Obituaries
Michael Lee Herron
Sep 12, 2010
Mike Herron, age 64, passed away at his home on Sunday, September 12, 2010. A military graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, September 17, 2010, at the Texas State Veteran's Cemetery, 7457 West Lake Road, Abilene. Rev. Mike Woodard of Southwest Park Baptist Church will officiate. A visitation with the family will be Thursday evening, September...
Hiram Evans Whitaker
Sep 12, 2010
Hiram Evans "Eddie" Whitaker, born to Harvey and Oma Whitaker in the McCulloch County town of Rochelle, Texas, passed away at the age of 85 on September 12, 2010. After growing up In Rochelle, Eddie graduated from Rochelle High School in 1942. At seventeen years of age, Eddie served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II....
Riley Sparks
Sep 10, 2010
Riley Loyce Sparks, infant son of Stephanie and Keith Sparks, died Friday, September 10, 2010, in Abilene, Texas. Riley was born in Abilene on February 24, 2009. Survivors include his parents, Stephanie (Catrett) and Keith Sparks and brother Aiden Bradley Sparks all of Abilene; grandparents, Melissa Sparks of Abilene, Steve Catrett of Azel, and Scott and Cindy Washburn of Abilene;...
Glenda Kaye Snyder
Sep 10, 2010
Glenda Kaye Snyder, 65, of Hawley, Texas, passed away Friday, September 10, 2010 in Hospice Care at Hendrick Medical Center. A graveside memorial service will be held in Cedar Hill Section of Abilene Municipal Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 15, with Bro. David Cason officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene. Glenda...
James E. Lauw
Sep 8, 2010
James Edgar Lauw, 82, passed away on September 8, 2010 in Abilene, Texas. The family will receive friends at a visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, September 9, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, September 10, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1202 South Pioneer Drive,...
Kathryn Janette Rose
Sep 8, 2010
Kathryn Janette Rose, 50, passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 in Abilene. Born in Abilene, Texas on March 1, 1960, Kathryn was the daughter of Charlotte and Earl Glenn Rose. After receiving her degree from Baylor University in education, she taught for several years at Dyess Elementary School. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Abilene. Kathryn was...
Carolyn Johnson
Sep 6, 2010
Carolyn Meyer Johnson died on Monday, September 6, 2010 after a long illness. Carolyn Meyer Johnson was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1944. She grew up in northern Virginia and rural Maryland. She graduated with a B.A. in English Literature from Mount St. Agnes College. She received her Master of Arts in Development Education from The American University. She...
Richard Ross Ivey
Sep 4, 2010
Richard Ross Ivey, 74, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2010. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Terry Brown and Arnold Watson will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday...
C. E. Bentley
Sep 3, 2010
C.E. "Sonny" Bentley, of Abilene, died September 3, 2010 on a cruise ship in Alaska. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal. The Rev. Luke Back and The Rt. Rev. Claude Payne will officiate. Burial will be at a later date. Services are under the direction...
Tim Hamilton
Sep 2, 2010
Timothy R. Hamilton, 58, of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 4th, at Wylie United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Jeff Hatcher and Bishop Dan E. Solomon. Burial will follow in Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
Tommie Hitt Collum
Sep 1, 2010
Tommie Grace (Hitt) Collum, 85, died Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Haskell, Texas on September 10, 1924, Tommie was the daughter of Verla Grace (Grinstead) and James Thomas Hitt. Since 1944, she had been a resident of Abilene where she married Raymond O'Dell Collum on June 9, 1945. She worked as a beautician, and...
Kathryn Ann Petree
Aug 29, 2010
Kathryn Ann Petree, 92, died Sunday, August 29, 2010, at a Stamford hospital. The daughter of Willie Annie (White) and Ernest H. Wylie, she was born on September 21, 1917 in Allen, Texas. A resident of Abilene since 1948, Kathryn moved to Stamford in 2004 to be near her daughter. Kathryn married Aubrey P. Petree on March 17, 1941 in...
Bobby Joe Linahan
Aug 25, 2010
Bobby Joe Linahan of Hamby passed peacefully from this life on August 25, 2010. He was born on December 25, 1953 in Ballinger, Texas to Johnny Clay and Shorty Hampton Linahan. Bobby Joe graduated from Albany High School in 1973. He married Bette Lu Carlile in Albany, Texas in 1977. They had been best friends since the age of 14...
H. L. Templeton
Aug 25, 2010
H. L. Templeton, 78, of Abilene, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Silver Valley, Texas in Coleman County, H. L. was the son of the late Irene Agatha (McAnally) and Herbert Lee Templeton. He graduated from Novice High School. For fifty-one years, H. L. had been a resident of Abilene where he worked as...
Jeanne Buch
Aug 25, 2010
Jeanne Marie Buch passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. She was born in Wellsville NY on January 25, 1923 and lived in Abilene over eighty years. Jeanne was preceded in death by her parents Erwin and Hilda Buch, and by her siblings Erwin "Tex" Buch and wife Dora and son Roger, George Quentin "Bud" Buch and wife Patty, and...
Floyd Rogers
Aug 23, 2010
Floyd (Pud) Rogers, 72, of Nugent went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 23, 2010. Floyd walked into the arms of his wife after 34 years of confinement to a wheelchair. Floyd fought the good fight but even on his bad days he would say "Any day you serve the Lord is a good day". When you...
Johnny Bell
Aug 22, 2010
Johnny Bell, 92, formerly of Abilene, died Sunday, August 22, 2010 in Round Rock, Texas. Born in Iowa Park, Texas on April 13, 1918, Johnny was the son of Lucy (Mills) and John Thomas Bell. He grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and returned to Iowa Park his senior year, graduating from Iowa Park High School. Johnny married Claydene Teal...
Callan Tate Meers
Aug 20, 2010
Callan Tate Meers, 3, of Abilene, died Friday, August 20, 2010. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, August 26, 2010 at Wylie Methodist Church. Burial will follow at the Hamby Cemetery. Pastor Greg Clemmer and Pastor Jeff Hatcher will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at The...
Richard Kendall Sollivan
Aug 18, 2010
Richard Kendall Sollivan died in a local medical center on August 18, 2010. Dick, as he was best known, was born in Philadelphia, PA on April 25, 1917 to Eleanor Kendall Sollivan and Raymond Alford Sollivan. At age nine, the family moved to Los Angeles, CA where he attended UCLA majoring in Engineering and Marketing. During World War II he...
Danny R. Bunce
Aug 16, 2010
Danny Ralph Bunce died Monday at an Abilene medical center. The son of Joyce (Schultz) and R. D. Bunce, Danny was born in Baldwin, Wisconsin. He served in the U. S. Air Force in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, attaining the rank of staff sergeant. After retirement from the military, he worked at Abilene Aero as manager. Danny married Estela...