Obituaries
Mary Len Swinney
Dec 6, 2021
Mary Len Swinney passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, December 6th, with the same grace and dignity with which she lived her life.
Mary Len was born in Abilene, Texas at Hendrick Medical Center on May 11, 1930 to Willie Sula (Sutton) Smith and H. Len Smith. She graduated from Abilene High School and received a degree from Hardin-Simmons...
Rosie Jean Templeton
Dec 5, 2021
Rosie Jean Johnston Templeton, our beloved Mother, left this world on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at age 86. She was born June 15, 1935, in Ridge, Texas to Henry Elgin & Minnie Rosie Johnston. She was the youngest of six sisters, then two younger brothers - all who have preceded her in death. She was very smart, and the school...
Jimmy Ray Youngquist
Dec 5, 2021
Jimmy Ray Youngquist, 78, passed away December 5, 2021 in Abilene. He was born on June 5, 1943 in Stamford to Roland and Laveta Youngquist.
Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, December 8 at 2:00 pm, at Spring Creek Cemetery in Avoca. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Jimmy served on the...
Doris McKee Partin
Dec 3, 2021
Doris Jean (Graham) McKee Partin, 81, of Abilene, Texas passed away on Friday, December 3, 2021.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, December 6, at Wylie Methodist Church with Pastor Jeff Hatcher officiating. Graveside services will be held later that afternoon at 2:00 pm at Siloam Cemetery near Gustine, Texas with Pastor John Priddy officiating.
Doris was...
Billie Frances Hess
Dec 2, 2021
Billie Francis (Grammer) Hess, 88, of Abilene, Texas passed away December 2, 2021. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on December 15, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road Abilene, Texas. The burial will be at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd., in San Antonio, Texas on December 17, at 11:30 am (limited...
Edith Ann Howard
Dec 1, 2021
Edith “ET” Ann Howard, age 80, passed away on December 1, 2021, in Abilene, Texas.
A memorial service will be held at 12:30 pm on Friday, December 17, 2021, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX, 79606. A committal service will follow at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene at 2:00 pm.
Edith was born in...
Betty Jo Ligon
Nov 30, 2021
Betty Jo Ligon passed away November 30, 2021. She was born Betty Jo Williams in Ranger, TX to Wilma Mae Williams and Albert Sidney Williams on December 8, 1930.
She married Lee A. Ligon in May 1949. She is survived by her children Deborah Ligon of Abilene, and Dale Ligon of Alamogordo, NM.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Big...
Stephen Leo Watts
Nov 29, 2021
Stephen Leo Watts, 64, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on November 29th, 2021 in Abilene, Texas.
Visitation will be Friday, December 3rd, 2021, 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 on Saturday, December 4th, 2021, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, with Tim Yandell officiating.
Burial will...
Ellen M. (EM) Young
Nov 28, 2021
Ellen M. (EM) Young, 96, of Abilene passed away on November 28, 2021 in Abilene, Texas.
Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:00 PM on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
There will be a private graveside service at Elmwood Memorial Park with Rev. Felicia Hopkins and Pastor Jody Forbus officiating. Services are under...
Cecil Allison Webb
Nov 27, 2021
Cecil Webb, 86, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2021 in Dallas, TX. Cecil Allison Webb was born April 1, 1935 in Estill Springs, TN to Arthur Daniel Webb Sr. and Ola Pauline McWhirter Webb. He was one of nine siblings, five brothers and three sisters. Cecil lived in Potosi, TX with his wife of almost 39 years, Gwen...
Scott Robin McGraw
Nov 24, 2021
Scott McGraw, 61, of Abilene, TX passed away on November 24, 2021, in Abilene, TX. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at 1:00 PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX 79606 Scott was born in Abilene, TX to Kathleen and Ronnie McGraw on October 21, 1960. Scott was a...
Earlee Aaron Gonzales
Nov 22, 2021
Earlee Aaron Gonzales, 44 passed away Monday November 22, 2021, in Abilene, Texas. A Memorial Service will be held at a later time. Earlee was born September 23, 1977, in Abilene, Texas to Adolpho and Natalie Gonzales. The family moved to Bakersfield, CA when he was just 11 years old. Earlee graduated from South High School, and he attended CSUB...
LaVerne Boynton
Nov 14, 2021
LaVerne R. Boynton, age 86, passed away on November 14, 2021, in Waxahachie, Texas.
Visitation will be Thursday, November 18, 2021, from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas 79606.
Funeral services will be held Friday, November 19, 2021, at 12:30 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Dr. Kevin Tulley...
Christene H. Cooper
Nov 13, 2021
Christene Holley Cooper, 94, a longtime resident of Abilene, Texas, died November 13, 2021, in Chandler, Arizona.
Funeral services will be at 11 am on Saturday, November 20 at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal, 602 Meander. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Christene was...
Allen Lee Young
Nov 12, 2021
Allen Lee Young, 54, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, November 12, 2021 in Ft. Worth, Tx. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Monday, November 15, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 10:00 am Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Dr. Jeff Reid of Pioneer Drive Baptist...
Terry Boyd Bawcom
Nov 10, 2021
Our family's hero and captain went to meet His Savior face-to-face on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. We keep describing this event as both heartbreaking and glorious at the same time. It is hard to describe what an amazing man, husband and father he was to us but simply put, he was a man of unshakeable faith. We sang hymns in...
Dee (Dolores) Dunham
Nov 8, 2021
Dee (Dolores) Dunham, 86, of Abilene, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021 at her home with her family.
Time for visiting with the family will be on Tuesday, November 9 from 6 pm until 9 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, November 10 at The Hamil...
Dennis Ray Laster
Nov 7, 2021
Dennis Ray Laster, 72, of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021, in Abilene.
Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 9, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church fellowship hall, 701 S. Pioneer Dr., Abilene.
Memorial services will be held at 10 am on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Dr. John Whitten officiating. Services are...
Eva Marie Vinson
Nov 6, 2021
Eva Marie Felton Vinson, 86, of Potosi passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021. She was born December 19, 1934, in Roaring Springs, Texas. She was the 8th of 11 children born to Algie and Phoebie (Dikes) Felton.
The family moved to the Abilene area when she was a baby. She lived in and around the Potosi area most of her life...
Peggy Joyce Boggess
Nov 6, 2021
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpassed them all.”
Proverbs 31:28-29
Peggy Joyce Boggess, 74, of Buffalo Gap, Texas, passed away Saturday November 6th in Abilene, Texas.
Visitation will be from 5 pm - 7 pm on Thursday, November 11th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
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