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Bennie Arthur “B.A.” True

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Bennie Arthur “B.A.” True

Birth
Kansas, USA
Death
27 Sep 1997 (aged 94)
Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, USA
Burial
Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.4148491, Longitude: -99.8014496
Plot
Garden of Prayer
Memorial ID
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Bennie Arthur "B.A." True, 94, formerly of Abilene, died Saturday in Hillsboro.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Brook Hollow Christian Church with the Rev. Bob Moon officiating, assisted by Dr. Steven G. Williams. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory.

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 three 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. He married Mildred F. Matthews in 1937 in Ranger.

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.

Memorials may be made to the donor's favorite charity.
Bennie Arthur "B.A." True, 94, formerly of Abilene, died Saturday in Hillsboro.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Brook Hollow Christian Church with the Rev. Bob Moon officiating, assisted by Dr. Steven G. Williams. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home, 542 Hickory.

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 three 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. He married Mildred F. Matthews in 1937 in Ranger.

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.

Memorials may be made to the donor's favorite charity.


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