Obituaries
Linda Ann Murphy
Mar 30, 2016
Linda Ann (Johnson) Murphy died peacefully on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Hendrick Hospice Care at Hendrick Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Her life was built upon a solid foundation of faith, family and friends, and she was blessed throughout her life with an abundance of all three. Linda was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, to George Kenneth...
Virgil L. Stewardson
Mar 29, 2016
Virgil L. Stewardson, 90, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at home. Virgil was born in Santa Anna, TX to John and Willie B. (Scarbrough) Stewardson on October 1, 1925. He graduated from Santa Anna High School, enlisted in the Navy and went straight into WWII. He was assigned to the USS Custer, manning a landing...
Evelyn Sleeper
Mar 22, 2016
Evelyn Chesbro Sleeper died peacefully on March 22, 2016 in Abilene, Texas at the age of 82. Evelyn was born on May 12, 1933 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada to John and Mabel Chesbro. She married Drew Cutter Sleeper, 2nd Lieut. of the U.S. Air Force, of Scarsdale, New York in 1952. Evelyn spent the first 30 years of marriage supporting...
Leroy Ates
Mar 22, 2016
Leroy “Lee” Ates, 91, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at his residence in Abilene, Texas. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 25, in Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 W. Lake Road, with Rev. Jim Ritter officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Visitation will be 6 to...
Joan Hallum Blackwell
Mar 21, 2016
Joan Hallum Blackwell died peacefully on Monday, March 21, 2016, after a brief illness. She was 74. Joan was many things to many people: wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and beloved friend. She lived for more than 50 years on Victoria Street with her husband, Eddie, who passed away in 2012. She made the people in her life happy. Born...
Dorothy Eloise Crowell
Mar 14, 2016
Dorothy Eloise Newman Crowell of Abilene, Texas passed away at age 98 on Monday, March 14, 2016 in Abilene. Dorothy was born in Roby, Texas to Elmer and Jesse James Newman. She graduated from Abilene High School at age 16 and McMurry College at age 19. After college she taught elementary school in Roby for several years. In 1939 Dorothy...
Lorain Kauffman
Mar 13, 2016
Lorain Kauffman, of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at the age of 100. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday at Elmwood Memorial Park. Dr. Jeff Reid will officiate. Lorain...
Jeane Krieger
Mar 12, 2016
Jeane Krieger passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 15th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 16th, at Brook Hollow Christian Church with Rev. Penny Biddy and Jim Bob Solsbery officiating. Services are under the...
Margaret McCarty
Mar 11, 2016
Margaret Mae Magill McCarty, 90, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on Thursday, March 17 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm, Friday, March 18 at Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal with The Reverend Luke Back...
Andrew Willyoung
Mar 11, 2016
Andrew "AJ" Willyoung, 33 of Abilene, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2016 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 16th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. AJ was born at Hill AFB, Utah to Leslie Willyoung and Jeff Willyoung. He graduated from Cooper high school in 2000....
Nelda Ruth Hodges
Mar 10, 2016
Nelda Ruth Kunkel Hodges, 81, the beautiful Grande Dame of our family passed away in Abilene on March 10, 2016 into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She experienced a stroke the same day last week that she lost her husband. Nelda’s mother’s family (Schuster) emigrated from Germany to Texas and eventually settled in Priddy, TX....
Charles Wayne Awalt
Mar 9, 2016
Charles Wayne Awalt, 75, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on March 9th, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Friday, March 11th from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffal9 Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, March 12th at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Pastor Marc...
Felicisima Rorrison
Mar 5, 2016
Felicisima Rorrison of Abilene, Texas passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at the age of 89. “Fely” was born in Cavite City in the Philippines, the daughter of Ramon Cocohoba and Maria Sapinoso. She resided in Abilene for the last ten years after moving from San Diego, California. She is the cherished wife of Thomas Rorrison of Abilene, TX,...
Eddie Valson Hodges
Mar 3, 2016
Mr. Eddie Hodges, 83, a loving family leader, honorable and astute businessman, and lifelong supporter of his beloved Abilene passed away on March 3rd into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He attended Abilene High School where he was an athletic standout in football and baseball. He was named Texas Football All Star by the Coaches...
Kenneth Martin Farrington
Mar 1, 2016
Kenneth Martin Farrington, 76, went home to the arms of his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. The son of Theresa Gladys (Reed) and James Carl Farrington, Kenneth was born on October 27, 1939 in Frisco, Texas, and attended Abilene High School. He served in the National Guard from 1961 to 1967, and on March 2,...
Emma Loraine Spykes
Mar 1, 2016
Emma Loraine (Pollard) Spykes, 65, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at a local medical center. Cremation arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. No services are scheduled. Emma was born in Corpus Christi, Texas to Jack Pollard and Juanita (Wells) Pollard on September 12, 1950. She...
Tracy Marie Rowlett
Mar 1, 2016
Tracy Marie Rowlett, 88, of Abilene, passed away on March 1st, 2016 in McKinney, TX. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 6:00 pm Friday, March 4th, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Rosary will be held at 6:00 pm Friday, March 4th, at the funeral home immediately following visitation. Funeral services will be...
Billy Earl Neill
Feb 29, 2016
Bill Earl Neill, age 75, of Marshall County, Oklahoma, passed away on February 29, 2016 in Madill, Oklahoma at the Brookside Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2016 at The...
Jack Pickett
Feb 29, 2016
Jack Pickett Papa slipped from our arms into Jesus’s arms at 4:50 pm on Monday, February 29, 2016, in Buffalo Gap, Texas at the age of 83. He was born on March 31, 1932, in Del Rio, Texas. He was a graduate of Tivy High School and served in the US Navy. He later sold shoes to many women at...
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