Obituaries
Thomas Edward Bowser
Feb 19, 2015
Thomas Edward Bowser, 88, died Thursday, February 19, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. The son of Nell (Powell) and Roy P. Bowser, Thomas was born on February 9, 1927 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He first served in the Merchant Marines and re-enlisted in the U.S. Air Force for which he was an air traffic controller. From 1950 to 1986 he worked for...
Billy Joe Dutton
Feb 19, 2015
Billy Dutton Sr., 77, of Hawley, Texas, left this earth to be with our Lord on February 19th 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Born in Concordia, Kansas, March 8th 1937, he was the son of Edward Thomas Dutton and Oneta (Bombardier) Dutton. He married Virginia Stephens on October 12th 1958 in Murtaugh, Idaho. Bill attended school in Bellville, Kansas until he...
Elna Davis
Feb 18, 2015
Our sweet Mama entered Heaven on Wednesday, February 18, 2015. She was born Elna Juanita Pickering on September 5, 1917 in Sagerton, TX to Etta Muriel (Hill) and John Walter Pickering. She was one of eight children born prior to the Great Depression and knew all too well the hardships of that period. She remembered times of having nothing to...
John K. Casey
Feb 17, 2015
John Casey, 82, died Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at an Abilene nursing home. Born in Runnels County, Texas on April 24, 1932, John was the son of Ethel Etta (Hamner) and Joseph Thomas Casey. He was a lifelong resident of the Abilene area. He married Monna Vinson on June 3, 1955 in Abilene. John was a self-employed concrete contractor. He...
Melissa Lynn Couch
Feb 16, 2015
Melissa Couch, age 49, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 16, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 pm on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Lytle South Baptist Church...
Mac Andrews
Feb 13, 2015
Earnest Henderson (Mac) Andrews died Friday, February 13, 2015 at his home near Abilene. Born on January 11, 1929 in Borger, Texas, Mac graduated from high school in 1946 - the same year he volunteered for service in the US Army. After training in Ft. Lee, Virginia, Mac spent eighteen months with the General Advocates Department keeping records for the...
Peggy McConnell
Feb 11, 2015
Peggy McConnell, 72, of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Friday, February 13, 2015 at Wylie Christian Church 6250 Buffalo Gap Rd. Abilene, Texas 79606, officiated by Reverend Shawn Grisham and Reverend Doug Roysden. Burial will follow at 1:00 PM at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery, 7457 W. Lake Rd, Abilene, Texas 79601,...
Alma Lee Adams
Feb 8, 2015
Alma Lee Adams, 88, died Sunday, February 8, 2015 in Abilene. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 11, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. The funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 12, in The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Bill King, son-in-law, officiating, followed by a graveside...
Louise C. Connally
Feb 7, 2015
Louise C. Connally of Abilene, Texas passed away on February 7, 2015 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel located at 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at The Hamil...
Leona Lois Levens
Feb 6, 2015
Leona “Lee” Lois Levens, 92, died Friday, February 6, 2015 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 10, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Mike Bailey, Chaplain with Hospice of the Big Country, officiating. Born in Rotan, Texas on January 11, 1923, Lee was the daughter...
Mary Liddell Ballard
Feb 5, 2015
Born as a New Year’s baby on January 1 in Camden Alabama, Mary was the first and only child of John Russell Liddell and Daisy Bruce Aldridge Liddell. She was raised in Camden and lived her life as a true Southern Belle. Excelling in academics, she was Valedictorian of her senior class and went on to the University of Alabama,...
Herbert E. Stokes
Feb 4, 2015
Herbert E. Stokes, Jr. 90, a longtime resident of Abilene, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in Abilene. The family will receive and greet friends beginning at 3:00 p.m. Friday, February 13, followed by a service of remembrance at 3:30 p.m. in The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. At Herbert’s request, his body was donated...
Imogene Weaver
Feb 4, 2015
Imogene (Gene) Weaver, 90, died Wednesday, February 4, 2015 in Abilene. The daughter of Anna Elizabeth (Jackson) and William Lee Douthit, Gene was born on March 19, 1924 in San Angelo, Texas. She graduated from Mertzon High School in 1941 and attended business college for two years. She married Eugene Weaver on July 29, 1949 in San Angelo. Gene was...
Josie Mae Promersberger
Feb 3, 2015
Josie Mae Promersberger, 81 of Littlefork, Minnesota passed away on February 3, 2015 in Abilene, TX. Josie was born in Brainerd, MN to Iller Sr. and Josie Popejoy on January 15, 1934. She went to school at Littlefork. She married Bernard Promersberger on June 13, 1952 in Littlefork. She began working as a nurse at the Littlefork Hospital at age...
Margaret Helen Kennedy
Feb 3, 2015
Peg Wheeler Kennedy died peacefully Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at Wesley Court extinguishing a very long life dedicated to family, friends, her church and Abilene. Born to Arthur James and Elizabeth Hannagan in Penfield, Illinois on February 9, 1918, Peg was the last surviving of nine brothers and sisters. Peg graduated from St. Mary’s College at Notre Dame, Indiana and...
Jadine Nuding
Feb 1, 2015
Jadine “Bunny” Patterson Nuding, 90, of Abilene passed away Sunday, February 1, 2015. Funeral mass will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Holy Family Catholic Church, with Father Sam Matthiesen officiating. Burial will follow at 2:00 pm at the Patterson Family Cemetery on the J.D. Patterson Ranch in Stonewall County. The family will receive friends...
Joy Storey DeShazo
Jan 31, 2015
Joy Storey DeShazo, 85, died at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene on Saturday, January 31, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at First Baptist Church, officiated by Phil Christopher. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Joy’s wishes were to be cremated and...
Luther Willis Hutchinson
Jan 28, 2015
Reverend Luther W. Hutchinson departed this life on Wednesday morning, January 28, 2015 at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, with his loving and devoted wife and family by his side. Rev. Hutchinson was born March 28, 1945 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was the oldest son of Anslun Hutchinson, Sr. and Martha B. Thompson Hutchinson. His early school years...