Doris Skidmore
Feb 12, 2007
In celebration of the life of Doris Young Skidmore, 86, of Hillsboro. God called her to her eternal home, to be greeted by her husband and numerous relatives on Monday, February 12, 2007. Doris was born November 7, 1920 near Abbott, Texas the daughter of Ernest and Maude Della Greenhill Young. She was raised in the Abbott area and...

Paul Lewis
Feb 12, 2007
Paul A. Lewis, 86, of Hillsboro died Monday, February 12, 2007, at Hill Regional Hospital. Paul was born April 27, 1920 in Hubbard, Texas the son of Henry Thomas and Una Caroline Washer Lewis. He grew up and farmed in Limestone County and went to Callina School. During WWII he served in the U. S. Army in the Asiatic-Pacific...

Charles Best
Feb 11, 2007
Charles was born July 19, 1956 in Fort Hood Texas. He was the son of James A. and Virginia Vansickle Best. He served his country during Viet Nam in the United States Air Force as a Staff Sargent. Charles traveled the country as an aerospace maintenance supervisor, and spent his spare time with his family and friends in Laguna...
Beth Parker
Feb 10, 2007
Mary Beth Parker passed away on February 9, 2007 at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. Beth was born in a farmhouse in the Lone Oak community in Ellis County to Ernest and Edna West Moseley on June 19, 1928. She worked for Mohon and White Real Estate for 15 years; co-owned and managed Vista Village Retirement Center in...

Douglas Mckibben
Feb 10, 2007
Douglas was the son of Chester H. and June Stubblefield McKibben. He lived in the Whitney area and was a member of the Cedar Creek Baptist Church of Whitney. He was loved by his family and his friends.

Ruby Salazar
Feb 8, 2007
Ruby Lloyd Salazar, 81, of Hillsboro died, Thursday, February 8, 2007, at Canterbury Villa Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Ruby was born July 19, 1925 in Hill County, Texas, where she was raised, the daughter of James Newman and Carrie Richardson Lloyd. In the late 1950's she moved to Fort Worth and returned to Hill County in the early 1970's....

Edward Jackson
Feb 2, 2007
Edward Owen Jackson, 91, of Farmers Branch and formerly of Hillsboro passed away on February 2, 2007 in Farmers Branch. He was born on July 11, 1915 in West, TX to William Stephan and Julia Ann Henley Jackson. He grew up in West and moved to Lamesa as a teenager. On December 28, 1935 he married Pauline Tapp. Edward...
Alice Ridlehuber
Feb 2, 2007
Alice Ridlehuber, 81, of Hillsboro died Friday, February 2, 2007, at her home with her children by her side. Alice was born February 6, 1925 to Staley and Grace Mathis Goodman in the Mayfield Community of Hill County. She grew up in Hill County and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1944. On January 19, 1944 she married Homer...

Donald Stratton
Feb 1, 2007
Donald H. "Corky" Stratton, 78, of Temple died Thursday, February 1, 2007 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple. Donald was born July 25, 1928 in Blum, Texas the son of James Milton and Jessie Robertson Stratton. On March 9, 1956 he married Jana Crocker in Fort Worth and she preceded him in death on September 28, 2005. For...

Jessie Williams
Jan 30, 2007
Jessie Ray Williams, 69, of Whitney passed away on January 30, 2007 at his residence. He was the son of J. D. and Nora Margaret Winsett Williams. Jessie Ray was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church in Whitney, loved to sing country and gospel music, play the harmonica and woodworking. He was a cabinet maker and a 32nd...

Kathryn Grimmett
Jan 30, 2007
Kathryn Grimmett, 78, of Hillsboro died Tuesday, January 30, 3007, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Kathryn was born November 4, 1928 in Cove, Arkansas the daughter of Albert and Willie Maude Wohlwend Cockrum. She grew up in Whitney and graduated from Whitney High School. On March 15, 1947 she married Billy Wood and he preceded her...
Helen Fortenberry
Jan 27, 2007
Helen Anne Fortenberry went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 27, 2007. Helen Anne Payne Fortenberry was born on a ranch near Crosbyton, Texas on Dec. 23, 1931 to Thomas Eugene Gene Payne and Catherine Custis Payne. She graduated valedictorian of her class from Plains High School in 1949. She attended Texas Tech University and received...

John Dubose
Jan 24, 2007
John Francis Dubose, 67, of Waco passed away at Canterbury Villa in Hillsboro on January 24, 2007. He was the son of John L. and Gladys Christine Choate Dubose and grew up in Hondo and Devine. John married Willie Gatlin in 2000 and she preceded him in death in 2006. He was of the Baptist faith and was a...
Harry Holland
Jan 21, 2007
Harry Frank Holland, 90, of Abbott went to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday evening, January 21, 2007, at his home. Harry was born May 3, 1916 in Abbott, Texas the son of Harry Frank and Mary Elizabeth Henderson Holland, Sr. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1939 after completing high school in Abbott and attending Hillsboro Junior...

Victor Arther
Jan 20, 2007
Victor Lee Arther, 59, of Hillsboro died Saturday, January 20, 2007. Victor was born July 7, 1947 in Dallas, Texas the son of L. J. and Beulah Exum Arther. He married Shirley Askew on October 19, 1991 in Slidell, Louisiana. Victor served his country in the United States Marine Corps, serving in Vietnam and in Desert Storm, retiring in...

Dorothy Flanery
Jan 20, 2007
Dorothy was the daughter of James Winship and Hettie Rogers Wade. She lived in Hill County all of her life. On January 22, 1922, she married Henry Flanery and he preceded her in death in 1957. She was a homemaker and a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church in Hillsboro. She was preceded in death by her parents, 3...
Helen Graves
Jan 19, 2007
Helen Louise Graves, 80, of Wichita Falls, formerly of Hillsboro, died Friday, January 19, 2007, in Wichita Falls. Helen was born September 20, 1926 in Italy, Texas the daughter of Floyd and Annie Bell Green. On February 22, 1946 she married Olan Graves and he preceded her in death on October 5, 2003. Since 1974 she was a member...

Karyl Vaughan
Jan 19, 2007
Karyl Faulkner Vaughan passed away at her residence in Fort Worth on January 19, 2007. She was the daughter of Ellis P. and Audrey Frank Faulkner Sr. She grew up in Whitney and graduated from Whitney High School. Karyl also went to Cosmetology School in Fort Worth and the John Robert Powers School of Modeling in Fort Worth. She...

Norman Molidor
Jan 18, 2007
Jerry Molidor, 72, of Whitney passed away at his residence on January 18, 2007. He was the son of Charles Fredrick and Gladys May Miller Molidor. He served in the United States Navy from 1952 - 1955. On May 8, 1965 he married Barbara Newland in Ennis, TX. He owned a Paint and Body Shop in Duncanville for many...

Joyce Tidwell
Jan 17, 2007
Joyce Edwards Tidwell, 72, of Mercedes, Texas died Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at her residence. Joyce was born January 30, 1934 in Terrell, Texas. She was a long-time teacher and librarian. She began her teaching career in Harlingen in 1959, and then taught in Garland, Cedar Hill, and Grand Prairie. She continued her teaching career in Mercedes beginning in...
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