Obituaries
Rex B. Moore
Jan 7, 2022
Born in Abilene during the Great Depression, Rex was the fourth of six sons born to Lamar Hilliard and Dixie Moore. On September 9, 1932, Dr. Luther Pickard walked over from the West Texas Baptist Sanitarium to deliver Rex Bell Moore at the family home on North 21st Street. Rex lived most of his 89 years in Abilene. His parents...
Wilma Alene Johnson
Jan 6, 2022
Wilma Alene Milliorn Johnson, 90, of Abilene, entered her Heavenly home on Thursday, January 6, 2022 in Abilene, TX.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m., Monday, January 10, 2022 at Southwest Park Baptist Church, 2901 S. 20th St., with Rev. Mike Woodard officiating. Burial will follow at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene at 2:00 p.m. Services are...
John Carl McCoy
Jan 5, 2022
John Was born June 22, 1945, in Merkel Texas. John was pre-deceased by his parents, Ruth Howard and Raymond Anderson McCoy and daughter Melody. When his daddy passed, he was 13 years old and he became the 'man of the house', or at least he thought so! He got a job throwing newspapers so he could help with money for...
Gayle Bagley Gollihar
Jan 1, 2022
Gayle Bagley Gollihar, 74, of Hodges, passed away January 1, 2022 at her home. She was born on October 26, 1947 in Abilene to Horace M.D. Bagley and Elouise Buntin Burson.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside service will be at 2:00...
Helen Carol Slone
Dec 31, 2021
Helen C. Slone, 84, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021 in Abilene. Visitation will be Friday, January 7, 2022 from 6:00-8:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Abilene Municipal...
Linda Joy Fulgham
Dec 31, 2021
Linda Joy Fulgham, 76, of Abilene, passed away Friday, December 31, 2021. She was born in Stamford, TX on July 16, 1945.
Linda’s family will receive friends and loved ones during visitation hours on Sunday, January 2, 2022 from 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
She married the love of her life, Sam...
David Norman Spurlin
Dec 31, 2021
David Norman Spurlin, 77, of Tuscola, passed away Friday, December 31, 2021 at his home.
Visitation will be from 5:00 pm PM – 7:00 PM on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Reid...
Loretta Dale Medley
Dec 29, 2021
Loretta Dale Medley, 83, of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. She was born on April 16, 1938 in San Angelo to Lee Oliver and Ethel (Legate) Oliver.
Visitation will be Monday, January 3, 2022 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 9:30 am on...
Peggy Beckham
Dec 29, 2021
Soli Deo Gloria! Peggy Hardaway Pattillo Beckham passed away peacefully at her home on December 29, 2021, at 87 years of age. A memorial service celebrating her life and inurnment at the church columbarium will take place at 11 AM on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest. A reception/visitation will follow the service at the...
Howard "Pete" Renick
Dec 26, 2021
Dr. Howard Pete Renick, affectionately known as “Pete”, left this earth on Sunday, December 26, 2021. He was a man of many talents and interests. He was a professional geophysicist and served as Alderman on the Buffalo Gap City Council where he was in service to the town for 18 years. Pete had a big humanitarian heart, raising funds to...
Trudy Severance
Dec 26, 2021
Trudy Severance, 65, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021 at her home. She was born on May 17, 1956 in Dinuba, CA to Simon and Guadalupe Castañon. She was raised in Cutler, CA.
A Celebration of her life will be held on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 12:30 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road....
Martha Jane Renfro
Dec 25, 2021
Martha Jane Renfro, 82, of Abilene, passed away on Christmas Day, December 25, 2021.
She was born on November 18, 1939, to Robert Milton and Rosie Lee (Johnson) Cathey in Greenville, TX.
A Celebration of Martha's life will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Southern Hills Church of Christ. Arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil...
Dennis Earl McElfresh
Dec 25, 2021
Dennis Earl McElfresh, 53, of Abilene, passed away on December 25, 2021, in Abilene.
Dennis was born in Hillsboro, Texas to Richard and Linda (Lovelady) McElfresh on Friday, September 6, 1968. He graduated from Wylie High School in 1987. He married Stacy Rene’ McMillan in Abilene on September 30, 1991. Dennis and Stacy just celebrated 30 years of marriage this past...
Arvella Mary Jannise
Dec 23, 2021
Arvella Mary Jannise, 86, of Abilene, Texas passed away on December 23, 2021, in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 30, 2021, at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 West Lake Road, services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Arvella Jannise was born...
William Overton Neal IV
Dec 23, 2021
Bill Neal, rancher, retired country lawyer, historian, journalist, and author, age 85, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021 in Abilene, Texas. Bill Neal was born in Quanah, Texas on January 31, 1936, to William Overton (Boots) Neal III and Katharine Barnes Neal. Services for Bill will be Thursday, December 30, 2021 in Quanah, Texas. Visitation with the family will...
Laurie Denise Mikkelsen
Dec 23, 2021
On December 23,2021, Heaven called back its angel, Laurie Denise Mikkelsen. Laurie was born on October 24, 1958 in San Angelo, Texas to Louise and Bill Mikkelsen and sister, Debra Louise Mikkelsen Levrets. Laurie was born deaf and mentally challenged, but despite this, she accomplished many things, such as competing for 32 years in the Texas Special Olympics in which...
Billy Frank Spencer
Dec 21, 2021
Billy Frank Spencer, 81, of Abilene, TX went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 21, 2021.
Bill was born to the late Frank Pleasant Spencer and Helen Lucille Neeb Spencer in Coleman, TX, on July 21, 1940. Bill lived in Cross Plains, TX, graduating from Cross Plains HS in 1958. Bill attended McMurry University, supporting the Indians as...
Dorthy Louise Dawson
Dec 21, 2021
Dorthy Louise Reagan Dawson passed away peacefully after a brief illness on December 21, 2021.
The family will receive friends and loved ones during a visitation on Sunday, January 2, 2022, from 4 pm until 6 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A Celebration of Life will be held in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church,...
Imogene Eloise Moore
Dec 19, 2021
Imogene Eloise Cox Moore, 97, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on December 19, 2021 in Abilene.
Imogene was born in Comanche, TX to Vollie and Mary Elizabeth Cox on November 4, 1924. She always proudly boasted she graduated from Early High School as Salutatorian, then she would slyly add there were only 7 in her graduating class. Imogene participated in sports and played basketball while she was in...
Von Marr
Dec 16, 2021
Donald Lavon Marr “Von”, 83, of Hawley, passed away on Thursday December 16, 2021.
Visitation will be Sunday December 19, 2021, from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Burial will be Monday, December 20, 2021, at 2:00 pm at the Goree, Texas cemetery. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...
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