Orval Johnson
Nov 15, 2006
Orval B. Johnson, 86, of Waco died Wednesday, November 15, 2006, at his residence. Orval was born February 5, 1920 in the Woodbury Community of Hill County, Texas the son of Benjamin Levington and Ocie Yocham Johnson. He grew up and attended school in the Shiloh community of Hill County. On May 4, 1940 he married Dorothy Lee James...
Thomas Wade
Nov 13, 2006
Mr. Thomas Riley Wade, 57, of Hewitt went Home to be with the Lord on Monday, Nov. 13, 2006, in a Waco hospital, after battling brain cancer. Thomas was born July 9, 1949 in Houston, the son of Thomas R. and Katybel Wade. He grew up in Bay City, Texas where he played football and many of his friends...
Walton Ward
Nov 12, 2006
Walton Ward, 78, of Whitney went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006 in the Whitney Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Nov. 23, 1927 in Hill County, the son of Stanley and Ollie McGuire Ward. Walton was instrumental in the forming of the Whitney Ministerial Alliance and a proud member of...
Nana Zuspan
Nov 10, 2006
Nana Janelle Zuspan, 52 of Whitney passed away on Nov. 10, 2006 in Hillsboro. Nana was born Jan. 23, 1954 in Dallas to the late Hansel and Elaine Zuspan. She spent most of her life in Dallas and moved to Whitney in 1999. She was a self-employed real estate investor. Survivors include her daughter, Tenby Turner of Austin; sisters,...
Sara Craft
Nov 8, 2006
Sara Bernice Craft, nee, Robinsondied Nov. 8, 2006, at her residence in Whitney, TX at the age of 66. She was born Feb. 5, 1940, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marshall and Elizabeth Robinson; step-father, Sam Turner; brother, Wayne Robinson and Sister, Delores Taylor. Survivors include two daughters, Peri Ruth Avant and Toni...
Leona Radke
Nov 7, 2006
Leona Trompler Radke, 89, of Hubbard and formerly of Malone, died Tuesday, November 7, 2006, at a local nursing home. Leona was born January 26, 1917 in Bynum, Texas the daughter of Henry and Gertrude Muesse Trompler. She grew up in the Malone area. On December 5, 1935 she married Alvin Radke and he preceded her in death on...
Tommy Hobbs
Nov 3, 2006
Born July 2, 1922 in Des Arc, Arkansas, Tommy was the son of Thomas Henry and Sally Richardson Hobbs. On May 19, 1942, he married Ludie Mae Hines. During World War II, he served as a sergeant with the U.S. Army. For 33 years he worked for El Paso Natural Gas in the Permian Division in Goldsmith, Texas. Tommy...
Taylor J. Sims, Iii
Nov 3, 2006
Taylor J. "Jack" Sims, III was born September 19, 1917 and died November 3, 2006 in Hillsboro, where he was a lifetime resident, at the age of 89. He was the son of Taylor J. Sims and Bobbie Boykin Sims. Jack graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1934. He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America and the...
Linda Hunt
Nov 1, 2006
Linda was the daughter of Jerry and Hazel Paris Montgomery. She grew up in Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High in 1976 and married Charles Hunt in November of 1977. Linda was preceded in death by her mother and grandfather. Her survivors are her husband, Charles Hunt of Hillsboro; Father, Jerry Montgomery of Hillsboro; Grandmother, Doris Murphrey of Toole;...
Rachel Reed
Oct 31, 2006
Rachel was the daughter of Ed and Vera Ward Owens. On October 18, 1941, she married Jessie Reed. He preceded her in death October 10, 1996. Also preceding her in death were her parents, and son, Donald Reed on July 13, 2002. Rachel was a member of the Alsbury Baptist Church in Burleson. Survivors include: daughter-in-law, Mary Reed of...
John Standefer
Oct 31, 2006
John A. Standefer Sr. was the youngest of three children born to Julius L. "Judy" and Esther McNeill Standefer. This Hillsboro community leader was a 1944 graduate of Clifton High School. John served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army. He married his wife of 57 years, Eleanor L. "Twoey" Willard, on June 4, 1949. John...
Margaret Taylor
Oct 30, 2006
Margaret was the daughter of Joseph Wilson and Ethel May Graff Chrisman. Her family moved to Covington, where she attended school until her final year. She received her high school diploma from Hillsboro High School, then continued her education at Hillsboro Junior College and North Texas State University. After beginning her teaching career at Hope School near Hubbard and...
Ethelene Gainer
Oct 25, 2006
Ethelene Gainer, 85, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, October 25, 2006, at her residence. Ethelene was born May 27, 1921 in Ackerman, Mississippi the daughter of Arasmus Pinkney and MaryLou Ethel Black Stephens. On April 11, 1942 she married Charles Henry Gainer and he preceded her in death on October 21, 1973. Also preceding her in death were her parents;...
Jerry Anderson Iii
Oct 24, 2006
Jerry was the son of Jerry W. and Julie Rose Graves Anderson, Jr. As a small child he moved to Whitney were he grew up and attended school. He was preceded in death by a sister, Crystal Gail Graves. Survivors include: parents, Jerry W. and Julie Rose Graves Anderson, Jr. of Whitney; grandmother, Karen Rose Graves of Whitney; aunt...
Callie Hudspeth
Oct 23, 2006
Callie Oletha Hudspeth, 71, of Hillsboro died Monday, October 23, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital. Mrs. Hudspeth was born November 15, 1934 in Whitney, Texas the daughter of Clayton Henderson and Hollis Shaw Erwin. Before retiring, she worked as a LVN at All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth, for Dr. John Montgomery in Hillsboro and later at Town Hall...
Henry Fortner
Oct 23, 2006
Henry S. ?Hank? Fortner, 76, of Grand Prairie died Monday, October 23, 2006 at Methodist Hospital in Dallas. Hank was born April 3, 1930 in Kannapolis, North Carolina, where he was raised, the son of James Clarence and Naomi Bentley Fortner. In 1961 he moved to Texas and was a resident of Arlington and Grand Prairie the rest of...
Velda Keeton
Oct 21, 2006
Velda was the daughter of Albert and Elizabeth Engel Steffen. She attended schools in Bloomfield and North Plains, Oregon before graduating from high school in Hillsboro, Oregon. She earned her teaching degree from Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon. To put herself through college, she worked as a welder in the shipyards near Monmouth. During this time she met...
Mrs. Floyd Young
Oct 21, 2006
Mrs. Floyd Edna Young, 75, of Hillsboro went home to be with the Lord on October 21, 2006. She was the daughter of Lee Harrison and Mary Elizabeth Cummins Sanders On Sept. 13, 1949, Edna married Floyd Leon Young in Hillsboro. She worked for HISD in the cafeteria; managed Tacker Drive Inn for many years and worked at Vesuvius...
James Fuller Sr
Oct 19, 2006
James O. Fuller, Sr. passed away at his parents home on October 19, 2006. He was the son of Homer and Oleta Fuller. He worked at Kilsby Tube Supply of Grand Prairie for 16 years and at Tatex of Waco for 11 years. He loved to hunt, fish and be with his family and friends. Survivors include his parents,...
Vicki Schmidt
Oct 14, 2006
Vicki Stephanie Schmidt, 52, of Fort Worth passed away peacefully Saturday, October 14, 2006 at Huguley Memorial Medical Center following a brief illness. Vicki was born in Hillsboro, TX and attended school in Fort Worth. Vicki continued her education at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. She earned her under-graduate and graduate degree in the field of...
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