Obituaries

Blanche Morgan

Blanche Morgan

Mar 18, 2005

Blanche Morgan passed away on March 18, 2005 at Town Hall Estates in Hillsboro. She was the daughter of Redin and Altie Lackey Burt. Blanche had lived in Hill County all of her life; attending Vaughan schools and Hillsboro High School. On December 10, 1929 she married Glenn Morgan in Waco, TX. Blanche was a member of First Baptist...

Doyle Higgins

Doyle Higgins

Mar 17, 2005

Marvin Doyle Higgins passed away on March 17, 2005 at Goodall Withcher Hospital in Clifton, TX. He was the son of L. W. and Juanita Allen Higgins and grew up in Dallas and went to school at St. Marks Academy and graduated from Carrollton High School where he was a track letterman. He also attended the University of Texas...

Charles Banner

Charles Banner

Mar 16, 2005

Charles Roy Banner, 76, of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2005 in Hillsboro. Mr. Banner was born February 27, 1929 in Lynn County, Texas the son of Jacob Roy and True Zella Williams Banner. He grew up in Trent, Texas. On October 3, 1953 he married Wanda Harris. During the Korean War he served in the U. S....

Bobby Lee

Bobby Lee

Mar 14, 2005

Bobby Junior Lee passed away at his residence on March 14, 2005. He was the son of Alfred and Dorothy Pauline Edwards Lee, Jr. He had lived in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area for several years and was a machinist in the aircraft business.Bobby was a Baptist. Preceding him in death was his father, and sisters, Katie Bernice Lee and...

S. L. Nicholas

S. L. Nicholas

Mar 11, 2005

S. L. "Butch" Nicholas passed away March 11, 2005 in a Waco hospital. He was the son of S. L. and Lola Nicholas, Sr. He married Kathryn Barnett on September 9, 1974 and had worked as a truck driver for M. Lipsitz for 14 years. S. L. loved to be outdoors, fish, worked on antique tractors and go to truck...

Lena Melton

Lena Melton

Mar 11, 2005

Lena Mae Melton passed away on March 10, 2005 in a Waco hospital. She was the daughter of John Floyd and Minnie Gladys Cryer Tice. She married James Ray Melton in 1952 in Fort Worth. Lena worked many years for Williamson Dickie in Fort Worth. She was of the Baptist faith. Preceding her in death were two sons, Larry...

Bertha Pursley

Bertha Pursley

Mar 10, 2005

Bertha Pursley, 98, of Hillsboro, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2005, at Town Hall Estates Nursing Home. Bertha was born November 17, 1906 in Hill County, Texas the first born child of Grover Hendrix and Sarah Ada Timmons Potter. In 1926 she graduated from Brandon High School. In the 1930's she moved to Dallas and worked as a practical...

Mary Martin

Mary Martin

Mar 10, 2005

Mary Elizabeth Martin passed away on March 10, 2005 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was born August 19, 1916, in Dallas to Rev. Alvin and Mrs. Sallie Miller Swindell. She moved to Hillsboro in 1925 when her father became pastor of First Baptist Church. After graduating from Hill Junior College and Baylor University, she taught school in...

Ann Rose

Ann Rose

Mar 9, 2005

Ann Rose, 90, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at Hill Regional Hopsital in Hillsboro. Ann was born February 10, 1915 in the Bethel Community in Hill County, Texas the daughter of Daniel Washington and Annar Myers Williams. She spent all of her life in Hill County. On October 15, 1932 she married J. C. ?Cicero? Rose and he...

Jewel Cowley

Jewel Cowley

Mar 9, 2005

Jewel Finch Cowley, 96, passed away March 9, 2005 in Oklahoma. Jewel was born May 16, 1908 in Mertens, Texas the daughter of John and Hattie Hughes Finch. She worked for Kimblingers Grocery and Dry Goods in Covington, and at Brinns Department Store and Swartz Department store both in Hillsboro. Jewel also sat with people that needed assistance and...

