Obituaries
James Austin Morgan
May 19, 2017
James “Jim” Morgan, 85, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, May 19, 2017 at his residence. Visitation will be 3:00 to 4:30 P.M. Sunday, May 21st at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, May 22, 2017 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home With Chris McCurley officiating. Burial will follow at the Elmwood...
Troy Lee Howard
May 16, 2017
Troy Lee Howard, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday May 16, 2017 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Monday, May 22, 2017 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Graveside services will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 23rd at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. He was born July 21,...
Patricia Lee Gaines
May 14, 2017
Our beautiful, amazing and loved Patricia went to heaven on Sunday, May 14, 2017. She leaves behind many, many people that loved her very dearly. Pat was very devoted and extremely busy when spending her days on earth. She was active and an elder in Westminster Presbyterian Church in Abilene. She eagerly assumed roles as chairperson of several committees and...
Kamala Amilineni
May 9, 2017
Kamala Amilineni, 76, went back to God on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Abilene, Texas at Hendrick Medical Center. Born in India on April 20, 1941, Kamala was the daughter of the late Venkata Ramanappa and Lakshmamma Muthuluru. She was a homemaker. Survivors include one son, two daughters, and three grandchildren. A private funeral service will be held at The...
Danny Joe Baird
May 8, 2017
Danny Joe Baird, 66, of Abilene, passed away Monday, May 8, 2017. Funeral services will be at 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with Rev. Stan Allcorn officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Danny was born August 5, 1950 in Dallas, Texas to William and Billie (Grammer) Baird....
Betty Vivian Novak
May 6, 2017
Betty Novak of Abilene, 72, after a long illness, passed away at her home on May 6, 2017 . The family will receive friends on May 11, 2017 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene; with a prayer service to follow at 7:00 PM. Funeral service will take place 9:00...

Joye Stevens
May 5, 2017
Joye Rutledge Stevens, 94, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. Monday, May 8th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 9th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Joye was born in Jones County, TX. to Matthew &...
Theodore Evans, Jr.
May 4, 2017
Theodore "Ted" Evans, Jr. passed from this life on Thursday, May 4, 2017. Ted was larger than life and loved his family, loved his John Deere family, and loved his customers who became life long friends. He was passionate about golf and loved wood working and was always the life of the party! A celebration of his life will be...
Biagio Faraci
May 3, 2017
Biagio "Bill" Faraci, 94, of Buffalo Gap, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Bill was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Joseph Faraci and Lorenza Indriola on April 8, 1923. He married Rose Messina on November 18, 1942. He worked as a barber in his own business for over 60 years. Bill was a Veteran of World War II...
Mayme Darlene Jacob
Apr 28, 2017
Darlene Lemons Jacob passed away April 28, 2017 at the age 76. She was born May 13, 1940 in Snyder, Texas to Hurston and Mamie Pylant Lemons. She graduated from Fluvanna High School in 1958. After graduation, she attended Texas Tech University. On August 26, 1961, she married Billy Jacob in Fluvanna, Texas. After Billy graduated from Texas Tech in...
Schooler Samukawa
Apr 26, 2017
Schooler-Samukawa, 78, of Sweetwater, Texas, passed away on April 26, 2017 in Abilene, Texas Memorial services will be held at 2:00 pm on May 12, 2017 at her home on Lake Sweetwater. All are welcome to come and memorialize her with your precious memories and stories and to stay to scatter her ashes in the lake so they may commingle...
Myrtle Ann McElroy
Apr 25, 2017
Myrtle Ann McElroy, 81, died Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Newell (Davis) and James St. John, Myrtle was born in Colorado City, Texas, on September 23, 1935. She was a lifelong resident of Abilene, having graduated from Abilene High School. She married James McElroy on February 3, 1956 in Abilene and was a homemaker. She...
Sidney Jerrold Wilson
Apr 25, 2017
Coach Sidney Jerrold (Jerry) Wilson passed away peacefully on April 25, 2017, after a brief battle with cancer. Coach Wilson, affectionately known as Wolf or Wolfie, was born February 25, 1948, to Sidney Lutrel Wilson and wife Mary Ida Kidd Wilson at Fort Baker Army Hospital in Sausalito, CA. He graduated from Big Spring High School in Texas in 1966....
Selah Hope Jowers
Apr 25, 2017
Selah Hope was born Tuesday, April 25, 2017, to Clay and Hannah Jowers at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Her name describes what she inspired in the lives of her family and those involved in their lives. The anticipation of her birth and life brought hope and joy into their hearts, and though she never took a breath of...
R. D. Gist
Apr 22, 2017
R. D. Gist, 85, died April 22, 2017 in Aransas Pass, Texas at a nursing home. The son of the late Gemie (Donald) and Otha Davis Gist, R. D. was born on December 3, 1931 in Potosi, Texas. He was a graduate of both Eula High School and Hardin-Simmons University. A U.S. Army veteran, R. D. entered military service in...
E.J. & Blanca Rodriguez
Apr 20, 2017
Eddie N. “E. J.” Rodriguez, Jr., 17, and Blanca Rodriguez, 19, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017 in an automobile accident near Fredericksburg, Texas. Their services will be at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00...
O W Wilson
Apr 19, 2017
Rev. O W Wilson, 86, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 21st, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 22nd, at First Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Winston Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Buffalo...
Betty Sue Pounds
Apr 18, 2017
Betty Pounds, 69, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Abilene, Texas, on April 14, 1948, Betty was the daughter of Willene (Selby) and Henry Clay Pounds. Betty was a 1966 graduate of Abilene High School and graduated in 1967 from the Hendrick Medical Center School of Nursing. She was a LVN and retired from the Abilene...
Jerrel Douglas Woodard
Apr 18, 2017
Jerrel D. Woodard, 82, of Hodges, died at home in the loving care of his family on April 18, 2017. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00pm on Friday, April 21. Funeral services will be held 11:00am, Saturday, April 22nd at Hodges Baptist Church with Matt Cheevers,...