Obituaries
Biagio Faraci
May 3, 2017
Biagio "Bill" Faraci, 94, of Buffalo Gap, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Bill was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Joseph Faraci and Lorenza Indriola on April 8, 1923. He married Rose Messina on November 18, 1942. He worked as a barber in his own business for over 60 years. Bill was a Veteran of World War II...
Mayme Darlene Jacob
Apr 28, 2017
Darlene Lemons Jacob passed away April 28, 2017 at the age 76. She was born May 13, 1940 in Snyder, Texas to Hurston and Mamie Pylant Lemons. She graduated from Fluvanna High School in 1958. After graduation, she attended Texas Tech University. On August 26, 1961, she married Billy Jacob in Fluvanna, Texas. After Billy graduated from Texas Tech in...
Schooler Samukawa
Apr 26, 2017
Schooler-Samukawa, 78, of Sweetwater, Texas, passed away on April 26, 2017 in Abilene, Texas Memorial services will be held at 2:00 pm on May 12, 2017 at her home on Lake Sweetwater. All are welcome to come and memorialize her with your precious memories and stories and to stay to scatter her ashes in the lake so they may commingle...
Myrtle Ann McElroy
Apr 25, 2017
Myrtle Ann McElroy, 81, died Tuesday, April 25, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Newell (Davis) and James St. John, Myrtle was born in Colorado City, Texas, on September 23, 1935. She was a lifelong resident of Abilene, having graduated from Abilene High School. She married James McElroy on February 3, 1956 in Abilene and was a homemaker. She...
Sidney Jerrold Wilson
Apr 25, 2017
Coach Sidney Jerrold (Jerry) Wilson passed away peacefully on April 25, 2017, after a brief battle with cancer. Coach Wilson, affectionately known as Wolf or Wolfie, was born February 25, 1948, to Sidney Lutrel Wilson and wife Mary Ida Kidd Wilson at Fort Baker Army Hospital in Sausalito, CA. He graduated from Big Spring High School in Texas in 1966....
Selah Hope Jowers
Apr 25, 2017
Selah Hope was born Tuesday, April 25, 2017, to Clay and Hannah Jowers at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Her name describes what she inspired in the lives of her family and those involved in their lives. The anticipation of her birth and life brought hope and joy into their hearts, and though she never took a breath of...
R. D. Gist
Apr 22, 2017
R. D. Gist, 85, died April 22, 2017 in Aransas Pass, Texas at a nursing home. The son of the late Gemie (Donald) and Otha Davis Gist, R. D. was born on December 3, 1931 in Potosi, Texas. He was a graduate of both Eula High School and Hardin-Simmons University. A U.S. Army veteran, R. D. entered military service in...
E.J. & Blanca Rodriguez
Apr 20, 2017
Eddie N. “E. J.” Rodriguez, Jr., 17, and Blanca Rodriguez, 19, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017 in an automobile accident near Fredericksburg, Texas. Their services will be at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00...
O W Wilson
Apr 19, 2017
Rev. O W Wilson, 86, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 21st, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 22nd, at First Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Winston Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Buffalo...
Betty Sue Pounds
Apr 18, 2017
Betty Pounds, 69, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Abilene, Texas, on April 14, 1948, Betty was the daughter of Willene (Selby) and Henry Clay Pounds. Betty was a 1966 graduate of Abilene High School and graduated in 1967 from the Hendrick Medical Center School of Nursing. She was a LVN and retired from the Abilene...
Jerrel Douglas Woodard
Apr 18, 2017
Jerrel D. Woodard, 82, of Hodges, died at home in the loving care of his family on April 18, 2017. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00pm on Friday, April 21. Funeral services will be held 11:00am, Saturday, April 22nd at Hodges Baptist Church with Matt Cheevers,...
Landry Kate Robinson
Apr 16, 2017
Landry Kate Robinson, 14, of Abilene, Texas, met her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, April 16, 2017, after a courageous eight-year battle with brain cancer. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, from 5p.m. until 7 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 1p.m....
Marion S. Barfield
Apr 15, 2017
Marion S. Barfield, 98, died Saturday, April 15, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. She is the mother of Edna Core of Abilene. No services are planned. Arrangements by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Charles Wayne McAndrew
Apr 15, 2017
Charles “Wayne” McAndrew, 68, died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at his residence in Tye, Texas. Born in Burnett, Texas on March 25, 1949, Wayne was the son of Ruth Clarice (Kimsey) and James Leland McAndrew. He graduated from Brazosport High School in Freeport, Texas, and attended college. He was a U.S. Army and Vietnam War Veteran. In 1975, Wayne began...
Vernon Dale Hollingshead
Apr 15, 2017
Vernon Dale Hollingshead, 74, a longtime resident of Potosi, Texas, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 at his residence in Potosi. Born in Abilene, Texas, on June 7, 1942, Dale was the son of Clarence and Helen Maxine (Blackburn) Hollingshead. He graduated from Wylie High School and attended college two years. Dale married Carolyn Simmons on August 31, 1962 in...
Cindy Rodgers
Apr 13, 2017
Many of you already know, but Cindy Lou Swanson Rodgers will spend this Easter actually WITH the Savior. It was this past Thursday morning, April 13, 2017, that she died quietly at Hendrick Hospice House with her family right beside her. It was truly a “holy moment.” The family will be at Allan and Linda Frizzell's home at 1310 Canterbury...
Katherine Stewart
Apr 13, 2017
Katherine Stewart, 93, of Abilene, Texas, made her long-awaited journey to be with the Lord Thursday, April 13, 2017. The celebration of her life will be at the First Baptist Church Chapel, at 2:00 P.M., Monday, April 17, 2017, officiated by Mike Greenfield of First Baptist Church under the direction The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Katherine...
Letha Nell Bradshaw
Apr 13, 2017
Letha Nell Bradshaw, 80, died Thursday, April 13, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Graveside services will follow at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in Potosi Cemetery. Nell was born in Abilene, Texas, to Mart and Zettie Parker on September 25, 1936....
Doris Ann Smith Whisenhunt
Apr 10, 2017
Doris A. Smith Whisenhunt went to be with her Heavenly Father Monday, April 10, 2017. A celebration of life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 14, at First Christian Church, 1420 North 3rd Street, Abilene, with Dr. Don Wilson officiating. Burial with follow in Potosi Cemetery. Visitation will be held 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at...
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