Ben Barnard
Jun 29, 2008
Ben was the son of Jim Tandy and Ethel Fay Dial Barnard. He grew up in the Clarendon area of West Texas. During World War II he served in the U.S. Air Force. While living in Dallas, he owned and operated Trinity Electric. An accomplished craftsman, he built 4 houses himself. Ben also built 2 boats from scratch and...
Lou Mccage
Jun 29, 2008
Lou Maurine McCage, 89, of Whitney passed away on June 29, 2008. Maurine was the daughter of Lee and Leona Eubank Prichard. She married Lawrence B. McCage in Harris County on May 26, 1944 and he preceded her in death on Jan. 9, 1975. She enjoyed working with flowers and was an avid gardner, spending time with her brother,...
Thelma Dorsey
Jun 28, 2008
Thelma Dorsey, 92 of Hillsboro passed away on June 28, 2008 in Hillsboro. Thelma was the daughter of Charles and Cleo Wallace Byrd. On May 11, 1935, she married Henry B. Dorsey in Hunt County. They moved to Hillsboro in 1941. She had worked as a sales clerk for Sears in Hillsboro for many years. She was a member...
Robert Rogers
Jun 26, 2008
Robert Rogers, 65, of Whitney passed away on June 26, 2008 at his residence. He was born on June 19, 1943 in Canyon, TX to Carl and Earline HicksRogers. He grew up and lived in Canyon until 1985 when he moved to Whitney. He worked in several city governments during his career. On Dec. 25, 1962 he married Mary...
Betty Edens
Jun 26, 2008
Betty Joyce Edens, 63, of Hillsboro died Thursday, June 26, 2008, at her residence. Betty was born October 20, 1944 in Pauls Valley, OK the daughter of Ed and Alma Joyce Pendley Harbin. She grew up in Midland and graduated from Midland Lee High School and received her Bachelors degree from Indiana University. She later went on to receive...
Maxine Cason
Jun 25, 2008
Maxine Scotty Skocdopole Cason, 85, of Hillsboro passed away June 25, 2008 in Hillsboro. She was born April 15, 1923 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota the daughter of Frederick Leonard Skocdopole and Alma Olsen Skocdopole, who both preceded her in death. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 1944. She was a member of Alpha Omicron...
Tony Baker
Jun 24, 2008
Anthony Ray Tony Baker, 50 of Whitney passed away on June 24, 2008 after a lengthy and courageous battle with liver disease. One of his final wishes was to have a private burial, followed by a memorial service where his family and friends can meet together and celebrate his life. A memorial service for Tony will be held on...
Jean Farquhar
Jun 24, 2008
Jean Farquhar, 72, of Woodbury died Tuesday, June 24, 2008, near Covington. Jean was born July 31, 1935 in Woodbury, Texas, where she lived most of her life, the daughter of Milton Lee and Sarah Frances Brooks Denton. On November 22, 1952 she married George Farquhar. For over 10 years she owned and operated Jean's Beauty Den. The couple...
Raymond Smith
Jun 24, 2008
Raymond Hunt Bill Smith, 89 of Waco passed away on June 24, 2008. He was the son of James Monroe and Sadie Bell Gant Smith. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He had worked for Kroger grocery for about 5 years and also worked at the farmers market. Survivors include his children, James Edward...
Allan Pattison, Jr
Jun 18, 2008
Allan Kenneth Pat Pattison, Jr., 84, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at his residence in Hillsboro. He was born December 21, 1923 in Jamestown, New York, where he grew up, the son of Allan Kenneth, Sr. and Lucille Best Baker Pattison. He joined the U. S. Army and then the U. S. Air Force, where he retired...
Viola Booth
Jun 18, 2008
Viola Booth, 93, of Whitney passed away on June 18, 2008 in Whitney. Viola was born on May 24, 1915 in Whitney to William Arthur and Cora Lee Dunn Shelley. She lived in Whitney all of her life and graduated from Whitney High School. She married Marshall Booth on Sept. 9, 1933 and he preceded her in death on...
Diane King
Jun 17, 2008
Diane King, 61, of Laguna Park passed away on June 17, 2008 in Clifton. Diane was born on January 3, 1947 in Melledgeville, GA to William Woodrow and Vivian Rayburn White. She married Jimmie King on August 6, 2006 in Tulsa, OK. She was currently employed at O'Neida at the Hillsboro Outlet Mall as a sales clerk. Diane loved...
Robert Bruton
Jun 16, 2008
Robert Bruton, 97, of Hillsboro died Monday, June 16, 2008, at Homestead Nursing & Rehab in Hillsboro. Robert was born May 31, 1911 in Malone, Texas the son of William Robert and Sally B. Pound Bruton. For a number of years he lived in the James community and had lived in Hill County all of his life. During World...
Charles Cunningham
Jun 16, 2008
Charles William Cunningham, 82, of Hillsboro, went to the Lord on Monday morning June 16, 2008 after a battle with cancer. He was born February 25, 1926, in Hillsboro, to Marvin and Mary Cunningham and attended Hillsboro schools before he was drafted into the Army for World War II. He served with the Battery B 672 Field Artillery Battalion...
June Mckibben
Jun 12, 2008
June McKibben, 85, of Whitney passed away on June 11, 2008 in Clifton. June was the daughter of Sterling and Pearl Hembry Stubblefield. She grew up in Oklahoma. On Oct. 2, 1943, she married Chester McKibben. They have lived in Whitney for the past 15 years. She was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Preceding her in death...
Lillian Kay
Jun 11, 2008
Lillian Kay, 102, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at Homestead Nursing and Rehab in Hillsboro. Lillian was born May 30, 1906 in Fort McKavett, Texas in a wagon by a military doctor, the daughter of Marvin and Buena Alley. Her father was a Spanish-American veteran. She spent her early years in Sonora, TX, where she accompanied her...
Patsy Sides
Jun 11, 2008
Patsy Sides, 78, Fort Worth died Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at the Emery J. Lilge Hospice House in Fort Worth. Patsy was born November 14, 1929 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Wilber W. and Mamie Ozella Campbell Jordan. She grew up in Hillsboro where she graduated from Hillsboro High School. On July 1, 1950 she married Billy R....
Bill Van Devender
Jun 6, 2008
Bill Van Van Devender, 68, of Whitney passed away on June 6, 2008 in Clifton. He was the son of Everett Van Devender and Charlotte Sweeney. He grew up spending time in Idaho and Texas. He joined the Navy and moved to Texas after his military duty was over. Bill has lived in Whitney for the past 25 years...
Doris Chenault
Jun 4, 2008
Doris Chenault, 80, of Whitney passed away on June 4, 2008 in Whitney. Doris was the daughter of Ted J. and Sudie Mae Miller Farmer. At the age of three she and her family took the train to Dallas where her father went to work for Proctor & Gamble. She graduated from Sunset High School. In 1946, she married...
Rayburn Thomas
Jun 3, 2008
Rayburn was born to Sidney and Maudie Moore Thomas on April 13, 1925 in Bosque County, where he grew up hunting and fishing with his brother Elmoe on the Brazos River. He attended Walling Bend schools and others. In 1942, he met Sue Dobbs and from the start they had an eye for each other. At the age of...
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