Obituaries

William Hudson Shoultz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

James Allen Hodges

James Allen Hodges

Sep 26, 2016

James A. Hodges, 74, of Clyde passed away on September 26, 2016 in Clyde, Texas. Visitation will be from 6-8pm Thursday, September 29 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 11:00am on Friday, September 30th at the Coleman City Cemetery in Coleman, Texas with Brother Bob Cheatheam of Abilene officiating. Services are...

Bill  Galusha

Bill Galusha

Sep 26, 2016

William “Bill” Edward Galusha, 84, of Abilene, TX, passed away on September 26, 2016, at 3:28 pm in Abilene, Texas. Bill was born in Casper, Wyoming to Ada and John Galusha on April 23, 1932. Bill and his brother Rodney attended schools in Casper until 1947. During World War II while men were at war, Bill was introduced to the...

Roy Ray Goodrich

Roy Ray Goodrich

Sep 24, 2016

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Mary Allyn

Mary Allyn

Sep 23, 2016

Mary Allyn, 99, died Friday, September 23, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Tuscola, Taylor County, Texas on February 14, 1917, Mary was the daughter of Ruby May (Edwards) and Elmo Stephen Jones. Her grandfather, Ben F. Jones was the sheriff of Dallas County from 1878-1880. Ben F. Jones and wife Eliza May Jones moved to Buffalo Gap in 1885...

Barry Ray McLeod

Barry Ray McLeod

Sep 23, 2016

Barry passed away on September 23, 2016, in Abilene, Texas. Barry was born in Abilene to Garth and Wanda McLeod on February 19, 1963. He attended Cooper High School and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Texas at Arlington. He was determined and hardworking in everything he set his mind to; this was reflected...

Merlin E. Morrow

Merlin E. Morrow

Sep 21, 2016

Dr. Merlin Morrow, former Athletic Director and professor at Hardin-Simmons University, died Wednesday, September 21, after an extended illness. Burial will be Tuesday, September 27th at 10 a. m. at Elmwood Memorial Park. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Abilene, with a visitation to follow. Services are under the direction of Hamil...

Paul Douglas Graham

Paul Douglas Graham

Sep 18, 2016

Long-time Abilene resident Paul D. Graham passed away on Sunday, September 18, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm Wednesday, September 21, at First Christian Church with Dr. Don Wilson, Rev. Doug Roysden, and Dr. Landon Shultz officiating. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road,...