Lena Starr
Nov 16, 2004
Lena F. Starr 75, a retired boot maker died Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at Burleson. She was the daughter of Dixon and Mabel Mercer Darnell. She grew up in Arkansas and moved to Texas in the early 1950's. She married Herman Starr on February 14, 1958 and he preceded her in death on February 13, 1994. She worked in...
Billie Littlefair
Nov 14, 2004
Billie McCown Littlefair passed away Sunday, November 14, 2004 in Woodway at the age of 91. She was born April 4, 1913 in the Towash Community near Whitney in Hill County. She was the daughter of J. Wilson and Maude Wilson McCown. She lived in Burkburnett for many years, moving to Waco in 1960 where she was employed with...
Gwendolyn Worell
Nov 11, 2004
Gwendolyn E. Worrell entered into rest Thursday, November 11, 2004. She was born on September 10, 1933 in Electra, Texas. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, EJ; a son, Glenn; and a daughter, Cheryl Lynn. Gwen leaves cherished memories with her children, Wayne, Anita, Marilyn, Carol, John, and Janet; 13 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; two brothers...
Katherine Schultz
Nov 9, 2004
Katherine was born January 12, 1914 in Hillsboro the daughter of John W. and Maude Fryer Adams. She lived in Dallas most of her life and moved back to Hillsboro in 1999. In 1932 she married Herman Schultz and he preceded her in death in 1990. Also preceding her in death were her parents and three brothers, Barnes Adams,...
Alma Johnson
Nov 9, 2004
Alma was born July 29, 1901 to J. A. and Mamie JamesonCheek in the James Community in Hill County. She lived most of her long and fulfilled life in Hillsboro. On September 19, 1925 she married T. J. Johnson at the Methodist parsonage in Abbott. During her first few years of marriage, Alma was a schoolteacher in the communities...
Elnora Helton
Nov 8, 2004
Elnora was born January 8, 1930 to Edward and Lydia Muesse Klein. Born between Irene and Malone in Hill County, she moved to Waco as a young child before returning to Frost to attend high school. On June 23, 1947 she married Hughey Helton in Hillsboro. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Irene and have lived there since....
Charles Sutton
Nov 7, 2004
Charles was born on June 12, 1928 in San Saba, Texas to Jim and Minnie Crim Sutton. Growing up, he attended school in Waco. On June 14, 1947, he married Onetta Machen in Milford, Texas, and they were able to celebrate 57 years together this past June. Charles worked for the Ashland Chemical Company before later joining NGO Chemical....
Lenda Lee
Nov 2, 2004
Lenda Clara Lee, 67, of Whitney passed away at her residence on Novembe 2, 2004. She was the daughter of John and Mabel Morgan Moody, Sr. She married Jack D. Lee, Sr. on May 21, 1957. They moved to Whitney in 1975 and owned three restaurants before retiring in 1986. Lenda was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded...
Martti Suomi
Oct 31, 2004
Martti Suomi, 87, of Whitney passed away on October 31, 2004 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. He was the son of Kusti and Pauliina Simila Suomi. He married Juanita Claudine Paylor on December 10, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana. He had lived in Monroe most of his life and in Whitney the past five years. He served in the...
Tommy Rush
Oct 31, 2004
Thomas Wesley Rush, 63, of Laguna Park, Texas passed away on October 31, 2004 in Port Mansfield, Texas. He was the son of Charles Duval and Maggie Ola Black Rush. He grew up in Dallas and moved to the Laguna Park area in 1974 where he owned and operated his own carpet business. He was preceded in death by...
Amy Ramos
Oct 31, 2004
Amy was born September 13, 1937 in Hill County, Texas. She lived in Hillsboro all of her life. Her husband, Cruz Ramos, preceded her in death on December 7, 1982. She enjoyed quilting and sewing for her family. Her life revolved around her family and her house was full of family pictures. Also preceding her in death was her...
Ruby Schulz
Oct 30, 2004
Ruby was the daughter of M.M. and Bessie McMillan Roberts and grew up in the Bethel-Woodbury area. She lived most of her life in Hill County and married Arthur Schulz on March 6, 1927, he preceded her in death on December 1, 1983. Her life was documented in a book titled, Ruby Remembers, which recorded events in Hill County...
William Gibson
Oct 28, 2004
William Michael "Mike" Gibson died on October 28, 2004 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple at the age of 62 after a short illness. Mike was born on October 4, 1942 in Amarillo, Texas to W. W. Duck and Ruth Gibson. He was preceded in death by his parents. Mike graduated in 1961 from Tascosa High School in...
Ann Heath
Oct 28, 2004
Ann Heath, 79, of Whitney passed away on October 28, 2004 at her residence. She was the daughter of Austin and Mae Randall Melcher. She was raised in Detroit and went to college in Milwaukee. She moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1948 and worked for her first occupational therapy job. She worked for 25 years as a occupational...
Mary Howard
Oct 27, 2004
Mary Lou Howard, 61, of Whitney was the daughter of Bill and Marie Taylor Morgan. She grew up in the West Texas and Panhandle area. Mary married Gary Howard, April 6, 1961 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Whitney, past president of the McCown Valley Association and was very active in...
Jewell Harmon
Oct 27, 2004
Jewell Harmon, 87, of Laguna Park, was the daughter of Robert Lewis and Mary Etta Wright. She married France Harmon on May 24, 1923 and he preceded her in death on May 29, 1988. She had lived in the Laguna Park the past 38 years. She was of the Baptist faith and a living housewife and mother. Jewell will...
Steve Burgamy
Oct 24, 2004
Stephen Wayne Burgamy, 48, of Whitney was the son of Harvel and Naomi Miller Burgamy. He grew up and graduated from Whitney High School in 1974. He played high school baseball where he received the nickname "Bird Dog". He also loved to play golf, pool and ride motorcycles. He worked as a computer numerical control machinist in the computer...
Aaron Mcdougall
Oct 23, 2004
Aaron was the son of Gordon Mark and Joyce Marie Pool McDougall, Sr. He loved to play computer games and he loved to make people laugh. Aaron had an excellent personality and loved his family very much. He enjoyed life to the fullest. Survivors included his mother, Joyce Schramm of Bynum, TX; father, Gordon McDougall Sr. of Bangor, Maine;...
Willie Alford
Oct 22, 2004
Willie Faye was born on August 23, 1925 in Whitney, Texas to William Preston and Stella Lee Ard Harlin. She was the third child, having three sisters, Wilma Lee, Dorothy Ruth, and Imogene. Raised in the Hill County area after she was born, her parents later moved to the Littlefield area. A graduate of Littlefield High School, she furthered...
Cordelia Murray
Oct 21, 2004
Corky was born January 6, 1949 in Oklahoma City, Okalahoma to Cleddie Van and Eula Mae Hammett Shelton. She lived in Oklahoma City and Midwest City most of her life and graduated from Midwest City High School. For the past 10 years she has lived in Hillsboro, working at Hill Regional Hospital as an occupational therapist. She was of...
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