Obituaries

Raymond A. McDaniel

Raymond A. McDaniel

Apr 18, 2015

Raymond Allen McDaniel, Jr., 81, passed away on April 18 in Abilene surrounded by his loving family. There will be a visitation between 5:00-7:00 PM on Thursday, April 23 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home (6449 Buffalo Gap Road). Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, April 24 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church (1741 Sayles Blvd.) with The...

Robert Newton Allen

Robert Newton Allen

Apr 17, 2015

Robert N. (Bob) Allen III received the ultimate healing as he went to live with his Lord and Savior on April 17, 2015 following a brief illness. A funeral service will be held at 2:30 pm on Monday, April, 20, 2015 at Highland Church of Christ in Abilene with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation will be held...

Evelyn Mary Landeros

Evelyn Mary Landeros

Apr 17, 2015

Evelyn Mary Landeros, 70, a longtime resident of Buffalo Gap, Texas, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015 in Abilene, Texas Born in Denver, Colorado on January 18, 1945, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Bernice (Martinez) and Samuel Sisneros. She was a homemaker and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, always supportive of the activities and sports in which...

Patricia Johnson Longacre

Patricia Johnson Longacre

Apr 17, 2015

Patricia Tomlinson Johnson Longacre, 81, died Friday, April 17, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Patricia Tomlinson was born on October 9, 1933 in Huntington, West Virginia to Jesse Roland Tomlinson and Evelyn Lett Tomlinson. She was a graduate of Barboursville High School in West Virginia. Following high school, Pat attended Marshall University in Huntington, WV, until her marriage to Winson Ray...

LaNelle Montgomery

LaNelle Montgomery

Apr 9, 2015

Hazel LaNelle Montgomery, 89, went to be with her Lord and Savior and her heavenly family on Thursday, April 9, 2015. LaNelle was born on May 14, 1925 to Thomas P. and Lillie Pearl (Clary) Griffin in Copperas Cove, Texas. LaNelle married Gordon H. Montgomery on December 14, 1943 in Blackwell, Texas. She and Gordon spent most of their lives...

Jase Ryan Waggoner

Jase Ryan Waggoner

Apr 7, 2015

Jase Ryan Waggoner, infant son of Amy (Pease) and Nolan Waggoner, passed away April 7, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 12, at Beltway Park Church Chapel, 4009 Beltway South, with Steven Holley officiating. Arrangements are by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. In lieu of...

Nicholas Richard Rayburn

Nicholas Richard Rayburn

Apr 5, 2015

Nicholas Richard Rayburn, 17, died April 5, 2015, at an Abilene medical center. Nick was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on February 28, 1998, the son of Richard E. Rayburn and Sara M. Crutcher. In 2006 he moved from Portland, Oregon to Abilene. A student at Wylie High School, Nick was a talented and accomplished French horn player, jazz guitarist,...

Patsy Ruth Parker

Patsy Ruth Parker

Apr 1, 2015

Patsy Ruth Parker, 79, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Abilene, Texas. She was born August 14, 1935, in Lampasas County, Texas, to Culver and Lea Carpenter. Patsy lived most of her life in Paducah, Texas, and moved to Abilene upon her marriage to John Daily Parker. For many years Patsy taught pre-school children...

Wyman T. Wilkerson

Wyman T. Wilkerson

Mar 30, 2015

Wyman T. Wilkerson, 83, of Abilene, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at Hillcrest Church of Christ. Burial will follow at a later date. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road....

Robert Dean Burt

Robert Dean Burt

Mar 25, 2015

Robert (Bobby) Dean Burt, 59, joined his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Abilene. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 pm Sunday, March 29 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Graveside services will be held at 11am Monday, March 30, at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 W. Lake...

Joann Buscher

Joann Buscher

Mar 25, 2015

Joann Buscher of Abilene, Texas crossed the river to be with Jesus on March 25, 2015 after a short illness. A memorial mass will be held at 10:00am, Monday, March 30 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Sam Matthiesen officiating. Arrangements are through The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Joann was born August, 20,...

John Cody Levens

John Cody Levens

Mar 24, 2015

John Cody Levens, 24, of Abilene has left to be with the Lord on March 24, 2015. Please join Cody's family in a celebration of his life at 2:00 PM Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Beltway Park Church (South Campus) with Paul Wright and Jamey Calvery officiating. Cody will then be placed to rest at Bethel Cemetery in Funston, Texas,...

Virginia Lou Berry

Virginia Lou Berry

Mar 22, 2015

Virginia Lou Bradley Berry, 85, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 in Abilene nursing center. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 26, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating. Burial will follow in Canon Memorial Cemetery at Stith under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Visitation will be...

John Joseph Catalina

John Joseph Catalina

Mar 22, 2015

John Joseph Catalina, 93, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at an Abilene Regional Medical Center. The son of Lena (Ropollo) and James William Catalina, John was born on February 5, 1922 in High Bank, Texas. Following graduation from high school, he served in the U.S. Navy from which he received a medical discharge. In 1942 he married Mary Ester Moore...

Nick Baker

Nick Baker

Mar 22, 2015

Nick “Cowboy” Baker, 63, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 in Abilene, Texas at a medical center. Born in Coleman, Texas on March 18, 1952, Nick was the son of Norma Ruth (Jones) Miller and Howard Glenn Baker. After graduation from high school he attended college in Odessa, graduating in 1972. He was a lifelong barber, having worked at Town House...

Elsie Henryetta Norwood

Elsie Henryetta Norwood

Mar 21, 2015

Elsie Henryetta Britton Norwood of Abilene, Texas, passed away on March 21, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 from 5:00-7:00PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Memorial services will be held at on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:00AM at The Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal with...

Ruth Ellen Collins

Ruth Ellen Collins

Mar 21, 2015

Ruth Ellen Collins, 89, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Carbon, Texas on September 27, 1925, Ruth was the daughter of Millie M. (Mangum) and James Turner Peel. She graduated from Corbon High School and was married to LaFoy Collins, Jr. on June 26, 1943. She was a homemaker. She worked as manager of...

Wendy Walters Veigel

Wendy Walters Veigel

Mar 20, 2015

Wendy Brigham Walters Veigel Wendy Veigel, age 69, of Abilene Texas joined the angels in Heaven on March 20, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal in Abilene TX on Friday March 27, 2015 at eleven o’clock in the morning. Burial will follow at the church’s columbarium. Arrangements are directed...

Lora Hughes Lesley

Lora Hughes Lesley

Mar 18, 2015

Lora Hughes Lesley, 75, of Clyde, Texas, died Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at an Abilene medical center. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 20, in Clyde Cemetery directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.

Brian Curtis Brooks

Brian Curtis Brooks

Mar 17, 2015

Brian Brooks, age 89, died March 17, 2015. A native of Brown County, Texas, Brian Curtis Brooks was born on July 7, 1925 to Roscoe and Erin (Williams) Brooks. He graduated from Brownwood High School in 1942 and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as an aviation radioman. After the war he obtained a BS degree in Animal Husbandry...