H - OBITUARIES
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HALL, NATHAN CHARLES
HAMPTON, JAMES
HANSEN, CHRIS MORRIS RHONE
HARRINGTON, KIMBERLY ANN
HARRIS, JANICE (KILES)
HEIN, CHARLES RAY "CHUCK"
HEPTNER, WILBERT LEE
HIGGINBOTHAM, JOHN LEWIS "J. L." JR.
HINKLE, WILLIAM & FRANCES CAROLINE
(TINKLE)
HOFFMAN, DORA (LEITKO) (KLATT)
HOOPER, RUTH (TAYLOR)
HOWARD, DORIS EARL (BROWN)
HUNTER, FRANCES E. (SHIPMAN)
HURLEY, CHARLES KEVIN, SR.
HALL, NATHAN CHARLES
The Hamilton Herald-News, August 28, 2003
Nathan Charles Hall, 71 of Shive, died Aug. 20, 2003 at Gatesville. Funeral services were held Aug. 23 at St. Paul Lutheran Church at Shive and also later the same day at the First Baptist Church in Dripping Springs with interment following in Phillips Cemetery at Dripping Springs. Pastor George Fischer officiating.
Mr. Hall was born October 2, 1931 at Boerne, Texas the son of James Beck Hall and Natalie Campbell Hall.
He was married to Billie Barbara Butler on June 8, 1952 at Drippings Springs. She preceded him in death on November 15, 2001.
Mr. Hall was a rancher in the Shive community of Hamilton County where he and Billie made their home. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church at Shive.
He is preceded in death by his wife, his parents and a granddaughter, Jennifer Hall.
Survivors include their three children, Sandy Hall and his wife Roseann of Shive, Kay Blair and her husband Chuck of Hamilton and Barbara Wiedebusch and her husband Ricky of Shive; six grandchildren, Sam Hall, John Hall, Billie Kay Cooper, Chris Blair, Mica Wiedebusch and Noah Wiedebusch; three great grandchildren, Chelsea, Hannah and Jaedon and one brother Gilman Hall of Schulenburg.
Pallbearers were Pat Lyle, Ray Whisnant, Robert Reich, Henry Brooks, Eddie O 'Dell.
Honorary pallbearers were LaVerne O'Dell, Dick Scott, Raymond Whisnant, Bill Bassett, Charlie Hayden and Steve Seidel.
Riley Funeral Home
HAMPTON, JAMES
01/13/2000
James Hampton, 72, died Dec. 31, in Doctors Regional Hospital in
Corpus Christi. Funeral services were Jan. 3 in the Colonial Funeral Home
in Taft. Burial was in Memorial Gardens in Portland.
Mr. Hampton was a former resident of Hamilton where he worked for
approximately 16 years in Harelik’s Department Store. He was also owner
of Hamilton Office Supply for a year and a half before moving to Taft in
1971.
He was retired and a member of Faith Baptist Church in Taft.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Hampton, a daughter, Pam and her
husband David Gray of Grand Prairie; a son, Steve Hampton and wife Holly
of Calallen; five grandchildren, Marc, Katelyn, and Mary Gray; and Colleen
and Melissa Hampton.
HANSEN, CHRIS MORRIS RHONE
The Hamilton Herald News November 11, 2004
Chris Morris Rhone Hansen, 83, of Cranfills Gap, died Oct. 22, 2004 in the Goodall-Witcher Nursing Facility in Cifton. Funeral Services were held Oct. 26 in St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Cranfills Gap with Rev. Terry Atkins and Wayne Rohne officiating. Burial with full military honors by the U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard from Waco was in the St. Olaf Lutheran Rock Church Cemetery near Cranfills Gap.
Mr. Hansen was born May 4, 1921 in Cranfills Gap, the son of Chris C. and Minnie Rohne Hansen. He was raised in Cranfills Gap and graduated from high school there. He attended Clifton Junior College and was a graduate of North Texas State Teachers College in Denton. He enlisted with the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942 and received his military training in Quantico, Va. Mr. Hansen was a member of the 3rd Marine Division and was stationed in Guam where they invaded Guam to regain possession of the island. He later saw action in Iwo Jima where he was wounded in a bitter fight that won him the Navy Cross, Purple Heart and a Good Conduct medal. Mr. Hansen left the military in 1946.
