Obituaries

Rosemary Harris

Rosemary Harris

Nov 23, 2014

Rosemary Harris, 87, of Abilene, passed away, Sunday, November 23, 2014 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. The body will be cremated and a private family service will be held at a later date. Arrangements were entrusted to The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. Rosemary was born April 22, 1927 in El Dorado, Arkansas to...

Sidney Ray Peel

Sidney Ray Peel

Nov 21, 2014

Sidney Ray Peel was born the oldest child and only son of S.H. (Sidney Hood) and Tennie Elmore Peel on September 23, 1930, in Spade, a community near Littlefield. He passed from this life in his home on November 21, 2014. Family visitation will be on Sunday, November 23, from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home,...

Justine Digby-Roberts Grisham

Justine Digby-Roberts Grisham

Nov 19, 2014

Justine Grisham, 86, died Wednesday, November 19, 2014, in Abilene. She was the daughter of Ida Marr Tobin of Austin and Frederick William Digby-Roberts of Abilene. She was born in Dallas on July 15, 1928. Justine was preceded in death by her husband Robert Douglas “Bob” Grisham on February 24, 2006; parents, Frederick and Ida Marr Digby-Roberts; and grandparents, Frederick...

Eileen Mary Borchert

Eileen Mary Borchert

Nov 18, 2014

Eileen Mary Borchert, 79, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 21, 2014 at Holy Family Catholic Church. Father Fred Nawarskas will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo...

Ima Gene Hurst

Ima Gene Hurst

Nov 18, 2014

Ima Gene Hurst, 79, died Tuesday, November 18, 2014, in Abilene at Windcrest Alzheimer’s Care Center. Born in Zephyr, Texas on September 16, 1935, she was the daughter of Verneice (Murphree) and Melvin Stovall. She graduated from Early High School (1953), Hendrick Memorial Hospital Vocational School of Nursing (1969), Mary Meek School of Nursing (1978), and Saint Joseph’s College in...

Tammy Wilson

Tammy Wilson

Nov 17, 2014

Tamara “Tammy !” Wilson, 48, died Monday, November 17, 2014 in Abilene, Texas. Please help celebrate Tammy’s life by wearing her favorite color, pink. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, November 20, at the Abilene State Supported Living Center Chapel with Dr. Bill Spencer officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. The...

William Jay

William Jay

Nov 16, 2014

William “Billy Fred” Jay, 84, of Abilene died Sunday, November 16, 2014 at a local medical center. Born in Gorman, Texas, on September 28, 1930, William was the son of the late T.L Dick Jay and Vera A. CuBell (Pittman) Jay. He received his bachelor degree from Howard-Payne University in Brownwood. William had been the credit manager at Montgomery Wards...

John B. Kent

John B. Kent

Nov 14, 2014

John B. Kent, 72, died Friday, November 14, 2014 at an Abilene medical center. John was born on June 23, 1942 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and graduated from Pawhuska High School in 1960 before attended trade school. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. John was an electronic technician for 27 years, having worked as an Avionics Technician for...

Norma Anders Enzor

Norma Anders Enzor

Nov 13, 2014

Norma was born August 3, 1937 in a garage apartment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to John and Myra Anders. Myra, a saintly woman, was married to John, who was a Master Pipefitter at the Esso Refinery, then the largest oil refinery in the world. She was the second of five children: J.D., Norma, Sandra (now deceased), Ronald Wayne and Carla....

Adam M. Flores

Adam M. Flores

Nov 13, 2014

SFC (Ret) Adam Flores, 83, of Abilene and formerly of Merritt Island, Florida, passed away on 13 November 2014. He was surrounded by his family and died peacefully at home. The family will receive friends at a visitation at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene on Sunday, November 16, from 6 to 7 p.m. followed...

Lavanda Russell Dobbins

Lavanda Russell Dobbins

Nov 10, 2014

Lavanda Russell Hayward Dobbins, 74, of Abilene and formerly of Winters, TX. , went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, November 10, 2014. Funeral Services will be at 1:30 p.m., on Friday, November 14, 2014 at Belmont Baptist Church, 2117 Palm St., Abilene, TX, with Rev. Jimmy Griffith and Rev. David Cason officiating. Burial will follow...

Ellon B. Leggett Monk-Jones

Ellon B. Leggett Monk-Jones

Nov 8, 2014

Ellon, 92, of Abilene passed away on Saturday, November 8, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at South Side Baptist Church. Visitation will be Monday, November 10, 2014 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Burial will be at Elmwood Memorial Park. Ellon is...

John Francis Meloy

John Francis Meloy

Nov 7, 2014

John Francis Meloy, Sr., 92, of Abilene passed away on Friday, November 7, 2014, in Abilene. Visitation will be held 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at 1:00...

Col. Leroy Earle Powell

Col. Leroy Earle Powell

Nov 5, 2014

Lt. Col. Leroy Earle Powell, USAF (Ret.) Leroy “Lee” Earle Powell, 91, of Abilene passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest. Lee Powell is survived by his wife, Carroll Reiley March Powell of 68 years, and four children and their spouses:...

Tom Harvey

Tom Harvey

Oct 31, 2014

Tom Harvey, 74, of Potosi, Texas passed away on October 31st, 2014 in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held on November 15th, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Rev. Charles Dunnam of Potosi United Methodist Church officiating. Tom was born in Kenton, Ohio to Madeline and...

Evelyn Monroe

Evelyn Monroe

Oct 31, 2014

Evelyn Monroe, 85, passed away on Friday, October 31, 2014 in Abilene. The family will receive friends at a visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, November 3, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 4, at Wylie Baptist Church with Rev. Donny Harbers and Rev....

Billy D. Boren

Billy D. Boren

Oct 26, 2014

Dr. Billy D. Boren, PhD, age 68, of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Abilene Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. As Bill requested, a formal funeral service was not held, but several friends and family did attend his burial at Monahans Memorial Cemetery in Monahans, TX on Wednesday, October 29. Services were directed by The...

Ray Overbey

Ray Overbey

Oct 24, 2014

Ray Overbey, 59, passed away on October 24th, 2014, in Abilene, TX. Ray Overbey was born in Childress, TX on November 7th, 1954. He graduated from Childress High School. He received his undergraduate degree from McMurry University, and obtained his MBA from Abilene Christian University. Ray married Shelley Overbey on September 12th, 1997, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ray primarily worked...

Roger Dale Chittum

Roger Dale Chittum

Oct 24, 2014

Roger Dale Chittum, 64, passed away Friday, October 24, 2014 in Abilene, Texas. He was born to the late G.J. Chittum and Sadie Whitehurst Chittum O’Bar on April 19, 1950. Roger attended Hawley Schools. He married Marilyn K. O’Kelley on March 29, 1968 in Abilene, Texas. They recently celebrated their 46th anniversary. Roger spent his entire life around cars and...

Hubert Scott Hays

Hubert Scott Hays

Oct 22, 2014

One of God’s faithful servants was called home on October 22, 2014. Hubert S. Hays died at Hendrick Hospice Care after a two-week hospital stay. Hubert was born on January 9, 1932 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Hubert S. Hays and Willie Mae Hooper Hays. His childhood years were spent in Abilene and Dallas, and he graduated from Abilene High...