Compiled by Eloise Cramer
Life Member of Hood County Genealogical Society
Eloise Cramer, Life Member of the Hood County Genealogical Society, compiled the following obituaries from 1995 – 1997. Eloise is presently 95 years young (04/1999) and still productively active in genealogical research. A Life Member is an honorary title voted upon by members of the Society and has been bestowed on only three members.
Obituaries vary in size and length, according to each newspaper. Some obituaries can be very short in length while others can be quite lengthy. An obituary with an accompanying photograph is so indicated in the below Remarks section.
| NAME | DATE OF BIRTH | DATE OF DEATH | REMARKS |
| Abbott, Marieta Bell “Rita” | 02/19/1914 | 11/20/1997 | |
| Abbott, Steve | 09/08/1948 | 6/01/1997 | |
| Adams, Johnathan Garrett Lively (infant) | 10/19/1997 | 10/19/1997 | |
| Aguado, Emma Coral | 10/13/1991 | 07/07/1997 | |
| Allen, Sam Bryant | 12/16/1914 | 05/31/1997 | |
| Anderson, Robert L. Sr. | 09/01/1932 | 09/17/1997 | |
| Andrews, Mary Catherine | 05/12/1922 | 04/22/1997 | |
| Archie, Ed “Pete” | 09/03/1924 | 02/12/1997 | |
| Armstrong, David Herman | 05/27/1954 | 12/29/1997 | |
| Arthur, Roy C. Sr. | 10/30/1930 | 05/23/1997 | PHOTO |
| Baker, Ada L. | 08/08/1931 | 02/25/1997 | |
| Baker, Anna Lee | 07/30/1930 | 11/25/1997 | |
| Baker, Delight | 01/26/1899 | 01/28/1997 | |
| Baker, Wilma Aline “BeBe” | 03/03/1902 | 05/08/1997 | |
| Barger, Larry Don | 11/28/1944 | 01/16/1997 | |
| Barnes, Patsy Jo | 02/10/1935 | 03/19/1997 | |
| Biggs, Gladys | 02/07/1909 | 08/17/1998 | |
| Bills, Bertha Fay | 06/24/1908 | 07/09/1997 | PHOTO |
| Blackstone, Richard E. “Dick” | 01/21/1931 | 12/24/1997 | |
| Boltz, Lyman A. | 01/21/1935 | 08/08/1997 | PHOTO |
| Boothe, Monroe | 07/21/1947 | 11/13/1997 | |
| Bosnak, Lawrence D. “Larry” | 04/22/1916 | 01/12/1997 | PHOTO |
| Bowen, Betty | 11/26/1928 | 12/07/1997 | |
| Boynton, Patty | 02/01/1920 | 12/14/1997 | PHOTO |
| Bradley, Mae | 08/05/1905 | 07/08/1997 | |
| Brady, Matthew Eric Thomas | 07/02/1997 | 07/10/1997 | |
| Bramlett, Zella May | 09/22/1901 | 03/20/1997 | |
| Brockett, Shirley | 02/20/1940 | 01/14/1997 | |
| Brown, Leslie M. Sr. | 10/10/1909 | 04/12/1997 | |
| Brownlow, Harold | 01/16/1919 | 05/23/1997 | |
| Brumley, Harold C. | 08/08/1931 | 04/15/1997 | |
| Burns, Betty | — | 01/03/1997 | |
| Burrow, Travis | 12/02/1923 | 05/11/1997 | |
| Byrd, Oran A. | 07/17/1917 | 08/17/1997 | |
| Calhoun, May Dell | 08/26/1922 | 02/07/1997 | PHOTO |
| Campbell, Othal H. | 08/07/1912 | 11/06/1997 | PHOTO |
| Carroll, Myrtle Marie Thompson | 07/16/1917 | 12/18/1997 | |
| Castillo, Robert Lee | 12/26/1960 | 08/11/1997 | |
| Chamness, Archie | 03/04/1924 | 01/23/1997 | PHOTO |
| Chaney, Jimmie | 10/07/1921 | 09/19/1997 | |
| Cherry, J. Q. | 12/12/1950 | 10/20/1997 | |
| Cherry, Jewel F. | 07/27/1901 | 04/20/1997 | |
