Obituaries
Claudia Viola Stahl
Jul 30, 2015
Claudia Viola “Vi” Stahl, 84, of Snyder, formerly of Abilene, passed away on July 30, 2015 in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 1st, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene. Vi was born in Post, Texas to Isaac Andrew...
Anita Rae Cox Shaw
Jul 29, 2015
Anita Rae Cox Shaw passed on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. The memorial service will be officiated by Rev Paul Matta at 3:00 pm on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas 79606. Anita Ray Cox Shaw was born on March 10, 1933 in Wichita Falls Texas to RC...
Jeanie Bell Salyers
Jul 27, 2015
Jeanie Bell Salyers, 87, departed this life into the welcoming arms of her Savior on Monday, July 27, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Jeanie was the daughter of Reba (Rosson) and Angus Wyman Shores, born on February 8, 1928 in the Iberis Community in Taylor County, Texas. For many years she was a beautician in the Abilene area. Jeanie was a...
Dorothy Peugh
Jul 27, 2015
Dorothy Peugh, 93, died Monday, July 27, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Betty (Hildreth) and Arch Newsom, Dorothy was born on October 26, 1921 in Purley, Texas. She was reared in Franklin County, Texas, where she attended school public schools and graduated from high school. Dorothy received a degree from East Texas State University in Commerce, and her...
William Worthy Chaney
Jul 26, 2015
William (Bill) Worthy Chaney was born on August 15, 1930 in Abilene, Texas, the only child of Walter and Zelma Chaney. Following his miraculous survival at birth, Bill served all those he met with love, integrity, humor, and grace. He departed from this world on Sunday, July 26, 2015 to meet his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Bill graduated from...
Nathan James Laird
Jul 26, 2015
Nathan James Laird, 26, of Abilene passed away on July 26, 2015. A memorial service will be 2:00 pm Friday July 31, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home in Abilene with Mike Patrick officiating. Family will receive visitors immediately after the memorial service. Nathan was born in Abilene TX to Peggy Price and Jimmy Laird on March 14, 1989....
J. Harold Hughes
Jul 23, 2015
James Harold Hughes was born January 9, 1931, in Dallas TX. He passed from this world on July 23, 2015, in Abilene, TX at the age of 84. His parents were Fred C. and Florence Ellen Lee Hughes. The family moved to Abilene in 1936. He was an Alta Vista “Rooster” who graduated as an “Eagle” from Abilene High in...
Meagan Metts
Jul 23, 2015
Meagan Metts, 17, died Thursday, July 23, 2015 near Mertzon, Texas in an automobile accident. Born in Abilene, Texas on May 7, 1998, Meagan attended schools in both Wylie ISD and Eula ISD. She was an accomplished equestrian rider and a member of the Taylor County Sheriff’s Posse, West Texas Barrel Racing Association and National Barrel Horse Association, competing in...
James R. Caudle
Jul 22, 2015
James R. “Joe” Caudle, 91, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at his residence in Abilene, Texas. Born in Alexander (Erath County), Texas on December 19, 1923, Joe was the son of Vallie Lee (Walton) and James Rosser Caudle. After graduating from high school, he served from 1943 to 1945 in the U.S. Army during World War II in the South...
Kenneth G. Byrne
Jul 20, 2015
Kenneth G. Byrne, 80, of Abilene, Texas died Monday, July 20, 2015 in Windsor, Canada. Born in Butte, South Dakota on October 18, 1934, he was the son of Pauline (Shuck) and William Byrne. He was a mechanical engineer for Sandia Corporation. Kenneth is survived by his wife, Patsy Jeanne Jacobsen Byrne of Abilene; two sons, Joe Byrne and wife...
Freida Gwen Tollison Littlefield
Jul 20, 2015
Freida Gwen Tollison Littlefield, 81, of Abilene, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm on Friday, July 24, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rev. Mike Woodard will officiate. Burial will follow in Anson at the Mt. Hope Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00...
Randy D. Meador
Jul 18, 2015
Randy Meador, 57, of Buffalo Gap, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Kerry Jones will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. Randy was born January 2, 1958 in Jacksboro, Texas to Lester and Dorthy...
Alvin Langford
Jul 17, 2015
Alvin Langford, 84, died Friday July 17, 2015 in Abilene, Texas after a 4-year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene with Steve Brooks of Aldersgate Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday...
Mark C. Maberry
Jul 15, 2015
Mark Clifton Maberry 56 beloved physician suddenly was separated from his family, his community, and this life on July 15, 2015 in Abilene. The funeral service will be held on Monday July 20 at 10 am at the First Central Presbyterian Church of Abilene, with interment to follow at 4 pm at Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth. Services are under...
JoAnn Burton
Jul 15, 2015
JoAnn Burton, 82, died Wednesday, July 15, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Eden, Texas on August 25, 1932, she was the daughter of Lillie (Moffett) and John Herron Jacoby. She married Doyle Burton on June 1, 1963 in Eden, Texas. JoAnn had been a resident of Abilene since 1963. She worked for Andrews Furniture as bookkeeper for many years....
CMSgt Lynn A. Woolf
Jul 14, 2015
CMSgt Lynn A. Woolf, USAF (Ret) Lynn A. Woolf, 86, died Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 17, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. There will be a procession to Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene for the committal service to be held at...
Luci Lacewell
Jul 14, 2015
Evelyn Lucille “Luci” Lacewell, 74, died Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. today, Thursday, July 16, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Rev. John Fanning officiating. Graveside services will be held at 12 Noon Friday, July 17, at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Fort...
J L Smith
Jul 13, 2015
JL Smith, 88, of Abilene, Texas and most recently of Corsicana, Texas, passed away on July 13, 2015 in Corsicana, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Friday July 17, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at...
Wayne C. Cook
Jul 10, 2015
Wayne C. “Cotton” Cook, 91, of Abilene, passed away on July 10, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 14, 2015, after the service at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Wayne was born in Sperry, Oklahoma...
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