Obituaries
Jerry Lou Young
Sep 3, 2020
Jerry Lou Young, 76, of Abilene passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020 at Hendrick Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 12:30 pm, Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Broadview Baptist Church with David Cason officiating. Graveside services are to follow at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at 2:00pm. The family will receive friends and family for a...
Callie Mashae Chavana
Sep 2, 2020
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” After a ten-year battle with cancer, Callie Gideon Chavana left this world to find comfort in the arms of Jesus. She passed peacefully at home, surrounded by her loved ones, on September 2, 2020, at the young age of 38. Memorial Services will be...
Joseph G. Johnson
Sep 1, 2020
Joseph G. Johnson, 85, of Abilene, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 in Abilene. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, September 14, 2020 at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery with Ray Smith, officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Joseph was born on January 28, 1935...
Carol Ann Bliznak
Sep 1, 2020
Carol Ann Bliznak passed away peacefully on September 1, 2020, at the age of 79 with her husband, Johnny, son John, and daughter-in-law Kelley at her side. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6-8:00 PM, Thursday, September 10 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. The funeral mass will be at Holy Family Catholic Church...
Burton L. Jones
Sep 1, 2020
Burton L. Jones, 93, of Abilene, passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2020 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 5, 2020 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with the Pastor Rudy Fambrough officiating....
Thomas Milton Morgan
Aug 29, 2020
Thomas Milton Morgan, 90, of Abilene entered Heaven's gates on Saturday, August 29th, 2020 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 o'clock on Friday, September 4th with Rev. C.V. Blake officiating at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery, 7457 West Lake Road, Abilene, Texas. Thomas Milton Morgan was born on July 19, 1930 in Oklahoma City, OK to...
M. E. Randolph
Aug 28, 2020
M.E. “Randy” Randolph, 99, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2020 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, August 30, 2020 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 31, 2020 at the Broadview Baptist Church with David Cason and Wes Terry, officiating. Interment...
Rev. Bob Boyce
Aug 22, 2020
In the early morning hours of August 22, 2020, Pastor Bob Boyce’s “paint was dry in his room.” (John 14:2-4 ESV) Visitation will be held from 5:00 – 7:00 pm on Monday, August 24, 2020, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at...
Judith Diane Kish
Aug 19, 2020
Judy Kish, 73, of Hamby, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 in Clyde, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 24, 2020 at the Hamby Cemetery. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Judy was born on January 10, 1947 in Abilene to the late W.C. and...
Richard Allen Hendricks
Aug 19, 2020
Richard Allen Hendricks (AKA Rick-IT), at 56 years of age, passed away on Wednesday the 19th of August 2020, in Abilene, Texas. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 pm on August 22, 2020, at Abilene State Park. Services are under the direction of the Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rick was born in Houston, Texas to...
Nancy Elizabeth Conlan
Aug 19, 2020
Nancy LeHew Conlan, 86, of Abilene passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, in Abilene. Funeral Mass will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 28, 2020 at Holy Family Catholic Church on Buffalo Gap Road, officiated by Rev. Msgr. Frederick Nawarskas, under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Nancy Elisabeth LeHew Conlan was born...
Chetwin Merrill Hurd
Aug 17, 2020
Chetwin M. Hurd, of Granbury, passed away on August 17, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. He will be buried in Dallas National Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Chetwin was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, to Chetwin and Chelsea Hurd on August 10, 1933. He graduated from Indiana University in Pennsylvania in 1954. He married Vera Stiles February 6, 1959. He served in the...
Sara Moore
Aug 17, 2020
Sara Moore, 85, of Tye, Texas, passed away on Monday August 17, 2020 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday August 20, 2020 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday August 21, 2020 at the Tye Baptist Church with Bro. Bill Murphy and Bro. Jim Ritter,...
Charles Ray Herrell
Aug 13, 2020
Charles Ray Herrell, Sr., 81, of Mansfield, Texas passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2020 at his home in Mansfield. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 17, 2020 at Elmwood Memorial Park with the Dr. Jeff Reid, officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Charles was born...
Evelyn Harris Mize - Keefer
Aug 12, 2020
Evelyn Harris Mize-Keefer, 81, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Friday, August 14, 2020 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 15, 2020 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Toby Henson officiating. Interment will...
Bobbie Jinkens Grier
Aug 12, 2020
Bobbie Jinkens Grier, 87, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 15, 2020 at The Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal, 602 Meander, Abilene, under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Interment will follow in Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories. Bobbie was born...
Beryl Lee Webber
Aug 12, 2020
Beryl Lee Webber, age 87, of Bethany, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 9 am until 10 am on Tuesday, August 18, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas with a graveside service to follow at 11 am at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery, 7457 West...
Bobby Joe Johnson
Aug 10, 2020
Bobby Joe Johnson, 92, went to be with his sovereign Lord and Savior on August 10, 2020. We rejoice that he is finally reunited with his wife, Erma, and son, Steve, parents, and brother. Bob was born on April 17, 1928 in Abilene, Texas to Herschel and Lucille Johnson. He was a loving husband to Erma Johnson for 59 years....
Louise Self
Aug 10, 2020
Longtime Abilene resident and educator, Louise Self, 98, died Monday, August 10, 2020. Graveside services will be Thursday, August 13, 11:30 am at Roselawn Memorial Park in Denton, Texas, with Jordan Ogden officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Miss Self was born March 12, 1922 in Santo, Palo Pinto County,...
Robbie Chris Bristow
Aug 5, 2020
Robbie "Chris" Bristow died August 5, 2020 and was laid to rest on August 7, at the age of 52. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with a memorial service to be held on Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in their chapel. Chris was born on August...