| Cherry, Pauline | 04/05/1910 | 09/25/1997 | PHOTO |
| Childress, Pearl “Nanny” | 03/09/1899 | 12/26/1997 | |
| Conger, Baker Lee | 12/10/1924 | 09/18/1997 | |
| Cooper, Rita | 04/29/1947 | 04/23/1997 | |
| Cross, Roy | 10/08/1972 | 01/01/1997 | |
| Daniels, Edwin O. | 07/10/1921 | 11/12/1997 | |
| Darby, Lucille | 03/06/1909 | 02/01/1997 | |
| Davis, Edward C. | 07/22/1921 | 97/14/1997 | PHOTO |
| Deaver, Mary Betty | 08/06/1900 | 01/27/1997 | |
| Decker, Kenneth Wayne | 10/21/1926 | 01/09/1997 | |
| Dickson, H. E. Sr. “Hank” | 12/20/1932 | 11/30/1997 | PHOTO |
| Doyle, Etha Carter | 03/07/1907 | 06/19/1997 | |
| Drillette, Mary Jane (infant) | 01/15/1997 | 01/15/1997 | |
| Dykes, Richard J. “Rick” | 11/14/1955 | 04/30/1997 | |
| Elmore, Roy Sterling | ~1918 | 09/18/1997 | |
| Ernst, Walter Claude | 08/21/1911 | 12/08/1997 | |
| Fleming, Martha Mae | 10/01/1941 | 10/11/1997 | |
| Ford, Irene E. | 01/18/1917 | 07/01/1997 | |
| France, Raymond E. | 11/12/1928 | 05/31/1997 | |
| Frank, Lenora Price | 03/11/1926 | 02/22/1997 | |
| Fraser, Loretta C. | 01/27/1909 | 06/16/1997 | |
| Frazier, Alpha | 03/18/1911 | 10/15/1997 | |
| Fry, James “Jeep” | 03/18/1932 | 05/23/1997 | |
| Gabrielson, Gerald | 07/29/1910 | 11/28/1997 | |
| Gallagher, Ellen Elizabeth Woodard | 11/09/1919 | 07/20/1997 | |
| Garrett, Gaston Benjamin | 07/25/1926 | 07/04/1997 | PHOTO |
| Garza, Rosa | 09/04/1940 | 07/27/1997 | |
| Gee, Willie J. (female) | 10/12/1907 | 04/13/1997 | |
| Gibson, Crystal “Midge” | 06/20/1905 | 08/24/1997 | |
| Gibson, Jack | 07/17/1929 | 03/29/1997 | PHOTO |
| Gilder, Virginia | 02/10/1925 | 01/15/1997 | PHOTO |
| Girdner, C. L. | 02/18/1935 | 12/04/1997 | |
| Goforth, Virgil | 05/01/1904 | 09/21/1997 | |
| Golightly, Glendene | 07/16/1914 | 09/11/1997 | |
| Goree, Ruth | 06/18/1927 | 10/31/1997 | |
| Gray, Kermit | 06/04/1914 | 05/24/1997 | |
| Gray, Lela Fay | 04/21/1925 | 12/06/1997 | |
| Grayson, Hardy | 09/20/1922 | 03/08/1997 | PHOTO |
| Gregory, Betty J. | 02/06/1928 | 12/22/1997 | PHOTO |
| Groom, Wilma Myra Moore | 08/26/1907 | 10/18/1997 | |
| Hadley, Bessie O. | 07/12/1906 | 05/31/1997 | |
| Hajek, Frank | 07/19/1917 | 05/15/1997 | |
| Hammonds, Willie | 08/06/1920 | 08/21/1997 | |
| Hancock, Cody James (infant) | 04/18/1997 | 07/29/1997 | |
| Harper, Fred Cook | 12/30/1914 | 07/08/1997 | |
| Hartness, Peggy Miller | 05/29/1906 | 04/26/1997 | |
| Haws, Carmen Jernigan | ~1914 | 12/24/1997 | |
| Hayward, Milton L. | 04/09/1933 | 05/22/1997 | |
| Hewitt, James Fite | 12/25/1905 | 06/17/1997 | |
| Hogan, E. W. “Bud” | 07/15/1918 | 01/01/1997 | |
| Holmes, Dr. Milburn W. “Bill” | 01/06/1916 | 06/27/1997 | |
| Hooper, D.Carvel “D. C.” | 11/27/1911 | 02/23/1997 | |
| Hogan, E. W. “Bud” | 07/15/1918 | 01/01/1997 | |
| Houle, Ernest Louis | 04/26/1924 | 02/14/1997 | |
| Huckabee, Shana Lane (infant) | 05/30/1996 | 01/08/1997 | |
