years in Arlington. After...
Mildred Bruton
Oct 3, 2008
Mildred Earline Bruton, 85 of Hillsboro passed away on October 3, 2008 in Waco. She was the daughter of Joseph Millard and Josephine Dora Court Rainbolt. She attended and graduated from school in Penelope. On Feb. 13, 1942 she married Robert Bruton in Hillsboro and he preceded her in death on June 16, 2008. She worked for Maloufs and...
Sam Mosley
Oct 3, 2008
Sam was born on April 10, 1930 in Slaton, the son of the late Sam T. and LillianRoyal Mosley. He grew up in Hillsboro and played basketball at Hill Junior College. He married Libba Sanders on March 3, 1951. Mosley became the head football coach at Humble in 1972 and remained in that post until 1978. He led the...
Thelma Dobbins
Sep 29, 2008
Thelma Lucille Dobbins passed away on September 26, 2008 in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of W. Wylie and Lena Marie Caldwell Hudson Smith. After living in Dallas, she moved to Whitney, Texas in 1969. Thelma was a homemaker, member of First Baptist Church and VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post #8571 in Whitney. Thelma married Glenn Alvin Dobbins February 6,...
James Johnson
Sep 28, 2008
James Arnold Hoot Johnson, 61, of Hillsboro went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 28, 2008, at his residence. He was born September 21, 1947 in Temple, Texas. Hoot moved to Peoria with his wife and children in August of 1970 and had resided in Hill County since that time. At the age of 23, while...
Oscar Whittington
Sep 25, 2008
Oscar E. Beat Whittington, 82, of Hillsboro, a most devoted husband, father, and grandfather passed away Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Homestead Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Oscar was born October 22, 1925 in Pluto, Ellis County, Texas the son of Oscar B. Whittington and Mary Patton Whittington. He lived in Hillsboro all of his life except when he was...
L. J. Boyd
Sep 24, 2008
L. J. Boyd, 76, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. L. J. was born January 16, 1932 in the Massey Community of Hill County, Texas the son of Lonso Jasper and Birdie Ethel Harlin Boyd. He lived in Hill County all of his life and was of the Church of...
Leroy Walters
Sep 22, 2008
Leroy Walters, 64, of Bynum died Monday, September 22, 2008, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Leroy was born January 11, 1944 in Bynum, Texas the son of Lee and Jessie Lucille Roden Walters. In 1962 he graduated from Bynum High School and received an Associate of Arts from Hill College in 1964. Following his graduation from Hill...
Bertha Knutson
Sep 17, 2008
Bertha Knutson, 76, of Whitney passed away at her residence on September 17, 2008. Bertha was born on Feb. 12, 1932 in Hallock, Minn. She married Ernest Knutson and he preceded her in death in 1969. She loved being outdoors, camping, fishing, going to the beach and crocheting. She loved her family and the times they were together. She...
Ruby Crawford
Sep 15, 2008
Ruby Matlock Crawford, 80, formerly of Laguna Park passed away on Sept. 15, 2008 in Lewisville. Ruby was born on Jan. 9, 1928 in Hollis, OK. to the late G. W. and Polly Catherine Stephens Matlock. She married William Matthew Crawford on Jan. 18, 1946 in Fort Worth and he preceded her in death on Nov. 27, 2007. She...
Joyce Gossett
Sep 9, 2008
Joyce Gossett, 63, of Whitney died Tuesday, September 9, 2008, in Whitney. Joyce was born November 1, 1944 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Avery B. and Rita Louise Hilton Hight. She grew up in Oak Cliff. For a few years she lived in California before moving back to Hillsboro to care for her mother. She had been with...
Veda Webster
Sep 9, 2008
Veda Webster, 78, a longtime resident of Whitney passed away on Sept. 9, 2008 in Waco. Veda was the daughter of James Virgil and Ruby Ida Shaw Whitehead. She married Robert Lee Webster. She was an avid gardener, a lifetime member of American Legion Auxiliary Post #522 and a past president. She was also a member of Steiner Baptist...
Jo Buchanan
Sep 8, 2008
Joann Buchanan 73, of Whitney passed away on Sept. 8, 2008 in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of George Walter and Lillie May Dorety. On July 19, 1957 she married Richard Berriman Buchanan and he preceded her in death on Dec. 2, 2002. She was an operator for Southwestern Bell and retired in 1997 and a member of First...
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