He was married to Dorothy Brock in Lockney on July 27, 1946. The couple lived a short time in Meridian and then moved to Odessa to work for Standolind Oil and Gas Company. He also lived in Wink, Kermit and Monahans.
Mr. Hansen was transferred to Chicago with Amoco Production Company before again being transferred to Trinidad in the West Indies. In
1979 he went to Sharjah, U.A.E. and retired there in 1982 from Amoco International Oil Co. He returned to Cranfills Gap to their farm. He was a member of the St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Cran-fills Gap.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy L. Hansen of Cranfills Gap; a daughter, Jeanne Bayless and husband Jim of Abilene; a son, Jonathan M. Hansen of Hamilton, a grandson, James Bayless of Abilene and a number of other relatives and a host of friends.
Pallbearers were Terry Sherman, Gerald Nelson, Bellamy Berteisen, David Tysson, Jim Bayless and James Bayless. Honorary pallbearers were Paul Rohne, Fern Wiggins, Harry Polete, Elmo Dansby, Clinton and Mary Bergran, J.C. and Louise Oswald.
Memorials may be made to the St. Olaf Endowment Fund in Cranfills Gap or the Goodall-Witcher Nursing Facility in Clifton.
Lawson Funeral Home
Hamilton Herald-News November 4, 2004
Chris Morris Rhone Hansen, 83, of Cranfills Gap, died Oct. 22, 2004 in the Goodall-Witcher Nursing Facility in Cifton. Funeral Services were held Oct. 26 in St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Cranfills Gap with Rev. Terry Atkins and Wayne Rohne officiating. Burial with full military honors by the U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard from Waco was in the St. Olaf Lutheran Rock Church Cemetery near Cranfills Gap.
Mr. Hansen was born May 4, 1921 in Cranfills Gap, the son of Chris C. and Minnie Rohne Hansen. He was raised in Cranfills Gap and graduated from high school there. He attended Clifton Junior College and was a graduate of North Texas State Teachers College in Denton.
He enlisted with the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942 and received his military training in Quantico, Va. Mr. Hansen was a member of the 3rd Marine Division and was stationed in Guam where they invaded Guam to regain possession of the island.
He later saw action in Iwo Jima where he was wounded in a bitter fight that won him the Navy Cross, Purple Heart and a Good Conduct medal. Mr. Hansen left the military in 1946. He was married to Dorothy Brock in Lockney on July 27, 1946. The couple lived a short time in Meridian and then moved to Odessa to work for Standolind Oil and Gas Company. He also lived in Wink, Kermit and Monahans.
Mr. Hansen was transferred to Chicago with Amoco Production Company before again being transferred to Trinidad in the West Indies. In
1979 he went to Sharjah, U.A.E. and retired there in 1982 from Amoco International Oil Co. He returned to Cranfills Gap to their farm. He was a member of the St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Cranfills Gap.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy L. Hansen of Cranfills Gap; a daughter, Jeanne Bayless and husband Jim of Abilene; a grandson, James Bayless of Abilene and a number of other relatives and a host of friends.
Pallbearers were Terry Sherman, Gerald Nelson, Bellamy Berteisen, David Tysson, Jim Bayless and James Bayless. Honorary pallbearers were Paul Rohne, Fern Wiggins, Harry Polete, Elmo Dansby, Clinton and Mary Bergran, J.C. and Louise Oswald.
Memorials may be made to the St. Olaf Endowment Fund in Cranfills Gap or the Goodall-Witcher Nursing Facility in Clifton. Lawson Funeral Home
HARRINGTON, KIMBERLY ANN
The Hamilton Herald-News June 2, 2005
Kimberly Ann Harrington, 35, of Oglesby, died May 21 at a Temple hospital Funeral services were held May 25 at Gatesville Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Aaron Tyler officiating. Burial followed at the Smith King Cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter, Rachel Harrington of Longview; a son, Samuel
Gonzales of Oglesby; her mother, Polly Rohuts of Cranfills Gap; her father, John Harrington and wife Phea of Flat; her fiancé, Bill Aguillar of Oglesby and a granddaughter, Rylie Waclawczyk of Longview.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Oglesby or to the Harrington Family Trust Fund, C/O First Baptist Church of Oglesby.
