Obituaries

Donna Maurine Wheeler

Donna Maurine Wheeler

Apr 29, 2015

Donna Maurine Wheeler, 58, went to be with the Lord on April 29, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on November 26, 1956 in Dilley, Texas, to Billy Joe and Peggy Green White. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Wheeler of Abilene; two daughters, Michael Anne Behrens and husband, Edward, of Shreveport, Louisiana, and Kellye...

Dorothy Frances Patterson

Dorothy Frances Patterson

Apr 25, 2015

Dorothy Frances Patterson, 93, passed away in Wichita Falls, Texas on Saturday, April 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 4, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow in the I.O.O F. Section of Abilene Municipal Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday,...

Susan Shelton

Susan Shelton

Apr 22, 2015

Susan Batjer Shelton, 73, of Abilene, Texas passed away on April 22, 2015 at her home. Susan was born in Abilene to Robert Dunbar Batjer, Sr. and Tee Miller Batjer on July 22, 1941. After spending her childhood here, she graduated from Saint Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. She attended Hollins College in Virginia, where she studied abroad for...

James Parker Bettis

James Parker Bettis

Apr 22, 2015

James Parker Bettis, 34, passed from this earth on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in College Station, Texas. Parker was born on April 2, 1981 in Amarillo, Texas to his parents, Terry and Claudia Bettis. The family moved to Abilene just a few weeks after his birth, and Parker grew up in Abilene, attending Crockett Elementary, Lincoln Middle School, and graduating...

Leon Constable

Leon Constable

Apr 20, 2015

Darvin Leon Constable, 85, of Abilene, Texas passed away Monday, April 20, 2015 at a local medical center. Leon was born in Coleman County, Texas on August 3, 1929, to Author Darvin and Fannie Brown Constable. In 1949, they moved to Abilene, where he met and married Marion Haley on October 7, 1950 in Novice, Texas. He was a U.S....

Mary June Jones

Mary June Jones

Apr 19, 2015

Mary June Jones of Hawley passed away on April 19, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21. Funeral services will be at Hawley United Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, with Rev. Jack Dominguez officiating. Interment...

R.L. Henderson

R.L. Henderson

Apr 19, 2015

R. L. Henderson, 94, died Sunday, April 19, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Howard County, Texas on May 6, 1920, he was the son of Verbena (Long) and Shelby Henderson. He served in the U.S. Navy, and on April 14, 1945, married Lila Reid in Hico, Texas. In 1946 he moved from Big Spring, Texas to Abilene, where he...

Raymond A. McDaniel

Raymond A. McDaniel

Apr 18, 2015

Raymond Allen McDaniel, Jr., 81, passed away on April 18 in Abilene surrounded by his loving family. There will be a visitation between 5:00-7:00 PM on Thursday, April 23 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home (6449 Buffalo Gap Road). Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, April 24 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church (1741 Sayles Blvd.) with The...

Robert Newton Allen

Robert Newton Allen

Apr 17, 2015

Robert N. (Bob) Allen III received the ultimate healing as he went to live with his Lord and Savior on April 17, 2015 following a brief illness. A funeral service will be held at 2:30 pm on Monday, April, 20, 2015 at Highland Church of Christ in Abilene with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation will be held...

Evelyn Mary Landeros

Evelyn Mary Landeros

Apr 17, 2015

Evelyn Mary Landeros, 70, a longtime resident of Buffalo Gap, Texas, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015 in Abilene, Texas Born in Denver, Colorado on January 18, 1945, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Bernice (Martinez) and Samuel Sisneros. She was a homemaker and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, always supportive of the activities and sports in which...

Patricia Johnson Longacre

Patricia Johnson Longacre

Apr 17, 2015

Patricia Tomlinson Johnson Longacre, 81, died Friday, April 17, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Patricia Tomlinson was born on October 9, 1933 in Huntington, West Virginia to Jesse Roland Tomlinson and Evelyn Lett Tomlinson. She was a graduate of Barboursville High School in West Virginia. Following high school, Pat attended Marshall University in Huntington, WV, until her marriage to Winson Ray...

LaNelle Montgomery

LaNelle Montgomery

Apr 9, 2015

Hazel LaNelle Montgomery, 89, went to be with her Lord and Savior and her heavenly family on Thursday, April 9, 2015. LaNelle was born on May 14, 1925 to Thomas P. and Lillie Pearl (Clary) Griffin in Copperas Cove, Texas. LaNelle married Gordon H. Montgomery on December 14, 1943 in Blackwell, Texas. She and Gordon spent most of their lives...

Jase Ryan Waggoner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...