Obituaries
Lillie Faye Johnson
May 15, 2009
Lillie Faye Johnson, 62, of Abilene, went to be with the Lord on Friday, May 15, 2009. A funeral celebration of Faye's life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday May 23, 2009 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Officiating will be the Reverends Jesse Hooper and Iziar Lankford. Burial will follow in the Abilene...
Eddie Lee Rose
May 14, 2009
Eddie Lee Rose, 74, of Abilene, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. A memorial service with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 15th, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas, with Rev. Louis Johnson officiating. The son of the late Gracie Rose and Eddie L....
Austin Pittcock
May 13, 2009
Austin "Rooster" Pittcock, 23, of Abilene went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Cody Cochran and Don Jones will officiate. Burial will follow at 2:00 p.m. in the Willow Cemetery in Haskell, Texas....
Vardeman Hudson Shoultz
May 13, 2009
Vardeman Hudson Shoultz, a prominent Abilene physician of 50 years, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2009 V. H. Shoultz, President of the Texas Radiological Society in 1967-68 was born in Chireno, Texas January 31, 1921. He grew up in the area graduating from Grapeland High School in Houston County. He entered Texas Christian University on a scholastic scholarship and...
Don Lewis Etter
May 12, 2009
Don Lewis Etter, 77, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at his residence in Abilene. The son of Madge Exa (Lewis) and Frank H. Etter, Sr., Don was born on October 5, 1931 in Big Spring, Texas. He was a 1948 graduate of Abilene High School and received his degree from Abilene Christian University in 1955. He was a U. S....
Harold Morton Boyd
May 12, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Harold (Morty) Boyd, III, U.S. Army, 36, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Funeral services, with full military honors, will be at 1:00 pm Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in the Tye Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00...
Ruby Fine Henson
May 11, 2009
Ruby Fine Henson, 95, of Shep, Texas, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at her residence. Born in Kerrville, Texas, on December 24, 1913, Ruby was the daughter of the late Ida (Walker) and Albert Fine. She married Enoch Henson on July 4, 1935 in Winters, Texas. He preceded her in death in 1976. In 1992, she was preceded in death...
James Baker
May 6, 2009
James "Jim" E. Baker, 89, died Wednesday May 6, 2009 at a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2009 in the chapel at First Baptist Church, 1333 North 3rd Street. Dr. Phil Christopher and Rev. Bob Weissinger will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday...
Leona Fuchs
May 1, 2009
Leona I. Fuchs, 100, left her earthly home and entered her Heavenly home on May 1, 2009. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 4, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo...
Roger Don Lucas
Apr 30, 2009
Roger Don Lucas, 60, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Don was reared by his parents, Alice Mae (Rodgers) and Roiel Lee Lucas, in Electra, Texas, where he was born on October 6, 1948, and graduated from Electra High School. After serving in the U.S. Army, he married Sherry Jean Owen on September 4, 1971 in...
Beulah Bowman
Apr 29, 2009
Beulah Bowman, 93, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 1st, in Tuscola Cemetery in Tuscola with Richard Petree officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene. The daughter of Lydia (Jones) and James Luther Beard, Beulah was born on November 23, 1915,...
Ella Rogers
Apr 25, 2009
God called one of his saints home on Saturday, April 25, 2009, at the age of 65. Ella was born on June 10, 1943 to the late C. P. and Lora Gowens in Crosbyton, Texas. She married the love of her life, Floyd Rogers, on December 13, 1958, in Crosbyton. The two shared 50 wonderful years together. Ella was an...
Mary Marjorie Ward
Apr 22, 2009
Mary Marjorie Lady was born in Ottawa, Kansas on June 14, 1931. Her parents died soon after her birth, and she was lovingly adopted and raised by George and Mary Elizabeth Lady. She spent her youth in Ottawa and Topeka, and she graduated from Winfield High School in 1949. She continued to attend her high school reunions over the years...
Nancy Elaine Beaird
Apr 20, 2009
Nancy Elaine Beaird, 45, of Abilene, died Monday, April 20, 2009, at a Saint Paul, Minnesota hospital. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Dr. Don Greenway. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at...
Lucille Tally
Apr 18, 2009
Lucille Tally, of Buffalo Gap, passed away on April 18, 2009 in Bedford, Texas at the age of 96. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 in the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Lucille...
Lela Mae Williamson
Apr 18, 2009
Lela Mae "Missy" Williamson, 76, of Abilene, died Saturday, April 18, 2009. Funeral services, with Rev. Rodney Watson officiating, will be at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Lytle South Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
Clarence H. Muecke
Apr 17, 2009
Clarence Herbert Muecke, 87, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 17, at a local hospital.
A memorial service will be held at Mission Park Funeral Chapel South in San Antonio on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. A Graveside Service, with full military honors, will be held on Friday, April 24 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery....
Dorothy Louise Chittum
Apr 14, 2009
Dorothy Louise Jones "DJ" Chittum, a lifelong resident of Abilene and the Big Country Area, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas. Her family will be receiving friends for visitation at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening. At Dorothy's request, her body...
Lessie Garvin
Apr 13, 2009
Lessie Garvin Mrs. Leon Garvin Lessie Garvin, 98, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at an Abilene nursing center. Lessie was born on January 29, 1911, in Parker County, Texas to the late Thomas Marion and Ora Jane (Dodson) Blackerby. She moved to Jones County as a teenager and married Leon Robert Garvin in Anson, Texas on January 17, 1931. They...
Anne Lathrop
Apr 13, 2009
Anne Lathrop, 80, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Ida (Hecht) and J. N. Rumph, she was born on June 9, 1928 in Culloden, Georgia, and in 1944 graduated from high school in Fairhope, Alabama A resident of Abilene since 1968, Anne was a Civil Service employee at Dyess AFB Hospital, and formerly...
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