Obituaries
Patsy Ruth Hamilton
Nov 25, 2012
Patsy Ruth Hamilton, 84, of Abilene, died Sunday, November 25, 2012. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 29, 2012, at First Central Presbyterian Church, with Dr. Cliff Stewart and Rev. Janice Six officiating. Burial will follow in Buffalo Gap Cemetery, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the funeral home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...
Patsy Ruth Hamilton
Nov 25, 2012
Patsy Ruth Hamilton, 84, of Abilene, died Sunday, November 25, 2012. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 29, 2012, at First Central Presbyterian Church, with Dr. Cliff Stewart and Rev. Janice Six officiating. Burial will follow in Buffalo Gap Cemetery, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the funeral home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...
Maria M. Kalafut
Nov 24, 2012
Maria M Kalafut went to be with Our Lord on November 24, 2012 after a lengthy illness. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Abilene. She was born on November 7, 1926 in Schweinfurt, Germany, a daughter of the late Barbara and Antone Kast. She knew hardship at an early age, losing her mother at 13, and...
Barbara Fooshee
Nov 22, 2012
Barbara Wooten Fooshee, a native of Abilene, Texas and a long-time resident of Dallas went to live with her Lord and Savior on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2012 after a sudden illness. She was a faithful and joyful wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was born Barbara Marie Wooten on August 27, 1934 in Abilene to Sterling Hunt Wooten...
Carl Dwain Bradshaw
Nov 21, 2012
Carl Dwain Bradshaw, 76, died Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at an Abilene medical center. Born in the community of Guion near Bradshaw in Taylor County, Texas, Carl was the son of Nettie Aline (Overby) and Ernest Bradshaw, and attended school at South Taylor High School (now Jim Ned). For 17 years he was employed by Wylie ISD and was the...
O.B. Willeford
Nov 21, 2012
Oliver Britton (Britt) Willeford, age 88, of Abilene passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, November 26, 2012 at Hillcrest Church of Christ Chapel with Terry Brown...
Billy R. Spraberry
Nov 20, 2012
Billy "Bill" Robert Spraberry of Abilene, Texas, passed away peacefully on Tuesday November 20, 2012 at a local medical center after bravely confronting and fighting kidney cancer. Visitation will be on Friday, November 23, 2012 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m....
Shirley Faye Brown
Nov 19, 2012
Shirley Faye Brown, 80, died Monday, November 19, 2012 at a medical center in Abilene, Texas. Born in Hancock, Wisconsin on November 11, 1932, she was the daughter of Myrtle (Aldrich) and Dennis Joel Clark. She had been a nurses aide. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Otis Brown, five brothers and one sister. Shirley is survived...
Leo Clarence Bradley
Nov 16, 2012
Leo Clarence Bradley, 82, died Friday, November 16, 2012 at an Abilene nursing center. The son of Uta Viola (Wright) and Clarence Bradley, Leo was born on December 2, 1929 in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma and graduated from Hobart High School. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, having served during the Korean Conflict. In 1969 he moved from Lawton, OK to...
Edgar Lee Wittie
Nov 15, 2012
Isaiah 40:31, "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Edgar Lee Wittie, 84, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 20, at 1:00 p.m. at Hamil Family Funeral...
Ed Nusspickel
Nov 12, 2012
Ed Nusspickel, 76, passed away at an Abilene medical center on Monday, November 12, 2012. The second child of Frederick A. and Mary Ellen (Garvey) Nusspickel, he was born on October 27, 1936 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Ed grew up in Ossining, New York where he attended schools before serving in the United States Air Force from 1955 -...
Marsha Ruth King
Nov 10, 2012
Marsha Ruth King, AKA, Queenie of Tuscola, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on the morning of November 10, 2012. She was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Allen and Ruth Meeks. She graduated from West Anchorage High School in 1968 and then attended Angelo State University and Baylor University. She married her first love Tommy King...
J.L Edwards
Nov 9, 2012
J.L. Edwards, Jr., of Abilene, Texas passed away on Friday, November 9, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a courageous 17 year fight with Parkinson's disease. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 7:00 PM on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, November...
John Howard Easter
Nov 5, 2012
John Howard Easter, 86, died Monday, November 5, 2012 at Windcrest Alzheimer's Care Center in Abilene. Born in Abilene, Texas on December 27, 1925, John was the son of the late Lola (Kelly) and Howard V. Easter. He graduated from Abilene High School, and after attending college taught Machine Shop at Borger High School in Borger, Texas and Abilene High...
Ozella Marie Fritts
Nov 4, 2012
Ozella Marie "Granny" Fritts Ozella Marie "Granny" Fritts, 95, of Abilene, Texas died Sunday, November 4, 2012 at a local medical center. The son of Haddie Nellie (Wicks) and William Fredreck Gardner, Marie was born on July 3, 1917 in Clyde, Texas, and graduated from Eula High School. Twelve years ago, she moved from Dallas to Abilene, where she was...
Larry D. Cole
Nov 2, 2012
Larry D. Cole was born in Stamford, Texas March 24, 1940 and was promoted to Heaven November 2, 2012. Larry enjoyed retirement years in Cleveland, Tennessee and was formerly a resident of Abilene, Texas. Larry graduated from Abilene High School and attended Hardin Simmons University. Larry is survived by his devoted wife of 51 years Mary J. Cole, son Calvin...
Forrest Dean Roesler
Nov 2, 2012
Forrest Dean Roesler, 90, of Abilene, passed away Friday, November 02, 2012. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at Zion Lutheran Church, 2801 Antilley Road. Pastor Clyde Kieschnick will officiate. Crypt side services will be held at 11:30 am on Thursday, November 8 in the Abbey Mausoleum at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas. Services...
Walter Winkles
Oct 27, 2012
Walter "Dub" Winkles, 88, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2012. Funerals services will be at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Hillcrest Church of Christ. Burial will follow in the Cedar Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Dub...
Darwin Dale Loomis
Oct 23, 2012
Dale Loomis, 80, died Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at Windcrest Alzheimer's Care Center in Abilene. The son of Elizabeth (Watson) and Lester Weldon Loomis, Dale was born on September 2, 1932 in Woodward County, Oklahoma and graduated from high school in Gage, Oklahoma. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1974 when he retired with the rank...