Obituaries
Wanda Nichols
Mar 28, 2024
Wanda Nichols
Wanda Pha Nichols, age 88, of Abilene passed away on March 28, 2024 in Abilene. Visitation will be 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Sunday, March 31st, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, April 1st at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Paden Goettsch officiating. Burial will follow at Fort Phantom...
Sylvia Holcomb-Woodall
Mar 27, 2024
Sylvia Lynn (Sommer) Holcomb-Woodall
We are saddened to announce the passing of a true angel on earth.
Sylvia was born on December 14, 1959 in Mount Pleasant, Texas and passed at the young age of 64 on March 27, 2024. She graduated from Bellaire High School in Houston and the University of Texas School of Communications with a Bachelor's Degree in Advertising.
Funeral...
Inez Williams
Mar 27, 2024
Inez Williams, 96, of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Abilene.
Graveside services will be held, 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Iberis Cemetery.
Inez was born in rural Taylor County Texas to Susie Mae (Smith) and John Alexander Whitley on March 11, 1928. She was the Valedictorian of the 1945 Wylie High School graduating class. She married...
Bernice Clay
Mar 24, 2024
Bernice Clay, 94, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother, departed this life peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2024.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd.
A Memorial service will be held on Friday, April 5, 2024, at 10:00 am at The Hamil...
Robert J. White Sr.
Mar 23, 2024
Robert J White Sr of Abilene passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024 in Abilene.
Funeral Services will be held 11:00am, Thursday April 4, 2024 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Pastor Kieschnick of Zion Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will follow at 1:00 pm at the Texas State Veteran Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the Hamil Family Funeral...
Glenda Tomerlin
Mar 23, 2024
Glenda Tomerlin, 81, of Winters, TX, walked the road home to be with her Lord on March 23, 2024. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 26th from 6:00-8:00pm and funeral services will be held at 11:00am Wednesday, March 27th with Terry Easley officiating. Both the visitation and service will be held at The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap...
Tommy Bates
Mar 22, 2024
Tommy Bates was born February 3, 1944, in Brady, Texas and passed away March 22, 2024. Tommy is proceeded in death by his parents M.Z. (Buck) and Mary (Coffey) Bates; and his brother Kenny Bates.
He is survived by is wife Kathleen Bates of Graham; son Michael Bates, and husband Ryan Flint of Dallas; sister Darla Wilcox of Angleton; brother Jimmy...
Glynn Awalt
Mar 22, 2024
Edwin Glynn Awalt, 78, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, March 22nd in Abilene.
Memorial services will be held at 2 pm, Tuesday, April 2nd, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Marc Farnell of CrossRidge Church in Little Elm, officiating. Burial will be at Lakeview Cemetery in Winters, Texas following cremation.
Glynn was born in Winters, Texas to Charlie and Meda Awalt...
Ella May Batt
Mar 22, 2024
Ella May Batt, the loving wife of Lelyn Batt and mother of Debbie Riddle, gained her angel wings in the early morning hours of March 22, 2024 with her daughter by her side.
Born May 2, 1931, in Ingersoll, Oklahoma, Ella May graduated Valedictorian of her class in 1949 and married the love of her life, Lelyn, on September 16, 1950....
Stephen Williams
Mar 17, 2024
Stephen Williams Jr., 25 of Abilene passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024 in Merkel, TX.
Memorial services will be held 11:00am Saturday, March 23, 2024 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home located at 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Abilene, Texas 79606 with Bro. David Cason, officiating.
Stephen was born in Abilene to Stephen Williams, Sr. on January 26, 1999. He graduated from...
Sherry Breidenbach
Mar 15, 2024
Sherry Charlene Breidenbach, 74 of Abilene, passed away on Friday, March 15, 2024 in Plano, Texas.
Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00pm Thursday, March 21, 2024 at The Hamil Family Home located at 6449 Buffalo Gap Road., Abilene, Texas.
Funeral services will be 11:00am Friday, March 22, 2024 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Terence Waldron of Pioneer Drive Baptist...
Robert "Bob" Grant
Mar 15, 2024
Robert (Bob) Durl Grant Robert Durl Grant, 88 years old, of Abilene Texas, passed away at home on March 15th 2024.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Monday, March 18, 2024, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at The Hamil Family Funeral...
Manuel Acuna
Mar 12, 2024
On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, Manuel Acuña departed this mortal coil and moved on to his great reward.
A man of two birthdays, Manuel was officially born in Merkel, Texas on November 17, 1940, to Pascual and Adela Acuña. Unofficially, his second birthday was December 17th. He did, indeed, expect two cakes every year.
He was a lover of the classics –...
Raymond Lee
Mar 8, 2024
Raymond Hugh ("Bud") Lee, 86, of Buffalo Gap passed away on March 8, 2024 in Abilene, TX.
Raymond was born August 13, 1937, to Cecil C. and Ira Reed Lee in Hawley, Texas. The family later lived in Levelland, then moved to Odessa. Raymond graduated from Odessa High School. Raymond worked in the oilfields in West Texas, Alaska, Oklahoma, and the...
Jenna Dozier
Mar 6, 2024
On Wednesday, March 6th at 6:15 pm, Jenna Nicole Dozier of Abilene, TX passed away peacefully at Hendrick Hospice Care with her family by her side. As hundreds prayed across the country, the heavens poured down rain and wept with joy as she was welcomed into glory.
The eldest of three daughters, Jenna was born on March 31st, 1985 to Norman...
Joyce Smith
Mar 6, 2024
Joyce Evelyn Smith passed into the loving arms of Jesus on March 6, 2024, with her loving husband, Jerry, son, Stanley, and caregivers from Big Country Hospice by her side. She loved her Lord Jesus Christ and was an active member of the Baker Heights Church of Christ for many years. She kept the faith, fought the good fight,...
Robert May
Mar 5, 2024
Robert Charles May Jr., 94, died March 5, 2024 in Bellevue, WA. A memorial service will be held at 1:00pm on Friday, May 24th at Aldersgate Abilene Methodist Church with Dustin Wilhite officiating. Burial will follow at 3:00pm at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene.
Bob was born January 23, 1930 in Trenton, NC to Robert Charles May Sr. and Clara...
Allen Wright
Mar 5, 2024
Ernest Allen Wright, Jr. died Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
Allen was born on March 16, 1930, in Sweetwater, Texas, to Ernest Allen Wright and Bessie Beall Wright. After several years ranching with his grandfather and uncle in Clayton, NM, his family settled in Abilene, where Allen graduated from Abilene High School in 1948, He attended Tulane University and graduated from SMU...
Colt Baker
Mar 4, 2024
Our beautiful baby boy, Colt Evan Baker was called home to heaven on March 4, 2024.Graveside services will be 1:00 PM Saturday, March 9, 2024 at Trent Garden of Memories Cemetery with Jimmy Hill, officiating. The family requests that everyone wear Colt’s favorite color, Sky Blue to the service. A reception will follow at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center in...
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