Obituaries
Bufford Wayland Burns
May 30, 2012
Bufford Wayland "Bo" Burns, 77, passed from this life peacefully on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in his home in Abilene with his wife, Verna Burns and his son, John Jay Burns, at his bedside. He was ready to go home to his new mansion in Heaven and meet his Lord and loved ones who had gone before him. Bufford was...
Jonya Lea Schuman
May 28, 2012
Jonya Schuman, 42, of Tye, passed away Monday, May 28, 2012 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday at the River of Life Church. Graveside services will be on Thursday, May 31 at 2:00 pm at the Lake Chapel Cemetery in Fairfield, Texas. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home,...
Johnny Clinton Newton
May 25, 2012
Johnny Clinton Newton, 73, died Friday, May 25, 2012, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Abilene, Texas on November 17, 1938, he was the son of Sue (Reynolds) and Luther Norman Newton. He was a lifelong resident of Abilene, where he married Cathy Loretta Fortune on December 17, 1976. Johnny was a glazer and sales representative for Binswanger Glass...
Loella McDonald
May 21, 2012
Loella McDonald, 90, of Abilene, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012 at Coronado Nursing Center. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the First Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Garland Wallace will officiate. Burial will follow in the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Wednesday at...
Arlyene McCurdy
May 21, 2012
Arlyene McCurdy, 93, died Monday, May 21, 2012 in Hendrick Medical Center Hospice Care in Abilene. Arlyene was born to James A. and Bell LeMaster Stout on April 10, 1919, at their home in Brinkman, Oklahoma. The youngest of ten children, she was always playful, fun-loving, and the delight of her older brothers and sisters who would have said she...
Betty J. White
May 21, 2012
Betty J. White, 77, died Monday, May 21, 2012 at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Virgie Elaine (Fowler) and Oscar Reagh, she was born on August 24, 1934 in Lee County, Mississippi, and graduated from high school in Belden, MS. Betty married Loyce White on July 17, 1954 in Tupelo, MS. In Abilene she was receptionist at the...
Myrtle Mae Halbert
May 20, 2012
Myrtle Mae Halbert, 83, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel, 1701 Austin Hwy in San Antonio, Texas. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation will be Friday, May 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Sunset Funeral home. Local arrangements are being made by...
Jean Rutledge
May 19, 2012
Jean Rutledge, 83, of Abilene, died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at a Fort Worth hospital. The daughter of late Lola (Harrison) and D. W. Rodgers, Jean was born on April 17, 1929 in Merkel, Texas. She graduated from Merkel High School and attended Draughn's Business College. She worked as a realtor for 20 years. She was a member of the...
Delwyen L. Lewis
May 19, 2012
Delwyen L. "Del" Lewis, 76, died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at an Abilene medical center. The son of Pearly Inez (Luna) and Leon Lewis, he was born on August 5, 1935 in Durant, Oklahoma. Following graduation from high school in Royce City, Texas, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. He was an electrical engineer on aircraft aviation instruments...
Eunice Thurman
May 16, 2012
Eunice Thurman, 88, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Denver, Colorado on July 15, 1923, Eunice was the daughter of Esther (Peterson) and David Carlson. She was a homemaker. She and her husband, George Eldon Thurman, moved from Marble Falls, Texas, to Abilene on October 1, 2007. Eunice was a member of First Baptist Church...
Detra Kaylene Howell
May 16, 2012
Detra Kaylene Howell (Miss Detra), 48, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at a local hospital. Born on July 28, 1963 in Salinas, California, Detra was the daughter of Pat and Zelma (Randolph) Howell. She was a former resident of the Corpus Christi State School, returning to Abilene in 1995 to be closer to those who loved and cherished her. She...
Marinell Watts
May 14, 2012
Marinell Watts, 67, died Monday, May 14, 2012, surrounded by family and friends in Abilene, Texas, after battling ovarian cancer. Funeral services, with Bill Luttrell and Terry Brown officiating, will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at the Hillcrest Church of Christ. Burial will follow at the Dudley Cemetery in Dudley, Texas. The family will receive friends...
Patricia Ann Aley
May 11, 2012
Patricia Ann Aley, 74, of Abilene, passed away Friday, May 11, 2012. Born in Hobbs, New Mexico on June 22, 1937, Pat was the daughter of Cecil Maurice Bell and Julia Mae Williams Bell. She attended school in New Mexico and Texas and finished high school in Denver City, Texas before attending and graduating from Sul Ross University. Pat married...
Virginia Wynona Cooley
May 9, 2012
Virginia Wynona Stott Cooley, 101, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Born January 15, 1911 in Canton, Oklahoma to Frank and Ethel Stott, she was named after an Indian friend of her father's. Following high school, she received a typing scholarship and graduated from business college in 1929. She married Joe Cooley August 12, 1933, and...
Joyce Lynn Smith
May 8, 2012
Joyce Lynn Presswood Smith, 74, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Friday, May 11, 2012 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow at 12:00 pm in the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 pm on...
George Jack Ogdee
May 6, 2012
George Ogdee, 93, formerly of San Benito, Texas, went to be with his Heavenly Father on May 6, 2012, in Abilene, Texas His memorial service will be held at All Saint's Episcopal Church in San Benito, Texas at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 9, with interment to follow immediately afterwards at Mont Meta Memorial Park. Henry Thomae Funeral Home, 701...
Magen Michelle Jones
May 4, 2012
Magen Michelle Jones, 17, died Friday, May 4, 2012, at her residence. Born in Palestine, Texas on April 6, 1995, Magen was the daughter of Belinda Kay (Crawford) and Carlos Jones. A junior at Wylie High School, she attended school in Clyde, Texas, for seven years before moving to Abilene three years ago. Magen was enrolled in dual credit classes...
Raymond L. Altum
May 1, 2012
Raymond Altum, 82, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in Abilene. The son of Etta Frances (Smith) and Samuel Leroy Altum, he was born on October 10, 1929 in May, Texas in Brown County, where he graduated from May High School in 1947. He proudly served in the U. S. Air Force. Raymond worked in oilfield equipment repair for Republic Supply,...
Lawrence E. Dooley
Apr 26, 2012
Lawrence (Larry) E. Dooley, 88, passed away Thursday, April 26, 2012 at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2 PM Monday, April 30, at First Baptist Church in Abilene. Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery in Anson directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. The family will receive friends at a visitation...
Wilda Weedon Young Echols
Apr 19, 2012
Wilda Weedon Young Echols, 81, of Abilene and formerly of Canyon, passed away April 19, 2012. She was born to J. A. and Opal Young April 14, 1931, in Foard County, TX. Her young life was spent in the Amarillo/Canyon area, graduating from the West Texas State College Demonstration School in 1949. She attended West Texas State College and graduated...
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