Obituaries
James E Haun
Apr 16, 2011
Jim Haun, 62, of Abilene, passed away on April 16, 2011 in Fort Worth. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, April 22, 2011 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Jim was born in Sweetwater, Tennessee to John and Kate Haun on April 21, 1948. He owned "Jim's Auto Mart"...
Billy W. McDonald
Apr 15, 2011
Billy W. "Bill" McDonald, 75, died on Friday, April 15, 2011, after a battle with cancer. Born in Coleman County, Texas on June 20, 1935, Bill was the son of N.C. and Maxie (Williams) McDonald. He attended school at Loss Creek and Mozelle, and married Joyce Mills on November 17, 1956 in Santa Anna, Texas. Bill owned a service station...
Lonnie Keele Taylor
Apr 13, 2011
Lonnie Keele Taylor, Jr., 76, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Abilene. Born in Tyler, Texas on July 23, 1934, he was the son of Vera Edna (Moore) and Lonnie Keele Taylor, Sr. He was a 1951 graduate of Tyler High School and attended Tyler Junior College. Lonnie was a U. S. Air Force veteran, and retired from the Texas...
Zelma N. Randolph Gunn Howell
Apr 12, 2011
Zelma N. Randolph Gunn Howell, 89, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Brandon, Missouri on November 4, 1921, she was the daughter of Eva Lyle (Kerfoot) and William Arthur Randolph. She was born in Missouri, but got to Texas as fast as she could. Since 1966 she had been a resident of the Abilene...
John Morris Wagstaff
Apr 4, 2011
John Morris Wagstaff, born March 10, 1939, was a 4th generation Abilenian and rancher who loved his family, friends, bird dogs, and cows. John graduated high school from St. Stephens Episcopal School in Austin, Texas, and was an all-state halfback on their 1956 state champion team. During summers he attended Culver Military Academy. He graduated from the University of Texas...
Elizabeth Porter Jennings
Apr 3, 2011
Elizabeth Porter Jennings, 103, of Abilene passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, April 3, 2011. Elizabeth was born on June 6, 1907 at the Porter farm home in Terrell, Texas and the world was graced with a happy, loving, volunteer spirit. She was the seventh of nine siblings born to Bessie and W. C. Porter. Elizabeth was reunited...
Paul Henry Galloway
Mar 30, 2011
Paul Henry Galloway, 64, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, in Plano, Texas. The son of Virginia (Peel) and Henry Galloway, he was born on May 1, 1946 in Roosevelt, Texas. He grew up in Buffalo Gap, Texas. As a boy, he was baptized in the Baptist Church. He graduated from Wylie High School in 1964, and served a short time...
John R. Riley
Mar 29, 2011
John R. "Jack" Riley, 90, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at an Abilene medical center. Born in San Francisco, California on June 28, 1920, Jack was the son of Donica Stella (Kasich) and John Phillip Riley. He enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1941 and was discharged in 1945. He married Sara Eugenia Britton on December 23,...
Ford A. Farr
Mar 28, 2011
Ford A. Farr, 72, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Abilene, Texas on November 18, 1938, he was the son of Ethelda Thompson and Leith Carroll "Slim" Farr. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Hardin-Simmons University. He was a retired teacher, having taught Cooper High Art, Special Ed at Mann Middle School,...
Sandra Burks Spear
Mar 27, 2011
Sandra Burks Spear, 67, was received into the arms of her Savior on Sunday, March 27, 2011, at an Abilene medical center. Sandra was born in Pampa, Texas on May 12, 1943 to O.A. "Buster" Burks and Jerry Griffin Burks. She had lived in Abilene since 1950. Sandra was a member of the Abilene High School Class of 1961. She...
John Gossard
Mar 23, 2011
John Ray Gossard, Jr., 59, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts on June 3, 1951, John was the son of Margaret Dorrence Gossard and John Ray Gossard. He graduated from Cordova High School in Sacramento, California. He received his bachelor's degree from California State University, Sacramento in 1973 and earned his teacher's...
Janet Anita Poor
Mar 22, 2011
Janet Poor, 82, died Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at her residence in Hodges, Texas. The daughter of Eva Marie (Boulette) and Joseph Louis Barrieault, she was born on June 13, 1928 in Skowhegan, Maine. She married J. L. Poor on May 25, 1946 in Portland, Maine, and since 1946 had been a resident of the Abilene area. She was a...
Morgan Clarence Knapp
Mar 22, 2011
Morgan C. Knapp, Jr., 79, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Morgan was born in Neptune, New Jersey on March 2, 1932 to Morgan C. Knapp, Sr. and Mildred Johnson Knapp. Morgan grew up in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, where he was an Eagle Scout. He graduated from the University...
Jane Wyatt Jones
Mar 22, 2011
Jane Wyatt Jones, 85, of Abilene died Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in Dallas. Born in Rochester, Texas on September 9, 1925, Jane was the daughter of Robert Lee Wyatt and Beatrice Hinton Wyatt. She attended college in Abilene and married Raymond Jones in Sweetwater, Texas in 1949. Mrs. Jones worked as bookkeeper with Raymond in their businesses, Texas Auto Parts...
Sara M. Wilson
Mar 18, 2011
Sara M. Wilson, 87, died Friday, March 18, 2011, at her residence. Born in Olney, Texas on November 15, 1923, she was the daughter of Mattie (McWhorter) and John Ledbetter. She married George Robert Wilson on August 8, 1942 in Hamilton, Ohio. Sara was a homemaker. In 1979, she moved from Hamilton, Ohio to the Abilene, Texas area. Her husband,...
Craig Schuman
Mar 17, 2011
Craig Schuman, 42, died Thursday, March 17, 2011, at an Abilene medical center. Born in San Saba, Texas on July 31, 1968, he was the son of Donna (Mellon) and Roger "Butch" Schuman. For 32 years, Craig had been a resident of Abilene and graduated from Wylie High School. He was president of Schuman Equipment and attended River of Life...
Robert Baxter Childress
Mar 16, 2011
Robert Baxter Childress, 89, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, in Abilene, Texas at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at Oldham Lane Church of Christ with Chris McCurley and Lowell Maxey officiating. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. The family...
Bill Bleiker
Mar 15, 2011
Bill Bleiker, 78, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at his residence in Abilene, Texas. Born in Texline, Texas, on March 12, 1933, he was the son of Vera Inez (Sewell) and Lewis Bleiker. In 1951, Bill graduated from high school in Clayton, New Mexico before receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. Bill...
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