Obituaries
Gail McMillan
Feb 18, 2025
Gail Marie (Lee) McMillan, 87, passed away Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at her home. The daughter of Violet and Oscar Lee, Gail was born on June 30, 1937 in Las Vegas, New Mexico. She graduated from Gruver High School in Gruver, Texas in 1955. Gail married her high school sweetheart, Tony Allen McMillan on December 22, 1955 in Gruver. Their...
Barbara Darnall
Feb 15, 2025
It is with sadness and joy we announce the passing of Barbara Barber Darnall, on February 15, 2025. She was 92 years old. While our hearts are heavy, we know she is Home and at Peace.
An original Yellow Rose of Texas, Barbara was born November 4, 1932, to Laura Kilgore Barber, an English teacher, and Dell Barber, a rancher and...
Billy Key
Feb 11, 2025
Billy Mac Key, 84, of Abilene passed away on February 11, in Abilene.
Visitation will be Friday, February 14 from 6-8 pm at Hamil Family Funeral Home 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd in Abilene.
Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Saturday, February 15 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with CV Blake of First Baptist Church officiating.
Burial will follow at...
Rogenna Hanson
Feb 9, 2025
Rogenna Grace Hanson, 87, of Abilene, passed away on February 9, 2025 of natural causes in Abilene Texas.
Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 pm, Thursday, February 13, 2025, at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Friday, February 14, 2025, at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene with Associate Pastor, Jeff...
James Curtis
Feb 8, 2025
James R. (Jim) Curtis
James R. Curtis, a native Abilenian, was born February 20,1936. He passed away on Saturday, February 8th, at Northern Oaks Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at Hamil Family Chapel at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 12, with visitation Tuesday night 6:00 to 8:00.
His parents were Edward W. (Ed) Curtis and Katherine Arrant Curtis. The family owned...
Richard L. Campbell
Feb 4, 2025
Richard Loyd Campbell, 82 of Abilene, passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 in Abilene, Texas.
Visitation will be 10:00am to 12:00pm on Monday February 10, 2025 at Oldham Lane Church of Christ 5049 Oldham Lane, Abilene, Texas 79602.
Funeral Service will be 2:00pm at Oldham Lane Church of Christ with Eddie Dunn and Clay Peterson, co-officiating.
Burial with Texas DPS honors will...
Joyce Levrets
Feb 4, 2025
Joyce Dixon Levrets, 90, a lifelong resident of the Abilene area, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2025 in Abilene, TX.
Born in Jones County, Texas on August 19, 1934, Joyce was the daughter of Thelma Faye (Beasley) Dixon and Roy W. Dixon. She was a 1952 graduate of Abilene High School. She married her child-hood sweetheart, Monroe Levrets on June 6,...
Darold Kale
Feb 3, 2025
Darold Lee Kale, 75, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on February 3, 2025.
Burial services in honor of his life and military service will be held on Friday February 14, 2025, 11:00 a.m. at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene, 7457 W. Lake Road. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Darold was...
Ray V. "Rip" Willis
Feb 3, 2025
Ray V. “Rip” Willis, 73, of Abilene, passed away on Monday, February 3, 2025, at his residence in Tye.
Visitation will be 1:00pm to 3:00pm Sunday February 9, 2025 at The Hamil Family funeral Home
Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, February 9, 2025, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd., Abilene.
Rip was a man of many talents....
Virginia Miller
Feb 2, 2025
Virginia D. (Ginger) Miller, 92, of Abilene, TX, passed away on February 2, 2025, in Abilene.
A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00, Saturday, June 21 at Wesley Court, 2617 Antilley Rd., Abilene. Inurnment will be at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, where her ashes will join her husband's, James E. Miller, who served in the Pacific Theater in...
Theodore Savard
Feb 2, 2025
Theodore R (Ted) Savard, Lieutenant Colonel USAF Retired:
Theodore R (Ted) Savard (87), died on February 2, 2025.
Visitation will be at 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., Thursday, February 6, 2025 at The Hamil Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene 79606 followed by the rosary at 5:00 p.m.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 7, 2025 at Holy Family...
Nadine Ritz
Feb 1, 2025
Nadine Ritz
March 21, 1939 – February 1, 2025
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28 - KJV)
Nadine Ritz was born in Benton County, Mississippi on March 21, 1939 to Walter Palmer Graves and Lidie Estelle Gary Graves. She was raised in...
Donna Greaves
Jan 30, 2025
Donna Baker Greaves, 79, of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in San Angelo, Texas.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 8, 2025, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Donna Baker Greaves was born in Fort Worth, Texas to Jennie (Thompson) and Edward N. Baker on January 4, 1946....
Carolyn Smith
Jan 28, 2025
Carolyn Sue Palmer Smith, 82, of Snyder Texas, passed away on January 28, 2025, in Abilene Texas.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 8th, 2025. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene Texas.
Carolyn Sue Palmer Smith was born in Amarillo Texas to Jesse Will Franklin Palmer and Willie...
Jean Self
Jan 28, 2025
Jean Self, 78, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2025, in Abilene.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m., Monday, February 3, 2025, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. A committal service will be at 2:00 p.m., at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 W. Lake Rd, with Carson Burns officiating.
Norma "Jean"...
Monna Rae Bruce
Jan 28, 2025
Monna Rae Bruce was born 12/13/1933 while the dust storms were still rolling across the panhandle of Oklahoma and bread was 18 cents a loaf.
She was born in Tyrone, Oklahoma to Katie and Fred Ballard. She married Glendel Bruce June 6, 1954 two years after they graduated from Tyrone High School. They moved to Amarillo, Texas, then Lubbock, then Plainview,...
Rhonda Barnes
Jan 27, 2025
Rhonda Sue Barnes peacefully passed away and met her Lord and Savior on January 27, 2025. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend to so many. Rhonda embodied so many fruits of the Spirit that she so graciously shared with everyone. She was humble, selfless and funny always carrying a smile on her face. She spread joy, laughter...
Luis G. Rodriguez
Jan 25, 2025
Luis Guillermo Rodriguez, 90, of Coamo, Puerto Rico, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, January 25th, 2025, in Abilene, Texas.
Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, with the rosary starting at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, January 29th at Hamil Family Funeral Home
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, January 30, 2025,...
Sarah Rebecca "Becky" Hill (Jones)
Jan 23, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Sarah Rebecca "Becky" Hill (Jones), beloved mother, sister, daughter, and friend, who passed away on January 23, 2025, in Abilene, TX.
Born on September 29, 1959, in Dublin, TX, to Richard and JoAnn Jones, Becky grew up in Abilene, TX, where she graduated from Cooper High School in 1978. A...
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