Obituaries

Henry Bratcher

Henry Bratcher

Oct 2, 2005

Henry Allen ?Bratch? Bratcher, 89, of Hillsboro, died Sunday, October 2, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Allen was born June 26, 1916 in McKinney the son of William Ragland and Ella Agnes Godwin Bratcher. He lived in Hillsboro most of his life. On June 5, 1974 he married Lila Bell Frank. For 19 years he worked as...

Betty Stephens

Betty Stephens

Oct 1, 2005

Betty Stephens, 58 of Walling Bend Park died on October 1, 2005 in Whitney. A law enforcement employee for the State of Texas, Betty worked 20 years retiring in 2002. She lived most of her life in Tennessee and Texas, the past 11 years at Walling Bend Park. She married Gary Stephens on July 3, 1999 in Clifton, Tx....

Billie Bell

Billie Bell

Sep 30, 2005

Billie Bell, 81, of Cleburne, died Friday, September 30, 2005, at Hugley Hospice House in Burleson. Billie was born October 23, 1923 in Vaughan, Texas the daughter of Albert and Annie White Ridlehuber. She grew up in the Vaughan and Hillsboro areas. For 25 years she lived in Amarillo. She moved to Cleburne 30 years ago. On April 8,...

Tressie Cox

Tressie Cox

Sep 29, 2005

Tressie Cox, 87, of Dallas, died Thursday, September 29, 2005, at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Tressie was born October 2, 1917 in Hillsboro the daughter of Clarence Rutherford and Laura Melissa Davis King. She grew up in Hill County and graduated from Abbott High School, where she excelled in basketball. On August 28, 1937 she married John Tom Cox...

Frances Thompson

Frances Thompson

Sep 29, 2005

Frances Marie Kendrick Thompson, 82, of Waco, passed from this life into the presence of her Savior at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, September 29, 2005. Frances was born in Frost, Texas to Willie Spurgeon Kendrick and Josie Bell Lipsey Kendrick. As a small child, her family moved to Hillsboro where she attended public schools. There she met the love of...

Ellen Hall

Ellen Hall

Sep 29, 2005

Ellen Marie Hall, 79, of Parker, died Thursday, September 29, 2005, at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Cleburne. Ellen was the daughter of Joe Melvin and Essie Mertel Pidcock Warren. She lived in Dallas most of her life. For 38 years she was a teller at Bank of America, retiring in 1991. Preceding her in death were her parents;...

Phyllis Long

Phyllis Long

Sep 28, 2005

Phyllis Jean Janes Long, 58, of Frankston, Texas, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005, at East Texas Medical Center in Jacksonville, Texas. Phyllis was born August 28, 1947 in Borger, Texas the daughter of Thomas Alvin and Dorothy Murle Leggett Janes... She was raised in the Union Bluff Community and graduated from Hillsboro High School. On September 24, 1979 she...

Billy Irvin

Billy Irvin

Sep 28, 2005

Billy Frank Irvin, 72, of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005, at his home. Billy was born December 24, 1932 in Hillsboro the youngest son of Walker Mitchell and Dulcie Aldridge Irvin. He attended Hillsboro schools and served in the United States Army. For 40 years he was an employee at Bell Helicopter, Textron, retiring in 2000. At that...

Jana Stratton

Jana Stratton

Sep 28, 2005

Jana Crocker Stratton, 72 of Temple, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at a Fort Worth hospital. Jana was the daughter of Houston Jerrel and Ethel Selby Crocker, Sr. and attended Hillsboro High School where she graduated in 1949, and attended Hill College for one year. While in Hillsboro she was a girl scout troop leader and worked for Lone...

Ruby Hope

Ruby Hope

Sep 22, 2005

Ruby Hope, 67, of Whitney passed away September 22, 2005. She was the daughter of Loving Jay and Bertie Lee Long Doty. Ruby had lived in Whitney most of her life. She married Floyd Odell Hope and he preceded her in death on April 19, 1999. She had worked as a seamstress for Rose Marie. She was a member...

