Obituaries

Rosia Marshall

Rosia Marshall

Feb 5, 2008

Rosia Dean Marshall, born May 31, 1945, bid this world farewell and went home to be with the Lord on February 5, 2008. Rosa was reared by her aunt, Mrs. Jennie McQueen deceased and attended Peabody High School. She enjoyed visitors and always remembered names and faces. She loved people and greeted everyone cheerfully. She united with Calvary Baptist...

Ruby Cypert

Ruby Cypert

Feb 4, 2008

Ruby Cypert, 94, of Grand Prairie died Monday, February 4, 2008, at Grand Prairie Nursing Home. Ruby was born January 22, 1914 in Memphis, Texas the daughter of Perry McClure and Mae Cloyd Holland. She graduated from Seymour High School. On December 25, 1941 she married Virgil Cypert. Following their marriage, they lived in Hill County. She was a...

Imogene Eddleman

Imogene Eddleman

Feb 4, 2008

Imogene Kimbrell Eddleman passed away on February 4, 1008 in Joshua. She was the daughter of Floyd and Winnie Lowry Baker. She grew up in Aquilla and attended the Lebanon Schools. She married T-Boy Kimbrell on Dec. 14, 1935 and he preceded her in death on Sept. 28, 1984, she then married Rube Eddleman on May 25, 1985 and...

Louise Gatlin

Louise Gatlin

Feb 3, 2008

Helen Louise Gatlin went home to be with the Lord on February 3, 2008. She was the daughter of Archie Washington and Willie Bell Crump Lee. She married Frederick Nelson Gatlin on July 27, 1946 and he preceded her in death on February 10, 2005. She was very well know for her hospitality. She was a homemaker and a...

Edward Maynard

Edward Maynard

Feb 2, 2008

Edward Maynard, 75, of Whitney died February 2, 2008 in Waco. Edward was born Aug. 31, 1932 in Ohio, where he grew up, the son of John B. and Mary B. McAfee Maynard. On January 7, 1956 he married Dorothy Mount and they moved to Texas in April of 1967. Dorothy preceded him in death on Sept. 6, 1998....

Dorothy Broberg

Dorothy Broberg

Feb 1, 2008

Dorothy Broberg, 82, of Cedar Hill, formerly of Whitney, died Friday, February 1, 2008, at her residence in Cedar Hill. Dorothy was born September 20, 1925 in Miles, TX the daughter of Ross Monroe and Johnny Bell Phillips Martin. Dorothy grew up around the Rosebud area. She married J. Zercher and he preceded her in death. She later married...

Margaret Mckown

Margaret Mckown

Jan 31, 2008

Margaret Inez McKown, 86, of Itasca died Thursday, January 31, 2008 in Itasca. Margaret was born August 22, 1921 in Shiloh, Texas the daughter of Herman and Evelyn Jenkins Medford. On October 16, 1942 she married George William McKown and he preceded her in death on March 25, 1992. An avid pie cook, Margaret loved to cook for people...

Louis Ramirez

Louis Ramirez

Jan 30, 2008

Louis Ramirez, 94, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, January 30, 2008, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Louis was born May 11, 1913 in Leroy, Texas the son of Lorenzo and Juanita Rizo Ramirez. As a young child he moved to Hillsboro and lived here most of his life. Louis was one of seven brothers who served in World War...

Lila Whitehead

Lila Whitehead

Jan 30, 2008

Lila Beth Whitehead, 81 of Whitney went home to be with the Lord on January 30, 2008. She was born on Dec. 6, 1926 in San Saba to John and Ethel Taft McNair. Lila Beth married Charles Herman Whitehead on Jan. 26, 1945 and he preceded her in death on Oct. 12, 1978. She retired from the Methodist Children's...

Al Johnson

Al Johnson

Jan 29, 2008

Al Johnson, 64, of Blum died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 in Blum. Al was born August 15, 1943 in Cleburne, Texas the son of Alvin James and Lonola Peterson Johnson. Al was an avid deer hunter and loved to work on old cars. He traveled different places doing electrical work at nuclear plants. He was of the Baptist faith....

