Obituaries
James Earl Langford
Jan 20, 2017
James Earl Langford of Abilene passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017, in Odessa, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Rev. Stan Allcorn will be officiating the service. James was born in Goldthwaite, Texas, to Ernest and Margaret Langford on October...
Otis Henry Jones
Jan 19, 2017
Otis Henry Jones passed away peacefully at home in Abilene, Texas on Thursday, January 19, 2017. Visitation is planned from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, January 23, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A service celebrating his life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, in the First Baptist Church, Abilene, sanctuary...
Helen Louise Slough
Jan 19, 2017
Helen Slough, 92, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2017 in Rockport, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, January 23, 2017 at the Eula Cemetery, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Rev. David Cason will officiate. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at The Hamil Family...
Kloyece Lynn Irvin
Jan 15, 2017
Kloyece Kiser Irvin, 69, of Abilene, passed away on January 15, 2017. She was born to the late Clois Dale "Speck" Kiser and Dorotha Bill Brewer Kiser in Breckenridge, Texas on August 22, 1947. Kloyece was a 1965 graduate of Abilene High School and a 1969 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She married her high school sweetheart...
Richard Julius Orsini
Jan 13, 2017
Richard J. (Dick) Orsini, a longtime Abilene dentist, known for his love of family and friends and numerous contributions to his church and community, died January 13, 2017. He was 80. Funeral will be on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Brotherhood...
Fred Williams
Jan 13, 2017
Fred Williams, 84, of Abilene, Texas passed away Friday, January 13th at his home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 18th, at 11:30 AM, The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow at 1:00 PM at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 West Lake Rd., Abilene, Texas. The...
Melba Elizabeth Nixon
Jan 12, 2017
Melba Elizabeth Nixon passed from this life into eternal peace on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the age of 87. A celebration of her life will take place on Wednesday, January 18 at 12:30 PM at First United Methodist Church, 202 Butternut, with the Rev. Jeff Zirkle officiating. Burial will follow at 2 PM at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery,...
Harroll Lin Backus
Jan 9, 2017
Harroll L. Backus, Sr., 84, passed away January 9, 2017 in Abilene, TX. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 at Westminster Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Chris Turner officiating. A private family graveside service will follow. A native Oklahoman, Harroll was born to Charlie and Betty Backus in Eva, OK, on October 21, 1932....
Willa B. Patterson
Jan 9, 2017
Willa B. Patterson, age 104, died on Monday, January 9, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. She was born in Roscoe, Texas on August 2, 1912, to Blanche (Smith) Sloan and William Alexander Sloan. She graduated from Roscoe High School in 1930, and then attended Abilene Christian College for two years, after which she began her teaching career in elementary schools in...
Col. Cecil Leroy Allen U.S. Army (Ret)
Jan 9, 2017
Cecil Leroy Allen, age 81, passed away unexpectedly Monday, January 9, 2017. Cecil was born March 9, 1935 in Abilene, Texas to Roy Allen and Opal Allen Williams. Cecil met the love of his life, Tommie Grubbs, during high school at Wylie. They married June 3, 1954. They raised their three children, Lee Allen, Toni Tarpley, and Carrie Burt, at...
Mary Jacqueline Weatherby
Jan 8, 2017
Mary Jacqueline "Jackie" Weatherby, 89, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 11, at Brook Hollow Christian Church with Rev. Penny Biddy officiating. The family will receive friends in the Narthex following the service. Arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo...
Milo Arnold Ziegenhagen
Jan 7, 2017
Milo (Mike) Arnold Ziegenhagen, 78, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Abilene, Texas. The son of the late Agnes Wiebeler and Arnold Ziegenhagen, Milo was born on February 10, 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Le Center High School in Le Center, Minnesota. Milo proudly served and retired from the United States Air Force. He had worked for Treanor...
Gordon Kenneth Johnson
Jan 3, 2017
Gordon Kenneth Johnson, 83, died Tuesday, January 3, 2017, in Abilene, Texas. The son of the late Margaret (O'Leary) and Robert Johnson, he was born on December 30, 1933 in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from North Dallas High School (Bulldogs) and received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He served in the National Guard as a tank...
Lola Bernice Antilley
Jan 2, 2017
Lola Antilley, 90, of Abilene died Monday, January 2, 2017. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Thursday, January 5, 2017 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Wednesday at the funeral home. Lola, the daughter of Nancy and Zack...
Adel Gafar Nafrawi M.D.
Jan 1, 2017
Adel G. Nafrawi, M.D., 89 our dear Daddo, and longtime Abilene Surgeon, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A private graveside service will be held at Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Dr. Nafrawi was born July 1927 and...
William Dean Elmore
Jan 1, 2017
William "Bill" Elmore, 69, died Sunday, January 1, 2017, at a medical center in Abilene, Texas. Born in Abilene, Texas on April 5, 1947, Bill was the son of the late Mary Margrite (Craig) and William Odis Elmore. Bill graduated from Abilene High School in 1965 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a M.P. He was a veteran...
Jefferson Dee Cox, MD
Dec 29, 2016
Jefferson D. Cox, M.D. passed away on December 29, 2016 at his family's ranch near Buffalo Gap, Texas. A private service was held at the family ranch. A family visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at the Odessa Country Club, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Jefferson was born in North Bend, Oregon to Leslie and Doris...
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