Obituaries
Ruby Jane Ford
Jun 6, 2015
Our loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Ruby Virginia Curtis Ford, fondly called Ruby Jane, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 6, 2015. Ruby Jane was born September 10, 1926 to Robert Leroy Curtis and Esther Emma Bennett in Alma, Arkansas. She married Wyatt Lamont Robinson in 1945 and lived many places in Kansas raising...
Jim Eaton
Jun 3, 2015
Jim Eaton, 91, died June 3rd at Wesley Court nursing facility in Abilene. He was born September 3, 1923, to Austin and Hattie Eaton. His happy rural childhood was spent in Peacock, TX. Jim enlisted in the Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and spent four years in the Naval Air Corps flying lighter-than-air dirigibles. His mission was to...
Mattie Josephine Stroud
May 31, 2015
Mattie Josephine “Jo” Stroud, age 92, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on May 31, 2015 at Coronado Nursing Center in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 6, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Interment will be in Pittsburg, Kansas at a later date. Mattie Jo was born in...
Jan Huie Martin
May 28, 2015
Jan Huie Martin, wife of R. David Martin, daughter of Sherman and Marie Huie, was born on August 26, 1956. She passed away May 28, 2015. Jan attended school in Dallas, Texas, graduating from W.T. White High School in 1974. She had a passion for art and attended McMurry University, earning a Bachelor of Art degree. Jan met and later...
Susan Anderson
May 25, 2015
Susan Anderson, 67, of Abilene passed away on Monday, May 25, 2015 at the Coronado Nursing Center in Abilene, Texas. A visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday, May 29, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Susan was born in Aberdeen, Maryland to William and Vivian Wykle on November 21, 1947....
Lois Fern Craven
May 21, 2015
Lois Fern Craven, 92, died Thursday, May 21, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Her body was donated to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. No services will be held. Local arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Birch C. Watson
May 21, 2015
Birch C. Watson, Jr., 65, died Thursday, May 21, 2015 in Abilene. Born in Merced, California on February 5, 1950, he was the son of the late Frances and Birch Colvin Watson, Sr. Birch owned Southwest Heating and Air Conditioning/ Pools in Abilene. Birch is survived by his son, Shawn Watson of Austin; daughters, Crystal Watson, and Brittany Portillo and...
Albert Burl McAlister
May 18, 2015
Albert Burl McAlister, 83, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2015. He was a decorated soldier who served his country honorably in the Korean War from 1950-1954. He then went on to pursue his degree in International Trade from Texas Tech University. Burl became an accomplished restaurateur. He owned the legendary “Saddle and Sirloin” for over 30 years in Abilene,...
Elizabeth Leavell
May 17, 2015
Elizabeth Killebrew Leavell Elizabeth Killebrew Leavell, 86, died Sunday, May 17, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. The graveside service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 21, in Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene. A memorial service will follow...
Phala Jay
May 17, 2015
Phala Jay, 57, died Sunday, May 17, 2015, in Abilene, Texas. Born in Fort Worth, Texas on July 15, 1957, she was the daughter Donna (Muffett) and William F. Jay. She was preceded in death by her parents. Phala is survived by one brother, Kelly Jay and wife Christi of Abilene; a nephew, William Kasey Muffett Jay of Abilene; three...
Ronald Reeves Knaus
May 16, 2015
Ronald Reeves Knaus, age 82 of Abilene, Texas, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 in Abilene Regional Hospital. Ron Knaus was born in Big Spring TX to Ike and Margaret (Reeves) Knaus on June 17, 1932. He graduated from Freeport High School in Freeport TX in 1949. His passion for photography and flying started in his teen years. In 1951...
Patricia Ramey
May 16, 2015
Patricia “Pat” Ramey, 80, of Abilene, TX, passed away on May 16, 2015 in Abilene. Visitation for friends and family will be Tuesday, May 19, from 4 to 7 PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX, followed by a rosary service at 7 PM. A Funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, May 20,...
Dana Lynn Ray Blair
May 13, 2015
Dana Lynn Ray Blair, 51, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Jim and Barbara Ray, Dana was born on May 18, 1963 in Hamlin, Texas. She attended school in Snyder and Carlsbad, New Mexico, and also New Mexico State University at Carlsbad, NM, graduating in 1997 with a degree in Nursing. As an R.N., Dana...
Joyce Elam
May 13, 2015
Barbara Joyce (Blailock) Elam, 74, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at a medical center in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, in the Scranton Cemetery near the community of Scranton in southwest Eastland County, Texas, officiated by Rev. Wes Terry. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 15, at The Hamil Family Funeral...
Dwayne Wallace
May 11, 2015
Dwayne E. Wallace, 78, of Abilene, Texas went to be with our Heavenly Father on Monday, May 11, 2015. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, May 13, at the funeral home. Inurnment of cremains...
Dolly Larrison
May 10, 2015
Dolly S. Larrison, 78, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015 in Decatur, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at North Park Baptist Church with Louis Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Admiral Cemetery in Callahan County. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
Coletta Camille Clermont
May 8, 2015
Coletta Camille Clermont, 91, of Abilene, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 8, 2015 in Abilene. Coletta was born in Dayton, Ohio to Charlotte and William Wright on August 1, 1923. She was a member of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal, where she was involved in many service projects. Coletta was a member of the Abilene Interfaith Council,...
R. Kendall Badgett
May 7, 2015
Roy Kendall Badgett, 76 of Abilene, Texas, went to be with The Lord on May 7, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, 2015, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A small funeral service will be held immediately following the visitation at The Hamil Family Funeral...
Mary Jo Brunson Coates
May 6, 2015
Mary Jo Brunson Coates, 78, of Plainview passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Abilene. Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 8, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. The graveside service will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 9, in Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories Cemetery followed by a memorial service...
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