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...
Bohdan Prokop
Jul 15, 2005
Bohdan ?Bob? Prokop, 79, of Hillsboro, Texas, died Friday, July 15, 2005, at his residence in Hillsboro. Bohdan ?Bob? Prokop was born on February 9, 1926 in western Ukraine outside of Pyskorowice to Maria Kulhawec and Oleksandr Prokop. He has lived in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, and Australia. For the past 40 years he had lived in the United States....
Betty Carter
Jul 14, 2005
Betty Blue Carter, 74, of Whitney, died, Thursday, July 14, 2005, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Betty was born February 23, 1931 in Cleburne, Texas the daughter of George Burton and Lorine Renfro Blue. She lived in Alvarado most of her life. She married Billy Ray Carter. Betty was a member of the VFW in Alvarado and...
Frances Boliver
Jul 10, 2005
Frances Forbus Boliver, 88, of Whitney, died Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Park Plaza Nursing Home in Whitney. Frances was born September 16, 1916 in Texas. She owned Arrowhead Lodge and Water System. She was of the Baptist faith. Preceding her in death were her parents; and two husbands, J. T. Forbus and Rube Boliver. Survivors include several nieces...
Colleen Wilkins
Jul 9, 2005
Colleen Doak Wilkins, age 56, lived in Hillsboro, Texas and went on to the better place Saturday, july 9, 2005. Born February 6, 1949 in Dallas, she goes now to be with her mother, Jeannine Dollar. She is ssurvived by her father, J. Braxton Doak; husband, John Wilkins; a daughter, Denise Anne Presson and husband, Gaylon Presson, a daughter...
Cecil Marley
Jul 8, 2005
Cecil Wayne Marley, 72, of Hillsboro passed away at his residence on July 8, 2005. Cecil was the son of Zachary Andrew and Molly Jacobs Marley. He moved to Marlow, Oklahoma as a young child and grew up there and attended Marlow Schools. As a young man he moved to Brownfield. During the Korean War, he served his country...
Christine Garrison
Jul 8, 2005
Christine Garrison, 91, of Hillsboro passed away in a Waco hospital on July 8, 2005. She was the daughter of James Pierce and Bertha Jane Thompson Garrison. She was raised in the James and Union Bluff Communities and had lived in Hillsboro since 1936. Christine had worked as a sales clerk for S. H. Kress from 1943 until 1979....
Mary White
Jul 7, 2005
Mary Ann White, 65, of Whitney passed away July 7, 2005 in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of Harland Wesley and Elsie D. Vickers Miller. She grew up in Detroit and lived most of her life in Arlington and Whitney. On January 30, 1965, she married Shelly Cuz White. Mary Ann had worked at Kountry Grocery and was now...
Mayse Bruton
Jul 6, 2005
Mr. Mayse Bruton, 94, of Hillsboro, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Mayse was born November 23, 1910 in Malone, Texas the son of Joe Jarrel and Mary Josephine Morgan Bruton. On May 9, 1930 he married Thelma Aline Hammock in Hillsboro. Since 1979 he had resided in Hillsboro. He farmed, raised registered cattle...
Dora Avery
Jul 6, 2005
Dora Garcia Avery, 48, of Cleburne, died Wednesday, July 6, 2005, at the Emery J. Lilge Hospice House in Fort Worth. Dora was born July 10, 1956 in Abbott, Texas the daughter of A. C. and Frances Garcia. She was a child care worker and of the Catholic faith. On December 3, 1991 she married Elton Avery in Cleburne....
John Roome
Jul 2, 2005
In loving memory of John William Roome, husband and father, born February 25, 1936 in Denver, CO and died on July 2, 2005 in Whitney, TX; survived by, wife, Patricia L. Roome, of Whitney; daughters, Sherrye L. Barrow of Duncan, AZ, Andrea L. Finch of Fort Worth, TX , Lynette St. Charles of Rhama, NM; grandchildren, Brian Winkle, Michelle...
William Burton
Jul 2, 2005
William L. "Bill" Burton age 77 of Whitney died July 2, 2005 in Whitney. He was born August 18, 1927 the son of William L. and Bess Eloise Egan Burton, Sr. Bill lived most of his life in the Dallas area and graduated from Crozier Tech in 1945. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII in...
Carolyn Tefteller
Jun 29, 2005
Carolyn Tefteller, 67, of Covington, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005, at her residence in Covington. Carolyn was born January 25, 1938 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Wallace and Jewel Hoffman Ray. At the age of nine, she moved to Texas and lived in the White Settlement area. On January 25, 1956 she married Hubert Tefteller. She...
Jason Curry
Jun 28, 2005
Jason Bentley Curry was born to James Burl Curry and Joyce Louella West Curry in Texas City, Texas on the 8th day of November, 1963. He left this world in Austin, Texas on June 28, 2005, at the age of 41 years. Jason lived in Hitchcock, Itasca, Galveston and Austin, Texas. He graduated from Ball High School in 1982...
Charlie Jay
Jun 26, 2005
Charlie Jay, 57, of Laguna Park passed away Sunday, June 26, 2005 at his residence. He was the son of Charles Francis and Olice Jay. He grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from Timble Tech High School and also attended Tarrant County Junior College. In 1968, he entered the U. S. Army and served in Viet Nam. He...
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