Obituaries

Helen Sareita Bruce

Helen Sareita Bruce

Dec 28, 2016

Helen Sareita Bruce, 83, died on December 28, 2016 in Lubbock, Texas. Family visitation will be Friday, December 30, 2016 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Graveside services will be Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Elmwood Memorial Park with Dr. Phillip Christopher officiating. Mrs. Bruce had...

Walter Webb

Walter Webb

Dec 26, 2016

Walter "Cotton" Webb, 93, died, Monday, December 26, 2016, in Abilene, Texas. Born in Potosi, Texas, on April 3, 1923, Walter was son of Nannie Bell (Johnson) and William McDaniel Webb. He was a lifelong resident of the Abilene area. After he graduated from high school, he served in the U. S. Army. He was a warehouse supervisor for Abilene...

Beverly  Wallace

Beverly Wallace

Dec 26, 2016

Beverly Wallace, 84, of Abilene, passed away on December 26th in Abilene, Texas. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 5th, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with The Rev. Mary Glover officiating. Burial will follow at 1:00 p.m. at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...

Joe Ross Milliorn

Joe Ross Milliorn

Dec 21, 2016

Joe Ross Milliorn, 87, passed away away on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. The son of Linnie (Gwin) and Earl Milliorn, Joe was born on January 30, 1929 in Oplin, Texas, and attended school in Oplin and Eula. He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean Conflict. On September 27, 1963, he married Louise Burk in Abilene....

Kenneth W. Williams

Kenneth W. Williams

Dec 18, 2016

Kenneth Wayne Williams was born on October 20, 1938 in Nacogdoches, Texas and died peacefully on Sunday, December 18, 2016 in Abilene, Texas at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was the second son of the late Clyde L. and Velta Mae (McKinney) Williams. His parent’s family was deeply rooted in and around the east Texas town of...

Roy Wayne Slaughter

Roy Wayne Slaughter

Dec 16, 2016

Tyke Slaughter, 86, of Abilene, formerly of El Paso, passed away Friday, December 16, 2016. Funeral service will be held Monday, December 19, at 11:30 a.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with Pastor Terry Enns officiating. Burial will follow at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to...

Marsha Kay Wise

Marsha Kay Wise

Dec 15, 2016

Marsha Kay Wise, 63, passed away on December 15, 2016, in Abilene, Texas The daughter of Wanda (Dean) and Bruce Proctor, Marsha was born on April 17, 1953 in Abilene, where she graduated from Cooper High School. She most recently worked at Serenity House in Abilene. Marsha enjoyed people, reading books, and Elvis movies. She was a member of the...

Albert  Wilson

Albert Wilson

Dec 14, 2016

Albert Wilson, Sr. Albert Wilson Sr., of Abilene, Texas passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 18, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 19, 2016 at Southwest Drive Community United Methodist...

Agnes Baylor King

Agnes Baylor King

Dec 14, 2016

Agnes Baylor Eckles King passed away on December 14, 2016. She was born to Alfred Hicks and Pattie Flack Eckles in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on April 17, 1921. Aggie graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1941 and married John Jerimiah King on November 15, 1943. The couple moved to Abilene in 1954 and quickly became active in the life of...

Linda Marie Crook

Linda Marie Crook

Dec 12, 2016

Linda Marie Crook, 70, passed away peacefully at Abilene Regional Medical Center in Abilene, Texas, on Monday, December 12, 2016, after an eight-year battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family and friends. Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, December 15th at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Adam Droll officiating. A reception lunch will follow...

Max Wheeler Hardin

Max Wheeler Hardin

Dec 12, 2016

Max Wheeler Hardin, 81, passed away Monday, December 12, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Weatherford, Texas on July 5, 1935, he was the son of the late Vitra (Chaney) and Wheeler A. Hardin. Max started his career as an early teen after the death of his Mother. After retiring from Arrow Ford to spend time with his family and...

Thomas Alexander Niblo

Thomas Alexander Niblo

Dec 12, 2016

Thomas "Tom" Alexander Niblo, 54, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on December 12, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at The Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal at 602 Meander with The Rev. N. Luke Back, Rector, and The Right Reverend Claude E. Payne, Seventh Bishop of Texas, officiating....

John Paul Jarzombek

John Paul Jarzombek

Dec 6, 2016

John Paul Jarzombek, 77, of Abilene, Texas was called to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. John was born on June 25, 1939 in Mission, TX. He graduated from Edinburg High School, served his country in the Air Force and served our Lord as a Eucharistic Minister at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Selma, TX prior...

Thomas Russell Comella

Thomas Russell Comella

Dec 2, 2016

Thomas Russell Comella, 82, of Abilene passed away peacefully at home on Friday, December 2, 2016. Visitation will be held from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Monday, December 5th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with a Rosary to follow at 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, December 6th...

W.G. "Butch" Brannon

W.G. "Butch" Brannon

Dec 1, 2016

W. G. "Butch" Brannon, 61, received his wings on Thursday, December 1, 2016, in Abilene, Texas. The son of Imogene (Strange) and Fred Brannon, he was born on October 30, 1955 in Tulia, Texas. Butch was a Registered Nurse, having received his diploma from Northwest Texas Hospital School of Nursing (1978), certification from the Board of Nurse Examiners for the...

Sherwyn Lane McNair

Sherwyn Lane McNair

Nov 30, 2016

Sherwyn Lane McNair, 93, a member of the Greatest Generation, died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, November 30, 2016. Sherwyn was born on April 13, 1923, in Pritchett, Texas, to Grover C. and Cora Foster McNair. After moving with his family to Gilmer, he attended and graduated from Gilmer High School in 1940. He married Chere Livingston at her...

Jimmy Wayne Sojourner

Jimmy Wayne Sojourner

Nov 24, 2016

Jimmy Wayne Sojourner, 82, of Casper, Wyoming and Abilene, Texas passed away on November 24, 2016 in Merkel, Texas after a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 6, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Michael Howard of the Cowboy Church of Ennis officiating. His cremains will...

Katie Lee Lowe

Katie Lee Lowe

Nov 21, 2016

Katie Lee Hudspeth Lowe, 93 of Abilene, passed away Monday, November 21, 2016 in Lubbock, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at First Christian Church with Rev. Don Wilson officiating. There will be a reception following the memorial service at the church. A private family graveside will be held at Elmwood...

Joe  Estes

Joe Estes

Nov 19, 2016

Joe Fred Estes, 91, of Abilene, Texas passed away on November 19, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday November 21, 2016 at Hamil Family Funeral Home with Felicia Hopkins of St. Paul Methodist officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park cemetery. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home,...

Alton Ray Edwards

Alton Ray Edwards

Nov 19, 2016

Alton "Butch" Edwards of Buffalo Gap passed away on November 19, 2016 at his home with his family at his side. A memorial service will be held on November 30th at 2:00 pm at First Baptist Church Buffalo Gap with Pastor Chuck Gililland and Bro. Burtis Williams officiating. Butch was born in Lamesa, Texas to Gaddis and Vivian Edwards on...