Obituaries
Billie Ann Lofton
Nov 6, 2016
Billie Ann Smith Lofton, 71, of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2016. Visitation will be Wednesday, November 9th from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, November 10th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Rev. Darrin C. Ray of Wylie...
Rev. Donny Harbers
Nov 4, 2016
Rev. Donny Harbers, 59, of Abilene passed away Friday, November 4, 2016. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Monday, November 7, 2016 at Wylie Baptist Church with Brother Steve Peace and Russ Ponder officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:30 pm on Sunday at Wylie Baptist Church. Services...
Sharon Leigh Roe
Nov 3, 2016
Sharon Leigh Aaron Roe of Abilene went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on November 3rd, 2016 at Hendrick Medical Center. She was 83 years old. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday, November 7, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on...
Chestney Dwane Faulkenberry
Nov 1, 2016
Chestney "Chet" Dwane Faulkenberry, 78, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Chet was born on January 17, 1938 in Eastman, Oklahoma. Chet, who held both a B.A. and M.A., was a teacher for 30 years in Merced, California at Merced High School and Merced College. At Merced College...
H. A. Middlebrooks
Nov 1, 2016
One of life's most wonderful characters H.A. "Ham" Middlebrooks left us on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. A native of Abilene, Ham amassed a long and distinguished list of accomplishments in his 87 years here but, more importantly, he lived an incredible life full of adventure and the most interesting people. Services for Ham will be Saturday, November 5, 2016, 1...
Gertrude Cook DeRusha
Oct 26, 2016
Gertrude Cook DeRusha, 103, died Wednesday, October 26, 2016, in Abilene, Texas at Hendrick Medical Center. Born in Noodle, Texas on October 2, 1913 in a half dugout, Gertrude was the daughter of the late Etta (Ely) and George Nathan Cook. As a small child, Gertrude traveled by wagon to Lea County, New Mexico, where her family homesteaded for several...
Regena Gay Weaver
Oct 22, 2016
Regena Gay Weaver, 59, of Abilene Texas, passed away October 22, 2016 in Abilene Texas. Visitation will be held from 12 to 1:45 PM with services to follow at 2 PM on Wednesday, October 26th at The Hamil Family Funeral home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Minister James Crim will be officiating the service. Regena Gay Weaver was born in...
William Hudson Shoultz
Oct 19, 2016
William (Bill) Hudson Shoultz passed away October 19, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. A graveside service will be held at Seaton Cemetery on Saturday, October 22nd at 11:00 am. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Friday, October 21st at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Bill was born in Ft Worth, Texas but lived in...
Lou Adams
Oct 18, 2016
Lou Marvin Adams, 80, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on October 18, 2016 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 5:30-7:00pm on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 1pm Friday, October 21, 2016 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with Amy Feltz of Aldersgate, officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in...
Bob Sutphen
Oct 17, 2016
Bob L. Sutphen, 84, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on October 17, 2016. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 PM Monday, October 24, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, October 25, at Hillcrest Church of Christ with Terry Brown officiating. A private burial will follow. Bob...
Joan Brooks Jones
Oct 16, 2016
Joan Brooks Jones, 81, a beloved wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, on October 16, 2016, at Grace Hospital in Lubbock. Visitation will be on Friday, October 21, from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A celebration of her life will...
Grace King
Oct 14, 2016
Grace (Gracie) King, 89, passed away Friday, October 14, 2016 in Tuscola, Texas. Grace was born in Louisville, Kentucky to William and Cova Rouse on August 7, 1927, and attended school in Davis County, Kentucky. She married Miller King in Abilene, Texas on her birthday, August 7th. Grace worked for Dillard's Department Store for 12 years before she retired, having...
Kathryn Lula Young
Oct 8, 2016
Kathryn Young, 94, of Abilene, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2016 in Weatherford, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Friday, October 14, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rev. Larry Baird will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on...
Valeta Wendel
Oct 7, 2016
Valeta Goins Wendel, age 93, passed away on October 7, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Grave side services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at Cherry Spring, Texas in the Dietrich-Rode Cemetery. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Valeta was born in Brown County, Texas to...
Vincent Joseph Priestner
Oct 5, 2016
Dr. Vince Priestner of Abilene passed away on October 5, 2016. The family will receive friends on Monday, October 10, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with a prayer service to follow at 7 p.m. Funeral services will take place on Tuesday, October 11, at 10 a.m. at...
Andrzej Leszek Niebelski
Oct 3, 2016
Andrzej L. Niebelski M.D. died peacefully on October 3rd, 2016 at his home in Abilene with his loving wife and family at his side. Andrzej was born on June 16th, 1952 in Wroclaw, Poland. He graduated from the Academy of Medicine in Wroclaw- Poland with M.D. Degree. (1971-1978). He continued with training in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency in Academy of...
Dr. Wilma Jean Tucker
Oct 3, 2016
W. Jean (Jeanne) Hayter Tucker, R.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., of Tuscola, Texas, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, October 7, 2016 at Hamil Family Funeral Home in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 8, 2016 at St. Paul United Methodist Church...
William "Billy" Lackey
Sep 30, 2016
The best man we ever knew, William "Billy" D. Lackey, Jr, age 71, passed away at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas on Friday, September 30, 2016. Billy Lackey was born in Garnett, Kansas to Bill and Betty Lackey on the 25th of March 1945. At the age of eight Billy would move with his family from Kansas to Texas....
Richard Dean Fenton
Sep 28, 2016
Richard Dean Fenton, Sr., 67, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on September 28, 2016 in Abilene. Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 2, 2016, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Sam Kirkman of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses officiating. Richard was born in Greenville, Texas to Edward...
James Robert Raasch
Sep 28, 2016
James Robert Raasch (December 8, 1988 - September 28, 2016) James Robert Raasch, 27, of Abilene, TX formerly of Fort Atkinson, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. A memorial visitation will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at the Dunlap Memorial Home in Fort Atkinson from 5 to 8 p.m. www.dunlapmemorialhome.com
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