Obituaries
Jase Ryan Waggoner
Apr 7, 2015
Jase Ryan Waggoner, infant son of Amy (Pease) and Nolan Waggoner, passed away April 7, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at Beltway Park Church Chapel, 4009 Beltway South, with Steven Holley officiating. Arrangements are by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. In lieu of...
Nicholas Richard Rayburn
Apr 5, 2015
Nicholas Richard Rayburn, 17, died April 5, 2015, at an Abilene medical center. Nick was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on February 28, 1998, the son of Richard E. Rayburn and Sara M. Crutcher. In 2006 he moved from Portland, Oregon to Abilene. A student at Wylie High School, Nick was a talented and accomplished French horn player, jazz guitarist,...
Patsy Ruth Parker
Apr 1, 2015
Patsy Ruth Parker, 79, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Abilene, Texas. She was born August 14, 1935, in Lampasas County, Texas, to Culver and Lea Carpenter. Patsy lived most of her life in Paducah, Texas, and moved to Abilene upon her marriage to John Daily Parker. For many years Patsy taught pre-school children...
Wyman T. Wilkerson
Mar 30, 2015
Wyman T. Wilkerson, 83, of Abilene, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Hillcrest Church of Christ. Burial will follow at a later date. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road....
Robert Dean Burt
Mar 25, 2015
Robert (Bobby) Dean Burt, 59, joined his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Abilene. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 pm Sunday, March 29 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Graveside services will be held at 11am Monday, March 30, at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 W. Lake...
Joann Buscher
Mar 25, 2015
Joann Buscher of Abilene, Texas crossed the river to be with Jesus on March 25, 2015 after a short illness. A memorial mass will be held at 10:00am, Monday, March 30 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Sam Matthiesen officiating. Arrangements are through The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Joann was born August, 20,...
John Cody Levens
Mar 24, 2015
John Cody Levens, 24, of Abilene has left to be with the Lord on March 24, 2015. Please join Cody's family in a celebration of his life at 2:00 PM Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Beltway Park Church (South Campus) with Paul Wright and Jamey Calvery officiating. Cody will then be placed to rest at Bethel Cemetery in Funston, Texas,...
Virginia Lou Berry
Mar 22, 2015
Virginia Lou Bradley Berry, 85, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 in Abilene nursing center. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 26, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating. Burial will follow in Canon Memorial Cemetery at Stith under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Visitation will be...
John Joseph Catalina
Mar 22, 2015
John Joseph Catalina, 93, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at an Abilene Regional Medical Center. The son of Lena (Ropollo) and James William Catalina, John was born on February 5, 1922 in High Bank, Texas. Following graduation from high school, he served in the U.S. Navy from which he received a medical discharge. In 1942 he married Mary Ester Moore...
Nick Baker
Mar 22, 2015
Nick “Cowboy” Baker, 63, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 in Abilene, Texas at a medical center. Born in Coleman, Texas on March 18, 1952, Nick was the son of Norma Ruth (Jones) Miller and Howard Glenn Baker. After graduation from high school he attended college in Odessa, graduating in 1972. He was a lifelong barber, having worked at Town House...
Elsie Henryetta Norwood
Mar 21, 2015
Elsie Henryetta Britton Norwood of Abilene, Texas, passed away on March 21, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 from 5:00-7:00PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Memorial services will be held at on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:00AM at The Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal with...
Ruth Ellen Collins
Mar 21, 2015
Ruth Ellen Collins, 89, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Carbon, Texas on September 27, 1925, Ruth was the daughter of Millie M. (Mangum) and James Turner Peel. She graduated from Corbon High School and was married to LaFoy Collins, Jr. on June 26, 1943. She was a homemaker. She worked as manager of...
Wendy Walters Veigel
Mar 20, 2015
Wendy Brigham Walters Veigel Wendy Veigel, age 69, of Abilene Texas joined the angels in Heaven on March 20, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal in Abilene TX on Friday March 27, 2015 at eleven o’clock in the morning. Burial will follow at the church’s columbarium. Arrangements are directed...
Lora Hughes Lesley
Mar 18, 2015
Lora Hughes Lesley, 75, of Clyde, Texas, died Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at an Abilene medical center. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 20, in Clyde Cemetery directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Brian Curtis Brooks
Mar 17, 2015
Brian Brooks, age 89, died March 17, 2015. A native of Brown County, Texas, Brian Curtis Brooks was born on July 7, 1925 to Roscoe and Erin (Williams) Brooks. He graduated from Brownwood High School in 1942 and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as an aviation radioman. After the war he obtained a BS degree in Animal Husbandry...
William Henry Roach
Mar 16, 2015
William H. “Bill” Roach, 81, died Monday, March 16, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Bill was born in the small community of Telephone, Texas, on June 29, 1933 to “Buck” and Dora Faye Roach. When he was eight years old, his mother married Clarence Dozier, giving him three stepbrothers and a stepsister. For four short years, he enjoyed playing, competing and...
Brian Joseph Green
Mar 12, 2015
Brian J. Green, 56, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Baylor Regional Medical Center in Grapevine, Texas. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. There will be a local celebration of Brian Green's life from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Wednesday at...
Jimmy Dean Womack
Mar 12, 2015
Jimmy Dean (J.D.) Womack went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 12, 2015. He was born in Cross Cut, Texas on July 5, 1925, to Jesse and Willie Payne Womack. Jimmy married the love of his life and best friend, Barbara Smith Womack, on December 17, 1955. They enjoyed 59 wonderful years together. God blessed...
Norris E. Ragle
Mar 11, 2015
Norris E. Ragle, Sr., 79, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at his residence in Abilene, Texas. Born in Olney, Texas on November 20, 1935, Norris was the son of Clara Leona (Norris) and Homer Virgil Ragle. After serving in the U. S. Army, he worked as a radio engineer for Lockheed, Abilene Christian University, and several television and radio stations....
Lane Patrick Frizzell
Mar 9, 2015
Lane Patrick Frizzell, also known as Laner, Slim, or Flaco to many, died peacefully surrounded by his family in Austin, Texas on March 9, 2015 at the age of 63 after a seven-year battle with frontal lobe and temporal dementia. Lane is survived by his parents, Jack and Pat Frizzell of Abilene, Texas; his wife, Holly Frizzell of Abilene; children...
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