Obituaries
Val A. Cheek King
May 16, 2008
Val A. King, of Abilene, died Friday, May 16, 2008 at the age of 96. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8:00 pm Monday, May 19 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services, with Chaplain Dave Takacs and Rev. Steven Parker officiating, will be on Tuesday at 1:00 pm at Faith Baptist Church, 2300 South...
David Clarence Kraatz
May 12, 2008
David Clarence Kraatz, Sr. , of Abilene, died Monday, May 12, 2008 at the age of 75. Funeral services, with Brother Rick Hargrove officiating, will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 15, 2008 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in the Tye Cemetery. The family receives friends during a visitation from 6:00 to...
Glen K Tarrant
May 10, 2008
Glen K. Tarrant, 83, died May 10, 2008 in Abilene. A visitation will be held Monday, May 12, 5:00-7:00 pm, at the Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. The funeral services, with Reverends Derrell Patterson and Caro Russell officiating, will be Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 12:30 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1741 Sayles. The service will be...
Elsie Fienup Magee
May 9, 2008
Elsie Fienup Magee, age 96, died Friday, May 9, 2008 in Abilene. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, May 14 at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal, 602 Meander. The Reverends Scott Mayer, Mary Glover, Rosemary P. Thomas, and Jennifer Rowley will officiate. Lunch will be served in the Parish Hall immediately following. Family members will...
Linda Lee Dickerson
May 2, 2008
Linda Dickerson, of Abilene, passed away Friday, May 2, 2008 at the age of 68. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, May 8 at Ridgemont Baptist Church. Burial will follow at a later date in West Des Moines, Iowa. Arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. October 13, 1939,...
Vaud Everett Bryant
Apr 22, 2008
V.E. Bryant, of Abilene, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at the age of 81. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Thursday, April 24 at Southwest Drive United Methodist Church, with Pastor Rob Blum officiating. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories. The family will receive friends today, Wednesday, April 23 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at The Hamil...
Stewart Cooper
Apr 22, 2008
Jackson Stewart Cooper, Jr., of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, April 22, at the age of 85. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Friday, April 25 at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal. The Reverend J. Scott Mayer, The Reverend Mary E. Glover, The Reverend Rosemary P. Thomas, and The Reverend James Smart will officiate. Burial will follow in...
Elaine Murphy
Apr 20, 2008
Elaine Murphy, of Abilene, died Sunday, April 20, 2008 at the age of 75. A service of remembrance will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, April 23 at the VFW, Post 6873, 1049 Veterans Drive in Abilene, Texas. Burial will be in the Ogden City Cemetery in Ogden, Utah at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of The...
Pearlee Lorene Dye
Apr 15, 2008
Lorene Hollowell Dye, 87, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2008 at her home in Baird, Texas. Lorene was born in Dora, Texas on February 9, 1921 to Alonzo and Nora Mallon Hollowell. She was one of six children. The family moved to Caps, Texas in 1928. She attended Caps school and Wylie High School. Lorene married Ben Dye in...
Rhonda Dean Massey
Apr 13, 2008
Rhonda Massey, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2008 at the age of 78. Visitation will be today, Tuesday, April 15 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Church of Christ Chapel, 650 East Ambler. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Charles Perkins and Cam Hurst will...
Ronald Reed LeCroix
Apr 11, 2008
Ronald Reed LeCroix, of Winters, passed away Friday, April 11, 2008 at the age of 54. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow at a later date in California. September 21, 1953, Ronald was born in Port Arthur, Texas. He graduated from Hayward High School in...
Frank Sayre
Apr 8, 2008
Frank Sayre, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, April 10, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 11 at Wylie Baptist Church, 6097 Buffalo Gap Road. Frank Nuell Sayre was born on January 11, 1920,...
Alfredo Flores
Apr 3, 2008
Alfredo "Freddy" Flores, age 49, of Duncanville, Texas, passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2008 in Hendrick Hospice Care in Abilene. A memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Freddy Flores was born November 28, 1958 in Altus, Oklahoma. He spent most of his childhood...
Amanda Martha Schneider
Apr 2, 2008
Amanda Martha Schneider, 95, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, at Zion Lutheran Church, 2801 Antilley Road, Abilene, with Reverend Clyde Kieschnick officiating. Burial will follow at 3:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa, Texas, with Reverend Michael Mueller of Risen Lord Lutheran Church, officiating....
Jeanette Karrenbrock
Apr 1, 2008
Jeanette Karrenbrock, 76, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Visitation will be from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Sunday, April 6, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A memorial service will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, April 7, at Brook Hollow Christian Church, 2310 S. Willis, in Abilene. Beloved by family...
Ruth Estelle Weaver
Apr 1, 2008
Ruth Weaver went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2008. She was born in Ida Bell, Oklahoma, October 8, 1913. At the age of 94 she leaves behind the cares of this life and enters into her heavenly rest. There remaineth a place of rest for the children of God. Hebrews 4:9 Mrs....
Mary E. Foster
Mar 30, 2008
Mary Foster, of Buffalo Gap, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2008 at the age of 74. Funeral services, with Pastors Steve Joiner and Graham Gutting officiating, will be at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, at the First Baptist Church in Buffalo Gap. Burial will follow in the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. The family will receive friends today, Tuesday, April 1,...
Allen M. Clifton
Mar 30, 2008
Allen M. Clifton, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2008 at the age of 74. The family will receive friends today, Monday, March 31, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services, with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating, will be Tuesday, April 1 at 10:30 a.m. in the Lost Creek Cemetery,...
Richard Lee Atha
Mar 26, 2008
"Little" Richard Lee Atha II, nicknamed "Boston George" 18 1/2 years old, was born in Abilene, TX died March 25, 2008 in Delray Beach, Florida. He is survived by his father,Richard Atha I, his mother, Valarie Atha, his brother, Jamie Ortiz and sisters, Tracie Miranda and Miranda Riddle. He is also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins and 2 nieces,Amberliegh...
Leland Paul Madison
Mar 24, 2008
Leland "Lee" Madison, 76, of Abilene, took his last flight to heaven on Monday, March 24, 2008, after a long and hard fought battle, in a local hospital. Friends of the family may visit on Friday, March 28 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services, with Mr. Jerry Schwalb officiating,...