Betty Penney

Betty Penney

Mar 8, 2005

Betty Jane Penney passed away on March 8, 2005 at a Waco hospital. She was the daughter of Drew Perkins and Mary Magdalene Hall Corpier. She lived in Woodbury until graduation from high school and had lived in Whitney the rest of her life. Betty Jane was a registered nurse and had worked for Grant Buie Hospital in Hillsboro,...

Frances Fenley

Frances Fenley

Mar 6, 2005

Frances Alice Fenley, 96, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2005, in Dallas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Tracy Fenley; and her parents, James and Lena Amoss. She remained young at heart loving God, life, family, and friends. Survivors include her cousins, Mr. & Mrs. Brice Gee, Mrs. Lucyle Terry, Bob McCrory, Richard Mattox, Judy Barbatoe,...

Dalton Taylor

Dalton Taylor

Mar 5, 2005

Dalton Ray Taylor passed away in Hillsboro on March 5, 2005. Dalton was the son of Simmeon William and Eddie Lou Cannon Taylor. He was raised around Sand?s Flat. He married Linda M. Davis on October 30, 1959 in Cleburne, Texas. He lived in the Joshua area for 30 years and in the Covington area for the past 12...

Frank Pearce

Frank Pearce

Mar 4, 2005

Frank Pearce, 93, of Whitney, Texas died March 4, 2005 in Town Hall Estates, Whitney, Texas. Frank was born January 15, 1912, to James Madison and Sidney Bowles Pearce in Wapanuka, Oklahoma. The Pearce family moved to Childress, Texas where his father was employed with the railroad. After his father?s death in 1930, Frank?s family moved to Calera, Oklahoma...

Paul Brown

Paul Brown

Mar 4, 2005

Paul Elijah Brown passed away on March 2, 2005 in Whitney. He was the son of M. A. and Katy Pool Brown. He married Marjorie Mason on April 2, 1942 in Fort Worth, Texas. During World War II he served his country in the United States Army with the 602 Tank Destroyer Battalion. He was in the Battle of...

Walter Deese

Walter Deese

Mar 3, 2005

Walter Ray Deese passed away at his residence on March 3, 2005. He was the son of Walter J. and Mamie Lawhon Deese. Walter grew up in Fort Worth and served his country in the United States Navy. He had worked for Harbor Freight the last three years. He was a Baptist and loved motor sports and bowling. Preceding...

Ruth Ingram

Ruth Ingram

Mar 3, 2005

Margaret Ruth Ingram, 82, of Whitney passed away on March 3, 2005 in Whitney. Ruth grew up in Abernathy and graduated from Abernathy high school. She married William Jackson "Bill" Ingram in 1940 and he preceded her in death on January 6, 1997. She had lived in the Whitney area since the mid 1970's and was a member of...

Mr. Andrew Rogers

Mr. Andrew Rogers

Mar 1, 2005

Mr. Andrew Otis "Andy" Rogers, 89, of Hillsboro, died and went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Andy was born March 28, 1915 in Hubbard, Texas the son of Lum & Flossie Rogers. He grew up in Hubbard and served in the U. S. Army during...

Albert Cooper

Albert Cooper

Mar 1, 2005

Albert Jefferson Cooper passed away on March 1, 2005 in a Waco hospital. He was the son of Otis Odis and Ruby Mae Reagan Cooper. He married Annie Irene Wade on October 27, 1951 in Dallas, Texas. Albert had worked for Fox & Jacob Construction for 30 years, retiring in 1990 and living in Whitney the past twenty years....

Jimmy Johnson Sr

Jimmy Johnson Sr

Mar 1, 2005

Jimmy R. Johnson, Sr., 60 of Witchita, KS , retired U. S. Air Force and current Boeing tech pub writer, died March 1, 2005. He was preceded in death by his parents and son, Jimmy R. Johnson, Jr. Survivors include his wife, Joyce; son, David S. Johnson of Indianapolis, IN; daughter, Laura Verbarg of Tacoma, WA; brother, Gary Johnson...