| Hurt, Elizabeth Jane | ~1922 | 03/28/1997 | |
| Jackson, Jack | 05/20/1950 | 01/01/1997 | |
| Jackson, Randolph “Ron” | 04/08/1953 | 05/07/1997 | |
| Jackson, Ruby | 06/10/1917 | 05/16/1997 | |
| Johnsey, Kathy | 04/03/1927 | 02/02/1997 | |
| Jones, Ralph Don | 01/26/1919 | 03/22/1997 | |
| Justice, Clarence Edward Sr. “Ted” | 03/10/1930 | 03/23/1997 | PHOTO |
| Keisel, Robert L. | 04/23/1917 | 11/01/1997 | |
| Kelley, Wilbur | ~1915 | 03/28/1992 | |
| Kenney, Joseph William “Joe” | 11/23/1931 | 10/02/1997 | PHOTO |
| Killion, Calvin Roy | 06/15/1936 | 08/11/1997 | |
| King, Ronald Muriel | 11/13/1922 | 06/17/1997 | |
| Kissinger, Linda Marie Parnell | 06/18/1968 | 09/07/1997 | |
| Knipe, Roy | 05/17/1911 | 08/03/1977 | |
| Kuykendall, Joe Bailey Sr. | 07/15/1920 | 04/14/1997 | |
| Ladesic, David Roy | 12/02/1954 | 02/02/1997 | |
| Lane, Frank | 11/25/1926 | 01/06/1997 | |
| Laney, Loretta | 07/13/1939 | 03/06/1997 | |
| Larson, Ken | 11/14/1936 | 02/10/1997 | |
| Lewellen, Kelley (male) | 01/10/1924 | 02/05/1997 | |
| Lewis, Charles S. | 08/02/1935 | 09/25/1997 | |
| Lewis, Charlie | 02/12/1922 | 03/30/1997 | |
| Little, Leslie Jason | 03/05/1972 | 12/13/1997 | |
| Lively-Adams, Johnathan Garrett (infant) | 10/19/1997 | 10/19/1997 | |
| Lusk, Oleta | 03/13/1913 | 09/11/1997 | |
| Macy, Irene | 05/21/1910 | 01/15/1997 | |
| Marlar, Gomer | 10/29/1928 | 11/13/1997 | |
| Marlar, Hallis | 04/26/1934 | 05/09/1997 | |
| Martinez, Pauline | 04/11/1937 | 04/24/1997 | |
| Massey, Olene | 10/10/1913 | 02/14/1997 | |
| Matheson, Shane | 09/29/1973 | 04/20/1997 | |
| McAlister, Viola Mosshart | — | 03/24/1997 | |
| McCoy, Lovella | ~1912 | 03/31/1997 | |
| McCreary, Wayne W. Sr. “Mac” | 05/26/1911 | 09/03/1997 | PHOTO |
| McInroe, Mary Modina | 05/02/1913 | 12/11/1997 | |
| McKernon, Lynn Patrick | 03/17/1916 | 07/08/1997 | |
| McKinney, Alfred “Snuffy” | 08/11/1927 | 12/21/1997 | |
| McLellan, Mac A. | 04/13/1962 | 01/15/1997 | |
| McNatt, Harper (infant twins)McNatt, Payton | 04/01/1997 | 04/01/1997 | |
| McNeeley, Tammy | 05/21/1973 | 06/05/1997 | |
| McPherson, Clara Nell | 02/24/1928 | 03/10/1997 | PHOTO |
| McReynolds, Opal | 10/02/1919 | 07/11/1997 | |
| McWhorter, Everett Daniel | 09/18/1919 | 04/14/1997 | |
| Melton, Jody | 04/19/1966 | 06/07/1997 | |
| Meriwether, Etta May | 11/29/1898 | 02/04/1997 | |
| Miller, Alvin Ronald | 01/15/1946 | 04/01/1997 | |
| Miller, Delphia Jean | 10/12/1937 | 05/24/1997 | |
| Mitchell, Janie | 06/05/1905 | 11/20/1997 | |
| Monson, Tom | 07/20/1926 | 94/15/1997 | |
| Moore, Clara Mae Atkinson | ~1905 | 05/14/1997 | |
| Moore, Curtis L. | 03/12/1936 | 05/05/1997 | |
| Moorehead, Jay Mahaska | 11/07/1909 | 05/29/1997 | |
| Morales, Madge Swain | 07/22/1919 | 06/07/1997 | |
| Morgan, Gertrude Helen | 03/17/1907 | 06/21/1997 | |
| Morris, Dewayne Sr. “Tex” | 07/25/1953 | 03/01/1997 | |
| Morrow, Leola M. | ~1927 | 11/13/1997 | |
