Obituaries

Nita  Keltner

Nita Keltner

Sep 12, 2016

Nita Keltner, 79 of Abilene, Texas passed away on Monday, September 12, 2016 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Iberis Cemetery with John Fanning of View Baptist Church...

Nelle Hooks

Nelle Hooks

Sep 10, 2016

Nelle Smith Hooks passed from this life on Saturday, September 10, 2016, at the age of 96. Nelle was born August 14, 1920, to A. V. Smith and Nellie Hill Smith in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow at...

Sally Annette Moning

Sally Annette Moning

Sep 9, 2016

Sally Annette Moning Sally Annette Moning, 58, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, September 9, 2016. Sally was born October 31, 1957 in Adrian, Michigan to Glen Edward and Margaret Mary "Peggy" Moore. She married John Moning in Abilene, Texas. Sally was preceded in death by her parents, her grandmother, Carolyn Lashbrook and two sisters, Kathy Schultz and Nancy Moore....

Annetta DeLois Howard

Annetta DeLois Howard

Sep 9, 2016

Annetta "DeLois" Howard, 92, of Abilene, Texas passed away on September 9, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Friday, September 16th at 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 17th at 10 am at Southern Hills Church of Christ at 3666 Buffalo Gap Road with Danny...

Gertrude Hays

Gertrude Hays

Sep 7, 2016

Gertrude Hays, 85, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on September 7, 2016. Burial will be held at 10:00am, Friday, September 9, 2016 at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, Texas with Rev. Jeff Reid of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church officiating. A memorial service will follow at 11:30am, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road with Rev....

Barbara Jo Watson

Barbara Jo Watson

Sep 6, 2016

Barbara Jo Kendall Watson A longtime resident of Abilene, TX passed away on the evening of Tuesday September 6, 2016 at The Craig Senior Living Community in Amarillo, TX. The family will have a visitation at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, on Friday, September 9 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Her funeral service will...

Dorothy Helen Tomsyck

Dorothy Helen Tomsyck

Aug 29, 2016

Dorothy Helen Tomsyck, 91, of Abilene, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, August 29, 2016. Visitation followed by the rosary will be on Thursday, Sept. 1, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, Sept 2, at...

Molly Sue Morris

Molly Sue Morris

Aug 27, 2016

Molly "Sue" Guest Morris passed peacefully into the arms of her Savior on Saturday, August 27, 2016. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 30th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral service will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 31 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Elliott-Hamil Garden...

Enola E. Boylan

Enola E. Boylan

Aug 27, 2016

Enola E. Boylan, daughter of Peter N. Steier and Mildred E. (Aurand) Steier was born November 3, 1923 at rural Jewell County, Kansas and passed away on August 27, 2016 at Abilene Regional Hospital, Abilene, Texas at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 24 days. Enola graduated from Superior High School, Superior, Nebraska. She was united in marriage...

Charles Burl Cason

Charles Burl Cason

Aug 26, 2016

Charles Burl Cason, III was a loving son and a wonderful father who went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, August 26, 2016. Services will be held on Tuesday, August 30th at 11:00 am in the sanctuary of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, 701 South Pioneer Drive, in Abilene, Texas. Burial will follow in the Elliott-Hamil Garden of...

U.V. Reese

U.V. Reese

Aug 25, 2016

U.V. "Pee Wee" Reese, 89, of Abilene, Texas, left this world to be with his Lord on Thursday, August 25th, 2016 surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road on Saturday, August 27th at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow at...

Justin Bertman Keesee

Justin Bertman Keesee

Aug 24, 2016

Justin Keesee, 36, of Abilene, found eternal peace on Wednesday August 24th 2016. Visitation will be Sunday, August 28th from 3-5 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap, Abilene. Following visitation, a celebration of life service will be held at 6 pm at Beltway Park South Campus, 4009 Beltway S., Abilene. Funeral services will be held...

Gilbert Carl Edward Becker

Gilbert Carl Edward Becker

Aug 21, 2016

Reverend Gilbert Carl Edward Becker, 97, was called home Sunday morning, August 21, 2016, in Abilene, Texas. He was born March 15, 1919, in Altamont Illinois to Carl Becker and Wilhelmina Priess. He graduated from high school in 1938 and went into the Lutheran ministry. As he tells it, he was dropped off at the seminary by his pastor and...

Ella Lilly Beard

Ella Lilly Beard

Aug 19, 2016

Ella Lilly Beard entered into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 19, 2016, in Abilene, Texas. Born in Hanna, Alberta, Canada on August 22, 1928 to immigrant parents, she met and later married a U.S. Army soldier, the love of her life, Bill Beard. After marriage they settled in Fort Worth. While Bill worked for the...

Mang Khin Chong

Mang Khin Chong

Aug 18, 2016

Obituary not available.

Floyd Stayton Gee, Jr.

Floyd Stayton Gee, Jr.

Aug 17, 2016

Floyd Stayton Gee, Jr, 86, passed away on August 17, 2017, in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Friday, August 19, from 5:30-7pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Funeral services will be at 11am on Saturday, August 20, at the Hillcrest Church of Christ Chapel, 650 E. Ambler. Floyd (known as Sonny, Scooter, and Stayton...

Lena Jean Bilbrey

Lena Jean Bilbrey

Aug 15, 2016

Lena Jean Gober Bilbrey (Jean Jean), of Abilene, TX passed away Monday, August 15, 2016 at Hendrick Medical Center. She was born on April 10, 1942 in Gorman, TX to parents James Fishel Gober and Minnie Odessal Jackson Gober. Lena moved to the Abilene area in 1955 and graduated from Abilene High School in 1960. She promptly began her employment...

Starla Ruth Jordan

Starla Ruth Jordan

Aug 15, 2016

Starla Ruth Jordan, 61, of Abilene, TX, passed away at her home on August 15, 2016. Visitation will be Friday, August 19, from 6 – 7:30 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A celebration of Starla Ruth's life will be at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, August 20, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Michael Lewis of...

Leroy Caughey

Leroy Caughey

Aug 13, 2016

Leroy Caughey, 84, originally of San Antonio, passed away on August 13th in Abilene. Rosary & Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 pm, Thursday, August 18th at the family's home. Funeral services will be held 9:00 am, Friday, August 19th at Holy Family Catholic Church with Monsignor Fred Nawarskas, officiating. Burial will follow at Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Services are under the direction...

Fredy  Martin

Fredy Martin

Aug 10, 2016

Fredy Martin., 63, of Abilene, passed away on August 10, 2016 in Lubbock. Graveside Service will be held 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 16th in Elmwood Memorial Park in the Mausoleum Garden with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating. Arrangements are directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Fredy was born in Sweetwater, Tx to Harold and...