Obituaries
Mary Laurence Newell
Feb 7, 2017
Mary L. Newell, 94, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Sunday, February 12th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home 6449, Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral service will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, February 13, 2017 at the Baker Heights Church of Christ with Larry Sullivan officiating. Burial will...
Bob J. Surovik
Feb 7, 2017
Bob J. Surovik, of Bryan, Texas, died on February 7, 2017. Bob was a loving husband, father, coach, mentor to children of Abilene, civic leader, trusted friend and loyal Aggie. Bob Surovik was born in Glen Rose, Texas to Milady and John Surovik on October 27, 1936. He graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in 1954. He received a bachelor...
Christian Andrew Manuel
Feb 6, 2017
Our beautiful and loving son Christian Andrew Manuel, 24, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017, in Abilene, Texas. Christian was born on March 9, 1992 in Port Arthur, Texas. He was raised along with his sister Myah in a caring and loving home. After moving to Abilene in 2001, he attended and graduated from Wylie High School in 2010. Since...
Arnold Clinton Westbrook
Feb 3, 2017
Arnold Westbrook, 88, returned to his Lord and Savior on Friday, February 3, 2017 at his earthly home, surrounded by loved ones. Love and devotion to his family and his great faith in God carried him through struggles with many health issues, the last of which was cancer. Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, February 5, at The...
Edith Marie Knight
Feb 3, 2017
Edith Marie Reneau Knight, 85, of Abilene passed away on Friday, February 3, 2017, in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be on Sunday, February 5th, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Graveside services will be on Monday, February 6th, at 11:00 a.m. in Hawley Cemetery officiated by Ed Womack. Edith Marie...
Georgia Bernice Sanders
Jan 28, 2017
Georgia B. Sanders, "TinTie", passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017 in Abilene, Texas at the age of 90. Born August 30, 1926 to Curtis and Edyth Sanders, Georgia grew up in Marked Tree, Arkansas. She attended and graduated from Abilene Christian College (ACC), receiving a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and minor in English. After college, she went to work...
Peggy Ruth Templeton
Jan 27, 2017
Peggy Ruth Templeton, 86, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, January 27th at a local hospital. Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. Sunday, January 29th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, January 30th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, with John Fanning & Bro. Keith...
Kennedy-Kaye Delle Brady
Jan 25, 2017
Kennedy-Kaye Delle Brady Kennedy-Kaye Delle Brady, infant daughter of Branon and Jamie Brady, died Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Graveside services will be private directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. The family requests memorial contributions be made to Cook Children’s Medical Center, 801 7th Ave., Fort...
Billy Bob Brabbin
Jan 24, 2017
Bill Brabbin, 88, died Tuesday, January 24, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, January 27, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 28, in the chapel of Southern Hills Church of Christ with Danny Minton officiating. Burial will follow...
Alvin Adolph Siewert
Jan 23, 2017
Alvin A. Siewert, 92, of Abilene, passed away at 10:00 p.m. on Monday, January 23, 2017. Alvin was born on February 27, 1924 at the Siewert farm house just Northwest of Abilene to Ludwig and Clara Siewert. He was the last to survive of eight children. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church his entire life and he took...
Elvis Buford Istre
Jan 22, 2017
Elvis Buford Istre, 76, died Sunday, January 22, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Baytown, Texas on November 13, 1940, Elvis was the son of Edolie and Henry Istre. In 1959, he graduated from Robert Lee High School in Baytown, and received his college degree. Elvis was a teacher. He married Sherry Kay Stamper in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He was a...
CMSgt. Charles Harrison York
Jan 22, 2017
Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt) Charles H. York, 81, of Middlesboro, Kentucky, passed away on 22 January 2017 in Abilene Texas. Visitation will be 6:00 to 7:00 PM, Thursday, 26 January 2017 at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held 12:30 PM, Friday, 27 January 2017 also at Hamil Family Funeral Home with...
Monty Wayne Oates
Jan 20, 2017
Monty Wayne Oates, 56, passed away Friday, January 20, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, January 22, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 23, at Three Crosses Cowboy Church, 4038 Hwy 351, Abilene, with Pastor Greg Clemmer officiating....
James Earl Langford
Jan 20, 2017
James Earl Langford of Abilene passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017, in Odessa, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Rev. Stan Allcorn will be officiating the service. James was born in Goldthwaite, Texas, to Ernest and Margaret Langford on October...
Otis Henry Jones
Jan 19, 2017
Otis Henry Jones passed away peacefully at home in Abilene, Texas on Thursday, January 19, 2017. Visitation is planned from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, January 23, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A service celebrating his life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, in the First Baptist Church, Abilene, sanctuary...
Helen Louise Slough
Jan 19, 2017
Helen Slough, 92, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2017 in Rockport, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, January 23, 2017 at the Eula Cemetery, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Rev. David Cason will officiate. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at The Hamil Family...
Kloyece Lynn Irvin
Jan 15, 2017
Kloyece Kiser Irvin, 69, of Abilene, passed away on January 15, 2017. She was born to the late Clois Dale "Speck" Kiser and Dorotha Bill Brewer Kiser in Breckenridge, Texas on August 22, 1947. Kloyece was a 1965 graduate of Abilene High School and a 1969 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She married her high school sweetheart...
Richard Julius Orsini
Jan 13, 2017
Richard J. (Dick) Orsini, a longtime Abilene dentist, known for his love of family and friends and numerous contributions to his church and community, died January 13, 2017. He was 80. Funeral will be on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Brotherhood...
Fred Williams
Jan 13, 2017
Fred Williams, 84, of Abilene, Texas passed away Friday, January 13th at his home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 18th, at 11:30 AM, The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow at 1:00 PM at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 West Lake Rd., Abilene, Texas. The...
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