Obituaries

Karen Lowe

Mar 23, 2023

Karen Starr Lowe, 65, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023. She was born on September 25, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA to Lloyd Ross Tenney and Nancy (Lancaster) Tenney.

Memorial service will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, March 29 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Karen moved to Abilene from Sacramento, CA in 1993....

Robert Renfro

Mar 20, 2023

Robert Elliott Renfro, 83, of Abilene, passed away on March 20, 2023 in Abilene.

Robert was born in Cottonwood, TX to Eldon and Jewell Renfro on July 18, 1939. He went to school at Abilene High School where he met and married the love of his life, Martha Jane Cathey on August 9, 1958. He worked as an auto body...

Travis Morris

Mar 18, 2023

Travis Dean Morris was born on Saint Patrick’s Day in 1985 in Abilene, Texas.

 

He was the first grandson on the Hagler side and loved being with his Granddaddy. He was the first grandchild allowed to not only touch, but sit on the full body brown bear mount Dean Hagler had previously deemed untouchable.

 

Travis was a loving...

Mike Doyle

Mar 18, 2023

Mike Doyle, 67, passed away on March 18, 2023, in Abilene, Texas.

Memorial services will be held 2:00pm Friday, March 31, 2023 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Mike Doyle was born in North Bend, Oregon to Buren and De Doyle on February 10, 1956....

CPO Wendell L. Smith, USN, Retired

Mar 14, 2023

Wendell Lowell Smith, 81, passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 in Abilene, Texas.

Gathering will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Steve Warren of Williams, Indiana Church of Christ, officiating....

Jean Kay Erwin

Mar 12, 2023

Jean Kay Erwin, 87, of Abilene, TX passed away peacefully on March 12, 2023. Visitation will be from 5 PM to 7 PM on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Memorial service will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at Wylie Methodist Church with Ministers Jeff Hatcher and...

Wanda Welch

Mar 10, 2023

Wanda Welch, 87, of Merkel, passed away on March 10, 2023 in Abilene, TX.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 18th at 2:00 pm, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Kevin Kennedy of Trinity Baptist church officiating.

Family graveside services will follow at the Stith Cemetery.  Services under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...

Mary Pyland

Mar 9, 2023

Mary Jo Pyland, 104, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2023.  Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Friday, March 17th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Funeral services will be at 3:00 pm on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at Broadview Baptist Church, 2500 South 27th St., with burial following at Elmwood Memorial...

Emily Gainer

Mar 8, 2023

Emily Gainer, 75, of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023 in Abilene. She was born on October 10, 1947, in San Angelo to Benjamin and Betsy Gainer.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home.

Benjamin Zickefoose

Mar 7, 2023

Benjamin "Trey" Zickefoose, 64, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2023. He was born on June 6, 1958, in Henderson, TN to Benjamin Zickefoose, Jr. and Nancy (Wallace) Zickefoose.

Visitation will be held Friday, March 10, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am...

Ed Terbush

Mar 6, 2023

Ed Terbush, 75, of Abilene, passed away on March 6, 2023 in Abilene.

Memorial services will be held at 2pm, on Friday, March 10, 2023, at Beltway Park Church South in the chapel.  Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Ed Terbush was born in Abilene, TX to Dorothy and Ed Terbush...

Wiley Wise

Mar 4, 2023

Wiley Mitchell Wise (85) was born June12, 1937 in Big Spring, Texas.  He went to see the Lord peacefully as he rested at home on March 4, 2023. 

Family visitation will be at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6-8 pm, Tuesday, March 7.  Funeral service will be held, 1:30pm, Wednesday, March 8 with Jeff Hatcher of Wylie Methodist Church,...

Carolyn Walter

Mar 2, 2023

Carolyn Jean Walter was 80 years old when she went to Heaven on March 2, 2023. 

Carolyn was born January 5,1943 in Goldsboro, North Carolina to George W. Davis and Alice M. Davis. She had three sisters and one brother, and she was the baby of the family. 

Carolyn was married 51 years to the late Russell E. Walter. They...

Darla Smedley

Mar 1, 2023

Darla Gay Smedley, 61, of Clyde, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Abilene.

Visitation will be 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 6, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Graveside service will be held 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at Caps Cemetery with Pastor Randy Turner officiating.

Darla...

Gordon Lee

Feb 27, 2023

Thomas “Gordon” Lee, 59, of Dudley, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2023, in an Abilene Hospital.

Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, March 3, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Graveside service will be held 1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 4, 2023, at Dudley Cemetery with Randy Leek officiating.

Gordon was born in...

Wolfgang Knop

Feb 24, 2023

Wolfgang Paul Rudolf Knop, 94, of Abilene took his last earthly breath surrounded by family on Friday, February 24, 2023. A memorial service giving thanks for and honoring his long and eventful life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 10, 2023, at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Clyde Kieschnick officiating.  Interment of ashes will take place on a...

Clifford "C.W." Stephenson

Feb 24, 2023

Clifford William (C.W.) Stephenson, Jr. of Tuscola, age 90, went to be with his heavenly Father on February 24, 2023. He was born on February 8, 1933 in Santa Anna, Coleman County, Texas to Clifford William and Ruby Rillus Richardson Stephenson.

The visitation will be Wednesday, March 1,2023 from 10:00-11:00 am with services following at 11:00 am at The...

Johnny Whisenhunt

Feb 23, 2023

Johnny Wayne (Whiz) Whisenhunt passed away on February 23, 2023, in Abilene Texas. 

Visitation will be on March 2, 2023, from 5:00-7:00 pm, and services will be at 2:00 pm on March 3, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with the Reverend Scott Seymour officiating.

Johnny was born in Merkel Texas on December 27, 1945,...

JoAnn Yancy

Feb 23, 2023

JoAnn Gilbreth Yancy, 88, passed away in Kingwood, TX on Thursday, February 23, 2023. She was born on St Patrick’s day March 17, 1934, in Abilene, TX to Lucian and Pauline Gilbreth and raised from age 9 by her father and stepmother Ina Gilbreth.

JoAnn went to school at Abilene High and lived in Abilene, TX until 1978. During that...

James Lowell Blankenship

Feb 23, 2023

James Lowell Blankenship, 80, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, February 23, 2023 at his home in Abilene. He was born on January 16, 1943 in Abilene to Lowell and Thelma Jo Blankenship.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with Bro. David Cason officiating.