Obituaries

Dwayne Wallace

Dwayne Wallace

May 11, 2015

Dwayne E. Wallace, 78, of Abilene, Texas went to be with our Heavenly Father on Monday, May 11, 2015. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, May 13, at the funeral home. Inurnment of cremains...

Dolly Larrison

Dolly Larrison

May 10, 2015

Dolly S. Larrison, 78, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015 in Decatur, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at North Park Baptist Church with Louis Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Admiral Cemetery in Callahan County. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...

Coletta Camille Clermont

Coletta Camille Clermont

May 8, 2015

Coletta Camille Clermont, 91, of Abilene, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 8, 2015 in Abilene. Coletta was born in Dayton, Ohio to Charlotte and William Wright on August 1, 1923. She was a member of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal, where she was involved in many service projects. Coletta was a member of the Abilene Interfaith Council,...

R. Kendall Badgett

R. Kendall Badgett

May 7, 2015

Roy Kendall Badgett, 76 of Abilene, Texas, went to be with The Lord on May 7, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9, 2015, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A small funeral service will be held immediately following the visitation at The Hamil Family Funeral...

Mary Jo Brunson Coates

Mary Jo Brunson Coates

May 6, 2015

Mary Jo Brunson Coates, 78, of Plainview passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Abilene. Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 8, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. The graveside service will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 9, in Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories Cemetery followed by a memorial service...

Bruce Proctor

Bruce Proctor

May 6, 2015

Bruce Proctor, 87, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Hamlin, Texas on October 17, 1927, he was the son of Arebell (Blair) and O. B. Proctor. After graduation from high school in Hamlin, he attended Abilene Christian College (now University) for two years. Bruce served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from November 16,...

Jack Hein

Jack Hein

May 5, 2015

Jack Hein, 90, died Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 10th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. The committal service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 11th at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 W. Lake Road. A memorial service will...

Carl Max Weaver

Carl Max Weaver

May 5, 2015

Carl Max Weaver, 75, died Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Hamlin, Texas on March 24, 1940, he was the son of Irby and Lila (Davis) Weaver. Following graduation from high school, he attended North Texas State University. He served in the U.S. Air Force for four years. He was a Highway Patrolman in Eden, and later...

Dale Edward Nelson

Dale Edward Nelson

May 4, 2015

Dale Edward Nelson passed away Monday, May 4, 2015, in Tuscola, Texas following a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 88. His funeral service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 8, at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Clyde Kieschnick officiating. Burial will follow at 2:00 p.m. in Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene directed by...

Martha Leola Johnson

Martha Leola Johnson

May 3, 2015

Martha Leola “Mema” Johnson of Abilene, Texas passed away on May 3, 2015 in her home. Visitation will be 6 to 8 pm Thursday, May 7, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm, Friday, May 8, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with the Reverend...

Lois M. McGlothlin

Lois M. McGlothlin

May 3, 2015

Lois M. McGlothlin was born March 16, 1923 in Appleton, Minnesota to Alfred and Minnie (Hancock) Lindahl. Born with spina bifida, she was not expected to live beyond childhood. When Lois died in Abilene on Sunday, May 3rd, at the age of 92, she was one of the oldest spina bifida survivors. Allergic to most pain-killers, she accepted her limitations...

Sue Carr Day

Sue Carr Day

Apr 30, 2015

Frances Elizabeth (Sue) Carr Day, 91, passed away on April 30, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00pm to 6:30pm, Monday, May 4, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2pm Tuesday, May 5, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Mr. Chris Stice will be officiating. Burial will...

Curtis A. Houck

Curtis A. Houck

Apr 30, 2015

Curtis A. “Cowboy” Houck, Sr., 79, died Thursday, April 30, 2015 in Granbury, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 4, in Hawley Cemetery with Charles Dixon officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. The son of Haddie Mae (Forman) and Almer Curtis Houck, he was born on March 5,...

Donna Maurine Wheeler

Donna Maurine Wheeler

Apr 29, 2015

Donna Maurine Wheeler, 58, went to be with the Lord on April 29, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on November 26, 1956 in Dilley, Texas, to Billy Joe and Peggy Green White. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Wheeler of Abilene; two daughters, Michael Anne Behrens and husband, Edward, of Shreveport, Louisiana, and Kellye...

Dorothy Frances Patterson

Dorothy Frances Patterson

Apr 25, 2015

Dorothy Frances Patterson, 93, passed away in Wichita Falls, Texas on Saturday, April 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 4, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow in the I.O.O F. Section of Abilene Municipal Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday,...

Susan Shelton

Susan Shelton

Apr 22, 2015

Susan Batjer Shelton, 73, of Abilene, Texas passed away on April 22, 2015 at her home. Susan was born in Abilene to Robert Dunbar Batjer, Sr. and Tee Miller Batjer on July 22, 1941. After spending her childhood here, she graduated from Saint Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. She attended Hollins College in Virginia, where she studied abroad for...

James Parker Bettis

James Parker Bettis

Apr 22, 2015

James Parker Bettis, 34, passed from this earth on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 in College Station, Texas. Parker was born on April 2, 1981 in Amarillo, Texas to his parents, Terry and Claudia Bettis. The family moved to Abilene just a few weeks after his birth, and Parker grew up in Abilene, attending Crockett Elementary, Lincoln Middle School, and graduating...

Leon Constable

Leon Constable

Apr 20, 2015

Darvin Leon Constable, 85, of Abilene, Texas passed away Monday, April 20, 2015 at a local medical center. Leon was born in Coleman County, Texas on August 3, 1929, to Author Darvin and Fannie Brown Constable. In 1949, they moved to Abilene, where he met and married Marion Haley on October 7, 1950 in Novice, Texas. He was a U.S....

Mary June Jones

Mary June Jones

Apr 19, 2015

Mary June Jones of Hawley passed away on April 19, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21. Funeral services will be at Hawley United Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, with Rev. Jack Dominguez officiating. Interment...

R.L. Henderson

R.L. Henderson

Apr 19, 2015

R. L. Henderson, 94, died Sunday, April 19, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Howard County, Texas on May 6, 1920, he was the son of Verbena (Long) and Shelby Henderson. He served in the U.S. Navy, and on April 14, 1945, married Lila Reid in Hico, Texas. In 1946 he moved from Big Spring, Texas to Abilene, where he...