Obituaries
Elsie Leona Israel
May 29, 2021
Elsie Leona McLeod Israel of Abilene, Texas passed away on May 29, 2021 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Friday June 4, 2021. Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday June 5, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Rev. Reed Justus officiating. Burial at Albany Cemetery in Albany, Texas 2:30 p.m. Saturday...
Hal Michael Smith
May 27, 2021
Hal Michael Smith, 64, of Abilene passed away on May 27, 2021, in Abilene. Visitation will be 6pm to 8pm June 1, 2021, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held at 10am, Wednesday June 2, 2021, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rick Hargrove officiating. Burial will follow at the Potosi Cemetery. Services are...
Johnie Ruth Bird
May 27, 2021
Johnie Ruth Bird, 94, of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, May 27, 2021 in Abilene.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 31, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Merkel.
Johnie was born in Merkel, Jones County, Texas to Manson Leon...
Marian G. DeBerry
May 27, 2021
Marian G. DeBerry, 86, of Abilene, passed away on May 27, 2021, in Odessa.
Visitation will be 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Beltway Church (South) in the Chapel with the Mike Harkrider of Wylie Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow...
Violet Mae Pedersen
May 25, 2021
Vi Pedersen, 74, passed away on May 25, 2021 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Friday, May 28th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 29th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road with James Clawson pastor of Central Baptist Church of Hamlin officiating....
Robert Alrich Gray
May 21, 2021
Robert Alrich Gray, Jr. died peacefully on Friday, May 21st, in Abilene. A native Abilenian, Robert loved his hometown. As a boy, by foot, bicycle, car, raft and boat, he explored every inch of Abilene, its creeks and lakes. In his ‘80’s, he could still name the people, and their addresses, whose laundry he delivered as a teenager for his...
Alice Jean Welch
May 20, 2021
Alice Welch passed away on May 20th, 2021 from complications due to Parkinson’s. She was born on August 5, 1937 in the mountains of West Virginia. Her father was a banjo-playing preacher, and her mother was a skillful gardener and seamstress.
She grew up in Clarksburg, West Virginia, where she studied piano and literature. As she finished high school, her piano...
Betty Joyce Proctor
May 19, 2021
Betty Joyce Proctor, 92, passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. She was born Betty Joyce Bond on May 5, 1929 in Mosheim, TX to Charles and Josephine Bond.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 20 from 5 pm until 7 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be held at 3 pm...
Joyce E. Crutcher
May 18, 2021
Joyce E. Crutcher, 97, of Abilene, passed from this life on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in Abilene.
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 20, 2021 at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Patterson, officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Joyce was born on December 16,...
Tony Dale Jones
May 18, 2021
Tony Dale Jones, 72, of Weatherford, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in Weatherford. He was born on August 17, 1948 in Baird, TX to Charles Truman Jones and Juanita Marie Arrell.
Visitation will be from 4 pm until 6 pm on Friday, May 21 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral Services will be Saturday, May...
Joe Rex Schulle
May 17, 2021
Joe Rex Schulle
Joe Rex Schulle, 80, of Abilene, passed away on Monday May 17th, 2021 in Abilene, TX.
Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday May 19th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday May 20th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with John Fanning officiating. A private family graveside...
John Joseph Luther
May 17, 2021
John Joseph (Jack) Luther, 92, of Abilene, passed away Monday, May 17, 2021. He was born on August 30, 1928 in Omaha, NE to Joseph Peter Luther and Leona Harriett (Hepp) Luther.
Visitation will be Thursday, May 20 from 5 pm until 6:30 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with a rosary following from 6:30 until...
Nixon Carl Ward
May 15, 2021
Nixon (Nick) Carl Ward finally broke his earthly chains on May 15th, 2021 at 58 years of age, when his oversized heart finally gave out. He always said he could not die because God wanted him to stay here and suffer, but now his suffering has ended. Nick wanted everyone to remember him as he was in life and have...
Paunell J. Courtney
May 14, 2021
Paunell Courtney, 81, of Abilene, passed away May 15, 2021 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday May 18, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday May 19, 2021 at Wylie Baptist Church with Mike Harkrider officiating. Burial will follow at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at 1 p.m.
Paunell...
Judy Beth English
May 14, 2021
Judy Beth English, 78, of Abilene, Texas, passed away peacefully at home on May 14, 2021.
Visitation will be Friday, May 21 at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd, from 5 to 7PM. Funeral services will be held at 2PM on Saturday, May 22 at Hamil Family Funeral Home with Rev. Reed Justus officiating. Burial will follow at Tye...
William "Bill" Rickman, Jr.
May 10, 2021
William "Bill" Rickman, Jr., 83, of Abilene, passed away at his home on Monday, May 10, 2021.
He was born on March 4, 1938 in Los Angeles, CA to William Rickman Sr. and Frances Rickman.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Mona Margaret Sherrod
May 9, 2021
Mona Margaret Sherrod, beloved mom and Granny, was called home on May 9, 2021.
Visitation will be from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 13, 2021, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will follow at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mike Woodard, officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Margaret...
William Dee Clemmer
May 4, 2021
William Dee “Billy” Clemmer, 87, of Abilene passed away on May 4, 2021.
Visitation will be Sunday, May 9 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Sanctuary with Dr. Phil Christopher of First Baptist Church, Abilene officiating. Burial at 10:00...
Carlton Ray Blackwell
May 2, 2021
Ray Blackwell passed peacefully from this life at the age of 95 on May 2, 2021 at his home in Abilene, TX. On December 7,1925, Carlton Ray Blackwell was born to Ruby and Elmer E. Blackwell in Cheaney, Texas. He was always grateful to be reared in the country. The lessons he learned of hard work, faithfulness to God, and...
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