HARRIS, JANICE (KILES)
The Hamilton Herald-News 07/08/2004
Janice Harris, 81, of Jonesboro, died July 3. Memorial services were held July 7 at Scott’s Funeral Home in Gatesville.
She was born on October 20, 1922 in Garland, the daughter of R. Carl and Cleda Anderson Kiles. She did secretarial work for L.D. Brinkman Company for several years before retiring to a leisurely ranch life of RV camping, square dancing, oil painting and gourmet cooking.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Karen Moriarty.
Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Wayne Harris of Jonesboro; daughter, Carla Johnson and husband Verdell of Stanton, NE; son-in-law, Patrick Moriarty of Austin; sister, June McGinty of Purmela; three granddaughters and three great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society in care of Joan Baker, 102 Alta Mira St., Gatesville, TX 76528 or the charity of your choice.
HEIN, CHARLES RAY "CHUCK"
The Hamilton Herald-News, April 17,
2003
Charles "Chuck" Ray Hein, aka "Cutter", 60, of Willis, died April 11, 2003 in Baytown.
Mr. Hein was born May 22, 1942 in Hamilton and he graduated from Oak Cliff High School in 1960. He was a Master Mason in Bruton-Conner Lodge 1322 and was affiliated with Scottish Rite and Hella Temple Shiners in Garland.
He is preceded in death by his father, Edgar Erich Hein.
Survivors include his mother, Lena Hein; wife, Sandra Hein; children, Amy Vines and husband Gregg and John Erich Hein; step-children, Scott Cowen, Stacey Hula and husband Randall, Stephen Cowen and wife Jennifer; grandchildren, Joshua and Jacob Barker, Courtney, Ashley, Courtney P., Shelbie M., Katelyn and Jacob Cowen, Sarah and Hullie Hula and numerous other relatives and friends.
Addison-Smith Funeral Home
HEPTNER, WILBERT LEE
US AIR FORCE
The Hamilton Herald-News, October
23, 2003
Wilbert Lee Heptner, 68, of Burkburnett, died Oct. 14, 2003 at a hospital in Wichita Falls. Funeral services were held Oct. 17 at Grace Lutheran Church, Burkburnett with Pastor Tim Kohlmeier of Grace Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial was in Burkburnett Cemetery under the direction of Owens and Brumley Funeral Home.
Mr. Heptner was born Feb. 11, 1935 in Pottsville. He was married to Averial Joyce Zimmerman on April 30, 1957. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1977 after 20 years of service. He worked for
Seimens-Allis Corp. for 14 years. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church of Burkburnett, the
American Legion and AARP.
Mr. Heptner was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was well known for his love of the Dallas Cowboys.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Erwin Heptner in 2001.
Survivors include his wife, Averial Joyce Heptner of Burkburnett; a son, Curtis Heptner and wife Kim of Burkburnett; a daughter, Cheryl Brown and husband Steve of
Randlett, Okla.; two brothers, Walter Heptner of Smithville and Milton Heptner of Lockhart; six sisters, Elsa Senger of Goldthwaite; Elfreida Scott of Gainesville; Ida
Sommerfeld, Meta Sommerfeld and Gertrude Schrank, all of Hamilton and Annie Garrett of Bryan; four grandchildren, Ryan and Lacy Heptner and Peyton and Parker Brown.
The family suggests memorials to Grace Lutheran Church, 309 N. Ave. E. Burkburnett, TX 76354.
HIGGINBOTHAM, JOHN LEWIS "J. L." JR.
The Hamilton Herald-News June 23, 2004
John Lewis (J. L.) Higginbotham Jr., 69, died in Mullin June 15,
2004. Funeral services were held June 18 in the Riley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bill Schibler officiating. Burial followed in Sardis Cemetery at Hasse in Comanche County.
Mr. Higginbotham was born September 14, 1934 in Comanche County, the son of the late John Lewis Higginbotham Sr. and Inice Kirby Higginbotham.
He was a carpenter by trade and left his mark in Dallas and the surrounding area. He lived a full life with his family and friends. He loved to laugh and drink with his friends and was a hard worker. He moved to Hamilton nine years ago to help his sister and share their company. He loved country music, fishing with his buddies and playing with his dog. He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Olene Lopez, Jean Fabianke and Geneva Randall.
