Obituaries

Marie Shott

Marie Shott

Feb 28, 2005

Della Marie Shott passed away on February 28, 2005 in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the daughter of Thomas Gaines Joel and Della Jane Johnson Conway. She married Ivan Doyle Shott in 1934 in Runnels County, TX and he preceded her in death on March 4, 1998. Marie loved to cook, watch the Dallas Cowboys, entertain and have dinner...

Henrietta Rippy

Henrietta Rippy

Feb 28, 2005

Henrietta Alameda Rippy passed away February 28, 2005 in Whitney. She was the daughter of Henry Benjamin and Hattie Stiles Scarber. She was raised in Oklahoma and spent most of her adult life in the Fort Worth and Houston area. She married Dub Rippy and he preceded her in death. She moved to Whitney in the 80's to be...

Issac Behringer

Issac Behringer

Feb 27, 2005

Drue Behringer passed away at a Hillsboro hospital on Febrary 27, 2005. He was the son of Ike and Minnie Radke Behringer and had lived in Whitney most of his life. He first married Anna Lee Hilliard and she preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death was his second wife, Zola Faye Berry. Drue had worked for...

Thomas Holden

Thomas Holden

Feb 27, 2005

On February 27, 2005 a beloved husband, son, father and friend went to be with his Lord and Savior. Thomas Joseph ?Tommy? Holden was born November 25, 1975 in Fort Stockton, Texas to Eddie and April Smith Miller. Tommy graduated from Whitney High School as Valedictorian of the class of 1993. He wed the love of his life ,...

Maurine Morgan

Maurine Morgan

Feb 24, 2005

Maurine Inez Sessums Morgan, 73, passed away peacefully at home on February 24, 2005, with her loving husband at her side. Maurine was born on January 4, 1932 to Roy Lee and Minnie Rice Sessums. She lost her mother shortly after her birth. She was born on a farm home in the Kirby Community. She attended schools in Tehuacana...

Irene Williams

Irene Williams

Feb 23, 2005

Irene passed away on February 21, 1005 in Waco, Texas. She was the daughter of George Washington and Mollie Elizabeth Noel Minix. Irene had lived in the Prairie Point Community in Hill County most of her life. She married Chester Kenneth Williams on August 16, 1941 in Hillsboro, Texas and he preceded her in death on January 25, 1998....

John West

John West

Feb 23, 2005

John West, 87, of Southlake, formerly of Hillsboro, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2005, at Baylor Hospital in Grapevine. John was born November 8, 1917 in Hamilton, Texas the son of Benjamin B. and Lizzie Applewhite West. After growing up in Hamilton, he moved to Evant as a young man where he graduated from Evant High School. In September...

Jewell Grimmett

Jewell Grimmett

Feb 21, 2005

Jewell Himmel Grimmett, 93, of Hillsboro, passed away Monday, February 21, 2005, at Canterbury Villa Nursing Home in Hillsboro. Jewell was born December 21, 1911 in the Midway Community, of Hill County, Texas the daughter of Richard Robert and Roena Bethney Hodge Himmel. On September 13, 1930 she married George Grimmett in HIllsboro. In 1979 they moved to Hillsboro...

Leta Herring

Leta Herring

Feb 20, 2005

Leta Posey Herring, 97, of Brandon, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Leta was born April 25, 1907 in Midlothian, Texas the daughter of H. H. and Itylene Moore Posey. At the age of 11, she joined the Methodist church. Living in Hill County most of her life, she graduated from Hillsboro High...

Jack Hobby

Jack Hobby

Feb 18, 2005

John William Hobby, III was the son of John W. and Margaret Spurgeon Hobby, Jr. He passed away on February 18, 2005 at Hill Regional Hospital. Jack grew up in Colorado and worked on a ranch and sawmill and owned a service station. He moved to Texas in the mid 1980's and married Lucy Young on September 1, 1981....

Ethel Holmes

Ethel Holmes

Feb 17, 2005

Ethel Holmes, 88, of Duncanville passed away Thursday, February 17, 2005, at The Laurenwood Nursing Home in Duncanville. Ethel was born October 30, 1916 in Wells, Cherokee County, Texas the daughter of Samuel Ara and Ethel Bernice Bell Goodwin. She lived in Hillsboro most of her life. In May 1937 she married Reagan Monroe ?Ray? Holmes in Anson, Texas...

Douglas Heath

Douglas Heath

Feb 17, 2005

Douglas Leon Heath passed away at his residence on February 17, 2005. He was the son of George Douglas and Maurice Dollar Heath and was born in the Huron Community. Douglas was a sergeant in the Army serving as an air operations specialist during World War II performing duties in the China-Burma-India Theaters recording departures and arrivals of airplanes...

Chris Carter

Chris Carter

Feb 16, 2005

Chris was born on July 25th near Peoria, TX to Jack and Grace Virginia Livesay Everett. She was raised in Peoria and graduated from Hillsboro High School. Near the end of World War II, she went to work at Fort Sam Houston in the Army Finance Office. While there, she met and married Karl Jack Carter on Oct. 26,...

Doris Matheus

Doris Matheus

Feb 15, 2005

Doris Matheus, 80, of Fort Worth, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2005 in Fort Worth.

Joe Wingate

Joe Wingate

Feb 14, 2005

Joe Wingate, 78, passed away Monday, February 14, 2005, in Hillsboro. Joe was the son of Raymond and Gay Nell Rose Wingate. Living in Hill County all of his life, he graduated from Whitney High School in 1945 and served as a bus driver for the school while in high school. Five days after graduation, he entered the U....

Darlene Cato

Darlene Cato

Feb 13, 2005

Darlene "Mitch" Cato, 45, of Irving passed away Sunday, February 13, 2005 at Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana. Darlene was the daughter of James Donald and Odette Minson May, Sr. She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include her mother, Odette May; her son, Louis Daniel Cato, Jr. of Irving; two brothers, James May, Jr. of Corsicana...

Burlon Ivie

Burlon Ivie

Feb 12, 2005

Burlon was the son of Travis and Mildred Willis Ivie. He was born in Hillsboro and lived there most of his youth. On May 4, 1957, he married LaVelle Cacy in Hillsboro. In 1958 he went to work for the Hillsboro Fire Department before joining the Carrollton Fire Department in 1960. In January 1992, he retired from Carrollton as...

Nelson Gatlin

Nelson Gatlin

Feb 10, 2005

Nelson was the son of Elvin and Florence Lumpkin Gatlin. He enlisted in the Unites States Navy on August 19, 1942 and was discharged on January 9, 1946. He married Louise Lee on July 27, 1946 in Whitney. Retiring in 1986, he had worked as a maintainer operator for Hill County. He was a member of the American Legion...

Tommy Basham

Tommy Basham

Feb 10, 2005

Tommy was the son of Billy and Corynne Duncan Basham; he lived in Whitney as a youth and later moved to Dallas where he grew up. He was a musician and a machinist. Preceding him in death were his parents and step-father, Jodie Andrews. Survivors include his former wife, Linda Basham of Ferris; children, Tammy Lancione of Duncanville, Tina...

David Middleton

David Middleton

Feb 9, 2005

On February 9, 2005, Glen, at home, surrounded by his love ones, went to be with his Lord and Savior after a long battle with kidney failure due to diabetes. Glen was the son of Frank Morton and Zelda Loraine Fincher Middleton. He was born in Hillsboro on January 18, 1962. He attended Hillsboro schools and graduated in 1980...