Obituaries
William Anderson Beard
May 2, 2018
Bill Beard, 80, of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Grace United Methodist Church, 1402 Grape Street. Rev. Ronnie Newton will officiate. Burial will follow in the Cedar Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday, May 4th at The...
Ronald Glynn Martin
May 2, 2018
Ronald Glynn Martin, 69, of Breckenridge, TX, died May 2, 2018. He battled cancer on his own terms and truly did it "His Way." Ron was born August 27, 1948 to James Morris Martin and Molly Francis Beasley Martin at St. Ann's Hospital in Abilene, TX. He spent his youth riding and performing tricks of "great feats" with his brother,...
Mark Todd Daniel Moss
May 2, 2018
Mark Todd Daniel Moss, 56, of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Funeral services will be at 3:00 pm on Saturday, May 5th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Cory Graham will officiate. Memories will be shared by Tony Terry, Doug Simmons, Cyndi Rusnak and Paige Moss. Todd will be laid to rest next to...
Jasper Lanier Meeks
Apr 30, 2018
Jasper Lanier (Jack) Meeks, 90 years old, passed from this life on his birthday, April 30, 2018 in Abilene, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM Thursday, May 3, 2018 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, with Rev. Jim Ritter of Hamby Baptist Church and Rev. T.C. Melton officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial...
Ira Lee Livingston
Apr 30, 2018
Ira "Bill" Livingston, 87, died Monday, April 30, 2018 in Abilene, Texas.
Funeral services will be 2:00PM Wednesday, May 2, at Southwest Park Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Woodard officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park.
Born in Ranger, Texas on October 13, 1930, Bill was the son of...
Anders Busk Pedersen
Apr 29, 2018
Anders Busk Pedersen, 42 years old, of Randers, Denmark, passed away on Saturday, April 28, 2018, in Abilene Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at Hamil Family Funeral...
Chief Ronald Franklin Hoover (Ret.)
Apr 29, 2018
Chief Ronald Franklin Hoover (Ret.), 76, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2018. A committal service with Military Honors will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, May 14, 2018 at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 West Lake Road. Rev. David Cason will officiate. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
Sam Powell
Apr 29, 2018
Sam "PaPa" Powell, 64 of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am, on Friday, May 4, 2018 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Pastor Mark Hewitt and Pastor Mike Harkrider will officiate. A private burial will follow the service. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:00 pm on...
Fred Lee Hughes
Apr 27, 2018
Fred Lee Hughes, 90, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018 in Abilene, Texas, after a brief hospitalization. Born in Merkel, Texas on October 26, 1927, Fred Lee was the son of Fred C. Hughes and Florence Lee Hughes, and had one brother, J. Harold Hughes. Fred Lee graduated from Abilene High School in 1945 and A&M College of Texas...
Janet Rae Rausch
Apr 26, 2018
Janet Rae Rausch, 71, joined our loving God on Thursday, April 26, 2018 in Boerne, Texas. Janet was a long-time resident of Abilene, Texas, where she lived and worked for over 33 years. Janet loved God and her church where she drew her strength and foundation for life.
Janet was born on September 16, 1946 at 6:42 a.m. in Le Mars,...
Dolores Mashburn
Apr 24, 2018
Dolores Mashburn, 92, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018 in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Myrtle (Horton) and Ollie Boyd Ham, Dolores was born on October 22, 1925 in Bradshaw, Texas. She married William James Mashburn on March 8, 1946 in Abilene, where she was an inspector for T.S. Lankford for approximately 35 years. She was a Baptist and an...
Eddy Morris Carr
Apr 24, 2018
Eddy Carr, 79, died Tuesday, April 24, 2018 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Abilene, Texas on December 28, 1938, Eddy was the son of Edna (Ivy) and Morris Vernon Carr. He retired after a military career in the U.S. Navy as a communication supervisor. Eddy was an avid bowler and a lifetime member of V.F.W. Post 6873 in Abilene. Survivors...
Nancy Joan House
Apr 22, 2018
Nancy Joan House, 78, of Abilene Texas passed away on April 22, 2018 in her home. Visitation will be Friday, April 27, 2018 at Beltway Park Church, South Campus - Room 109 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 28, at Beltway Park Church, South Campus Chapel at 11:00 a.m. with Pastors Randy Turner and Geoffrey...
Lucinda Prather Randall
Apr 20, 2018
Lucinda Prather Randall, ED.D., of Abilene, Texas, peacefully passed away on April 20, 2018, surrounded by her family. Funeral services and internment will be held on May 7, 2018, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest with The Reverend Mother Amanda Watson, officiating. Services are under the direction of the Hamil Family Funeral...
John Riley Yates
Apr 20, 2018
John Riley “Johnny” Yates, 68, of Abilene, passed away Friday, April 20, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 am on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Committal services will follow at 1:00 pm at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. Rev. David Cason will officiate.
Johnny was born August...
Larry Lynn Page
Apr 20, 2018
Larry L. Page departed this life Friday, April 20, 2018 at 10:36 pm. While here, he marched to the beat of his own drummer and made an impact on all those whose path he crossed. Larry was born in Sterling City, TX in 1941; raised by Milton and Elsie Page. He was active in high school sports, taking special pride...
Dortha Ann Menefee
Apr 19, 2018
Ann Cox Menefee, 98, died early April 19, 2018, in Mesa Springs Health Care Center. Ann was born September 8, 1919, in Bertram, Texas, to Enoch Brady (E.B.) Cox and Mary Lena (King) Cox, who lived in Abilene for many years. Ann graduated from Abilene High School and McMurry College, now McMurry University. After teaching school for a few years,...
Samuel David Mehaffey
Apr 16, 2018
On the early morning of April 16th, Samuel David Mehaffey, 16, of Abilene, Texas, left this world. He is survived by his parents, Sam and Claire; the men he proudly called brothers, Tyler, Joshua and Luke; his grandparents Thomas and Amanda Watson, his beloved Uncle Mike, Morgan and Debbie Watson, Doni Hunter and Erik Carver, Kimberly Mehaffey, and cousins Sydney...
Jack Q. Frizzell
Apr 14, 2018
Jack Q. Frizzell of Abilene passed away peacefully at Hendrick Hospice on Saturday, April 14th, 2018 due to complications from a stroke. He was 94 years of age. Jack Q. Frizzell was born June 24, 1923 to J.O. "Tad" and Frances Atilla (Matzen) Frizzell. Life for the man who later came to be known as "Lucky Jack" began on farmland...
Russell Tom Wheless
Apr 13, 2018
Russell Tom "Tommy" Wheless left this earth April 13, 2018 to go live with his Heavenly Father. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 20, 2018 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2018, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with the...
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