Obituaries

Hebe Race

Hebe Race

Sep 22, 2006

Hebe Race, 48, of Whitney passed away at his residence on September 22, 2006. He was the son of Hubert Edward and Beverly Nichols Race. He served in the United States Army for five years. On February 23, 1985, Hebe married Shirley Turner. He was a truck driver for many years with Tri-State Delivery and most recently with the...

Doris Brooks

Doris Brooks

Sep 19, 2006

Doris Maxine Herrington Brooks, 83, died Tuesday, September 19, 2006 in San Antonio. Doris was born March 8, 1923 in north Taylor County near the community of Bluff Creek, Texas. On May 24, 1944 she married Charles A. Brooks. They lived in Hillsboro where she was active in her church, First Baptist Church. She worked for many years for...

Vada Templeton

Vada Templeton

Sep 19, 2006

Vada Mae Templeton, 88, of Burleson passed away on September 19, 2006 in Cleburne. She was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Katie Mae White Wise. She married Wilburn A. Templeton on June 16, 1934 in San Angelo and they lived in Abilene and Hico before retiring to Whitney. He preceded her in death, Dec. 28, 2003. Vada Mae...

Hazel Bryan

Hazel Bryan

Sep 15, 2006

Hazel Hulme Bryan passed away in Lubbock on September 15, 2006. She was the daughter of William HenryPete and Addie Arnold Hulme. Her family moved to Smith Bend, Texas soon after her birth. Later the family moved to Valley Mills, Texas where she attended elementary school. In 1926 the family moved to Whitney, Texas. Hazel graduated from Whitney High...

James Mayo

James Mayo

Sep 15, 2006

James Mayo, 77, of Hillsboro died, Friday, September 15, 2006, at his residence. James was born August 4, 1929 in Alto, Texas the son of George and Mary Cathey Mayo. He grew up in the Fort Graham area of Whitney. From 1947 to 1949 he served in the United States Air Force. On June 4, 1949 he married Lillian...

Mary Huckaby

Mary Huckaby

Sep 13, 2006

Mary Alice ?Pat? Huckaby, 76, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, September 13, 2006, at Walls Regional Hospital in Cleburne. Pat was born December 12, 1929 in Walnut Springs, Texas the daughter of Clyde Alvin and Lela Inez Parker Tidwell. She lived most of her life in Hill and Bosque counties and lived in Hillsboro since 1960. On February 19, 1947...

Dale Archer

Dale Archer

Sep 13, 2006

Dale Preston Archer, 70, of Whitney died Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Dale was born October 2, 1935 in Waxahachie, Texas the son of D. P. and Marie Fincher Archer. In 1954 he graduated from Waxahachie High School where he played basketball. After high school, he attended Navarro Junior College and played basketball....

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

Sep 12, 2006

Thomas Lee Mitchell, 48, of Arlington died Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at his residence in Arlington. Thomas was born July 17, 1958 in Orange, Texas the son of Albert ?Bud?, Sr. and Maedell Love Mitchell. He grew up in New Orleans, Memphis, and Chicago prior to settling in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He received his B.B.A. from Tarelton State...

Ronald Harken

Ronald Harken

Sep 12, 2006

Ronlad Eugene Harken passed away September 12, 2006 at Providence Medical Center in Waco. He was the son of Isbrandt Klaus and Elsie Christina Hitchcock Harken. He married Ronnie Gaye Deloges on June 6, 1973 in Brooksville, FL. He retired from DynCorp as program manager in 1998. Ronald was a member of the Lutheran Missouri Synod and a lifetime...

Billy Cantrell

Billy Cantrell

Sep 12, 2006

Billy Lynn Cantrell, 59, of West died Tuesday, September 12, 2006, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Billy was born March 11, 1947 in Hillsboro, Texas the son of Eddie Carroll and Hersel Cantrell. He loved horses and Peterbilt Trucks. He was a truck driver and a Baptist. Billy especially loved his children and grandchildren very much. Preceding...

