Obituaries
James Steven Watson
Jun 26, 2015
James Steven Watson, 74, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 am, on Friday, July 10, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Jim was born in Lubbock, Texas to Steve and Carmen Watson on November 1, 1940. He attended school in Dumas, Texas graduating...
Loren Ferrell Roberts
Jun 25, 2015
Loren Ferrell Roberts, 81, of Abilene, Texas passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2015 in Abilene. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 29, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating. Loren...
Marshall Dave Clements
Jun 25, 2015
Marshall Dave Clements, age 72, passed away on June 25th, 2015 in Abilene, TX. Marshall was born in Abilene, TX to Jane Massey Lohn and Marshall F. Clements on April 23, 1943. He married Lauren Abelson on May 12, 1967 in Annandale, VA. He was employed by the Central Intelligence Agency. He was a gunsmith at Longacre’s and Bible Hardware...
Mary Booe
Jun 23, 2015
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. West Texas lost a desert beauty this week Mary Booe was born November 21, 1949 in Midland, Texas. She died June 23, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. She is loved and missed by her husband of 45 years, Ken Booe; two daughters, Merrie Booe and Crissy Booe; one granddaughter, Deni Booe; and brother, Dicky...
Bill Megginson
Jun 20, 2015
Bill Megginson, 88, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Interment will follow in the Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Tuesday at the funeral home....
Frank L. Peck
Jun 18, 2015
If the measure of a man is the quality of his work, Frank L. Peck surely and solidly made his mark in circles around the globe. During his long, colorful career and fulfilling life, he associated with some of the world’s top leaders and made an impact in every position he held. Frank L. Peck was born on Sept. 23,...
Dorothy Glen Harper
Jun 16, 2015
Dorothy Glen Harper, of Abilene, passed away at Hendrick Medical Center on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, June 18 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, June 19 at 2:00 pm at First Christian Church with Pastor Don Wilson officiating. Burial will...
Travis L. Smith
Jun 15, 2015
Travis L. Smith, 85, of Abilene, passed away on Monday, June 15th, 2015 in a Houston hospital after an extended illness. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Monday, June 22nd, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 at South Side Baptist...
Joe Pace
Jun 13, 2015
One of the sweetest men you could ever know passed from this life on Saturday, June 13th, 2015 in his home in Abilene, Texas. Joe Pace was one of those special guys who was always taking care of everyone else. In his early career he worked for Wooten’s Grocery, and then Kimbell Foods, and later was co-owner of Wholesale Food...
Fred L. Levrets
Jun 11, 2015
Rev. Fred L. Levrets Fred L. Levrets, 86, of Abilene, Texas passed away on June 11, 2015 in his home. Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A graveside service will be Monday, June 15, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Drummond Cemetery, View, Texas. A memorial service...
Mark Gardner
Jun 10, 2015
Mark “Rooster” Gardner, 59, died Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in Abilene. Born in Fairbanks, Alaska on July 22, 1955, Mark was the son of the late Norma Dean (Hobbs) and Richard Douglas Gardner. He attended both Cooper High School and Lubbock Monterey before graduation in 1973. He attended college before serving in the U. S. Navy. Beginning in 1980, Mark...
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...