Obituaries
Guston Beard
May 14, 2011
Gus Beard, 64, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday, May 16, 2011 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday in Elmwood Memorial Park. Gus was born February 8, 1947 in Asheville, North Carolina...
Stanley P. Wilson
May 11, 2011
Stanley P. Wilson died on May 11, 2011 after an extended illness. He was born September 1, 1922 in Hamlin, Texas to Milton Y. and Ethel Patterson Wilson. After growing up in Hamlin, he entered the University of North Texas, from which he graduated in 1943 and then entered the U.S. Navy. Following his Midshipman and Supply Corps training at...
Sondra Lynn Clark
May 11, 2011
Sondra Lynn Clark, 66, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Services will be held at Wyndrock Baptist Church, 4340 Edgemont Drive, Abilene, Texas at 10 A.M., Saturday, May 14. Visitation will be Friday, May 13, from 6 - 8 P.M. at The Hamil Funeral Home,...
Dorothy Jean Shaw Parker
May 11, 2011
Dorothy Jean Shaw Parker passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Hendrick Hospice Care. Her four surviving children held her hands as she left a life well lived here on earth and joined her other two children, David and Nancy, and others that had gone before her in heaven. A memorial service celebrating her remarkable life will be held at...
Kenneth Jay Wallace
May 8, 2011
Kenneth Jay Wallace, 75, died Sunday, May 8, 2011 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Abilene, Texas on May 1, 1936, Kenneth was the son of the late Rena (Crank) and Jay Riley Wallace, and lived most of his live in the Abilene area. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran, having served from January 20, 1955 to...
James Derrell Owens
May 4, 2011
James Derrell Owens, 61, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at an Abilene medical center Born in Cisco, Texas on May 26, 1949, James was the son of Dorothy Nell (Owen) and Charles Earl Owens. He attended public schools in Abilene. He was a proud US Army veteran of Vietnam and loved his country. After he completed his military service, he...
Vivian Lane Schkade
May 1, 2011
Vivian Lane Schkade, 83, died Sunday, May 1, 2011 at her home in Abilene, Texas. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 10:00 AM at Zion Lutheran Church, 2801 Antilley Rd. Abilene, TX 79606. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the family residence on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 from 5:00-...
Marshall Edward Boykin
May 1, 2011
Marshall Edward Boykin, III, died peacefully in Hospice care at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene on Sunday, May 1. Marshall was born in Abilene, Texas on January 11, 1972 and was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was the owner of Marshall Edward Design and Building Company in Ft. Worth. He was preceded in...
Carolyn Ruth Scarborough
Apr 29, 2011
Carolyn Ruth Scarborough died on April 29, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 am on Friday, May 6, 2011 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Carolyn was born March 1, 1944 in Austin, Texas to John and Ruth Hunnicutt. She attended public school in Austin, Texas, and Texas Tech University in Lubbock. She...
Nancy Ellen Telchik Edwards
Apr 26, 2011
Nancy Ellen Telchik Edwards, 72, of Abilene, Texas, passed peacefully away April 26, 2011, after a long fight with cancer. Nancy was born to the late Oscar and Beulah Telchik, January 2, 1939, in a dugout in Lamb County, Texas. She graduated from Borden County High School in 1957 and enrolled in Abilene Christian College. She married the love of...
Sylvia Beatrice Atwood
Apr 20, 2011
Sylvia Beatrice "Bea" Atwood, 84, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at her residence in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of William Benjamin and Pollie (Smith) Cross, she was born on February 13, 1927 in Graham, Oklahoma, and grew up and attended school in Carter County, Oklahoma. She married John W. "Jake" Atwood on December 23, 1948 in Carrizozo, New Mexico. In...
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,...
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