Obituaries
Beatrice Minnie Shackelford
Oct 9, 2015
Beatrice, “Bee,” Agnew Shackelford of Abilene passed away on October 9, 2015 in her home, surrounded by her daughters. Bee and her twin sister, Betty, were born in Mannington, West Virginia to William and Phema Agnew on January 2, 1919. She graduated from Abilene High School in 1937, where she was a cheerleader and named “Friendliest Girl.” Bee never met...
Judith Pratt
Oct 8, 2015
Judith "Judie" T. Pratt of Abilene, Texas passed away on October 8, 2015. Visitation will be Sunday October 11, 2015 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held Monday October 12, 2015 at 2 P.M. at Lytle South Baptist Church with Rodney Watson officiating. Burial will follow...
Karen Younts Schubert
Oct 7, 2015
Karen Younts Schubert, 67, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Rev. Tommy Needham of Amarillo will preside. Karen Ann Younts was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, to Bob and Jeanette Younts...
Alma Louise Strickland
Oct 3, 2015
Louise Strickland, 91, of Abilene, passed away on October 3, 2015 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 6, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 7, at Baker Heights Church of Christ, 5382 Texas Avenue, with Wes McAdams officiating. Arrangements...
Orval O. Ely
Oct 3, 2015
Orval Ely, 90, of Abilene passed away on October 3rd, in Abilene. Visitation with be held on Monday evening, October 5th, from 5 until 7 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning, October 6th, at 11 a.m. at the Wylie United Methodist Church with Reverends Charles Williams,...
O.W. Hickey
Oct 2, 2015
Born November 16, 1923, and raised in the piney woods of East Texas, Oliver William (Bill) Hickey left this life on the evening of October 2nd while in residence at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Coronado’s Camp. He was 91. After graduating from what is now the University of Texas at Arlington in 1942, Bill entered the...
Glenna Mae McInroe
Sep 26, 2015
Glenna Mae McInroe, 82, of Abilene, passed away on September 26, 2015 attended by family in Abilene, Texas. She was a dedicated Christian, wife, mother, and partner. Glenna was born in Lubbock County to J.C. and Stella Taylor on July 20, 1933. She went to school and graduated from Whitharral, Texas. She married Wendell McInroe on June 10, 1952 in...
Doris Pearson
Sep 25, 2015
Doris Starritt Pearson, 96, of Tyler (formerly of Abilene), passed away on Friday, September 25, 2015 in Tyler, Texas. Visitation will be from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on Monday, September 28, 2015, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will follow at 1:00 pm with Pastor David Cason officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood...
Myrna Joyce Woods
Sep 25, 2015
Myrna Joyce Woods, age 83 of Abilene, Texas, passed away on September 25, 2015, at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas. She was born in Plainview, Texas on February 6, 1932 to Jack and Mae Hendrix. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1949 with a love for music and musicians. In 1951, she married the love of her live, Bill...
Margaret Johnson
Sep 19, 2015
Ms. Margaret Johnson, 87, passed from this life on Saturday, September 19, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 26, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4515 South 14th Street in Abilene, with Rev. Chris Turner and Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Burial will...
Malcolm H. Bramlett
Sep 18, 2015
Malcolm H. Bramlett, 66 years old, of Abilene Texas, passed away on September 18, 2015 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be Monday, September 21, 2015 from 5pm to 7pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:30am Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at Wylie Baptist Church of Abilene,...
Dorothy Reed Carlisle
Sep 18, 2015
There was a great celebration in Heaven on September 18, 2015 as Dorothy Carlisle, 85, went to meet her Savior and Lord and all of her family that has gone before. Visitation will be 3:00-4:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 20th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 21st at The Hamil Family...
Laken Lackey
Sep 15, 2015
Laken Lackey, 25, of Abilene, passed away on September 15, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, from 6:00 to 8:00PM, Thursday September 17, 2015 with a Rosary starting at 7:00PM. Funeral services will be held at Wylie United Methodist Church on Friday, September 18, 2015 at 3:00PM...
Frank W. Alloway
Sep 10, 2015
Frank W. Alloway, 88, of Panama City Beach, Florida passed away on September 10, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. No service will be performed at this time. Frank will be returned to the gulf in Panama City Beach Florida. Frank W. Alloway, was born in Knox County, Kentucky and adopted by Allie and Horatio Alloway. His date of birth was September...
M. J. Chance
Sep 10, 2015
Morice Johnie “Son” Chance Sr., 96, quietly went to sleep in the arms of Jesus on Thursday morning, September 10, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center. Services will be at 12:00 P.M. Saturday September 19 at the Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Matthew Lubin officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Burial will...
Grace Hamilton Johnson
Sep 8, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Grace Pauline Pettit Hamilton Johnson went home to be with the Lord. She was 98 years old. Now we are left the privilege of summing up a life well-lived for almost a century and pray we honor her with every word we write here. Grace Pauline Pettit was born in Fairmount, Georgia, to Samuel Bennett Pettit...
Ray S. Cannefax
Sep 6, 2015
Ray S. Cannefax Jr., 92, passed away peacefully in Conroe, Texas on Sunday, September 6, 2015. Born on July 19, 1923 in Brownwood, Texas, Ray attended school in Abilene and graduated from Abilene High. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in WWII, seeing action in Europe. Returning to Abilene after the war, Ray married the former Juancy...
Joyce Gwendolyn Smith
Sep 6, 2015
Joyce Gwendolyn Smith, 84, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. She was born in Franklin, Texas on December 24, 1930. Joyce retired from Smitty’s Malt Bar in Abilene, and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey C....
Dorothy Marie Garrard
Sep 6, 2015
Dorothy M. Garrard age 81, of Hawley, Texas, left this earth to be with our Lord on September 06, 2015 in Hawley, Texas. Born in Durham, North Carolina, June 04, 1934, Dorothy was one of seven children born to Vander B. Williams and Myrtle I. (Epps) Williams, and the only daughter. Dorothy married Frank L. Garrard Sr. on May 26th...
Frances Martin
Sep 5, 2015
Frances Martin, 86, formerly of Abilene, Texas, died Saturday, September 5, 2015 in Odessa, Texas. Born in the Hodges Community in Jones County, Texas on February 26, 1929, Frances was the daughter of Ethel (Earnest) and Tom Vaughn. She married John W. Martin on August 8, 1946. She was a homemaker and a member of Brook Hollow Christian Church in...
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