| Mullins, Alleene | 11/05/1908 | 06/18/1997 | |
| Murphy, Michael O’Donovan Sr. | 02/20/1912 | 05/05/1997 | NOTE: This is lengthy obituary on two cards with one PHOTO |
| Myers, Marily A. Swaim | 06/01/1937 | 07/21/1997 | |
| Myers, Vernetta | 11/23/1911 | 11/03/1997 | PHOTO |
| Neal, Lillian | 12/22/1912 | 11/16/1997 | |
| Neely, Mildred | — | 02/04/1997 | |
| Noack, John | 05/25/1903 | 09/14/1997 | |
| Norris, Edna Lou | 06/06/1916 | 06/14/1997 | |
| Ortiz, Angelita Robledo | 05/19/1943 | 10/02/1997 | |
| Oubre, John Edward Jr. | 01/02/1980 | 12/09/1997 | PHOTO |
| Pace, Annie Crook | 07/28/1952 | 07/19/1997 | |
| Parkinson, Ida Lee | 11/30/1911 | 03/08/1997 | |
| Parks, M. R. | 03/31/1911 | 06/29/1997 | |
| Patterson, Sarah Jewel Vanessa | 05/06/1985 | 05/22/1997 | |
| Patterson, William Odell “Smokey” | 05/04/1930 | 04/02/1997 | PHOTO |
| Payne, Gloria | 03/14/1937 | 03/29/1997 | PHOTO |
| Perdew, Edward O’Neal | 12/16/1934 | 02/14/1997 | |
| Pierce, Inez Heathington | 07/06/1922 | 03/01/1997 | |
| Powers, Tarlton “T. P.” | 02/15/1919 | 10/22/1997 | PHOTO |
| Price, Truitt E. | 01/02/1922 | 10/06/1997 | |
| Pyle, L. V. Martin | 09/01/1924 | 08/20/1997 | |
| Quick, Glenn III | 08/29/1965 | 11/14/1997 | NOTE: There are identical obituaries from two different newspapers and each has the same PHOTO. One photo is larger. |
| Raburn, Harley O. | 03/10/1902 | 01/20/1997 | |
| Ramirez, Basilio | 10/03/1936 | 07/07/1997 | |
| Rash, Jesse Lynn | 12/12/1915 | 12/05/1997 | |
| Rawls, Geraldine S. “Gerry” | 09/14/1921 | 03/05/1997 | PHOTO |
| Riddell, Joan Neiderprim | 08/29/1906 | 07/12/1997 | PHOTO |
| Riddle, Katie | 11/02/1938 | 11/01/1997 | PHOTO |
| Riherd, Dave | 10/31/1946 | 01/28/1997 | |
| Roberts, Stella | 08/14/1912 | 02/26/1997 | NOTE: There are two obituaries, slightly different |
| Roberts, Wafer W. | 12/23/1912 | 07/12/1997 | |
| Robinson, Claudie Woellert | 06/12/1909 | 09/10/1997 | PHOTO |
| Rockwell, Hood | 11/24/1924 | 06/19/1997 | PHOTO |
| Rodgers, Bette | 04/02/1921 | 01/31/1997 | |
| Rodgers, I. R. “Roland” | 01/02/1917 | 02/11/1997 | |
| Rodriguez, Joe R. | 03/19/1909 | 02/03/1997 | PHOTO |
| Sain, Carl H. | 07/30/1930 | 07/17/1997 | |
| Sanchez, Maria | 12/13/1913 | 11/30/1997 | |
| Sanders, Fred William | 0/25/1972 | 07/08/1997 | |
| Sappington, William | ~1937 | 01/14/1997 | |
| Sartor, Loveta Brandon | ~1918 | 10/18/1997 | |
| Schoonover, Norma | 05/02/1923 | 12/23/1997 | |
| Scott, Gilbert Stanley | 01/24/1909 | 05/11/1997 | |
| Sigler, Dr. Howard Y. | 06/10/1909 | 02/09/1997 | |
| Simmons, Samantha (infant) | 02/16/1997 | 04/20/1997 | |
| Skelton, Robert Fredrick “Fred” | 06/24/1908 | 04/29/1997 | |
| Slatten, Joy | 06/17/1921 | 06/04/1997 | |
| Smit, Robert Eugene | 10/19/1948 | 02/07/1997 | |
| Smith, Eloyse | 05/31/1902 | 09/21/1997 | |
| Smith, Hilbert “Boss” | 09/12/1909 | 09/23/1997 | |
