Obituaries

Jun 4, 2019

Kim Everett, 57, of Abilene, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2019.

Visitation will be at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, on Thursday, June 6, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM.   A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, June 7, at Wylie Christian Church, 6250 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, officiated by...

Jun 4, 2019

Donna Fae Schulle Middleton, 68, of Abilene, passed away on Tuesday June 4, 2019 in Abilene, TX.

There will be no formal visitation.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday June 7th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with John Fanning officiating.  Burial will be at Potosi Cemetery.  Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home,...

Jun 2, 2019

Billy George Edwards, 79, died peacefully at Hendrick Hospice Care on June 2, 2019. A memorial service will be held at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal, on Thursday, June 6, at 2:00 p.m., officiated by the Reverend David Romanik, followed by a reception in Gerhart Hall.  At a later date, there will be a private burial at the...

May 28, 2019

Raquel Leigh Colvin Dixon, 49, of Midland, TX, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019 in Midland. She was born on Monday, August 18, 1969 in Beaumont, TX to Jim and Judy Colvin. Raquel attended Abilene Cooper High School where she was an All-American Tennis Player and graduated in 1987.

Raquel attended Midland College before she transferred to Southern Methodist University in...

May 28, 2019

Dorothy (Dotty) Jean Korman, 91, of Abilene, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2019 at her residence in Southlake, Texas.  The family will gather for a graveside service at 11:00AM on Saturday, June 1st at Elmwood Memorial Park.  A memorial service will follow at 1:00PM at First Christian Church of Abilene located at 1420 North 3rd Street.  Services are under the...

May 25, 2019

The world lost a tough, smart, funny man on Saturday, May 25, 2019 when Alan Stuart Thomas, of Clyde, Texas, passed away in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 10 am, Friday, May 31, 2019 at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd, Abilene, Texas.

Alan was born in Crane, Texas, to William Lee and Odalee Shugart...

May 23, 2019

Phyllis Elaine Lopez (Vickery), 58, of Abilene, died on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. She was born to Charles Omar and Dorothy Elizabeth (McGiboney) Vickery in Tampa, Florida, on April 25, 1961. She attended Hillsborough High School in Tampa where she graduated in 1978.

Phyllis joined the United States Air Force after high school and served her country...

May 23, 2019

Leeanore "Lee" Stone Cowan, 86 years old, of Abilene passed away on May 23, 2019. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, and the funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, both at The Hamil Family Funeral Home on Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will follow at the Rule,...

May 22, 2019

Harold D. Frymire, 87, went 'South' one last time, Wednesday morning, May 22, 2019, in Abilene, Texas.

The son of Willie Alex Frymire and Nancy Rufina (Adams) Frymire, Harold was born on their farm East of Lawn, Texas, on April 28, 1932. He went to school at Lawn, Ovalo and South Taylor High School in Tuscola before he left to join...

May 21, 2019

ABILENE- Joe Kerr Varnado, 75, of Abilene passed away on Monday, May 24, 2019 at Hendrick Hospital. Joe was born on December 26, 1943 in Jefferson County, Texas to Joseph Howard and Grace Kerr Varnado. He spent his youth in the Beaumont area and moved to Abilene in 2007. He joined First Baptist Church in Abilene in 2007 and attended...

May 21, 2019

Margret Rosemarie Elizabeth “Sam” Madison, 81, of Abilene, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 in Abilene.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 25, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Father Frederick Nawarskas, officiating.   Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...

May 20, 2019

Roger Bauernfeind, 88, of Abilene died on May 20, 2019 in Abilene, TX. Visitation will be on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home on Buffalo Gap Road. A service celebrating his life will be at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2019, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with the Reverend Gary...

May 19, 2019

Charles Edward Kennedy, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather died May 19, 2019 in Abilene, Texas at the age of 95. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 24, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. at the First Baptist Church Chapel, 1333 N. 3rd St. in Abilene, Texas. Burial will be at 3:00 P.M. in the Tahoka Cemetery in Tahoka, Tx Arrangements...

May 16, 2019

Max Clemmis Reid died at home in Lawn, outside Abilene, on May 16, 2019, on the morning after his 99th birthday; the occasion had been celebrated over the preceding weekend at a large family reunion.

Familiarly known as "Clem," Max C. Reid was born on May 15, 1920, in nearby Oplin, to Walter and Lela (Armor) Reid. (The town has now vanished.)...

May 16, 2019

May 15, 2019

Sammy Tally, 76, of Hurst, TX, passed away May 15th due to complications arising from cancer. Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 18th, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. Reverend Philip Rhodes, friend and senior pastor of First United Methodist Church Hurst, will officiate. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...

May 15, 2019

Lora Langford, 88, died Wednesday May 15, 2019 in Abilene, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday May 20, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene with Amy Wilson Feltz of Aldersgate Methodist Church officiating. Interment will take place at 1:00 p.m. at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. Visitation will be...

May 14, 2019

Lavern Rhine Donnell Roeder, 89, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in Abilene, Texas.

Born in Floyd County, Texas on October 5, 1929, Lavern was the daughter of the late Luther and Lavera Jones Rhine. She attended West Texas State College, Texas Tech University, and Lubbock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing (1947-50). She was a Registered Nurse in hospitals in Lubbock...

May 14, 2019

John Patrick “Pat” Gilmore, 90, of Mobile, Alabama, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 in Abilene, Texas.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2019 at the Coleman City Cemetery in Coleman, Texas with David Cason, officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas.

Pat was born...

May 8, 2019

Don Bledsoe, 78, of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 in Abilene.

Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2019 at the Aldersgate United Methodist Church with Amy Wilson Feltz, officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Don was born on February 27, 1941 in Abilene, Texas...