Garland Cook
Aug 26, 2005
Garland St. Clair "Doby" Cook passed away peacefully on August 26, 2005 in Chandler, AZ. He was the 9th child out of 10 children born to Thomas and Mattie Cook. He was preceded in death by his wife of 37 years, Frances Lynn Cook in 1995. They had lived in Whitney for 26 years. He worked many years as...
Ann Fairfield
Aug 24, 2005
Ann Fairfield, 60, of Abbott, died Wednesday, August 24, 2005, at her residence. Ann was born October 9, 1944 in Carryville, Tennessee the daughter of John Franklin and Juanita McGill Hughett. She lived in the Hillsboro area for about twenty years. On April 14, 1984 she married Pat Massie in Rockwall. She was a housewife and a member of...
Mearl Rowley
Aug 22, 2005
Mearl E. "Mel" Rowley, 69, of Rockwall, passed away Monday, August 22, 2005, at Rockwall Nursing Care Center. Mel was the son of Forrest and Audrey Rowley. For several years he lived in Houston, where his sons were born. In Houston he worked for Beltone Hearing Aids. He later moved to Fort Worth, where his daughter was born. While...
Brenda Deal
Aug 19, 2005
Brenda Deal, 57, of Whitney passed away on August 19, 2005 in Whitney. She was the daughter of Marvin and Doris Booe Mc Anally. Brenda married Donald Deal and was a long time Whitney resident. Preceding her in death was a granddaughter, Desiree Jones Survivors include her husband, Donald Deal of Whitney; father, Marvin Mc Anally of Belton; mother,...
Mary Lesley
Aug 19, 2005
Mary was the daughter of Charles and Minnie Anderson Dandridge. She lived most of her life in Hillsboro. Her school days were spent in Hillsboro and Crawford. On May 22, 1950 in Texarkana, she married Ray Lesley. They traveled all across the United States while following Ray's job. After retiring in 1977, they moved to Hillsboro. Ray preceded her...
Aura Jones
Aug 15, 2005
Aura Odle Jones, 98, of Hillsboro, passed away Monday, August 15, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Aura was born May 21, 1907 in Mosheim, Texas the daughter of Curtis and Minnie Cowan Odle and grew up in Bosque County. On August 23, 1928 she married Jack Jones and he preceded her in death in 1978. For most...
Mildred Prince
Aug 15, 2005
Mildred Prince, 89, of Whitney passed away on August 15, 2005 in Hillsboro, Texas. She was the daughter of Mark and Lenna Conley. Mildred graduated from Texas Womens University with a Bachelors in Science. She taught public school on every level including college. Her first teaching job was in El Paso, Texas where she married the principal, Horace Prince...
Courtnea Odom
Aug 13, 2005
Courtnea Mae was the daughter of John M. and Bobbie Ann Weldon Smith. On September 8, 1938, she and Lester J. Odom were united in marriage in Hillsboro. Lester preceded her in death on July 1, 1987. Also preceding her in death were her parents, one sister, and 9 brothers. A dedicated homemaker, she was a member of Walnut...
Betty Reeb
Aug 9, 2005
Betty Jo Reeb passed away on August 9, 2005 in Blum. She was the daughter of Edward and Ethel Green Hughes. Upon retirement of her husband, Kenneth Edward Reeb, they settled in Blum where all will tell you of the contributions and the many hearts she touched. She was the City Secretary of Blum where she handled many task...
Roy Carter
Aug 8, 2005
Roy M. Carter, 65, passed away August 8, 2005. He was the son of Roy Maston and Susan Viola MorrisCarter. He graduated from East Texas State Uiversity in August 1962. On March 2, 1973, Roy married Linda Gale Overton. He worked as a claims manager for the insurance industry and retired in 1996. Roy served as a deacon from...
Jonas Jimenez
Aug 5, 2005
Jonas Jimenez, 3 days old, of Hillsboro died Friday, August 5, 2005 at Cook?s Children Hospital in Fort Worth. Jonas was born August 2, 2005 in Hillsboro. He was the son of Samuel and Alva Tello Jimenez. Survivors include his parents, Samuel and Alva Jimenez of Hillsboro; maternal grandmother, Lucy Tello of Hillsboro; and paternal grandparents, Gregorio and Elba...
Katherine Camp
Aug 2, 2005
Katherine Camp died Tuesday, August 2nd, at a Fort Worth hospice care facility. She was born May 25, 1914, in Blum, Texas to John Jack Camp and Bertha CheekCamp. The family moved to Whitney in 1916 where she attended school. Katherine attended Hillsboro Jr. College and received her teaching degree from North Texas State University in Denton. She taught...
Doris Pond
Aug 2, 2005
Doris Lanell Pond, 53, of Malone, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Doris was born December 23, 1951 in Hillsboro, Texas the daughter of Adolph and Elna Louise Reinke Lander. She was raised in the Birome and Penelope area and graduated from Penelope High School in 1970. On January 6, 1986 she married...
Verna Lawhon
Jul 30, 2005
Verna Lawhon passed away on July 30, 2005 in a local Hillsboro hospital. She was the daughter of James Algie and Stella Watson Johnson. She lived in the Yates Community until moving to Bynum as a young woman. In 1932, she married Guy E. Lawhon and they lived in the Bynum area until moving to Fort Worth in the...
Mrs. N. J. Jones
Jul 30, 2005
Ellen was the daughter of Charlie Martin and Mary Olif Johns Fikes. She grew up in McCulloch County, TX and graduated class valedictorian from the school in Katemcy in 1927. Shortly after her graduation, she married Rev. N. J. Jones on November 12, 1927 in Brady, Texas. He preceded her in death January 19, 1973. A very active musician,...
H. L. Borth
Jul 26, 2005
Hank was the son of Johnny Lee Borth and Ruby Jane Stovall Borth Wilkerson. At the age of 14 he began work as a ranch hand in New Mexico for Clint Weeks, whom he would later name a son after. At 15, he roughnecked in the oil fields of west Texas into the 1950's. He entered the U. S....
Walker Smith
Jul 24, 2005
Walker Smith passed away on July 24, 2005 in Hillsboro. He was the son of Charlie and Lillie Mae Rose Smith. He served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He married Ella Belle Morin on January 4, 1946 and she preceded him in death on August 31, 1993. Walker went to work for Chance...
Marie Luther
Jul 24, 2005
Marie was the daughter of Samuel Herbert and Joyce Mae Smith Anderson, Jr. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. On December 5, 1937, she married William G. Luther, and he preceded her in death on February 3, 1999. Survivors include her son, William David Luther of Austin, Texas.
William Desmond Jr
Jul 23, 2005
William Robert "Willie" Desmond, Jr., 83 of Whitney died on July 23, 2005 at his residence. He was the son of William Robert Desmond, Sr. and Annie Elizabeth Holden Desmond, growing up and attending schools in Fort Worth. William married Sallie LaVerne Taylor on May 28, 1948. After serving in the U S Navy as Seaman First Class, he...
Angela Wiseman
Jul 23, 2005
She was the daughter of Charles Auther and Nancy Abby Thaxton Smalley. Married John Peewee Wiseman on May 1, 1933 in Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on March 14, 1980. She received her Associate degree from Tarleton State and started teaching school at Island Grove, and then taught at Woodrow School. Then she worked for Wiseman Brothers...
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