| Smith, Joseph L. “Joe” | 05/04/1918 | 11/16/1997 | |
| Smith, Thomas H. | ~1926 | 09/06/1997 | |
| Spoon, Stella | 11/24/1901 | 12/27/1997 | |
| Staggs, Ella Mae | 11/25/1913 | 12/31/1997 | |
| Stein, Barbara J. | 05/02/1922 | 01/02/1997 | |
| Stein, Barbara Jean | 05/02/1922 | 01/02/1997 | |
| Stinnett, Lydia O. | 10/22/1913 | 08/27/1997 | |
| Stoll, Patrick William | 11/24/1941 | 06/05/1997 | |
| Stone, Andrew John David “Andy” | 12/02/1915 | 09/25/1997 | |
| Strain, Norman T. | 05/14/1932 | 09/01/1997 | PHOTO |
| Stretch, Margaret | 08/09/1915 | 02/18/1997 | |
| Stringer, Veneta Youree | 08/01/1909 | 01/01/1997 | |
| Sublett, C. D. “Sub” | 11/07/1920 | 12/13/1997 | |
| Tankersley, Eleanor | 05/31/1912 | 07/11/1997 | |
| Tankersley, Kanard | 08/31/1912 | 08/23/1997 | |
| Tate, Gilbert David | 02/02/1952 | 05/05/1997 | |
| Taylor, Bertie | 05/30/1920 | 01/04/1997 | |
| Taylor, Robert W. “Bob” | 03/30/1911 | 11/04/1997 | |
| Teesdale, Christopher “Chris” | 04/02/1923 | 05/08/1997 | PHOTO |
| Tharp, Cornelia | 09/23/1919 | 05/02/1997 | |
| Thomson, D. P. (Dee) | ~1927 | 02/07/1997 | |
| Tomlinson, Barbara Jean | 12/04/1941 | 08/03/1997 | |
| Tucker, Katherine Lee | 06/11/1921 | 08/03/1997 | |
| Tuggle, Cleo “Pete” | ~1918 | 12/07/1997 | |
| Tuggle, Virginia | 04/18/1927 | 01/15/1997 | |
| Umphress, Myrtle | 05/12/1910 | 10/27/1997 | |
| Van Zandt, Geraldine “Jerry” | 07/10/1914 | 07/30/1997 | |
| Vandergriff, Ellen Noonkester | 03/06/1913 | 03/17/1997 | |
| Vaughn, F. Lynn | 10/09/1936 | 05/07/1997 | |
| Vaughn, Floy | 05/19/1913 | 05/19/1997 | |
| Waldrup, Florence Russell | 09/27/1909 | 04/10/1997 | PHOTO |
| Warrell, Vicki Elaine | 07/27/1945 | 02/21/1997 | |
| Wellborn, Clara Mae | 08/06/1921 | 02/03/1997 | NOTE: There are two obituaries |
| Wendland, Walter | 09/27/1916 | 12/21/1997 | |
| Wesley, Margaret Ann Hudson | 10/18/1943 | 07/13/1995 | |
| West, Mildred Margaret | 10/24/1916 | 06/03/1997 | |
| West, W. Earl | 03/13/1901 | 12/14/1997 | |
| Westbrook, Wesley | 08/21/1914 | 10/21/1997 | |
| Westrum, Irene Shadd | 04/29/1909 | 12/31/1997 | |
| White, Dorothy “Dottie” | 11/23/1931 | 02/09/1997 | |
| White, John Albert “Abb” | 12/25/1912 | 06/23/1997 | |
| Whitecotton, Bill | 01/13/1939 | 03/21/1997 | PHOTO |
| Whitman, Bruce Alan | 06/27/1950 | 11/03/1997 | |
| Whitworth, Michael N. “Whit-Ho” | 11/18/1952 | 09/17/1997 | |
| Williams, Minnie B. “Min” | 08/17/1907 | 09/07/1997 | PHOTO |
| Wilson, Troy | 12/27/1917 | 11/13/1997 | |
| Wilson, Woody | 05/27/1916 | 09/24/1997 | |
| Wilton, William James Sr. | 04/05/1920 | 08/22/1997 | |
| Winter, Helen Cook-McMahan | 03/19/1916 | 06/19/1997 | |
| Wismer, Florence R. | 05/25/1909 | 05/11/1997 | |
| Wolf, Geneva Mae | 05/04/1931 | 05/04/1931 | |
| Wood, Jessie Patton “Netta” | 12/08/1924 | 01/19/1997 | |
| Woolridge, Dalton C. | 05/27/1923 | 01/01/1997 | |
| Wyatt, Hulon Egbeart Jr. | 12/14/1924 | 01/02/1997 |