Obituaries
Mona Jean Baker
Dec 31, 2022
Mona “Jean” Baker, 87, of Abilene Texas went to meet her Savior on December 31st, 2022. She passed peacefully in the care of her daughter and the caring staff at Hendricks Hospice care.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday January 4th at Hamil Family Funeral Home with Gloria Richardson officiating. Burial will follow at the Abilene Municipal Cedar...
Jess Garcia
Dec 30, 2022
Jess Flores Martinez Garcia, Jr. passed away Friday, December 30, 2022. He was born on March 24, 1958, in Oxnard, CA to Jess Flores Garcia, Sr. and Juanita Martinez Garcia.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd.
Jess is survived by two sons, Jess...
James Dwain Vinson
Dec 30, 2022
Dwain Vinson passed on to the big ranch in the sky on Dec 30, 2022. He was born on August 4, 1956 to Jack & Marie Vinson. He lived his whole life in Potosi & attended Wylie.
From a small child he always was a cowboy. This started with helping on the family ranch, to team roping as he got older,...
Susan Nell Haynes
Dec 28, 2022
Our dear mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, and aunt, Susan Nell Haynes, passed away on December 28th into the loving arms of our Lord. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church on Tuesday, January 3rd at 3:00 pm and visitation will be held Monday, January 2nd from 5:00 until 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo...
Sara Buxkemper
Dec 26, 2022
Sara Buxkemper, 73, of Abilene, passed away Monday, December 26, 2022, in Abilene.
Memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, January 14, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Sara was born in Center, TX on November 23, 1949. She graduated from Center High School. Sara worked as a waitress at Monterrey House in Houston throughout...
Amanda Danielle Duran
Dec 25, 2022
Amanda Danielle Duran, 32, of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2022 in Abilene.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 29, 2022 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, followed by the funeral service starting at 2:00 p.m., with Pastor Randy Turner officiating.
Amanda was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Sue...
Louis Palmer McCown
Dec 25, 2022
Louis Palmer McCown, 83, of Midland, TX, passed away on December 25, 2022, in Midland, TX.
Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 2, 2023, at Hamil Family Funeral Home, Abilene, TX.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Abilene with the...
Paul F. McCarty
Dec 18, 2022
Paul F. McCarty, of Abilene, Tx, formerly of Houston, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022, in Abilene.
Following a private graveside service, burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Paul was born in Abilene, Tx., to Paul and Frances McCarty on October 24, 1931. He graduated...
Poni McMinn
Dec 18, 2022
Poni McMinn, age 90, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on December 18, 2022 in Abilene.
Her family invites you to a visitation on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home from 6-8pm.
Funeral services for Poni will be held at 10am on Thursday, December 22, 2022 at Wylie Baptist Church with Pastor Steve Hardin of Lakepointe Church officiating and...
Carolyn Burns
Dec 17, 2022
Carolyn Simmons Burns passed away on December 17, 2022 in Abilene, TX.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, December 20 from 5-7pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Abilene, TX. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, December 21 at Potosi Baptist Church 2826 Potosi Rd. Abilene, TX 79602. Burial will immediately follow at the Potosi...
Sam Canon Reeves
Dec 14, 2022
Sam Canon Reeves, age 92, of Hamby, TX passed away on December 14, 2022, in Abilene, TX.
Visitation will be 2:00-4:00 on Sunday, December 18, 2022, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX 79606.
Memorial services will be held at 2:00 on Monday, December 19, 2022, at Hamby Church of Christ, 197 County Road 504, Abilene, TX...
Mickey Cassle
Dec 14, 2022
Mickey Howell Cassle passed away peacefully on December 14th, 2022, after a long and well lived life. She was born in Cisco, Texas on April 23, 1926, and lived her entire life as a West Texan. She graduated from Albany High School in 1943 and from Hardin-Simmons University in 1965. She married James Cassle on April 14, 1950, in Abilene...
MAJ. Charles Clyde Caldwell, USAF RET.
Dec 13, 2022
Charles Caldwell, 94, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2022, in Athens, TX. He was born in Jackson, TN on November 2, 1928 to John Eli and Irene (Watt) Caldwell.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, December 15, at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral...
Michael Chad Montgomery
Dec 11, 2022
Michael Chad Montgomery, 50, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2022. He was born to Randal and Patricia Montgomery in Lubbock on January 31, 1972.
Chad’s family will receive friends and loved ones from 12:00 pm until 1:00 pm on Saturday, December 17, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, immediately followed by the funeral service at...
Bryan Smith
Dec 10, 2022
H. Bryan Smith, devoted husband, father, brother and grandpa, left his earthy body on December 10, 2022 with his beloved wife of 57 years by his side.
Bryan was born in Abilene on January 1, 1944 to Herman and Juanita Smith. The middle of five children, Bryan kept everybody around him on their toes. He married the love of his life,...
Sue Patton
Dec 10, 2022
Sarah Sue Dennis Patton, 81, died peacefully at her home in Abilene, Texas on Saturday, December 10.
Sue was born on September 18, 1941, in Stamford, Texas. She was the daughter of the late Raymond and Effie (Posey) Dennis of Rotan, Texas. She spent all of her growing up years in Rotan, Texas and graduated from Rotan High School in 1960. ...
Joe Frank Longley
Dec 9, 2022
Joe Frank Longley went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 9, 2022, after a long battle with the after effects of cancer treatment.
Joe was born on March 6, 1937, in Brownfield, TX to I. A. (Jack) and Annie Burnett Longley.
Joe grew up on a cotton farm in Meadow, TX. His love was not farming,...
Patty Clements
Dec 9, 2022
Patty Clements, age 67 of Abilene, TX went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 9th after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Patty was born in Ft. Worth to James Warren Flud and Frankie Casey on November 5, 1955.
Patty had a career in nursing and was passionate about her field in caring for the elderly and infirm.
To know...
Jim Ritter
Dec 9, 2022
James “Jim” Ritter, 78, of Tye, passed away Friday, December 9, 2022.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, December 13, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, December 14 at Tye Baptist Church, with burial following at Round Mound Cemetery in Hamby.
Jim was born on...
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