Obituaries

Laura Fern Higgs Reynolds

Laura Fern Higgs Reynolds

Nov 19, 2010

Laura Fern Higgs Reynolds, 90, died Friday, November 19, 2010. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 22, in Hillcrest Church of Christ Chapel with Gary Lowe and K. B. Massingill officiating directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Fort Phantom Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to...

Ruth Jaunell Faircloth

Ruth Jaunell Faircloth

Nov 18, 2010

Ruth Jaunell "Mary" Faircloth, 83, died Thursday, November 18, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Bertie (Bean) and William Homer Carlisle, Mary was born on January 18, 1927 in Mills County, Texas. She married Edward Clayton Faircloth on October 28, 1950 in Phoenix, Arizona. She had a 30-year nursing career as a LVN, having worked in San...

Mary Beth Gray

Mary Beth Gray

Nov 17, 2010

Longtime Abilenian Mary Beth Gray died November 17, 2010. Mary Beth was born to Harry A. Franklin and Mary Cooper Franklin in Cisco, Texas November 10, 1918. The family moved to Abilene a few years later and she attended school in Abilene, graduating from Abilene High School in 1935. She married Alrich Gray in 1937 in Abilene. Over the following...

E. B. Westmoreland

E. B. Westmoreland

Nov 16, 2010

E. B. Westmoreland, 75, died Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. The son of the late Lura (Hargis) and Elijah Blalock Westmoreland, he was born on December 5, 1934 in Woodlawn, Texas. He graduated from Abilene High School, attended Texas Tech University, and graduated from Howard Payne University, where he was founder of Delta Omicron Sigma Fraternity....

Aldaphyne McWilliams

Aldaphyne McWilliams

Nov 14, 2010

Aldaphyne McWilliams, 87, formerly of Abilene, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2010 in Temple. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, November18, 2010 at the First Assembly of God Church, 1010 Cypress Street. Mickey Brooks will officiate. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday at The...

Mary Alice Zigler

Mary Alice Zigler

Nov 13, 2010

Obituary not available.

Novaleen Franklin

Novaleen Franklin

Nov 13, 2010

Novaleen Franklin, 75, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, November 13, 2010 at a local hospital. A Prayer and Graveside Service will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 in the Potosi Cemetery with Don Cauble officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:30 to 6:00 pm on Tuesday, November 16 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...

Tammy Jo Colyer

Tammy Jo Colyer

Nov 12, 2010

Tammy Jo Colyer, 45, of Hawley, died Friday, November 12, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Lottie (Quimby) and William Jamar, Tammy was born on August 29, 1965, in Montpelier, Vermont. She was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Morris Quimby and Charlotte Quimby, and paternal grandparents, Richard Jamar and Odean Jamar. Tammy is survived by her...

Ida Mae Griffin

Ida Mae Griffin

Nov 9, 2010

Ida Mae "Sook" Griffin, 99, of Abilene, died Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at a nursing center in San Angelo, Texas. Born in Eastland County, Texas on January 25, 1911, she was the daughter of Ida May (Thurman) and J. N. Jones. In 1918, she moved to Abilene where she married Carl F. Griffin on October 31, 1934. Sook worked in...

Wendy Ann Havner

Wendy Ann Havner

Nov 7, 2010

Wendy Ann Havner, 48, of Tuscola died Sunday, November 7, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Gail (Sodin) and Lawrence Ross, Wendy was born on January 19, 1962 in Hoven, South Dakota. She was a 1981 graduate of Cooper High School. On September 5, 1981, she married David Lawrence Havner in Abilene. She was a purchasing agent...

Clevel Laman Sluder

Clevel Laman Sluder

Nov 6, 2010

Clevel Laman Sluder, age 91, was released from all earthly concerns on November 6, 2010, following a brief illness. She was born to Thomas Ellis Laman and Hattie Elizabeth Bowers, (both of Cave City, Arkansas) on December 30, 1918, at Wellington, Texas. Soon afterward the family moved to the farm her father bought near Mobeetie, Texas. The family operated a...

Don Thomas Morris

Don Thomas Morris

Nov 5, 2010

Don Thomas Morris of Abilene, 44, owner of Tommy Morris Agency, died late Friday afternoon at his home. During an almost two-year health battle he was tended to by his Maker, his family, his cancer specialists in Abilene and M.D. Anderson in Houston, and many friends. Morris was born in Abilene May 10, 1966, to Tommy and Martha Morris, and...

Lillie Ladell Rister

Lillie Ladell Rister

Nov 2, 2010

Lillie Ladell Rister was born in Paris, Texas (Lamar County) April 24, 1911. She passed away peacefully at the age of 99, Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at Merkel Nursing Home. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 7, at Tye Baptist Church with Rev. Ben Richardson officiating. Burial will be in the Tye Cemetery directed by Hamil Funeral Homes, 6449...

Hartzell Jackson

Hartzell Jackson

Oct 30, 2010

Hartzell Jackson, this is your life. You were given to us for 96 years on this earthly plane and made an impact on everyone you met. Your earthly journey saw numerous presidents, a World War, the Depression, space travel and many events that made history. Hartzell, you are our history, to be memorialized in our hearts and minds. We will...

George H. Swinney

George H. Swinney

Oct 28, 2010

George H. Swinney, Jr. was born on January 21, 1930 in Abilene, Texas and passed from this earth on October, 28, 2010. His parents were Bertie Evans Swinney and George H. Swinney Sr. After graduating from Abilene High School and the University of Texas he joined the United States Navy as a pilot. He served in the Hurricane Hunter Squadron...

Bettye Chuter Moak

Bettye Chuter Moak

Oct 27, 2010

Bettye Chuter Moak, 78, of Abilene, went to be with the Lord on October 27, 2010. The viewing will be 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Friday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. There will be a private burial on Friday afternoon, followed by visitation at First Baptist Church University Place, North 3rd and Hickory,...

Zachary Daniel Raby

Zachary Daniel Raby

Oct 26, 2010

Obituary not available.

Donald Wayne Colley

Donald Wayne Colley

Oct 26, 2010

Donald Wayne Colley, 72, of Canyon, Texas, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Born in Paris, Texas on October 19, 1938, Donald was the son of the late Julia Eunice (Merrett) and Ira Leon Colley. He held a bachelor's degree, and served for four years in the U.S. Air Force. He was an...

Terry Bratton

Terry Bratton

Oct 26, 2010

Terry Bratton, Ph.D., 67, died Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at an Abilene nursing center. Born in Amarillo, Texas on October 4, 1943, Terry was the son of Margie Augusta (Coffey) and Orville W. Bratton. He was a 1961 graduate of Amarillo High School and received his bachelor degree from Baylor University in 1965. Terry completed his master's degree at Southwestern...

Thomas E. Nelson

Thomas E. Nelson

Oct 23, 2010

Thomas E. "Tommy" Nelson, 74, died Saturday, October 23, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Coleman County, Texas on April 21, 1936, Tommy was the son of the late Winnie (Collins) and Edward Leon Nelson. Since 1955, he had been a resident of Abilene, where he married Lynda Means on June 22, 1958. Tommy served in the U....