Survivors include his daughter, Darlene Raven and husband Craig; a son, Jay Lewis (J.L.) Higginbotham, all of Richard-son; three grandchildren, Lee Michael Higginbotham, Jessica Higginbotham Rodriguez and Tess Elizabeth Raven and one niece Joyce Faye Webb of Hamilton.
Pallbearers were Craig Raven, Jay Higginbotham, Lee Higginbotham, Rodney Brown, Paul Ammaro and Carl Drescher.
Riley Funeral Home
HINKLE, WILLIAM & FRANCES
CAROLINE (TINKLE)
 William Hinkle, elder child of Baltis and Annie
(Downing) Hinkle was born in Madison County, Alabama on April 4, 1821.
There were four other siblings, John, Alexander, Catherine, and Baltis.
His father was a carpenter and died when William was about six years old.
His mother took her children and returned to her family's home until she
married a Tyrance Emerson who fathered five additional children.
Frances Carolina (Tinkle) Hinkle, daughter of John
and Sarah (Browning) Tinkle was born on March 5, 1825 in Limestone County,
Alabama. She and William married on February 13, 1845.
Of German and Irish descent, the Hinkle's were
described as "prominent and leading Farmers" in HISTORY OF TEXAS
- Biographical sketches of Many of the Leading Families of Central Texas,
(Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1896). They had owned land in
Arkansas, and Dallas County, Texas, before locating to the richly
productive area of Hamilton County in the Fall of 1883. Six children were
born to this Union; Sarah Ann, who married Valentine Brown; John William,
who married Sarah Elizabeth Gilliland; Jesse Baltis, who married Mollie
Butcher; Mary Catherine, who married Isaac Darby; Martha Alpha Elizabeth,
who married James Monroe Knight; and Eliza Ellen, who married Calvin Eoff.
William Hinkle was a Missionary Baptist Deacon and
took an active part in the church. HISTORY OF TEXAS, cited above, honors
him as a "representative and highly esteemed citizen of Hamilton
County, Texas." While visiting his daughter Mary Catherine, William
died on February 14, 1901 and is buried in El Campo, Wharton County,
Texas. Frances returned to Hamilton County for a short time, but died on
August 22, 1903 and is also buried in El Campo
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HOFFMAN, DORA (LEITKO) (KLATT)
The Hamilton Herald-News June 23, 2004
Dora Hoffman, 78, of Plainview, died June 10, 2004 in Fort Collins, Colo. Funeral services were at Hale Center First United Methodist Church with Rev. Jimmy Cameron officiating. Burial was in Parklawn Cemetery in Plainview.
She was born Feb. 11, 1926 in Hamilton and was married to Robert Klatt in East Texas. He preceded her in death in 1965. She then married R.D. Hoffman who preceded her in death in 1987. Mrs. Hoffman was a long-time Cotton Center resident and moved to Plainview in
1994. She had lived in Fort Collins for the past year.
Survivors include her four children, Art Klatt of Stillwater, Okla., Roberta Overman of Fort Collins, Colo. and Peggy Einerston and Bobby Klatt, both of Lubbock; two stepdaughters, Janie and Kathy; a brother, John Leitko of Fort Worth; two sisters, Leona Fulton of Hamilton and Ella Tischler of Fort Worth; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Freeman-Abell Funeral Home
HOOPER, RUTH (TAYLOR)
The Hamilton Herald-News
August 5. 2004
Ruth Taylor Hooper died at her home in the early
morning hours of July 30 due to gallbladder cancer. At the request of
the deceased, her remains were cremated and there was no formal memorial
service.
Born in Abilene on March 4, 1937, she graduated from
high school and attended Lee College in Baytown. She had lived in
Hamilton County since
1995.
Survivors include her husband of 48 years, C. M.
Hooper Jr.; four children, Michele Loftin, of Spring; Melanie Davis of
Jacksonville Beach, Florida; Curtis of The Woodlands and Christopher of
Houston; grandchildren, Asa Loftin, Katelyn Doucet, Jade and Lia Hooper,
and Merrick Davis; a son-in-law, Mike Davis and daughter-in-law Jennifer
Hooper.
