Obituaries
James Randall "Randy" Thompson
Feb 17, 2022
James (Randy) Thompson, age 79, passed away on February 17, 2022, in Wimberley, Texas.
Visitation will be on Sunday February 20, 2022 from 5:00-7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd Abilene, Texas.
Graveside services will be held on Monday February 21, 2022 at 11:00 am at Buffalo Gap Cemetery. Services are under the direction of The...
Billy Ray Chance
Feb 15, 2022
Billy Ray (Bill) Chance, formerly of Clyde, Texas, passed from this life on February 15, 2022, in Searcy, Arkansas. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00pm Thursday, February 24th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral service will be Friday, February 25th at 11:00am at the Clyde Church of Christ with burial to follow at...
Dorothy Mae Cope Finley
Feb 15, 2022
Dorothy Mae Cope Finley, 97, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022. She was born on June 7, 1924 in Norton, TX to William Thomas Cope and Nellie S. Stubblefield Cope.
Visitation will be Saturday, February 19 from 5:00-7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Committal services will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday,...
Helen Joyner
Feb 15, 2022
Helen Benckenstein Joyner, 75, of abilene passed away February 15, 2022.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Marian Eileen Teague
Feb 15, 2022
Marian Eileen Teague, 81, went to be with her loving savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. She was born in Abilene, Texas on November 16, 1940. She has been a lifelong resident of Abilene. She felt this was her home and she wished to be nowhere else.
Graveside services will be at 11:00 am on Friday, February 18 at...
Russell E. Walter
Feb 13, 2022
Russell E. Walter, age 74, passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at his home in Buffalo Gap, Texas, after a lengthy illness.
There will be a private family memorial at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene.
Russell was born in Oakland, Maryland to Herman and Vera (Edgar) Walter on September 29, 1947. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1968....
Lt. Col. Kenneth T. Roussel (Retired)
Feb 11, 2022
Kenneth Thomas Roussel, 91, passed away on February 11, 2022 in Abilene, TX.
Rosary and Visitation will be from 5-7pm on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at The Hamil Family Funeral, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd, Abilene, TX.
A funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am Monday, February 28, 2022 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Rd, Abilene, TX.
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Rebecca "Becky" Nixon Creel
Feb 11, 2022
Rebecca “Becky” Nixon Creel went to be with her beloved father and mother, Harold and Melba Nixon on February 11. Although she was battling a terminal illness, she and her devoted and loving husband of 48 years, Jim Creel, had the joyous opportunity to spend a week with her family and grandchildren in her favorite place, Red River, New Mexico,...
Joyce Fletcher Corbin
Feb 10, 2022
Joyce Corbin, 96, formerly of Wichita Falls, Texas passed away on February 10, 2022, in Abilene, TX.
Memorial services will be held at 10 A.M., Monday, February 14, 2022, at Oldham Lane Church of Christ with Chris McCurley of the church officiating. The family will receive friends and loved ones at Jim Corbin's house immediately following the service at the church....
Jacqueline "Jackie" Stowe
Feb 9, 2022
Jacqueline “Jackie” Stowe, 85, passed away on February 9, 2022, in Abilene. Jackie was born August 23, 1936, in Dalhart, TX to Blake Victor and Minnie Bolton. At the age of 10, she moved to Plainview with her parents and younger brother Blake. She graduated from Plainview High School in 1954 and from there, attended Texas Tech University. She received...
Ray McCarty
Feb 4, 2022
Elson “Ray” McCarty, Clyde resident since 1963, also known as D-Dad, was born on June 7, 1936 to Albert McCarty and Cora Thomas McCarty in Rowden, Texas. He passed from this world on Friday February 4, 2022 at the family ranch in Baird while tending his cattle. Ray had hoped he would be there when his time came, and this...
Mary Jo Frost
Feb 2, 2022
Mary Jo Mitchell Rose Frost, 88, of Abilene, Texas passed away peacefully on February 2, 2022 at Hendrick Hospice Care. Mary graced the world with her presence on February 18, 1933 in Bogalusa, Louisiana to Sheldon Dale Mitchell and Josie Caroline James Mitchell. She attended LSU and was a spirited Tiger fan. Following graduation from LSU, Mary and her southern...
Phillip Lynn Cochran
Jan 31, 2022
Phillip Lynn Cochran, 69, of Abilene, passed away on Monday, January 31, 2022 at his residence.
Phillip was born in Odessa, Texas to Beryl and Jackie (Anderson) Cochran on March 13, 1952. He graduated from Cooper High School and attended Abilene Christian University. He married Joyce Brown in Abilene in 1974. Phillip enjoyed a career in Law Enforcement, working for the...
Walter "Wally" Neil McGee
Jan 29, 2022
Walter “Wally” McGee went home to the Lord Saturday morning January 29, 2022 at the family’s home outside of Ovalo, Texas.
He was born November 30, 1959 in Lubbock, Texas, the son of Hilda and O.F. McGee. Wally was the second of five children, and on February 29, 1980 he married his love Debra Lynn VanMeter.
He made a career with...
Evelyn Bein
Jan 27, 2022
Evelyn Willoughby Bein, 93, of Abilene, Texas passed away on January 27, 2022 at Hendrick Hospice Care. Services will be held this Saturday, February 5, at 2:00 pm at The Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest followed by a reception in Gerhart Hall.
Evelyn was born August 27, 1928 in Abilene Texas to Rexford and Evelyn Willoughby. She attended Abilene High School and...
James Allen Boynton
Jan 24, 2022
James Allen Boynton, age 90, passed away on January 24, 2022, in Waxahachie, Texas.
Visitation will be Tuesday, February 1st, from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 2nd , 2022, at 11:00 A.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Reverend Joshua Youngblood of Little Elm officiating. Committal services will follow at 2:00 P.M. at the Texas State...
Karen Gantz
Jan 23, 2022
Karen Gantz, 79, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022. She was born on July 15, 1942 in Newark, NJ, to Kenneth and Helen Gantz.
Karen’s family will receive friends and loved ones from 4:00-6:00 pm on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
She is survived by her sister, Dorothy “Gloria” Krempin of...
Mary Michaelyn "Mickey" Mathis
Jan 23, 2022
Mary Michaelyn Mathis (Mickey) of Ovalo, passed away on January 23, 2022 in Abilene.
Visitation will be from 5:00-6:30pm, Thursday, January 27, 2022, with the Rosary beginning at 6:30pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas.
Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, January 28, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Abilene, with Fr....
Rafael Garcia Rodriguez, Jr.
Jan 21, 2022
Rafael (Ralph) Garcia Rodriguez Jr. passed away on January 21, 2022 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on January 26, 2022 at Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday January 27, 2022 with Pastor Mike Hill of Beltway North officiating. Burial will follow at Texas State Veterans...
David Blake Anderson
Jan 20, 2022
David Blake Anderson, 36, of Abilene, passed away on January 20, 2022 in Dallas Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 27 at Hamil Family Funeral Home of Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 28 at First Baptist Church Abilene, with C.V. Blake of First Baptist Church Abilene, officiating. Burial will be at...
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