Obituaries

Kay Watson

Kay Watson

Sep 1, 2004

Kay Watson, 77, of Whitney passed away at her residence Wednesday, September 1, 2004. She was the daughter of William Jennings Bryan and Oci Pearl Adams Davis. She lived in Whitney and Hillsboro most of her life. She married George Sherman "Sonny" Watson on August 29, 1942 in Hillsboro. He preceded her in death on May 11, 1990. She...

Mae Priddy

Mae Priddy

Aug 29, 2004

Mae Priddy, 96, of Whitney passed away on August 29, 2004 at Town Hall Estates in Whitney. She was the daughter of James Lewis and Ella Kuhn West. She first married Rayburn Upchurch and later married Bill Priddy in 1943. She had lived in Whitney for over 40 years; taught an adult Sunday School class and was a seamstress...

Charles Record

Charles Record

Aug 27, 2004

Charles Homer Record was born to Charles Douglas and Florence Kilgore Record on August 28, 1919 and grew up during the Great Depression. He graduated from Melissa High School. On July 24, 1937 he married Thelma Vandagriff in Athens, Texas. They were married for almost 62 years before she preceded him in death on June 10, 1999. During World...

Mattie Perry

Mattie Perry

Aug 25, 2004

Mattie was born May 27, 1912 near Martins Mill, in Van Zandt County, Texas to William Oscar and Alma Alviera Daniel Thomas. She grew up as a child at Martins Mill in Van Zandt County. Later in years, her family moved to Mertens where she met her late husband, Ernest C. Perry. They married December 3, 1927 in Milford...

Opal Mccown

Opal Mccown

Aug 25, 2004

Opal T. McCown was born July 8, 1922 in Whiney, Texas. Mrs. McCown worked for many years at the Department of Energy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her husband, James A. McCown; her son, James T. McCown; and one brother, Wilburn Taylor. Survivors include two daughters, Kathryn McCown and Linda Stucker both of Albuquerque,...

Gladys Moore

Gladys Moore

Aug 23, 2004

Gladys was born October 2, 1912 in Hillsboro, Texas to John Wilmer ?J. W.? and Emily Wooten McAdams. She was born and raised in Hillsboro and was a graduate of Hillsboro High School. She was formerly a member of Line Street United Methodist Church in Hillsboro. For the past 38 years she had lived in California. Preceding her in...

Jerry Wallace

Jerry Wallace

Aug 22, 2004

Jerry Norton Wallace died Sunday, August 22, 2004. He was born October 19, 1920, the first of two sons, to Vesta and Alec Wallace in Hill County, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his brother A. G. Denny Wallace. He is survived by his son John Mack Wallace, by numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and...

Jim Purdy

Jim Purdy

Aug 18, 2004

Jim Purdy, 56 of Whitney passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 while returning from Hawaii. He was the son of Aryland Melvin and Francis Margaret Tarr Purdy. He married Ruby Mae Looper on April 18. 1974 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the perfect family man; a loving husband, the greatest father and he valued his time...

Larry Dickson

Larry Dickson

Aug 18, 2004

Larry Dickson, 63, of Whitney passed away at his residence August 18, 2004. He had lived in the Whitney area the past 18 years. He retired from the United States Army. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his son, Kevin Dickson of Fort Worth. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 337 Carr, Hillsboro,...

Harold Nelson

Harold Nelson

Aug 17, 2004

Harold Dean was born July 9, 1954 in Hillsboro, Texas to Herman Jefferson and Helen Katherine Pope Nelson. He liked to hunt, fish, and loved motorcycles and restoring classic cars. He was an auto body repairman at Bebrick Collision Center in Waco. He was a Methodist. Preceding him in death were his father, Herman Nelson, on January 29, 2004...

Berta Izquierdo

Berta Izquierdo

Aug 14, 2004

Berta was born in Cuba, the daughter of Manuel and Cecilia Medina Suarez. In 1969, she left Cuba as a refugee and moved to California, settling in Long Beach where she lived until recently moving to Hillsboro. Berta was first married to Emiliano Marquez. She later married Raymundo Izquierdo and he preceded her in death. Her life was spent...

Richard Jodoin Sr

Richard Jodoin Sr

Aug 13, 2004

Richard Alan Jodoin, Sr., 43, of Whitney passed away on August 13, 2004. Richard had served in the United States Navy Reserve. He married Suzanne Arrington on Julu 5, 1991 in Fayettville, Arkansas. He had lived inWhitney the past 12 years and had worked for M & M Mars in Waco for 2 years. Survivors include his wife, Suzanne...

William Hogan

William Hogan

Aug 13, 2004

William Allen Hogan, 81, of Whitney passed away on August 13, 2004 in Whitney. He was the son of Thomas W. and Georga Paine Hogan. He married Olive Whitehead on May 20, 1944 in Rockwall, TX. He had worked for IBEW Local #20 for 56 years in Dallas. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Whitney, Whitney...

Sherry Howard

Sherry Howard

Aug 11, 2004

Sherry was born on April 24, 1925 near Caddo Lake in East Texas to Henry Ralph and Vena Victoria Bradley Moore. She grew up in East Texas near Marshall and Caddo Lake and graduated from Pine Tree High School. In 1952 she moved to Hillsboro from Fort Worth. In 1960 she started Sherry?s Hitch?n Post which she operated until...

Lorine Campbell

Lorine Campbell

Aug 8, 2004

Lorine Campbell, 74, of Whitney passed away on August 8, 2004 at her residence. Lorine was the daughter of Dempster Windfield and Sarah Jett Peck. She married Cecil Campbell on December 18, 1948 in Vernon, Texas. She lived in the Dallas area most of her married life and in Whitney since 1978. She was preceded in death by 1...

Martha Strange

Martha Strange

Aug 6, 2004

Martha Strange, 78, of Lake Whitney passed away on August 6, 2004 at her residence. She was the daughter of Roy and Roberta Payne Dalton. She married Jack Strange on December 8, 1945 in Itasca. She moved to Dallas in 1946 and retired to Lake Whitney in 1978. She worked at Magnolia for 3 years, Channel 8 WFAA for...

Mildred Yarbrough

Mildred Yarbrough

Aug 3, 2004

Mildred was born April 24, 1918 in Malone, Texas to Margaret Jane Wells Wright and James Thomas Wright. She grew up in Malone and graduated from Malone High School in 1936. She attended Hillsboro Junior College for one year and then graduated from North Texas State Teachers College in Denton in 1939. She began her teaching career in Penelope...

Josephine "Jo" Smith

Josephine "Jo" Smith

Aug 3, 2004

Josephine "Jo" Smith was born on November 13, 1919 in Axtell, TX to James Richard and Leither America Lyon Miller. She married Sam Henry Smith on January 31, 1946 in Dallas, TX and he preceded her in death on July 26, 1994. She had lived most of her life in Dallas and retired to Whitney 20 years ago. She...

Ethel Reagor

Ethel Reagor

Aug 1, 2004

Ethel was born December 3, 1914 in Hillsboro, Texas to John and Merzuery Crawford. She lived in Hillsboro most of her life. On June 30, 1934 she married George Reagor. She owned and operated a beauty shop in Hillsboro until she retired. She was raised in the Church of the Nazarene in Hillsboro that her father founded. She loved...

Carl Moss, Jr

Carl Moss, Jr

Aug 1, 2004

Carl Eugene Moss, Jr. was born on December 19, 1960 in Sentinel, Oklahoma to Carl and Joy Moss. He had lived in Whitney most of his life and was a truck driver. He had served in the United States Air Force. He was a methodist. He was preceded in death by his mother, Joy on July 22, 1986 and...