Vivian Markwardt

Vivian Markwardt

Sep 11, 2006

Vivian L. Markwardt, 85, of Bynum died Monday, September 11, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Vivian was born May 22, 1921 in Irene, Texas the daughter of John and Emma Sonnenburg Schronk. Since 1953 she had lived in Bynum. On March 16, 1945 she married Marvin Markwardt and he preceded her in death on August 29, 1995....

Mrs. Marcus Dollar

Mrs. Marcus Dollar

Sep 11, 2006

Mrs. Marcus Jewel Dollar, 98, of Cleburne died Monday, September 11, 2006, at Emery J. Lilge Hospice in Fort Worth. Jewel was born April 1, 1908 in Grandview, Texas the daughter of William and May Dyer Howard. She attended school in Hillsboro. On May 17, 1924 she married Marcus Dollar in Hillsboro and he preceded her in death on...

Jenny Kimmel

Jenny Kimmel

Sep 6, 2006

Jenny Wren Kimmel, 84, of Hillsboro died Wednesday, September 6, 2006, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Jenny was born April 10, 1922 in Nuckols, Kentucky. She was raised from birth by Elmer and Mynne Cowgell. She loved watching tv and doing crafts. She enjoyed boating on the Brazos River. Jenny loved her friends and family very much. She...

Evelyn Karlik

Evelyn Karlik

Sep 5, 2006

Evelyn Elaine Karlik, 81, of Garland, Texas went to be with the Lord after a lengthy & courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, in Mesquite, Texas. Evelyn was born October 21, 1924 in Aquilla, Texas the daughter of Walter Thomas and Beulah Opal Petty Bessire. On July 13, 1942 she married Clement L. ?Kelly? Karlik and...

Dorothy Moore

Dorothy Moore

Sep 2, 2006

Dorothy was the daughter of Lucian Maples and RuthCabot Glasscock. She loved to read books, enjoyed her family and loved history and animals. She worked as a silk screener. Dorothy married Richard Marion Moore, Jr. and he preceded her in death in 1987. Also preceding her in death were her parents; brothers: Buck Glasscock and Lesley Wayne Glasscock; sons:...

Elouise Cooper

Elouise Cooper

Sep 2, 2006

Elouise Cooper, 58 of Whitney died on September 2, 2006 at her residence in Whitney. She was the daughter of Archie Thomas and Ester MoseleyHardaway. She grew up in Waxahachie and Fort Worth area. On January 25, 1969 she married Roy Marvin Cooper and he preceded her in death on November 12, 1998. Elouise then moved to Whitney in...

Opal Haney

Opal Haney

Sep 1, 2006

Opal was the daughter of George Milton and Alice Smith Allen. She married Joe Haney on November, 24 of 1946 in Ft. Worth. He preceded her in death on November 24, 2005. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one sister. She loved to oil paint, take care of her yard and feeding the...

Shirley Thompson

Shirley Thompson

Aug 31, 2006

Shirley Ann Thompson, 61, died Thursday, August 31, 2006, at her residence in Whitney. Shirley was born November 26, 1944 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Cecil Lloyd and Dorothy Cunningham Earl. She grew up in the Hillsboro and Whitney areas. On June 6, 1996 she married Danny Thompson. For several years she worked as a home health care...

Cheryl Franks

Cheryl Franks

Aug 30, 2006

Cheryl Lynne Douglas Franks, 57, of Addison, Texas died Wednesday, August 30, 2006, at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Cheryl was born November 6, 1948 in Brownwood, Texas the daughter of Col. Tommy Lynn and Olene Marie Lloyd Douglas. Cheryl was very much a people person who was a great storyteller and loved to talk on the phone. She...

Sidney Farquhar

Sidney Farquhar

Aug 30, 2006

Sidney Bert Farquhar, 91, of Cleburne, Texas died Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at the VA Hospital in Temple, Texas. Sidney was born February 25, 1915 in Abbott, Texas the son of Richard Randolph and Sarah Frances Adcox Farquhar. During WWII he served in the United States Army. For 32 years he was a truck driver for Santa Fe Trail...