Obituaries

Donald E. Poe

Donald E. Poe

Jan 7, 2016

Donald Elmer Poe, 80, of Abilene, passed away on January 7, 2016. Visitation will be 2:00 to 4:00PM Sunday, January 10, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held 2:00PM, Monday, January 11, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Cason officiating. Burial will follow in...

Kathy Sue Spitler

Kathy Sue Spitler

Jan 6, 2016

Kathy Sue Spitler, 64, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Born in Abilene, Texas on December 27, 1951, Kathy was the daughter of Melba (Hudson) and Reagan Hay. A graduate of Hawley High School, she also received a Bachelor of Science degree from Hardin-Simmons University in 1974, and a Master’s degree from Abilene Christian...

Clarence W. Rowley

Clarence W. Rowley

Jan 5, 2016

Clarence W. Rowley, 84, of Baird, Texas died Tuesday, January 5, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Ekalaka, Montana on September 27, 1931, Clarence was the son of the late Ruby Fern (Johnson) and William Curtis Rowley. He received a master’s degree from George Washington University. He was a pilot in the U S Air Force, retiring as a Lieutenant...

Mary Ercile Irion

Mary Ercile Irion

Dec 31, 2015

Mary Ercile Irion, 93, of Abilene passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Sunday, January 3 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Graveside services will be held Monday, January 4 at 11:00 a.m. in Elmwood Memorial Park directed by The Hamil Family Funeral...

Mary N. Caldwell

Mary N. Caldwell

Dec 31, 2015

Mary N. Caldwell, 88, of Abilene passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31st, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at the Texas State Veteran's Cemetery at Abilene with Gayle Potter officiating. Arrangements are by the Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Mary Caldwell was born in Domingo, NM to...

Mary Lantrip

Mary Lantrip

Dec 31, 2015

Mary Kathryn Stephens Lantrip, 79, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015 in New Braunfels, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Monday, January 4, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Anson, Texas. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 pm on...

Dorotha Bill Kiser

Dorotha Bill Kiser

Dec 29, 2015

Dorotha Bill Kiser, 90, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Breckenridge, Texas on March 27, 1925. She was the daughter of Tolbert T. Brewer and Gladys Elsie Rambo Brewer. A graduate of Breckenridge High School. She married C.D. “Speck” Kiser on November 12, 1946. A faithful member of the Eula Methodist Church, she was a...

James Joseph Sodeman

James Joseph Sodeman

Dec 29, 2015

Jim Sodeman, 49, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, January 7, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Father Kumar Jujjuvarapu will officiate. Jim was born in Sacramento, California to Robert and Martha (Jenkins) Sodeman on April 2, 1966. He worked for Coca-Cola...

Guadalupe Rameriz Sanchez

Guadalupe Rameriz Sanchez

Dec 28, 2015

Guadalupe Rameriz “Wally” Sanchez, 74, died Monday, December 28, 2015 at an Abilene medical center. Born the son of Aurora (Rameriz) and Victor Sanchez in Gonzalez, Texas on December 12, 1941, Wally as a small child moved with his family to Haskell, Texas where he was reared and graduated from Haskell High School. On October 6, 1962, he married Lydia...

Pete Knight

Pete Knight

Dec 24, 2015

Pete Knight of Abilene, Texas passed away on Christmas Eve 2015. He was a decorated Air Force veteran, a career ordained Christian minister, a legendary fisherman, a devoted husband to his wife, June Knight for 60 years, and a loving father to his two daughters, Marla Knight and Kelly Knight, both of whom live in Abilene. A graveside service, with...

Clifton Ritchey

Clifton Ritchey

Dec 22, 2015

Clifton A. (Clif) Ritchey, 92, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on December 22, 2015, in Tyler, Texas. The family will receive friends from 9:00 am to 10:00 am prior to funeral services beginning at 10:00 am on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Terry Brown will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood...

Betty Jane Chatham

Betty Jane Chatham

Dec 19, 2015

Betty Jane Chatham, 92 of Burleson, formally of Abilene, passed away Saturday, December 19th in Burleson. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 22 at Westgate Church of Christ with Rodney Ashlock, Luke Jackson & Mark Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in the Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Betty was born to the late Bert & Ona Evans on August...

Opal Crumpler

Opal Crumpler

Dec 19, 2015

Opal Crumpler passed from this life into the presence of God on Saturday, December 19, 2015. Opal Ophelia Crumpler was born November 15, 1926 in Texarkana, Texas to Charles and Orena Reynolds. She had two brothers, Charles Reynolds and Jack Reynolds. She married CW “Buck” Crumpler on April 3, 1941 in Taylor County. To this union, three daughters were born:...

Robert Jack Vernon

Robert Jack Vernon

Dec 19, 2015

Robert Jack Vernon, 78 of Abilene passed away on December 19, 2015 in Abilene. Visitation will be 5-7p.m. on Monday, December 21,2015 at Hamil Family Funeral Home 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held 2p.m. on Tuesday December 22, 2015 at First United Methodist church, 202 butternut with Pastor Jeff Zirkle officiating. Burial will be at Rogers...

Laverta M. Hubbard

Laverta M. Hubbard

Dec 16, 2015

Laverta M. Hubbard of Winters, Texas, received her wings December 16, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene surrounded by Family. A memorial service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 21, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Entombment of cremains will follow at 12 noon Monday in the Texas State Veterans Cemetery Columbarium at...

Marylu Megginson

Marylu Megginson

Dec 15, 2015

Marylu Megginson, 87, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Ina (Ponder) and Jack Clement, Marylu was born on August 25, 1928 in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Anson High School in 1945, and Hendrick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1948. Marylu was a Registered Nurse for over 50 years. She began her nursing career...

Annette Saverance

Annette Saverance

Dec 14, 2015

Annette Saverance was born March 6, 1944 in San Angelo, Texas and died December 14, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. She is survived by Sid, her husband of 53 years; daughters Paige Schmedemann and husband John of Boerne, Texas and Lee Wallace and husband Rickey of Abilene; her sister, Lori Sims, and husband Phil, of Irving, Texas; her twin grandchildren, Nick...

Donald Lee Roe

Donald Lee Roe

Dec 11, 2015

Donald Lee Roe, 84, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. The son of Georgia (Mapes) and A. J. Roe, Sr., Donald was born on November 3, 1931 in Phumprey, Texas, and moved to Robert Lee, Texas, where he was reared and attended school. He married Sharon Leigh Aarons on June 1, 1951 in Childress, Texas. He...

Betty Jean Trammell

Betty Jean Trammell

Dec 10, 2015

Betty Jean Trammell, 86, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Sherman, Texas on May 21, 1929, Betty was the daughter of Pearl (Strickland) and Horace Caraway. She met the love of her life, Joseph Van Buren Trammell, in Abilene through his cousin while they were switchboard operators at ATT. After serving in the U. S....

Virginia L. Oldham

Virginia L. Oldham

Dec 9, 2015

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