Obituaries
Tom South
Apr 16, 2019
Thomas Robert South was born on November 15, 1944 in Santa Anna, Texas to Tom and Corinne South. Tom graduated from Big Spring High School in 1963. After graduation, he attended Texas A & M University and graduated from Texas Tech University. On September 1, 1967, he married Jan Stroup. Tom and Jan were married 52 years. Together they had...
James Murle Walker
Apr 16, 2019
JAMES MURLE WALKER
Murle, 87, was born in Wilson, Oklahoma to Charles and Martha (Mullins) Walker. Soon after joining the army and moving to Kansas City, he met and married Sylvia Grafe on April 5, 1953. They were married for 66 years and had 4 children together.
Murle is survived by his wife, Sylvia; 3 sons, James (Esther) Walker, Terry (Sandy) Walker...
Gary Douglas DeShazo
Apr 14, 2019
Gary DeShazo, age 89, died Sunday April 14 at his home in Abilene, TX.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, April 18 at 3:00 in the First Baptist Church sanctuary, officiated by Phil Christopher.
Gary’s wishes were to be cremated. His ashes will be spread at a later date at the family ranch and also in the Blanco Basin outside...
Dale Ostlien
Apr 14, 2019
Dale Ostlien, 78, of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019 in Abilene.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, April 15, 2019 at the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Dale was born on May 15, 1940 in Pierre, South Dakota to the late John and...
Bill D. Bradshaw
Apr 12, 2019
Bill Darvin Bradshaw, longtime Abilene educator and church leader, went to meet his Savior face to face Friday, April 12, 2019 after a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at the First Baptist Church sanctuary with Dr. Phil Christopher officiating. Family visitation will follow the service at the church. Burial with full...
Mary Janice Smith
Apr 12, 2019
Janice Smith, 80, of View, Texas, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends in View, Texas on April 12, 2019. Funeral service will be Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Burial will follow in the Drummond Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday, April 16th from 6:00 to 8:00...
Jana Sue Nelson
Apr 10, 2019
Jana Nelson, 62, of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 in Abilene. Graveside service will be Friday, April 12th at 2:30 P.M. at Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial service will follow at 3:30 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, with C.V. Blake officiating. Jana was born to Bill & Elsie Tippen on...
Robert Alexander Hvidt
Apr 9, 2019
MSgt. Robert Alexander Hvidt, USAF (Ret.), 76, passed away April 9, 2019 in Abilene, Texas.
Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Memorial services will be held at Wylie Baptist Church on Friday, April 12, at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Darrin Ray officiating.
Bob was born in Berkeley,...
Ione Bernice Fowler
Apr 8, 2019
Ione Bernice Brewer “Boots” Fowler, 102, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2019 in Abilene at Mesa Springs Healthcare Center. A graveside service will be held at Acton Cemetery on Sunday, June 9th, at 2:00 p.m. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Ione was born in Dallas, TX to Charles Willis...
Frank Dean Chafey
Apr 8, 2019
Lt. Col. Frank D. Chafey, USAF (Ret.) age 87 died April 8, 2019. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday, April 12 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Graveside services, with full military honors, will be held on Saturday at 2:00 pm in Elmwood Memorial Park. Frank was born January...
Betty Jane Suit
Apr 8, 2019
Betty Suit, 88, formerly of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2019 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday April 11, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the A.J. Powell Memorial Cemetery in Hominy, Oklahoma. Services are under...
LaVerne Lambert
Apr 8, 2019
LaVerne Blair Lambert died peacefully on Monday, April 8, 2019 in Abilene at the age of 91.
LaVerne is survived by two daughters, Peggy Morris and husband Gary of Abilene, and Marilyn Smith and husband Tom of Abilene, and her "Bonus Daughter," Brenda Follis of Abilene; a brother, Parker Blair and wife Peggy of Brock; and sister Janice Spears of Gun...
Richard Michael Caldwell
Apr 6, 2019
Ricky Caldwell, 60, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2019. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rev. John Fanning will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Ricky was born September 18,...
Bonnie English
Apr 6, 2019
Bonnie “Bon” Pack English, 77, of Merkel, went to be with her Heavenly Father on April 6th, 2019. She will be in state for viewing at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, through Tuesday, and then will be moved to First Baptist Church in Merkel on Wednesday, April 10th for a visitation beginning at 9:30 am...
Betty Alice Gee
Apr 5, 2019
Betty Alice Gee, of Etna, NY, at the age of 86 passed away peacefully on April 5, 2019 in Abilene Texas. Betty Gee was born in Mineola, New York to Cecil Wellington Brown and Edna Warren on August 11, 1932. She married the love of her life, Donald H Gee on March 1, 1975 in Harford Mills, New York. Betty...
Virginia Boyd Connally
Mar 31, 2019
"Never tell people how old you are. I did and they started treating me that way!" So said Virginia Hawkins Boyd Connally, born December 4, 1912, deceased March 31, 2019. Virginia never acted or let her age define her. After all, Virginia lived - lived! - 106 years! Two of her favorite phrases went something like, "You don't get anywhere...
B. Jack Turner
Mar 30, 2019
B. Jack Turner, 92, of Abilene, entered heaven on March 30, 2019 where he had lived for the past three years at Oak Hills Terrace in Tyler, Texas. While in the latter years of his life, his memory began to fail, his priority of love for his family never did and his kindness to those he encountered continued. A committal...
Bonnie Lewis Kiker
Mar 30, 2019
Bonnie Lewis Kiker, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, and a steadfast member of the First Baptist Church of Abilene, passed away on March 30 at age 88 here in her hometown of Abilene. She was well loved in the community and will be long remembered and missed by her family and many friends.
On Friday, April 5, from 5 p.m....
Dale W. Sudberry
Mar 28, 2019
Dale W. Sudberry, 52, of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2019 in Abilene.
Visitation will be from 1-2:30 p.m. Monday April 1, 2019 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will follow at 3 p.m. Monday, at Elmwood Memorial Park with David Cason, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral...
Beverley Gillett Naylor
Mar 28, 2019
Beverley Gillett Naylor, 82, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019 in Abilene. Texas.
Born in Big Spring, Texas on April 19, 1936, Beverley was the daughter of the late Christine Eunice (Brown) and Gordon Allen Meeks. She was a RN, having worked for Hendrick Medical Center 15 years, Woods Psychiatric 4 years, and several years as a traveling nurse. ...
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