Her Sister-in-law, Edna Mulkey and her husband, Delroy,
reside in Hamilton County. Two of her great nephews, Marcus and Joel
Mulkey, are graduates of Hamilton High School.
Active in Native American affairs, she will be named
Honored Elder of the 2004 Four Winds Intertribal Society Pow Wow in
Killeen on September 18 and 19. She was also held in high esteem within
the San Antonio Intertribal Gourd Society and the Coastal Bend Tribal
Society. She participated in various Pow Wow organizations and was
recognized as a mother figure to whom children went for advice, comfort,
stories, and dance instruction.
She was a Girl Scout leader for more than 20 years and
was a Life Member of that organization.
HOWARD, DORIS EARL (BROWN)
Doris Earl (Brown) Howard, sixth child and youngest daughter of Joseph V. and Nancy (Bullard) Brown was born on April 10, 1915 in her family's home in the City of Hamilton, Texas. Although she started school at Bloodworth in Southeast Tarrant County, her family had moved to Aleman, then Ellis County, and Johnson County. Doris attended elementary schools in Lillian and Mansfield, then William James Jr. High School, and Polytechnic High School. She graduated from Ft. Worth's Central High School in the Spring of 1934, and began working for Ft. Worth Poultry and Egg where an explosion and subsequent leaking of ammonia effected serious damage to her lungs. Soon thereafter, she contracted Tuberculosis, which Doctors attributed to this disaster. At that time, the only treatment for the disease was complete bedrest, so she was isolated to the Texas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Carlsbad, (Tom Greene County) Texas for about a year, after which she transitioned to Elmwood Sanatorium in Ft. Worth. During this time, she honed her art and drawing talent. A petite woman of strong resolve, Doris had dark hair, fair complexion, and blue eyes. She was an active member of Berry Street Baptist Church. On December 20, 1942, she married Leroy Howard at the home of her parents in Ft. Worth, Texas, and they settled into his country-home outside Kennedale, Texas, where she continued her paintings. No children were born from this union. After several months, they moved with his job to Corpus Christi, Texas. At age 29, Doris died on September 19,
1945, in Refugio, Texas from reaction to an Adrenalin injection for an Asthma attack while en route to Ft. Worth from their Corpus Christi home. She is buried in the Brown Family plot at Laurel Land Cemetery in Ft. Worth.
Summer 1998 and posted 13 August 1998
HUNTER, FRANCES E. (SHIPMAN)
The Hamilton Herald-News March 10,
2005
Frances E. Hunter, 78, a resident of Rio Rancho, NM, also a former resident of
Burleson, died Feb. 10, 2005. A memorial service was held Feb. 24, 2005 at the home of Peggy and Jim Boatwright. She was born Jan. 23, 1926.
Survivors include her daughters, Sandra Russell of Bonham, Kathy Vincent of Yulee, Fla.; six grandchildren, Tammy Fite and husband Rich-ard of Albuquerque, Brian Murff and wife Paula of Oki-nowa, Tara Cox and husband Jon, Chad Chamberlain, Dusty and D.J. Vincent, all of Florida; five great-grandchildren, Cam-eron and Brandon Fite, Melissa and Joshua Murff, Isaac Cox; two sisters, Christine Longino of Crowley and Evelyn Fuqua of Hamilton.
She was preceded in death by her brother, Kenneth.
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HURLEY, CHARLES KEVIN, SR.
The Hamilton Herald-News,
11/26/2003
Charles Kevin Hurley Sr., 35, of Salem, Va. died Nov. 24, 2003. Memorial Mass was held at St.
Andrew's Catholic Church on Nov. 26 with Rev. Msgr. Tom Miller
officiating. Private burial will follow.
He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Margaret Lambert.
Survivors include his wife, Danielle Hurley; son, Charles Kevin Hurley Jr.; mother, Nellie Hurley; father, Charles E. Hurley; two brothers, Larry Hurley and Barry Hurley; two nieces and four
nephews, all of Virginia; uncle and aunt, C. W. and Mary Lambert of Hamilton; cousins, Debbie Sanford and husband Steve and family of
Hamilton; Cindy Oppermann and husband Ty of Belton. Oakley's Roanoke Chapel
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