MILDRED FANNIE MATTHEWS TRUE, 99, of
Hillsboro, TX died on Jan 3, 2009. She was born on
Dec. 27, 1909 in Chickasha, OK, to Harvey & Emmie
Matthews. She attended Ranger High School in the
Class of 1926 at Ranger, TX. In 1937, she married
Bennie A. True and they had two daughters, Norma &
Marsh. Bennie died in 1997. Her siblings were
Naomi Matthews Huckabay (RHS-1924), Willie Matthrews
Knowles (RHS-1924), & Sammy Matthews (RHS-1935).
HUSBAND: BENNIE ARTHUR "B.A" TRUE, 94,
formerly of Abilene, TX, died Sept. 27, 1997 in Hillsboro,
with burial was in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Mr. True was born in Kansas, graduated from Strawn High
School and attended Tarleton State University. He worked
in oil fields in West Texas and south Louisiana before
being transferred to Abilene from Stamford in 1961. He
retired from Exxon Oil and Refining Co. in Abilene after
a 32-year career. He lived in Abilene for 35 years and
in Hillsboro for 3 years. He was a past member and
deacon of Brook Hollow Christian Church, was a member
of First Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro, a 70-year
member of Strawn Masonic Lodge and past president of
Good Sams Club. In 1937, he married Mildred F. Matthews
(RHS-1926) in Ranger.
At the time of his death, survivors include his wife,
of Hillsboro; two daughters, Norma Kidwell of Hillsboro
and Marsha True Womack of Dallas; one sister, Blanche
McKown of Austin; and five grandchildren.