Obituaries
Wanda Montgomery
Jun 11, 2009
Wanda Montgomery, 81, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2009, at her home with her two daughters by her side into the loving arms of her Lord and her husband. Wanda Blankenship was born July 26, 1927, as the only child of LoRena and J.D. Blankenship. She was reared and attended school in Denton Valley, where she played basketball and...
Lockilou Bynum
Jun 10, 2009
Lockilou Bynum, 81, of Abilene passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at a local nursing center. Graveside services, with Rev. Ronnie Freeman officiating, will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at the Abilene Municipal Cemetery, Cedar Hill Section. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
Marvin J. Smith
Jun 9, 2009
Marvin J. "Smitty" Smith, 78, of Abilene, died Tuesday, June 09, 2009 at a local hospital. Funeral services, with Rev. Larry Tarver officiating, will be at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, June 12, 2009 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m....
Viola Thelma Bearden
Jun 8, 2009
Viola Willett Grubbs Bearden, 84, died Monday, June 8, 2009, at her residence in Abilene. Born in Satanta, Haskell County, Kansas, on August 24, 1924, Viola was the daughter of Lydia Alice (Maurer) and Loris Owen Willett. She graduated from Satanta High School in Satanta, Kansas, as Valedictorian, and attended Kansas State at Emporia, Emporia, Kansas. Viola married Walter B....
Noah Moreland
Jun 6, 2009
Noah Moreland died June 6, 2009, in Abilene at his home. He was born on November 28, 1983 in Abilene, Texas, and attended Abilene High School and graduated from McMurry University. His parents are Mike and Betty of Abilene; brother, Michael and his wife Laurie Dromgoole and daughter Meredith Moreland of Houston; grandparents, Bill and Sylvia Moreland of Anson and...
Marguerite Ann Griner Melson
Jun 6, 2009
Marguerite Ann Griner Melson was born January 19, 1927, in Dallas, Texas. The only child of Heidt Harper Griner and Marie Blanton Griner, she moved with her parents to Houston in 1936, and live there 33 years of her life. She graduated from Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri in 1946, and from Southern Methodist University in 1948. She married J. Edwin...
Calvin Dewitt Wade
Jun 5, 2009
Calvin Dewitt Wade, 80, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at Hendrick Medical Center following a lengthy illness. One of twelve children of Liza (Doby) and James B. Wade, Sr., Calvin was born on May 26, 1929, in Plainview, Texas in Jones County, and was reared in Trent-Merkel area along Sweetwater Creek. He married Betty Lang on January 8, 1949 in...
Billy James Marsh
Jun 2, 2009
Bill Marsh, 76, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at his residence in Buffalo Gap, Texas. The son of the late Eunice (Notgrass) and William Marsh, he was born on August 1, 1932 in Nimrod, Texas, and was reared in Cisco, Texas. After graduation, he served for two terms in the U. S. Air Force before being discharged in 1960. An...
Joel Charles Wilson
May 30, 2009
Joel "J.C." Wilson, 91, of Abilene, died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, June 4, 2009 at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal. The Rev. Mary Glover will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday...
Leslie Ann Wright Merritt Frazier
May 28, 2009
Leslie Ann Frazier, 54, passed peacefully from this life in her sleep at her home near Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Thursday, May 28, 2009. Leslie was born in Austin, Texas on April 26, 1955 to Bill and Jerry Wright. The family moved to Abilene, Texas when Leslie was a year old. She attended Abilene Christian Schools, graduating from Abilene...
Lisa Cay Simpson
May 28, 2009
Lisa Nichols Simpson, age 50, loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, left her earthly home in Friendswood, Texas on Thursday, May 28, 2009, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Elmwood West United Methodist Church, in Abilene, Texas. Holding the service will be the Rev. Robert...
Malinda Kay Calhoun
May 28, 2009
Malinda Calhoun, 51, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Wichita Falls, Texas on May 6, 1958, Malinda was the daughter of Bobbie (Musgrave) and Zearl Gilbreath, Jr. She married Terry Calhoun on October 24, 1991, in Wichita Falls, and moved from Iowa Park, Texas to Abilene in 1993. She and her husband...
Elton Lee Salyers
May 28, 2009
Elton Lee "Bud" Salyers, 85, died Thursday, May 28, 2009, at an Abilene nursing center. Born in Buffalo Gap, Texas on July 25, 1923, he was the son of Eliza Jane (Cadenhead) and Hendrick Robert Salyers. He married Jeanie Bell Shores on May 25, 1946 in Buffalo Gap. He worked 17 years for Triangle Tool Supply, which was later Crescent...
Nancy Brehm
May 26, 2009
Nancy Louise Brehm, 60, died Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at a medical center in Abilene, Texas. Born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Nancy was the daughter of the late Dorothy Louise (Heck) and Raymond Narlee. She married Donald Mike Brehm on May 23, 1970 in Mercer, PA, and moved from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene thirteen years ago. She had been...
Raleigh H. Brown
May 23, 2009
Judge Raleigh Brown passed away Saturday evening, May 23, 2009 surrounded by all of his family. He was born on December 10, 1921 in Shreveport, Louisiana, grew up in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, yet lived in Abilene, Texas for most of his adult life. Raleigh was a true example of a man of the Spirit who had reaped what he sowed. As...
Robert Burton
May 23, 2009
Robert S. "Bob" Burton With aching hearts we tell our loving friends and relatives that our Papa-Daddy-Bobby-Bob reluctantly left his earthly family on Saturday evening, May 23, 2009, in Dallas. Robert Stanley (Bob) Burton was born December 27, 1942, in Richmond VA. Growing up on Oregon Hill in Richmond, Bob spent his youth playing baseball, walking the railroad tracks, swimming...
Jerry Monroe Allen
May 19, 2009
Jerry Monroe "J. M." Allen J. M. Allen, 75, of Abilene, died Tuesday, May 19 2009, at his residence in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 22, at First Baptist Church, 733 N. Broadway in Aspermont, officiated by Rev. Mickey Waggoner. Interment will follow in Aspermont Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home, Highway 83...
Jerry Wayne McBride
May 18, 2009
Jerry Wayne McBride, 65, of Abilene, died Monday, May 18 2009, in Frisco, Texas. Jerry Wayne McBride was born in 1944 in a small mountain town of Cumberland, Maryland. He joined the US Air Force. He met his wife Carol Louise and said 'Marry me and I will take you to Puerto Rico'. They began and ended their life together...
Randy Fitzhugh
May 18, 2009
Randy Fitzhugh, 55, of Abilene, died Monday May 18, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 2009 at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 525 Beech Street. Rev. Steve Chappell and Rev. Greg Kennedy will officiate. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Born in Sulphur Springs,...
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