Darra Wallace

Darra Wallace

Jan 27, 2008

Darra Martin Wallace, 57 went home to the Lord on the morning of January 27, 2008. She passed away quietly at home after a long battle with leukemia. Darra was born on Sept. 21, 1950 at Dallas, Texas to A. R. and Fern StricklandMartin. She graduated from Justin F. Kimball High School and Dallas Baptist College of Dallas. Her...

Nelta Hasten

Nelta Hasten

Jan 23, 2008

Nelta Hasten, 84, of Mertens died Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana. Nelta was born February 16, 1923 in Mertens, Texas, where she grew up and spent all of her life, the daughter of Blanny and Ada Kemp Thomas. After graduating from Mertens High School, Nelta went on to receive her Bachelors degree from North...

Josephine Hohenberger

Josephine Hohenberger

Jan 23, 2008

Josephine E. Hohenberger, 89, of Corsicana died Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana. Josephine was born February 8, 1918 in Frost, Texas the daughter of James F. and Bernice Jarrett Denn. She married Willard D. Hohenberger and he preceded her in death on May 22, 1979. Owner of J&H Café, Josephine was a great people...

Delmer Thomas

Delmer Thomas

Jan 20, 2008

Delmer Glynn Thomas, 81 of Whitney died Jan. 20, 2008 in Whitney. He was born on June 29, 1926 in Dawson to George Washington and Bessie Onita Haley Thomas. He graduated from Union Hill High School in 1951. He served his country during World War II in the Navy and during the Korean Conflict in the Army. He was...

Marie Reddell

Marie Reddell

Jan 20, 2008

Marie Cypert Reddell, 92, of Hillsboro died Sunday, January 20, 2008, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Marie was born February 26, 1915 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Ralph and Maude Daniel Cypert. After graduating from Hillsboro High School, she moved to Baytown to live with her sister for a couple of years until she married. In...

Pauline Corpier

Pauline Corpier

Jan 20, 2008

Pauline Corpier, 93, of Hillsboro died Sunday, January 20, 2007, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Pauline was born September 28, 1914 in Pocahontas, Arkansas the daughter of William Luther Duncan and Maudie Hurn Duncan. She spent her early years in Arkansas and Lubbock. As a teenager she moved with her parents to Hill County. On October...

Mildred Foutch

Mildred Foutch

Jan 19, 2008

Mildred was the daughter of Elige Drew and Rosa Gladys Jordan Bennett. She married Claude Samaul Reid on Oct. 24, 1934 and he preceded her in death on April 24, 1971. She later married William Ely Foutch and he preceded her in death in 1997. Mildred was a seamstress for 30 years. She was a member of the College...

Dr. John Steel

Dr. John Steel

Jan 19, 2008

Jack and his late wife, Maxine, were long time residents of Hillsboro, where Jack was an optometrist. He was born in Tennesse Colony, near Palestine, on November 12, 1914, one of 6 children. Jack attended the University of Texas at Austin and then joined two of his sisters and brothers-in-law in Memphis where he received his doctrate in Optometry....

Brian Allen

Brian Allen

Jan 19, 2008

Brian Glen Allen, 27 of Whitney went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 19, 2008. He was born Nov. 19, 1980 in Whitney to Mike and Sharon Heath Allen. He graduated from Whitney High School in 1999. He attended Hill College and graduated from the Cleburne Fire Academy in 2003. On May 12, 2001, he married Sarah...

Maxine Allen

Maxine Allen

Jan 19, 2008

Maxine Allen, 87 of Blum passed away on January 19, 2008 in Whitney. She was born on April 24, 1920 in Menlow to Luther and Jessie Cook Kennedy. She married Wilson George Allen on December 24, 1937 in Fort Worth and he preceded her in death on February 1, 2003. She worked at Lake Whitney Medical Center as a...