Obituaries
Tyler Heath Rickman
Mar 19, 2020
Tyler Heath Rickman, 21 of Abilene, Texas passed away Wednesday March 18, 2020 at his home in Abilene. Visitation took place on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home located at 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd in Abilene, TX. A celebration of life/memorial will take place at a later date. Cremation arrangements are with The Hamil Family Funeral...
John Stewart Trammell
Mar 15, 2020
John Trammell, 54, passed away suddenly on March 15, 2020, in Abilene. Visitation will be from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Wednesday, March 18 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. John Stewart Trammell was born on July 1, 1965, in Abilene, TX to Richard & Jeanne Trammell. He went to school in Abilene before...
Kenny Lee VanZandt
Mar 14, 2020
Kenny VanZandt, 58, of Abilene passed away on March 14, 2020 in his home. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00pm, Wednesday March 18th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene TX. Kenny was born in Abilene, Texas to Billy S. and Sybil L. VanZandt on November 21, 1961. He was a graduate of Cooper...
Jane Elizabeth Walton
Mar 14, 2020
Jane Elizabeth “Betty” Walton, 84, of Abilene, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2020 in Abilene. Private funeral services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Betty was born on June 23, 1935 in Shreveport, Louisiana to the late S.K. and Elva (Lawhorn) Ward. She was raised in Gulfport, Mississippi and graduated from...
Ludell Cox
Mar 13, 2020
Ludell Cox, 91, passed away on March 12, in Abilene at her home. Private graveside services will be at Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Ludell was born in Caddo, TX to James and Bennie Bryant on August 4, 1928. She attended school in Ranger & Breckenridge, TX. She married Wesley Cox on December 30, 1944. Ludell was a wife and mother....
James Austin Keefer
Mar 10, 2020
James Austin “Paw” Keefer was a tender-hearted, gentle man that truly loved his Lord. He went to be with Him on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2020 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2020 at The Hamil...
Gaetana Connie Spano
Mar 9, 2020
Gaetana (Connie) Puglia Spano, 94, a homemaker, extraordinary chef and matriarch to her family and friends, passed away Monday, March 9 in Abilene. Born in Brooklyn, NY to Gaetano and Maria Valenti Puglia on Nov. 27, 1925, she was a proud first-generation American whose immigrant parents were part of a generation that helped build America and provide their children with...
Walter Dean Bryan
Mar 6, 2020
Walter Dean Bryan, 86, of Abilene passed from this earth to his heavenly home, on Friday, March 6, 2020. Visitation with the family will be from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Monday evening March 9th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, March 10th at 2:00 pm in...
Harry Preston Nunn, Jr.
Mar 6, 2020
Harry Preston Nunn Jr., 73, of Abilene, died Friday, March 6, 2020. He was born on August 7, 1946 to Harry P. Nunn Sr. and Zetta M. McAllister. He joined the Air Force at the age of 18 and served three consecutive tours of duty to Vietnam. Harry P. Nunn Jr. served 22 years in the Air Force and then...
Velma Dorislene Gragg
Mar 3, 2020
Velma Dorislene “Doris” Gragg, 83, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Seagraves, Texas on March 18, 1936, Doris was the daughter of the late William Desi and Oneta (Duncan) Batteas. She was a graduate of Roby High School where she was on the 1954 State Basketball Championship Runner-up Team. Doris married Kenneth James Gragg in...
Chanda Rhea Lee
Mar 3, 2020
Chanda Rhea Lee, 39, of Abilene, Texas entered the gates of Heaven on March 3, 2020 in Amarillo, Texas. Visitation will be Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 3 to 5 PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. A funeral service will be held Sunday, March 8, at 2 PM at The Hamil Family...
Harrel Stanley Whisenhunt
Feb 27, 2020
Stanley Whisenhunt, 86 years old of Abilene, Texas passed away on February 27, 2020 at home in Abilene. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 2 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Wylie Baptist Church with Joey Light,...
Gordon George Asbury, III
Feb 26, 2020
Gordon George Asbury, III, 57, passed away on February 26, 2020, at his home, which was the center of life with his family. Gordon was born in Abilene, Texas, to Gordon and Janice Jennings Asbury on April 1, 1962. A funeral service honoring Gordon’s life will be held Monday, March 2, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church...
Cody Alan Solomon
Feb 25, 2020
Cody Solomon, 31, of Abilene, passed from this life on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at his home in Abilene. A celebration of Cody's life will begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 1430 Tanglewood Rd. in Abilene. Cody was born on March 28, 1988 in Abilene. He was raised in Hawley, Texas and graduated from Hawley High School...
Judith Ann Allen Noland
Feb 25, 2020
Judy Allen Noland, 83, longtime resident of O'Donnell, Texas, passed away on February 25 in Abilene. Judy was born in Fort Worth in May, 1936, and was the adopted daughter of John and Marjorie Bowen Allen of Lamesa. She was a 1954 graduate of Lamesa High. She majored in Psychology at Texas Tech, where she met Wayne Noland, who had...
Paula Andree Windham
Feb 21, 2020
The winds of the Sand Hills Ranch forever shifted when Dr. Paula Andree Windham, the pillar of the Oplin community, a devout Christian, trailblazer, Ranch Woman, scholar and defender of love, was called to depart her earthly home. Cremation arrangements are being made through The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. There will be a memorial service 11...
Gary Morrison
Feb 20, 2020
Gary Morrison, Abilene CPA, died February 20, 2020, in a Coleman County plane crash at age 65. He was headed to Harlingen to go hunting with his good friend Cleve Whitener. A funeral is planned for 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 26, at Beltway Park Church/South Campus in Abilene, Texas with burial to follow. Services are under the direction of The...
Cleve Whitener
Feb 20, 2020
Charles Cleveland “Cleve” Whitener III, chairman and CEO of Lauren Engineers and Constructors, died Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, in a Coleman County plane crash. Cleve, a friend Gary Morrison, and their pilot Chase Bellah were en route to a quail hunt on the family’s ranch near Harlingen. He was 70. A memorial service honoring Cleve’s life is planned for 2:00...
Randy Stephen Wood
Feb 18, 2020
Randy Stephen Wood, 61, of Abilene, Texas passed away at his home the weekend of February 15, 2020. Cremation arrangements were by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Randy was born April 8, 1958 at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene to Juaniva Corrinne Wood and James Walter “Blue” Wood. He graduated from Abilene High School in 1975...
Wilma Jean Tatom
Feb 17, 2020
Wilma (Jean) Tatom of Abilene, 87, passed away peacefully on February 17, 2020 after a brief illness. Jean was born to J.T. and Winnie (Byers) Sneed in the Pumphrey community, northwest of Winters, on November 15, 1932. She attended grade school in Pumphrey and Wingate and graduated from Winters High School. She was employed at the Winters State Bank for...
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