Obituaries
Orwin D. McCollum
Jul 10, 2017
Orwin D. “Bud” McCollum , age 92, peacefully passed to his heavenly home on July 10, 2017, in Clear Lake, Texas. He was born November 14, 1924 in Konawa, Oklahoma to Warren D. McCollum and Maudie Bell Cole McCollum. He married Erla Fay Flowers of Idabel, Oklahoma in 1951, and they were married for 48 years until her death in...
Theo Marie Long
Jul 10, 2017
Theo Long, 101, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Monday, July 10, 2017 in Abilene. Visitation for Theo will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 14, in The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with...
Bill Jeffries
Jul 8, 2017
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 On July 8, 2017, Bill Jeffries, of Abilene, finished the race and went into the presence of the Lord. Bill fought with strength and courage throughout a nearly two-year battle with cancer. Standing with him and assisting him in this torturous...
J. Harl Morris
Jul 6, 2017
Colonel J. Harl Morris, USAF (Ret.), age 100, the only man in history to fly twice non-stop around the equator, passed away on July 6th, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. He was born in Lohn, Texas to James and Effie Morris on November 7, 1916. He graduated from Brady High School in Brady, Texas. He moved to San Antonio and began...
Joan Summers Whittle
Jul 5, 2017
The body of Joan Summers Whittle expired July 5, 2017. Services will be conducted on Friday July 7 at 7:00 pm at Handley United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, and Saturday, July 8 at 2:30 pm at First United Methodist Church Abilene. Arrangements are by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. She was born March 11, 1927...
Deming Harris
Jul 3, 2017
Deming Harris, 81, passed away on Monday, July 3, 2017 in Merkel, Texas at Merkel Nursing Home.
Born in Henderson, Tennessee, on February 17, 1936, Deming was the son of Versie Deming Harris and John D. Harris, Sr. He attended Freed Hardeman University in Henderson, Tennessee, where he played basketball. One of the highlights of his life was attending his high...
Michael Stephen Faulkner
Jul 1, 2017
Michael “Stephen” Faulkner II, 46, of Rising Star, formerly of Abilene, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 5th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Rev. Stan Allcorn officiating. Burial will be in the Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
Boyd E. Harris
Jun 28, 2017
Boyd E. Harris, 85, of Abilene, Texas, passed away peacefully at Hendrick Hospice Care Center on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. He was born in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska on January 10, 1932. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 3, at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 W. Lake Road. Reverend Chuck Farina will be officiating. Visitation will...
Michael Wayne Smith
Jun 28, 2017
Michael Smith, 71, of Abilene, passed away on the morning of June 28th in Tuscola, Texas. Visitation will be from 5-7pm on Thursday, June 29th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. A celebration of life will be held at 10am on Friday, June 30th and will also be taking place at The Hamil Family Funeral...
Stephen Wayne Jeter
Jun 26, 2017
Stephen Wayne (Steve) Jeter, age 64, passed away Monday morning, June 26, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Pilot Point, Texas on November 26, 1952, Steve was the son of the late James Jeter and his mother, Esta (Knight) Jeter. He attended school in the Abilene Independent School District, graduating from Abilene High School in 1972. Steve was an avid...
Harry Root, Sr.
Jun 25, 2017
SMSgt (RET) Harry M. Root, Sr., 86, of Abilene, Texas, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Sunday, June 25th, 2017 in Abilene.
Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29, at The Hamil Family Funeral...
Piney Ray Scott
Jun 24, 2017
Piney Scott was born in Slaton Texas, on June 23, 1934 to the parentage of Charlie Parker and Susie Johnson Parker. Piney departed this life on June 24, 2017, at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas, one day after her eighty-third birthday. Piney graduated from Dunbar High School in Lubbock, Texas, in 1951, where she was a star basketball player,...
Gerald Edward Stephens
Jun 23, 2017
Gerald Stephens, 87, passed into eternal life on Friday, June 23, 2017 in Abilene, Texas.
Gerald was born on March 9, 1930, near Lawn, Texas in South Taylor County, the fourth of five children of Claude Edward and Linnie Ada Stephens. He married Minnie Loyce Wellborn on April 21, 1978. He was co-owner and operator of Stephens Martin Paving with partner...
Phyllis L. Chappell
Jun 22, 2017
Phyllis L. Chappell, 86, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Born in El Paso, Texas on February 19, 1931, Phyllis was the daughter of Velma (Swindler) and Amos Arnett. It is said that Phyllis earned four degrees, two from McMurry University, one from Midwestern State University and one from UT Permian Basin. She was a retired law...
Pamela Lynn Antilley
Jun 22, 2017
Pamela Lynn Antilley, 69, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on June 22, 2017 at her home in Abilene, Texas. Visitation-Memorial will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 16, 2017 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Pam was born in Abilene, Texas to Joe and Mozelle Antilley on August 3, 1947. Pam was a graduate of Abilene...
Barbara Jean Morgan
Jun 13, 2017
Barbara, 81, of Abilene, entered Heaven's gates on Tuesday, June 13th at Hendrick Hospice Care.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 o'clock p.m. on Friday, June 16th with Dr. Robert Ellis officiating at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Barbara Jean Rowe was born on May 21, 1936 in Hampton, Virginia to Alfred and Mildred Rowe....
Bill Sims
Jun 12, 2017
Bill Sims, 83, died Monday, June 12, 2017 in Hawley / Abilene, Texas.
Born in Roby, Texas on May 3,1934, Bill was the son of Mary Williams and Charles W. Sims. After the death of his mother at the age of three, he was raised by an uncle and aunt, Jim and Belle Williams. Following high school, he served in the...
Willie M. Parsons
Jun 11, 2017
Willie Mae Parsons (Bill) passed away in her home in Abilene, Texas on Sunday, June 11, 2017. She was 107 years, 6 months, and 26 days young.
Visitation will be Tuesday, June 13, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene.
Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, June 14, in Moran Cemetery...
Glenn R. Lawrence
Jun 9, 2017
Glenn Rae Lawrence, age 74, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on June 9, 2017, with his family by his side.
Visitation will be held at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, on Sunday, June 11, 2017 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. A short memorial service and burial will follow at the Cross Plains Cemetery on Monday,...
Charlie Clifton Weatherl
Jun 9, 2017
Charlie Clifton (Cliff) Weatherl of Abilene, TX passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, June 9, 2017. Cliff was 90 years old. He was born in Miller, Oklahoma on April 3, 1927, the third of nine children born to Otis and Kathleen Weatherl. Cliff attended Pine Springs School in Oklahoma. World War II took him away from his...
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