Obituaries
B W Aston
Mar 25, 2010
Dr. B W Aston (El Jefe) This is the day the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it. (Ps. 118:24) B W Aston, 73, died Thursday, March 25, 2010. He was born April 27, 1936 in Fort Worth, Texas to Ernest Roy Aston and Mural Aston, You might say B W grew up on the streets...
Howard Weldon Johnson
Mar 24, 2010
Howard Weldon Johnson Howard Weldon Johnson, 77, of Potosi, passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm on Saturday, March 27, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Bobby Isbell and Kenneth Longley will officiate. Burial will follow in the Oplin Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00...
Haskell Waldrop
Mar 23, 2010
Haskell Drucilla Waldrop Haskell Drucilla Waldrop, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the age of 102. Graveside services will be today, Thursday, March25, 2010 at 2:00 pm at the Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. June 9, 1907, Haskell was born in Yeager, Oklahoma to John Nelson...
Donna Marie Potts
Mar 22, 2010
Donna Marie Potts, 86, of Abilene, loving wife and mother passed away Monday, March 22, 2010 in Oklahoma City. Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Donna was born to Arthur and Helen Alley in Holdrege, Nebraska on...
Raymond William Tice
Mar 22, 2010
Raymond William Tice, Jr., 76, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene with Pastor Michael Reed and friend, Wayne Palmer, officiating, under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. The family will receive...
Leonard David Rockwell
Mar 20, 2010
Leonard "Rocky" Rockwell, 74, died Saturday, March 20, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. Services will be10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene. Military rites will follow in the Masonic Section of the Abilene Municipal Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, at...
Clayton Wilson Shipp
Mar 20, 2010
Clayton Wilson Shipp, 76, of Abilene, died Saturday, March 20, 2010 at a local nursing home. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, officiated by Bishop Dennis White. The son of...
Joseph A. Broderick
Mar 19, 2010
Joseph Broderick, 71, of Abilene died Friday, March 19, 2010. The funeral service will be 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 22, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas with Chris McCurley officiating. Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 1, 1938, he was the son of Gertrude Grace (Wheeler) and Joseph M. Broderick. He received...
Hollis Troy Buchanan
Mar 19, 2010
Hollis Troy Buchanan, age 91, of Abilene passed away on Friday, March 19, 2010. Services will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Wylie Baptist Church with Richard Petree officiating. Burial will be in Caps Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Hollis was a lifetime...
Curtis Weldon Owen
Mar 18, 2010
Curtis Weldon Owen passed away on March l8, 2010 in Abilene, Texas. Curtis was born on December 30, 1931 in Sylvester. Texas. Curtis was the third child of William Homer Owen and Hettie Mae Gee Owen. His childhood was characterized by early indicators of his curiosity and lively intelligence. His scientific interests and early experiments are legendary in his family....
Sandra Johnson Mattingly
Mar 18, 2010
Sandra J. Mattingly, 77, of Abilene, passed away on March 18, 2010 after an extended bout of courageously fending off the many afflictions of her cancer. Visitation will be 3:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 on Monday, March...
Mildred Harley Hill
Mar 15, 2010
Mildred E. Harley Hill I'm in heaven, dear ones, and oh so happy! So many here I know; John Harley, my daddy, my mother, Linnie Lou Upton Harley, and five of my siblings. My husband, Howard and our godson, Brad, were waiting telling me to hurry 'cause the fish are really biting. My 96 plus years there with you were...
Mary Jo Montgomery
Mar 10, 2010
Mary Jo Montgomery, 52, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Noreen (O'Malley) and Thomas Francis Kearney, she was born on August 9, 1957, in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Mary Jo married Dale R. Montgomery on April 7, 1984 in Oak Lawn, Illinois. She moved in 1988 from Huntsville, Texas to Abilene, where she was...
Rayford Baldwin
Mar 5, 2010
Rayford Baldwin, 92, of Abilene, completed his earthly journey on March 5, 2010, moving on to his heavenly home with his Lord. He was born in Jean, Texas, on December 11, 1917, to E. L. and Mary (Stringer) Baldwin. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rayford...
Pamela Sue Wheeler
Mar 4, 2010
Pam Wheeler, age 62 of Abilene, Texas, passed away on March 4, 2010 in Abilene, Texas surrounded by her family and many friends. A memorial service will be held at 11am, March 8th in the main worship center of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church in Abilene, with Rev. Stan Allcorn, Dr. Jeff Reid and Rev. Burtis Williams officiating. Arrangements are being...
Gene Margaret Knapp
Mar 1, 2010
Gene Margaret Magnus Knapp, 74, died Monday, March 1, 2010, at her residence in Abilene. Born in Waterbury, Vermont, on May 21, 1935, Gene was the daughter of Susan Nichols and William Eugene Magnus. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Russell Sage College in Troy, New York. Gene married Morgan C. Knapp, Jr. on October 19, 1957...
Hal Arthur Pender
Mar 1, 2010
Hal Arthur Pender, 87, a lifelong resident of Abilene died Monday, March 1, 2010, at his residence. Born in Abilene, Texas on November 16, 1922, Hal was the son of Mary Paxton and Herman Arthur Pender. He was a graduate of Abilene High School and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Hardin-Simmons University. Hal served in the U...
Charles Roy Hollingsworth
Feb 27, 2010
Charles Roy Hollingsworth, 76, of Abilene, Texas, died Saturday, February 27, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. The son of Lucille (Hukill) and Charles Henry Hollingsworth, Charles was born on July 1, 1933 in Claude, Texas. He was a graduate of Amarillo High School and a USMC veteran of the Korean Conflict. On August 14, 1954, he married Willa Ubben...
Harriet Gaynell Welch
Feb 26, 2010
Harriet Gaynell Welch, 92, of Abilene, died Friday, February 26, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Anna Jane (Wade) and Friend Thaddius West, Harriet was born on Wednesday, December 5, 1917, in Wileyville, West Virginia. She married John Joseph Welch on August 8, 1939 in Rochester, Pennsylvania. Harriet was a beautician, and in 1990 moved from New...
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