Obituaries
Betty Sue Morris Head
Feb 18, 2016
Betty Sue Morris Head passed away on the evening of Thursday, February 18th, 2016 in Abilene Texas. Visitation will be from 5 pm until 7 pm on Tuesday, February 23 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 24 at 10 o’clock am, also at The Hamil Family Funeral...
Benjamin B. Benigno
Feb 16, 2016
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin “B” Benigno, USAF (retired), 90, of Abilene, Texas passed away on February 16th, 2016 at a local hospital. Visitation will be 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, February 22, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, with a rosary and prayer service to begin at 8 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at...
Beverly Tarpley
Feb 14, 2016
Beverly Tarpley, 85, the first Texas woman lawyer to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, died in Abilene on February 14, 2016. She was born February 25, 1930 in Houston to Charles and Hilda Potthoff. She enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin at age 15 and received BA and JD (Doctor of Jurisprudence) degrees. She came...
Linda Wallis Slabaugh
Feb 11, 2016
Linda Wallis Slabaugh (Super Nana), 67, of Abilene passed away on February 11, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation and Rosary will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday, February 14,2016 at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, February 15,2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Monsignor Robert Bush officiating. Burial will...
Dorothy Hopkins
Feb 10, 2016
Dorothy Hopkins, 95 of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 in Goldthwaite, TX. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Friday, February 12th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 13th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Donny Harbers officiating....
Lavoise Celest Donnell
Feb 8, 2016
With her eyes set on the goal to join with God’s people in Paradise, Lavoise Celeste Donnell realized that hope on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 93 years old. The last song she heard just before leaving this life was her granddaughter singing “Jesus is Tenderly Calling.” Her journey began August 9, 1922 in Lingleville, Texas. Growing up during the...
Nelda Bess Loyd
Feb 7, 2016
Nelda Bess Loyd, 87, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at her residence in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Ida Pearl (Amonett) and Clarence King West, she was born on October 19, 1928 in McCamey, Texas, and was a 1948 graduate of McCamey High School. Nelda married Billy Esko Loyd in McCamey on November 20, 1948. She was a...
Jearald Duane Heflin
Feb 5, 2016
Jearald Duane Heflin, 74, passed away Friday, February 5, 2016, in Abilene, Texas. Jearald Duane was born in Portales, New Mexico, on June 15, 1941, to Jearald and Belle Heflin. He started school in House, New Mexico and graduated from Portales High School in 1959. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics (minoring in Engineering and Mathematics) from...
Bill Snowden
Feb 5, 2016
Billy Ray, "Bill", Snowden made his triumphant entry into glory on February 5, 2016. He was born in Georgetown, Texas, on May 26, 1939, to John George and Ruby Lee Snowden. His childhood there with his siblings Norma, John, Ben and Carra, has been a source of many wonderful, adventurous, and hilarious stories. He grew up working on his family's...
Hazel E. Davis
Feb 3, 2016
Hazel Davis, 82, passed away February 3, 2016 at the Hendrick Hospice Care inpatient unit in Abilene, Texas. She was born Hazel Earline Sandlin in Manchester, Tennessee to Earl and Gladys Sandlin on November 10, 1933. She grew up in Manchester with grandparents, Perry and Hanna Stiver, and attended schools until she moved to Nashville, TN to attend college. There,...
Clarence Lee Siewert
Feb 3, 2016
Clarence Lee Siewert, 88, of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at his residence. Memorial services have been set for 11:00 A.M. Friday, February 5th at the Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Kieschnick officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Thursday, February 4th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Private burial...
Jamie Lee Turner
Feb 1, 2016
Jamie Lee Scott Turner, 91, of Denton Valley, passed away on February 1, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 5, at 2 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene with Bob Karlin of Eula United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be at Dudley Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday,...
Kathryn Gardner Morrison
Jan 31, 2016
Kathryn Gardner Morrison, 95, a longtime Abilene resident, passed away peacefully on January 31, 2016, in Temple Texas. Born in Hamlin Texas on May 14, 1920 to Benjamin Harrison Gardner and Myrl Fletcher Gardner, Kathryn graduated from Hamlin High School in 1938 and McMurry College in 1942. Working in Odessa she rekindled her friendship with Bob Morrison, a McMurry Indian...
Michael E. Farha
Jan 30, 2016
Michael E. Farha, 46, of Abilene, passed away on Saturday, January 30th in Dallas, TX. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Friday, February 5th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 6th at Beltway Park Church, 4009 Beltway South. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial...
Marietta Martin
Jan 29, 2016
Marietta Sessions Martin after living 101 years passed from her earthly home into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on January 29, 2016. Marietta was born in Brady, Texas on July 2, 1914, to Virgil Lee and Emma Angeline Sessions. She graduated from Brady High School in 1932 and attended Abilene Christian College. On August 25, 1933 she married...
Jerry D. Files
Jan 28, 2016
Jerry D. Files, 80, died Thursday, January 28, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 1, at Southern Hills Church of Christ Chapel directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Burial will follow in McBee Cemetery. Jerry was born in Gorman, Texas to the late Earl Files...
Greg Bradshaw
Jan 27, 2016
Heaven gained an angel on Wednesday morning January 27, 2016 when Greg Bradshaw was called home to rest in the arms of God. Born November 15, 1956 at Hendrick Hospital in Abilene, Texas to Bill and Chris Bradshaw, Greg grew up in Abilene and was a 1975 graduate of Cooper High School. He attended Baylor University and was a lifelong...
Ronald Wayne Cox
Jan 24, 2016
Ronald Wayne Cox, 72, of Tuscola, Texas, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at his home from an unexpected death. A memorial to celebrate his life will be held on Thursday, January 28th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. Ron was born in Abilene, Texas to Howard and...
Charlie Stephens
Jan 20, 2016
Charles Ernest “Charlie” Stephens, 90, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2016, in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Matabel (Human) and Charles Ernest Russell, she was born on August 15, 1925, in Mart, Texas. Charlie married Harrell E. “Steve” Stephens, Sr. on July 31, 1949, in Knox City, Texas. As a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps during the 1940’s, she...
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