Obituaries
Russell Wayne Altman
Jun 26, 2012
Russell W. "Russ" Altman, 57, died on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. He was born on June 6, 1955, at Bolling AFB in Washington, D.C. Since his father was career military, he lived in several places until his dad retired in 1969 and moved to Abilene. Russ graduated from Abilene Christian High School, served four years in the...
Thomas Allan Woodward, MD
Jun 25, 2012
Col. Thomas A. Woodward, MD, U.S. Army (Ret.) - Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota on May 20, 1948; joined his Lord and Higher Power June 25, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. Tom was preceded in death by his mother and father, Mary Courtois DeBacker and William Sartell Woodward of St. Cloud, Minnesota. Tom is survived by his children, the pulse of...
Debra J. Strickland
Jun 25, 2012
Debra J. Strickland, 52, of Abilene, passed away Monday, June 25, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Mike Raughton will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday...
Carroll Emerson O'Kelley
Jun 25, 2012
Carroll Emerson O'Kelley, Sr. "C.E.", 93, of Abilene, passed away Monday, June 25, 2012 at a local hospital. Graveside services will be held at 9:00 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at Elmwood Memorial in the Garden of Faith section. Dr. Phil Christopher will officiate. There will be no public visitation. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family...
Orlando Antonio Hernandez
Jun 24, 2012
Orlando Antonio "Tony" Hernandez, 65, of Odessa, Texas passed away Sunday, June 24, 2012 in at a local. Born in Pecos, Texas on September 18, 1946, Tony was the son of Josefa Palianes Hernandez and Froto Ramos. He lived in Andrews, Texas prior to moving to Odessa twenty years ago. He worked in the oil field most of his life,...
Clark Beasley
Jun 24, 2012
Clark Wayne Beasley was born June 6, 1942 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Laura Mae and Keith Paul Beasley. He died Sunday night, June 24, 2012 at a local health center. He earned his B.S. in Biology from Kansas State College of Pittsburg and his PhD in Zoology from the University of Oklahoma. He taught at McMurry University from August 1969...
Evelyn M. Newquist
Jun 21, 2012
Evelyn Newquist, 89, died Thursday, June 21, 2012, at an Abilene nursing center. Local arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Services are pending with Thompson Funeral Home in Ridgway, Pennsylvania.
Leola M. Williams
Jun 20, 2012
Leola M. Williams, 100, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at an Abilene nursing center. Born in Winters, Texas on May 25, 1912, she was the daughter of Alice Matilda (Nixon) and Ernest Clyde "E.C." Collinsworth. Leola worked as a LVN at Hendrick Medical Center as well as doing private duty nursing. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Leola...
Brandy Michelle Norman Ramos
Jun 19, 2012
Brandy Michelle Ramos, 36 of Abilene, passed away on June 19, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 Friday, June 22nd at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday June 23rd at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Tracy Moore officiating. Burial...
Mildred Mae Pearson
Jun 12, 2012
Mildred Mae Pearson, 87, of Abilene, Texas passed away on Tuesday, June 12 after a brief illness. A memorial service will be at 10:00 am, Friday, June 15, in the chapel at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Mildred and her husband, Orrin Pearson, made their home in Abilene, Texas in 2006. Their early years were spent...
Valla Chapman
Jun 12, 2012
Valla Gertrude Chapman, 100, of Austin, Texas, passed away in Abilene, Texas, on June 12, 2012. Visitation will be at The Hamil Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, in Abilene, Friday, June 15, 2012, 5:30 to 7:00. Graveside services will be held in Austin at 11:00 AM Monday, June 18, 2012, at Austin Memorial Park Cemetery with Terrell Hough and...
Joe David Bryan
Jun 12, 2012
Joe Bryan Joe Bryan, 64, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at a local hospital. Born in Abilene, Texas on August 8, 1947, Joe was the son of Frances (Hester) and I. G. Bryan, Jr. He was a U. S. Army veteran of Vietnam. For 27 years, Joe lived in Tahoka, Texas, having been a building contractor, city...
Glendel L. Bruce
Jun 11, 2012
Glendel L. Bruce, 78 passed away June 11, 2012 at his home in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning at Hwy 36, Church of Christ, Abilene, Texas officiated by Terry Chrane. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park facilitated by The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 - 7:00...
J. D. Parker
Jun 10, 2012
Joseph Dwayne "J.D." Parker, 73, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012 at a local hospital. Graveside services will be held today, Tuesday, June 12, at 3:00 pm at Elmwood Memorial Park with Tony Grisham officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. J.D. was born in Marshall, Texas on February...
David Alvin Bedford
Jun 8, 2012
David (Grandad) Bedford entered heaven on Friday evening. A celebration service for his life will be held on Monday afternoon at First United Methodist Church, 1318 South 2nd, Abilene, Texas, at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. David Black officiating. David Alvin Bedford was born on September 3, 1930, in Winters, Texas. He was the last child born to father Fred...
Michael Lee O'Brien
Jun 7, 2012
Michael Lee "Mike" O'Brien, 41, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012 from an ATV accident near Basin, Montana. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Burkett Cemetery in Burkett, Texas. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road....
Dale Prince
Jun 7, 2012
Dale "Red" Prince, 86, died Thursday, June 7, 2012, at an Abilene nursing center. The son of Ida Mae (Sweringen) and Herbert Dale Prince, Dale was born on October 3, 1925 in Stamford, Texas. During World War II, he could not serve in the military because of a disability, but he worked at Lockheed in Fort Worth, Texas "building planes...
Karla Sue Meador
Jun 4, 2012
Karla Sue Meador (1953-2012) Karla "Lala" Meador died on Monday, June 4, 2012 of small cell lung cancer under Hospice care at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Karla was 58 years old. Born in Abilene, Texas on September 27, 1953 Karla Sue Simpson was the third of four children born to Joe Simpson and Ora Louise Hawkins Simpson. Karla...
Nina Ray Hobbs
Jun 3, 2012
Nina Ray Hobbs, 77, of Fort Worth, died Sunday, June 3, 2012. The graveside service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, in Buffalo Gap Cemetery, on FM 89, west of Buffalo Gap, Texas, directed by the The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Nina was born in San Angelo, Texas, on May 23,...
Linda Kay Holt
Jun 3, 2012
Linda Kay Wistl Holt of Abilene passed away on June 3, 2012 at her home. A Celebration of Life remembrance will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at North Park Baptist Church in the fellowship hall, located at 1525 Anson Ave, Abilene, Texas. Arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...
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