Obituaries
Charles Wendell Music
Mar 12, 2011
Charles Wendell Music, 73, died Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Windcrest Alzheimer's Care Center in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 18th, at Watkins Memorial United Methodist Church in Louisville, Kentucky directed by Highlands Funeral Home in Louisville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday evening, March 17th, at Watkins...
Mable Dewbre Alvord
Mar 12, 2011
Mable Dewbre Alvord, age 87, died Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. The daughter of Iown (Wright) and Odus Dewbre, she was born on July 22, 1923 in Holder, Brown County, Texas, and graduated from high school in Comanche, Texas. She was a longtime resident of Abilene where Mable and her husband, David, owned and operated Malone...
Raymond Clifford Gillett
Mar 8, 2011
Raymond Clifford "Dutch" Gillett passed from this world on March 8, 2011, he was 81. Raymond was a husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Born August 26, 1929 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Raymond was the third son of Earl and Irene Gillett. He graduated from Guthrie High School and joined the U.S. Air Force, serving in Korea in 1953. Raymond married Beverley...
Wallace Gene McNeil
Mar 8, 2011
Wallace Gene McNeil, 78, died Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Lamesa, Texas on August 8, 1932, he was the son of Willie Lee (Faulkenberry) and Iral Canada McNeil. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Tech University and served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He retired from the...
Anita Adair Bowley
Mar 8, 2011
Anita Adair Ault Bowley (Nino), resident of Abilene, TX, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at the age of 94. Nita was born to Percy and Bertha Davis on December 6, 1916 in Mineral Wells, Texas. She was a graduate of Abilene High School and went on to become one of the City of Abilene's first female office managers....
Patricia A. Basden
Mar 5, 2011
Patricia Anne Boss Basden passed away in Abilene on March 5, 2011. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday, March 7, 2011 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be at 10:00 am on Tuesday at the Hamby Cemetery. Pat was born in Ben Franklin, Texas on April 24,...
Virginia Tatum
Mar 4, 2011
Virginia Tatum, 89, of Abilene, affectionately known to her family and friends as "MeMe", peacefully passed away to be with her Lord and Savior on March 4, 2011 in Abilene, Texas at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral services, with Dr. Phil Christopher of First Baptist Church officiating, will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at The Hamil Family...
Marsha Belle Fenner Marrs
Mar 3, 2011
Marsha Belle Fenner Marrs of Hodges passed away on March 3, 2011 in Abilene, Texas. A Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 7, 2011 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Msgr. Fred Nawarskas officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, March 6, prior to...
Wilma L. Hale Hall
Mar 3, 2011
Wilma L. Hale Hall gracefully passed from this earth on Thursday March 3, 2011 with loved ones by her side. Born Wilma L. Hale in Eskota, Fisher County, Texas, she was the daughter of Clifton and Lilleen Hale. She attended Roby High School and graduated as Salutatorian of her class in 1951. Wilma married David Lewis Hall on February 9,...
Catherine Leona Corley Wetsel
Mar 1, 2011
Catherine Leona Corley Wetsel of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. She was born on January 7, 1916 in the Ingleside community in Texas, to Emory and Ann Corley, the oldest child of three. She has been a resident of Beaumont, Texas for 8 years, having moved to the area in 2003 to be closer to her...
Glenna Faye Vivian
Feb 28, 2011
Glenna Faye Vivian, 72, died Monday, February 28, 2011 in Abilene at her residence with her family by her side. Born in Avoca, Texas on February 20, 1939, she was the daughter of Johnny Lucille (Driskill) and James Hillard Easterling. She was a graduate of Avoca High School, and married Robert L. Vivian, Sr. on December 9, 1959. Glenna and...
Luther Severn Hollowell II
Feb 27, 2011
Luther Severn Hollowell II, 61, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. The son of E. W. (Dinger) Hollowell and Modelle Keys Hollowell, he was born on April 24, 1949 in Crane, Texas. A May, 1967, graduate of Cooper High School in Abilene, he received from McMurry College (now University) his Bachelor of Arts-major in English,...
John Earl Beall
Feb 26, 2011
John Earl Beall went to live with the Lord on Saturday February 26, 2011, he was 83 years old. John was a Christian, a husband and father, a businessman, a home and church builder, a developer of communities and man involved in the community and with people. He felt everyone should get a compliment each day, "to make them feel...
James Carl Goldsmith
Feb 23, 2011
James Carl Goldsmith, 90, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 in Merkel, Texas. The son of Eula (Gilbreath) and Matthew Gipson Goldsmith, James was born on July 17, 1920 in Durham, Texas in Borden County. Since 1927 he had been a resident of Abilene, graduating from Abilene High School in 1938. He attended Hardin-Simmons University (1938-39) and graduated from Wichita Engineering...
Joyce Burford Stewart
Feb 19, 2011
Joyce Burford Stewart, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the age 90. Graveside services will be at 10:00 am on Monday, February 21 at Elmwood Memorial Park. Rev. H.B. Terry will officiate. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Joyce was born August 21, 1920 in Lawn, Texas to...
John Douglas Morris
Feb 18, 2011
John Douglas "Doug" Morris, 64, of Abilene, passed Friday, February 18, 2011 at his residence. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A private inurnment will be held at a later date. Born in Bryan, Texas on April 16,...
Patsy Mae Cumbie
Feb 17, 2011
Patsy Mae Cumbie, 82, died Thursday, February 17, 2011 at her residence in Abilene. Born in Stonewall County, Texas on November 22, 1928, Pat was the daughter of Maye Belle (Gholson) and Evin Gholston. Mrs. Cumbie was the County Commissioner, Precinct #2 in Stonewall County, Texas, having served from January, 1987 to December, 2002. She moved from Aspermont to Abilene...
Laura Elizabeth Page
Feb 13, 2011
Laura Elizabeth (Bettye) Page of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2011. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 15, 5:00 to 7:00 PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul United Methodist Church on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 10:00 AM. Burial will be in the...
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