Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...