Obituaries

Jun 22, 2019

Betty Jo Story Rodgers, age 90, of Abilene, Texas passed away on June 22, 2019 at a local hospital in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, June 24th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 25th at Wylie Baptist Church with Rev....

Jun 21, 2019

Virginia May Buckley Reynolds, age 87, joined her Savior on Friday June 21, 2019 at Lyndale Memory Care.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday June 25th, at 10:30 a.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Stan Allcorn and Jeff Reid, officiating, assisted by Glenn Morris Connor.  Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park.  Visitation will be Monday June 24th...

Jun 21, 2019

Steven Dennis Wilson, 62 of Abilene, passed away on Friday, June 21, 2019 in Tallahassee, Florida. Memorial service will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, July 6, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Steven was born in Abilene to Charles & Dolores Wilson on April 2, 1957. He graduated from Cooper High School and received a...

Jun 16, 2019

Devin James Contreras, 22, formerly of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2019 in Lumber Bridge, North Carolina.

Visitation will be from 2-3 p.m. Sunday July 7, 2019 at the Elmwood West United Methodist Church with a memorial service to follow at 3 p.m. with Jeff Hatcher officiating.   

Devin was born on August 19, 1996 in Huntsville, Texas. He attended...

Jun 15, 2019

Durwood Emory (Durk) Corley, 93, died on Saturday, June 15 at Hendrick Hospice Care in Abilene. He was born in Olney, Texas on August 24, 1925, the third child of Emory and Anne Bird Corley. He grew up in Olney and graduated from Olney High School in May of 1942. While growing up, he assisted his father with chores on...

Jun 14, 2019

Randy Wayne Scarborough, 70, of Abilene, passed away on June 14, 2019.

Funeral services will be held 12:00 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.  Rev. Larry Baird will officiate.  Burial will follow at 2:00 pm at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. Visitation will be Thursday, June 20, 2019 from 6:00...

Jun 12, 2019

Darlene R. McCaskill, 73, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019 in Abilene, Texas.

Born in Abilene, Texas on November 19, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Thelma (King) Rees.  She was a 1964 graduate of Abilene High School.  Darlene was a customer service representative for CBS Insurance and worked part time at F & M Electronics Supply...

Jun 11, 2019

Jim Tatum, 82, of Abilene, died the morning of Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born on March 3, 1937, in Commerce, TX to L.O. and Virginia Ruth Tatum. Jim attended Abilene High School and graduated in the class of 1955. He then went on to attend McMurry University in Abilene.

A Memorial...

Jun 8, 2019

James Edmund Holmes Jr. passed away at the age of 71 after a valiant fight against leukemia.

Jim was born May 6, 1948 in Porterville, CA, the son of James Edmund Holmes and Norma June Holmes. He was the eldest of 5 siblings. It was during his childhood in California, he discovered his love for the outdoors.

Jim arrived in Abilene in...

Jun 6, 2019

Jun 6, 2019

Donna Jeane Neal Bowman, 78, of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2019 in Arlington, Texas.

Visitation will be from 6 - 7 p.m. Sunday, June 9, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, June 10, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Stan Allcorn...

Jun 5, 2019

Brenda Hudson Smith, 72, of Abilene, TX, passed away on June 5, 2019 in Abilene, TX after a long, courageous battle with cancer.

Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at Lytle South Baptist Church at 1125 E Industrial Blvd, Abilene, TX, followed by a memorial service at 2:00 P.M. with Brother Rodney Watson of Lytle South...

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,...