Daryl Stauffer

Daryl Stauffer

Sep 21, 2005

Daryl Ross Stauffer, 63, of Clifton passed away on September 21, 2005 at his residence. He was born on February 1, 1942 in Phoenix, AZ to Willard and Veronica Crawley Stauffer. He graduated from Paschal High School in Fort Worth in 1961. He served his country in the U. S. Marine Corps. On June 15, 1962 he married Linda...

Glennon Marsh

Glennon Marsh

Sep 20, 2005

Glennon Marsh, 93, of Whitney passed away on September 20, 2005 in Whitney. She was the daughter of Jesse Forrest and Martha Ann Rainbolt Overton. On October 26, 1930, Glennon married George Carmel Marsh in the Prairie Valley Community and he preceded her in death on December 30, 1991. Glennon had lived in the Prairie Valley and Whitney area...

J. D. Briggs

J. D. Briggs

Sep 19, 2005

J.D. Briggs, 92, passed away, Sept. 19, at a hospital in Clifton, Texas, after a brief, and unexpected illness. J.D., was born August 5, 1913, in Pickton Texas, far in the ?sticks? of East Texas, at the time, among a throng of seven brothers and sisters. The family lost their parents to illness, just a year apart, when J.D....

Adolph Mccoy

Adolph Mccoy

Sep 17, 2005

Adolph was the son of Marian Lawson and Maudie Cox McCoy. On Aug. 12, 1960 he married Betty Vernell Hester, and she preceded him in death on April 26, 2001. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Army from Sept. 6, 1945 until Jan. 18, 1947. During this time he served with the 29th General Hospital...

Julia Pineda

Julia Pineda

Sep 12, 2005

Julia Pineda, 86, of Hillsboro, died Monday, September 12, 2005, at Canterbury Villa Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Julia was born July 30, 1919 in North Zulch, Texas the daughter of Christino and Emilia Rodriquez Lara. She attended school in Normangee, Texas. On June 23, 1934 she married Andrew Pineda in Waxahachie. He preceded her in death on July 3,...

Frank Russell

Frank Russell

Sep 8, 2005

Frank "Buddy" Russell, 59, of Whitney passed away on September 8, 2005 at his residence. He was the son of Bud and Helen Jewell Harper Russell. He lived in Whitney most of his life and graduated from Whitney High School in 1963. Buddy graduated from Baylor University in 1968 with a degree in BBA. On October 1, 1983, Buddy...

David Rogers

David Rogers

Sep 6, 2005

David Eugene Rogers passed away on September 6, 2005 in Whitney. He was the son of David and Dorothy Baxter Rogers. He lived in Dallas many years where he worked for Ward Bros. Plumbing. David had lived in Whitney for the last 20 years. Survivors include his mother, Dorothy Deweese of Whitney; father and stepmother, David Aaron Rogers and...

Terry Weir

Terry Weir

Sep 5, 2005

Terry Weir, 54, of Hillsboro, died Monday, September 5, 2005, at Greenview Manor in Waco. Terry was born October 17, 1950 in Hamilton, Texas the son of Fred and Betty Lou Eary Weir. He lived in Hillsboro most of his life, was a welder at Robin Tech Spartan, and was of the Baptist faith. On October 17, 2001 he...

Mark Stracener Sr

Mark Stracener Sr

Sep 2, 2005

Mark was the son of Marvin Eugene and Evelyn Louise Price Stracener, Sr. He graduated from Oak Hill High School in 1984 and graduated from nursing school in May 1994. On February 11, 1995 he married Marion Denise Morgan in Elmer, La. For the past 10 years, Mark worked for Nurse Finders as a LVN. A loving husband and...

Bernice Jackson

Bernice Jackson

Sep 1, 2005

Bernice Martha Jackson, 89, of Missouri City, Texas and formerly of Whitney passed away September 1, 2005 at a Houston nursing home. Bernice was the daughter of Eldridge Bud and Anna Blane Braggs. She grew up in Whitney. In 1949 she married Morris Jackson and he preceded her in death in 1993. She worked at Ben Taub Hospital in...