Obituaries

Jul 24, 2019

Jul 23, 2019

James P. Bright, 95, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. He was born in Jones County to Oliver and Mary Ann Bright on Sunday, March 30, 1924.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday, July 25, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd at 11 AM with Rev. David Cason officiating....

Jul 21, 2019

Dorothy Cook Harper, beloved mother, grandmother and friend, age 96, passed away on July 21,2019.  Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, at Wylie Baptist Church, followed by lunch at the church and burial at 1:00 p.m. in Elmwood Memorial Park.  Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...

Jul 19, 2019

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Jul 19, 2019

James Weldon "Snuffy" Smith, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend went to his home in Heaven on July 18, 2019 in Abilene. Visitation will be Sunday, July 21, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 22nd at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene....

Jul 19, 2019

Teena Tatom, 61, of Abilene, Texas, took her place at God’s side just before midnight on July 19, 2019, in the presence of her husband and sons.

Family visitation will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 22, 2019, in the Dining Room at First Baptist Church, Abilene.    

Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 23,...

Jul 17, 2019

Frances Tetreault Brooks, 76, of Abilene, Texas, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, died on July 17, 2019, in Abilene.

Frances Lee Harris was born to Myrtle Lou Peel and Garvin Brank Harris on Sept. 1, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas, the middle of three sisters. She graduated from South San High School in May 1960 and married Bernard Anthony Tetreault,...

Jul 17, 2019

Martha Austin Cockrell Gafford joined her Heavenly Father on July 17, 2019 surrounded by her family at her home in La Jolla, California.

Martha Jane Austin was born on October 6, 1924 at her paternal grandparents’ home in Fort Worth, Texas.  Her parents, Katie Foy Austin and Frank Wylie Austin, were pioneers of Callahan County, Texas.  She and her parents...

Jul 17, 2019

Albert Wayne Watts, 73, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at his residence in Hamby, Texas.

Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 19, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene.  Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at Broadview Baptist Church, 2500 South 27th Street, officiated by Jim Ritter, Pastor of...

Jul 17, 2019

Flossie Jane Stovall was born on August 12, 1937, in Abilene, TX to Bryant O. Williams and Gracia Wright Williams. She left this earth on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Abilene, to be joined with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to whom she gave her life. She was a woman of great faith. A true child of God. She...

Jul 16, 2019

Billy Boyd Dunlap died on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, after a long, hard-fought and courageous battle with prostate cancer.   He was born January 1, 1942 to Frances Matson Dunlap and S. N. Dunlap in Baird, Texas. He graduated from Baird High School.  He attended Hardin-Simmons University for two years and graduated from McMurry University with a Bachelor of Business Administration...

Jul 15, 2019

Mickey D. Horton, 68, passed away Monday, July 15, 2019 after a 3-year battle with cancer. Graveside services were held Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Mickey was born in Abilene in 1950, graduated from Abilene High School, married Rosemary Montell in 1977. He worked for Walmart for 20 years and was a Vietnam veteran serving in...

Jul 12, 2019

Carolyn Short Rinard, 74, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, July 12th, 2019 in Abilene. 

Visitation will be 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 at First Baptist Church of Abilene with Dr. Philip Christopher officiating. Burial will follow at...

Jul 10, 2019

Carmen Louise Cheron Milton, 92, of Abilene, Texas and Aberdeen, Maryland, passed away on July 10, 2019 in Abilene.

A celebration of her life will be held at 3:00 pm on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at Wesley Court Senior Living Atrium, 2617 Antilley Rd, Abilene. Burial will be at a later date in Aberdeen, Maryland. Arrangements are under the direction of...

Jul 9, 2019

Wynona Quay (Stringer) Hollister, 79, of Abilene, Texas passed away suddenly on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. She was born in Yazoo, Mississippi on January 14, 1940, to the late Rev. J.M. Stringer and Winnie (Purvis) Stringer.

Wynona moved to Abilene in the mid-1950s from East Texas. She attended Elmcrest Baptist Church, where she played the organ and piano for 30 years....

Jul 8, 2019

Sidney R. Harp, 89, passed away on Monday, July 8, 2019 in Abilene, Texas.

Born in Hale Center, Texas on July 11, 1929, he was the son of the late Florence (Jacobs) Harp and Sidney Marshall Harp.  Following retirement from the U. S. Air Force after a 21-year military career, Sidney had a second career with the Texas Employment Commission. 

He married...

Jul 8, 2019

Bettye Jeane Britt Lindsey passed away on July 8, 2019 in Abilene, Texas. She has run the good race, finished her fight with Alzheimer Disease, and has now stepped into her Heavenly home.

Bettye, the oldest daughter of the late Tom and Sydelle Britt, was born on May 14, 1938, in Chillicothe, Texas, at the home of her grandparents, the late...

Jul 7, 2019

Ronald Glen Bruce was born on November 7, 1961 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. He was called home to Heaven on Sunday, July 7, 2019 in Abilene, TX.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at the Abilene State Supported Living Center Cemetery, with Chaplain Billy Stewart officiating. Ronald will be available to view in...

Jul 5, 2019

C.W. “Wallace” Young, 86, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2019 in Abilene.

Visitation will be from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, July 7, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 8, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Terry Hirtzel, officiating.   Graveside services will follow...

Jul 4, 2019

Robert L. (Bob) Gurnea was welcomed into the arms of his Heavenly Father on July 4th, 2019 at the age of 81.

Bob was born in Des Moines, Iowa on April 23, 1938.  He was the son of the late Emma Ruth (Weidner) Gurnea and Willard Sherman Gurnea.  In 1955, Bob came to Abilene to Dyess Air Force Base where he...