Obituaries

Sep 22, 2022

Thomas Leland Revoir, 76, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2022, surrounded by his family. He was born on November 7, 1945 in Appleton, WI to Paul Henry and Lauretta Revoir.

Visitation will be held Monday, September 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Funeral services will be held at 11:30...

Sep 21, 2022

Darla Swanner, 62, of Abilene, Texas, passed away September 21, 2022, at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. Memorial services will be held at Lytle South Baptist Church on Monday, September 26, 2022, at 4:30 pm. Rodney Watson will be officiating the services which are under the direction of the Hamil Family Funeral Home.

Darla Clarice Patton Swanner was born in Snyder,...

Sep 19, 2022

Eulalia Browning, 97, of Abilene, passed away Monday, September 19, 2022 in Abilene.

Eulalia Estelle Browning was born May 31, 1925 in Lohn, TX to Emzy and Vera Browning. She adored her older brother, James (Jake) Vermillion Browning, and younger sister, Mary Joyce Thompson Ray, who each preceded her in death. In 1937, the family moved to Abilene, TX. Attending Abilene...

Sep 18, 2022

Maria “Dee Dee” Glorioso Reed, 78, of Abilene, Tx passed away September 18, 2022, in Abilene.

Visitation will be Monday, September 26, 2022, from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm with a Rosary to begin at 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at Holy...

Sep 15, 2022

William Joe Seaborn of Tuscola died Thursday, Sept. 15, after a sudden illness. He was 82.

Born on April 20, 1940, in Winters to John and Gladys (Simpson) Seaborn, Joe grew up in Buffalo Gap and attended Wylie High School. He married Claudia Maxine Henson on Nov. 29, 1959, in Abilene. He worked for many years at Central Texas Iron Works...

Sep 15, 2022

Lewis Harrison Smith, 76, of Abilene, TX passed away on Sept.15, 2022 in Abilene, TX, surrounded by his family, after a short battle with cancer.

Visitation will be held at 1:00pm with funeral services beginning at 2:00pm on Saturday, September 24th at Lytle South Baptist Church, located at 1125 E. Industrial Blvd., Abilene, Tx. 79602, under the direction of The Hamil...

Sep 14, 2022

Judy Faye Henry gained her angel wings on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, September 22, at Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home.

Judy was born in Merkel, Texas on February 22, 1943, to CW “Buck” Crumpler and Opal Crumpler. The Crumplers were a farming...

Sep 14, 2022

Barbara Ann Tomchak, 67, of Abilene, passe away Wednesday, September 14, 2022 in Abilene. She was born in Shreveport, LA to Edward and Etta Tomchak on Sunday, December 26, 1954. Barbara spent most of her life at the Abilene State Supported Living Center.

Graveside services will be held at Rising Star Cemetery at 11:00 am on Friday, September 16, 2022.

Sep 14, 2022

Joan Lucille Richard Knight, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 in Abilene, Texas.

Visitation will be 5:00-7:00pm, Monday September 19, at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd., Abilene.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm, Tuesday, September 20, at First Baptist Church, Abilene with C.V. Blake of First Baptist Church, Abilene, officiating.  A private family...

Sep 11, 2022

Sharla, age 60, of Abilene, passed away on 9/11/2022 in Abilene.

Visitation will be from 12:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday, September 25, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Funeral services will be held 10:00 am Monday, September 26, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Burial will follow at 12:00 noon at Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories with Jamie...

Sep 9, 2022

Curtis “Larry” Godfrey, beloved Husband, Father, and Grandfather, died on Friday, September 9th, in Abilene, Texas, after a short battle with lung cancer and more prolonged battles with Parkinson’s and heart disease.

Larry was born on June 4th, 1942, in Cleburne, Texas, to Curtis and Janette Godfrey.  His father was a prominent Soil Scientist and Professor at Texas A&M University, so...

Sep 8, 2022

Price Mathieson of Abilene became a citizen of Heaven on September 8, at the age of 86. He was born in Luling, TX on January 26, 1936, to Jack and Mildred Mathieson. Price graduated from Baylor University and attended Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth.

On December 21, 1958, he married Mary Darden in Lorenzo, TX. On January 2, 1961, he became...

Sep 6, 2022

Ron Marlin McGraw, 65, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at his home. He was born on December 12, 1956 in Wichita, KS to Ronnie and Kathleen (Briggs) McGraw.

Ron graduated from Brownwood High School in 1975, and later attended Texas State Technical College in Sweetwater and McMurry University in Abilene. He worked as an electrician for Chaparral Steel...

Sep 4, 2022

Betty Dennis, 93, of Harlingen, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022, in Harlingen, Texas.

Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home on Thursday, September 8, 2022.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, September 9 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Dr. Jeff Reid of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church officiating. Burial...

Sep 4, 2022

Stephanie Rena Bowles, 42, of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, September 4th.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, September 14th from 6pm to 8pm, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home located at 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX, 79606.  In honor of Steph’s love for Halloween and music, Halloween or rock t-shirts are welcomed at the visitation.

Steph was born in Abilene to...

Sep 2, 2022

James Robert Prater, 40, also lovingly known as Jim Bob, passed away Friday, September 2, 2022, at his home. James was an avid fisherman and Cowboy’s fan, but what he loved above all else was his family.

James married Kimberly Norman in October of 2017. He said he’d never been more sure about anything in his life and he’d never loved...

Sep 1, 2022

Frederick L. Armbruster, 77, of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2022.

Had the writing of this obituary been up to Fred, it would simply read “Well, he died.” Since he had no say in this, we get to highlight the way Fred lived.

Frederick Louis Armbruster was born on January 19, 1945 in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Gerald Armbruster and...

Sep 1, 2022

Douglas Alan “Doug” Price died with his beloved dog by his side on Thursday, September 1, 2022.

Visitation will be 2:00 to 4:00 pm, Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with funeral services starting at 4:00 pm.

Graveside services will be held at Mount Hope Cemetery in Humboldt, Kansas, directed by Countryside Funeral Home,...

Aug 31, 2022

Aug 30, 2022

Andrew McNeill, of Abilene, passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 in Abilene, Texas.

Andrew was born in Abilene, Texas to Steve and Sheri McNeill on June 8th, 1985. Andrew attended and graduated from Jim Ned High School in 2003. Andrew graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree in 2007 from Hardin Simmons University.

Andrew met the love of his life, Dessa McNeill, in...