Obituaries
Billy Jack Wallace
Jan 18, 2015
Billy Jack Wallace, 87, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2015 at his home in Abilene, TX. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 25, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Joe Welsh officiating. Billy Jack was born in Duster, TX to JW & Odessa Clementine Boozer...
Misty Mashburn
Jan 17, 2015
Misty Michaela Mashburn, 30, of Abilene, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015 in Baird, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, on Thursday January 22, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be at 1:00 pm on Friday, January 23, 2015 at the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. Misty was born in...
Bud Coats
Jan 16, 2015
Bud Coats, 37, of Abilene, passed away Friday, January, 16, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be at 1:00 pm on Friday, January 23, 2015 at Beltway Park Baptist Church. Mike Hill will officiate. Burial will follow in the Midway Cemetery in Coleman County, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at...
Wanda Jean Dawson
Jan 15, 2015
Wanda Jean Dawson, 86, passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. She was born December 28, 1928 in Talpa, Texas, to Roy M. and Frankie B. Brown. She attended schools in Abilene and graduated from Abilene High School in 1946. She was employed by S & H Green Stamps for 13 1/2 years and The Bootery, a...
Chris Davis
Jan 14, 2015
Christopher Alan Davis, 53, of Abilene passed away on January 14, 2015 in Odessa, Texas. Chris 'Crazy' Davis was born in San Diego County to Perry and Ruthanne Davis on December 11, 1961. His family moved to Abilene in 1974. He graduated from Cooper High School in 1981. Chris married Donna Patrick on March 31, 2012 in Abilene. He has...
Oneta Roberts Furr
Jan 13, 2015
Dr. Oneta Roberts Furr, 100, a longtime Texas educator, experienced her final earthly transition on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 15, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, January 16, at St. Paul...
Margaret M. Stayton
Jan 13, 2015
Margaret M. Stayton, 87, passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015 in Abilene, Texas at Hendrick Medical Center. The daughter of Jeannie (May) and Leo McGaha, Margaret was born on June 7, 1927 in Yale, Oklahoma. She married Glen Roy Stayton in Odessa. In 1948 they moved from Odessa, Texas, to Abilene where she was a homemaker and a waitress for...
Billie Nunley Beauchamp
Jan 11, 2015
Billie Beauchamp (NUNLEY) died on Sunday, January 11, 2015 in Austin, Texas where she lived for the last four and a half years. Billie was a former longtime resident of Denton. Billie was born on March 17, 1930 near Anson, Texas, the only child of William and Jewel (Harkins) Chambers. When growing up, Billie lived in rural Anson and Hamlin....
Ray Dale Grounds
Jan 9, 2015
Ray Dale Grounds, 86, died Friday, January 9, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Born in Mertens, Texas on July 23, 1928 to Raymond and Leoma Grounds, he grew up in Mertens and Novice, Texas in a large family of generation farmers. He graduated from Novice High School in 1945. He was drafted into the U.S. Army on...
Patricia Howard
Jan 8, 2015
Patricia Howard, 54, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Pat was born and raised in Abilene and lived most of her adult life in Mesquite, Texas, where she was married for 25 years, was the adoring mother of two children, and became a member of the Daughters of the King. She returned to Abilene in 2010 and enjoyed...
David Raymond
Jan 7, 2015
David Raymond, 54, of Bradshaw Texas, passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Lawn Baptist Church, with David Cason of Broadview Baptist Church, and Kenneth Jordan of Lawn Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at McBee Cemetery. Services are under the direction of...
Imogene Bagley Bleiker
Jan 4, 2015
Imogene Bagley Bleiker, 80, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Mesa Springs Nursing Center. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at Elmwood Memorial Park, with a memorial service to follow at 2:00 pm at First Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday at...
Jack Royce Crownover
Jan 4, 2015
Jack Royce Crownover, 89, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. Brother Jack Ridlehoover, Rev. Stan Allcorn and Dr. Jeff Reid, of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will...
Earl Junior Lunn
Jan 3, 2015
Earl J. Lunn died January 3, 2015, at the age of 84. He was born October 14, 1930, near Avoca, Texas, to Linus & Lillie Lunn. He grew up in the community of Ericksdahl and was confirmed in the Lutheran church in 1946. He graduated from Lueders High School in 1949, after which he moved to Abilene and worked for...
Patricia Pruitt
Jan 2, 2015
Patricia LaJuan Pearcy Pruitt passed away on Friday, January 2, 2015, after an extended illness. A private family service will be held on Saturday. Cremation arrangements were by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Born in San Angelo, Texas, on August 6, 1947, her parents John Ralph Pearcy and Dorothy Williams Pearcy preceded her in death. Patricia...
Curtis Eugene Loard
Dec 28, 2014
Curtis Eugene Loard, 62, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 30, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 31, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Don Morrison officiating. Burial...
Denise Kellie Pursley
Dec 28, 2014
Denise Kellie Pursley, 45, of Buffalo Gap, Texas, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Abilene. The daughter of Deanna (Bird) Pursley and the late David Pursley, Denise was born on June 15, 1969 in Midland, Texas. A 1987 graduate of Wylie High School and a 1992 graduate of Texas Tech University, she taught school...
Cheryl Kay Richardson
Dec 28, 2014
Cheryl Kay Tyler Richardson, 60, of Abilene, Texas, died Sunday, December 28, 2014 in Fort Worth. Cheryl was born in Poteau, Oklahoma on August 14, 1954. She worked as a graphic designer for Blue Cross Blue Shield for over 30 years. Cheryl is survived by her son, Justin Julin of Keller, Texas; two daughters, Jaime Hubbard and husband Michael of...
Mary Booth Steward
Dec 26, 2014
There will never be anyone like Dr. Mary Booth Steward. She will be remembered for so many, many things: the yellow Mercedes ambling down South 14th at 20 MPH, picking lint from my wool sweaters, her wardrobe occupying every closet in the house, her countless volunteer hours at the Thrift House, her pixie haircut, and her organizational skills. She referred...
Joe Gaines
Dec 25, 2014
Joe Gaines, Jr., 88 of Abilene, Texas, passed away on December 25, 2014 in Abilene. Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00 pm, Sunday, December 28, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas 79606. Funeral services will be held 10:00 am, Monday, December 29, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Rev. Burtis Williams...
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