Obituaries
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,...
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...
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