Obituaries

Chief Ronald Franklin Hoover (Ret.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Larry Wayman Cook

Larry Wayman Cook

Apr 12, 2018

Larry Wayman Cook, age 69, of Anson, Texas, passed away Thursday April 12, 2018 in Abilene, Texas. Larry was born December 14, 1948 in Anson, Texas to Paul J. and Lillie A. (Rister) Cook. He served in the US Navy aboard the USS Vesole DD-878. Larry was a member of the Anson Golf Club and a resident of Anson most...

Mary Olvera Luna

Mary Olvera Luna

Apr 11, 2018

Mary Olvera Luna, 77 of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Sunday, April 15th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, April 16th at The Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Adam Droll officiating. Burial will follow at the Abilene Municipal Cemetery....

Theodore William Kuschel

Theodore William Kuschel

Apr 11, 2018

Theodore "Ted" Kuschel, 75, died Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at his home in Abilene, Texas. Born in Washington, D.C., Ted was the son of Evelyn (Cummings) and Glenn Kuschel. He moved from Melissa, Texas to Abilene twelve years ago. He worked for Classic BMW in Plano, Texas as used car sales manager. He was a member of Lavon Drive Baptist...

Doris Fillpot Jay

Doris Fillpot Jay

Apr 11, 2018

Doris Fillpot Jay, 87, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Lamesa, Texas, in 1930, Doris Fillpot Jay was the daughter of George and Hazel (Jones) Fillpot. Doris and her four siblings were raised on a cotton farm in Dawson County. Surviving Doris are her two brothers, James Fillpot (Jean) of San Angelo, Texas; Ed Fillpot...

Andrew Alan Kissko

Andrew Alan Kissko

Apr 10, 2018

Andrew Alan Kissko, 24, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2018. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday, April 11th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, April 12th at Holy Family Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Andrew was born...

Kenneth Ralph Lyle

Kenneth Ralph Lyle

Apr 10, 2018

Kenneth R. Lyle, Sr., 81, of Abilene, TX, passed away on April 10, 2018 in Abilene, TX.

Visitation will be from 5-7 PM, Friday, April 13 at the Welcome Center of the First Baptist Church of Abilene.  

A Celebration Service will be held at 10 AM, Saturday, April 14 at the First Baptist Church of Abilene with the Rev. John Moore...