Obituaries
Patricia Charlene Farmer
Oct 24, 2013
Patricia “Patti” Charlene Farmer, 60, of Tuscola, Texas, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 27, at Wylie United Methodist Church in Abilene, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene. Burial will follow in Buffalo Gap Cemetery. The family will receive friends from...
Louise Gretner
Oct 23, 2013
Frances Louise "Aunny" Gretner, 94, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013 in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will be held Friday, October 25, at 2:00 p.m. in Elmwood Memorial Park in the Garden of Remembrance with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Aunny was born November 5th, 1918 in Temple,...
Dorothy June Fletcher
Oct 16, 2013
Dorothy Jordan Fletcher, 80, Hardin-Simmons University’s former First Lady, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at Hendrick Medical Center after a long illness. A memorial service will be held at HSU’s Logsdon Chapel, 2:30 p.m., Monday, October 21, 2013. The service will be officiated by Dr. Phil Christopher, pastor of First Baptist Church Abilene; Dr. Russell Dilday, former President of Southwestern...
Grace Maxine Duryea
Oct 14, 2013
Grace Maxine Duryea, 87, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on October 14, 2013 in Haskell, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 17 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with the Reverend Herb Wood officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Grace was born in Abilene, Texas to Tully Hardin...
Wanda Joy McIver
Oct 11, 2013
Wanda Joy McIver, 78 of Abilene, passed away Friday, October 11, 2013 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, October 14 at Wylie Baptist Church, with Rev. Donny Harbers officiating. Graveside services will follow at 2:00 pm at the Rockwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Sunday at The Hamil...
Eulalia Gray Donald Webb
Oct 9, 2013
Eulalia Gray Donald Webb, 93, a lifelong resident of the Potosi and Abilene area died Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at Hendrick Medical Center. The daughter of Pasco (Putman) and James Wilson Gray, Eulalia was born on April 28, 1920 in Potosi, Texas. She attended school in both Potosi and Wylie, graduating from Wylie High School. She worked for Sears in...
Joe K. Smith
Oct 9, 2013
Joe K. Smith, 77, of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at Wisteria Place Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Monday, October 14, 2013 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A committal service will follow at 12:00 pm at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. The family will receive...
Weldon Beasley
Oct 8, 2013
Weldon Beasley, 79, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 11, 2013 at 2:00pm at Trent United Methodist Church with Reverend Rex Mauldin and Reverend Glenda West officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Burial will follow in Trent Cemetery in Trent, Texas. Visitation...
Goldie Hallford Monroe
Oct 8, 2013
Goldie Hallford Monroe, 87, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at an Abilene nursing center. The daughter of Lorea (Seymore) and Thomas Andrew Hallford, Goldie was born on September 9, 1926 in Brown County, Texas, and graduated from Bangs High School. She married S. D. Monroe, Jr. on January 14, 1955 in Tuscola, Texas. She was a telephone operator for Southwestern...
Johnnie L. Stevens
Oct 6, 2013
Johnnie L. Stevens, 92, died Sunday, October 6, 2013 at an Abilene medical center. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 9, at Baker Heights Church of Christ. Arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene.
Jack L. Smithson
Oct 6, 2013
Jack L. Smithson, 84, died Sunday, October 6, 2013 at his residence in Potosi. Born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on July 8, 1929, he was the son of the late Ella (Forrister) and Auther Smithson. Jack graduated from high school in Cabiness, OK before attending college two years. He was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps. He was...
Trina Darlene Patrick Reyes
Oct 3, 2013
Trina Darlene Patrick-Reyes, 48, passed away at her home in Abilene Thursday, October 3, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. Trina’s life journey was one of wisdom and love. Her laugh could brighten a room, and her smile always reached her eyes. Born on October 16, 1964 in Sweetwater, Texas, Trina was the daughter of Betty Hubbard and Charles...
Janice Marie Dennis
Oct 1, 2013
Janice Marie (Gilliam) Dennis of Lubbock, TX passed away on October 1st, 2013 at the age of 37 at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD due to complications from a long and heroic battle with cancer. Janice was born to Barney J. Gilliam and Huei-Jen Gilliam on April 29th, 1976 in Little Rock, AR. She was the first child of...
James Rector Johnson
Oct 1, 2013
James “Jim” Rector Johnson, 96, of Abilene, died, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in Abilene. Jim was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on December 23, 1916, lived in Ohio until the age of 10, then moved to Breckenridge, Texas around 1926. It was there that he met Grace, who had moved with her family from Georgia. His family moved to Abilene, Texas...
Charlsie Hester Ervin
Sep 24, 2013
Charlsie Hester Ervin, 81, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013 in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Willie Mae (King) and William Martin Waller, she was born on March 24, 1932 in Diboll, Texas, and moved to Abilene in 1968. At the time of her retirement, Charlsie had been a cashier at Wes-T-Go for six years. She previously worked at Casey’s...
W.E. Sims
Sep 24, 2013
W.E. Sims, 92, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at The Oaks at Radford Hills Nursing Home in Abilene, Texas. The son of Lillie (Carter) and Lonnie Sims, W.E. was born on April 28, 1921 in Gatesville, Texas. He moved from Stanton, Texas to Abilene in 1940. W.E. was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, having served in World War II in...
Charlene Ricketts
Sep 24, 2013
Charlene Ricketts, 87, of Abilene, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. Charlene was born on November 8, 1925 in Mora, Missouri, the daughter of Olga Christine (Roiter) and Charles John Schwensen, Jr. After graduation from high school and a year of college, she married William “Bill’ Ricketts in San Marcos, Texas on July 7,...
Dorothy Hull Graham
Sep 21, 2013
Dorothy Hull Graham, 79, went to be with her Lord and Savior, on September 21, 2013 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas, while surrounded by family. Born in Stamford, Texas on July 15, 1934, Dorothy was the daughter of Cleta Mae (Blackburn) and Herbert Enoch Youngquist, Sr. She attended high school in Stamford and worked as a secretary in...
William C. 'Bill' Rainey
Sep 17, 2013
William C. Rainey died Tuesday evening, September 17, 2013 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. Bill, as he was called by his friends, was 58 years old, and had been a resident of Abilene since 1996. Bill was born October 22, 1954 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Tommy and Claudia Rainey. He graduated from Pine Bluff High School in 1972...
Paulanna Y. Kirtley
Sep 12, 2013
Paulanna Y. “Pepper” Kirtley, 94, retired co-publisher of the Tri County Truth in Churubusco and widow of James H. Kirtley, passed away at 2:30 a. m. on Thursday, September 12, 2013 at the Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. She had been in declining health for several months. Mrs. Kirtley was born on December 14, 1918 in Rochester, the daughter...
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