Obituaries
Ella Lilly Beard
Aug 19, 2016
Ella Lilly Beard entered into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 19, 2016, in Abilene, Texas. Born in Hanna, Alberta, Canada on August 22, 1928 to immigrant parents, she met and later married a U.S. Army soldier, the love of her life, Bill Beard. After marriage they settled in Fort Worth. While Bill worked for the...
Floyd Stayton Gee, Jr.
Aug 17, 2016
Floyd Stayton Gee, Jr, 86, passed away on August 17, 2017, in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Friday, August 19, from 5:30-7pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be at 11am on Saturday, August 20, at the Hillcrest Church of Christ Chapel, 650 E. Ambler. Floyd (known as Sonny, Scooter, and Stayton...
Lena Jean Bilbrey
Aug 15, 2016
Lena Jean Gober Bilbrey (Jean Jean), of Abilene, TX passed away Monday, August 15, 2016 at Hendrick Medical Center. She was born on April 10, 1942 in Gorman, TX to parents James Fishel Gober and Minnie Odessal Jackson Gober. Lena moved to the Abilene area in 1955 and graduated from Abilene High School in 1960. She promptly began her employment...
Starla Ruth Jordan
Aug 15, 2016
Starla Ruth Jordan, 61, of Abilene, TX, passed away at her home on August 15, 2016. Visitation will be Friday, August 19, from 6 – 7:30 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A celebration of Starla Ruth's life will be at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, August 20, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Michael Lewis of...
Leroy Caughey
Aug 13, 2016
Leroy Caughey, 84, originally of San Antonio, passed away on August 13th in Abilene. Rosary & Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 pm, Thursday, August 18th at the family's home. Funeral services will be held 9:00 am, Friday, August 19th at Holy Family Catholic Church with Monsignor Fred Nawarskas, officiating. Burial will follow at Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Services are under the direction...
Fredy Martin
Aug 10, 2016
Fredy Martin., 63, of Abilene, passed away on August 10, 2016 in Lubbock. Graveside Service will be held 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 16th in Elmwood Memorial Park in the Mausoleum Garden with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating. Arrangements are directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Fredy was born in Sweetwater, Tx to Harold and...
Mary Wyley Williamson
Aug 10, 2016
Mrs. Lee Williamson died August 10, 2016, in Arlington, Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, Abilene, Texas, at 10:30 am, Wednesday, August 24. Her cremains will be placed in the Columbarium of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest. Directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Mrs. Williamson,...
Wanda Maxine Paulk
Aug 5, 2016
Maxine Aaron Paulk, 88, passed away on Friday August 5, 2016 at her home in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, August 8, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 9, at Buffalo Gap Church of Christ, 741 Litel Street...
Ruth Ann Hanna
Aug 2, 2016
Ruth Ann Hanna How do you condense a person's life, the sum of their dreams, their hopes, their accomplishments into a paragraph or two? Ruth Ann Hanna's life could be said to start as it ended: Her with God. She was born an orphan on September 1, 1928, and, shortly thereafter, was adopted into the loving home of Robert Collie...
Luther Dale Dozier
Aug 1, 2016
Luther Dale Dozier, age 90 of Abilene, Texas passed away on August 1, 2016 in Abilene, TX. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, August 4, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, August 5th at Potosi Baptist Church, 2826 Potosi Road,...
Norma Jane Robbins
Aug 1, 2016
Norma Jane Kenady Robbins passed away on Monday, August 1, 2016 in Jayton, Texas at the age of 91. Visitation will be from 6-8, Friday, August 5th, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the First Baptist Church Chapel,1333 North 3rd Street,...
Freda Dale Bowie
Jul 28, 2016
Freda Bowie, 94, formerly of Abilene, passed away on July 28th at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, TX. Graveside services (for family only) and burial will be held at Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Freda was born in Wanette, OK to Robert and Goldie Wright on January...
Matilene Prince
Jul 28, 2016
Matilene (Squirt) Prince, 90, of Abilene, passed away on July 28th of 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 2, at Southwest Park Baptist Church with George Fuller of North Raleigh Community Church of Raleigh, officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, August 1,...
Otto Paul Creek
Jul 27, 2016
Otto Paul Creek, Jr., 80, went to be with his Lord on July 27, 2016, in Abilene. Visitation will be Saturday, July 30, 2016 from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 P.M., Monday, August 1st at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Dr....
Emma North Barker
Jul 27, 2016
Emma North Barker, 100, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 30, at Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home, 601 West Broadway, in Enid, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Enid City Cemetery. Local arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...
Don Walton Collins
Jul 26, 2016
Don Walton Collins, 83, of Abilene, TX, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 in Abilene. A Visitation and remembrance will be Saturday July 30, 2016 at Haskell Funeral Home from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. A private burial will be at a later date. Don was born in Breckenridge, TX on February 24, 1933. He attended school in Haskell and...
John Claire Stewart
Jul 25, 2016
John Claire Stewart, 58, of Abilene and North Richland Hills, passed away on July 25th in Abilene. Memorial service will be held at 2:00 on Saturday, August 13 at First Baptist Church of Abilene, with Palmer McCown officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. John Stewart was born in Humboldt, Tennessee,...
Vickie Blain
Jul 23, 2016
Vickie Blain, 67, of Abilene, Texas died Saturday, July 23, 2016 at her home in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Cremation arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. No services are planned.
Stanley Goldsmith
Jul 23, 2016
Stanley Goldsmith, 67, passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2016 in Mineral Wells, Texas. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 27, 2016 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am, Thursday, July 28, 2016 at First Baptist Church with Dr. Phil Christopher of First Baptist...