Obituaries

Dixie Wooldridge Corthron

Dixie Wooldridge Corthron

Aug 22, 2014

Dixie Wooldridge Corthron, 66, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 22nd, 2014. Dixie was born on December 22, 1947 in Colorado City TX to Dan Kenebrew Wooldridge and Eula Elsie DeBusk. She grew up in Albany TX where her father was a rancher and she became a lover of the outdoors, especially shooting and fishing on the...

Mary Ellen Williams

Mary Ellen Williams

Aug 18, 2014

A little after 7:00 PM on Monday, August 18, 2014 our mother, Mary Ellen Harper Bollinger Williams was met at the gates of heaven by her mother and father, Lura and Minor Harper and her sister Louise Faye Harper Love. Jesus was there with his arms outstretched and welcomed home his favorite little nurse. She was greeted as she lived...

Ruth Ann Choate

Ruth Ann Choate

Aug 18, 2014

Putting pen to paper to describe the life and death of Ruth Ann Choate is a difficult task only because of a profound sense of loss, sadness and grief, but none of that was a part of her and who she was. Ruthie lived her life with beauty, dignity, grace, love and kindness, and so too did she pass from...

Hugh Kirby Bowie

Hugh Kirby Bowie

Aug 17, 2014

Hugh Bowie, 93, passed away at home in Christian Village of Abilene on Sunday, August 17, 2014. A memorial service will be held at Christian Village at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 with Charles Sheppard of University Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be at Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...

Betty Files

Betty Files

Aug 14, 2014

Betty Files, 78, of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2014 in Durango, Colorado. Visitation will be 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 19 at Southern Hills Church of Christ. Burial will follow at McBee Cemetery. Betty was born in...

Norma Jean Cole

Norma Jean Cole

Aug 14, 2014

Norma Jean Cole, 76, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, August 14, 2014, in Abilene, Texas. She was born on August 23, 1937 in Cisco, Texas. Norma loved to sing and listen to Southern Gospel music. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, August 16, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449...

Morgan Amanda Lee

Morgan Amanda Lee

Aug 13, 2014

Morgan Amanda Lee, 20, of Abilene died Wednesday, August 13, 2014 in Lubbock, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 18, at Beltway Park Baptist Church in Abilene with Pastor Geoffrey Turner officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. The daughter of Michele Renee (Rodriguez) and Stephen Craig Lee,...

Jerry Dub Carter

Jerry Dub Carter

Aug 12, 2014

Jerry Dub Carter, 68, passed away Tuesday, August 12th in Weslaco, TX surrounded by family. He was born September 30th, 1945 to Atha and RL Carter of Abilene. He was born and raised in Abilene, and attended and played football for Abilene High. He attended Grace Baptist Church where he met and began courting the love of his life Rebecca...

Donald Joseph MacKay

Donald Joseph MacKay

Aug 11, 2014

Donald Joseph MacKay, of Abilene, peacefully passed away from this life into internal life on August 11, 2014, after an 18 year battle with lung disease. He is finally united with the love of his life, Donna, his wife of 44 years. Don, known by his closest friends and family as “Pep”, was born in Laredo, Texas to James Martin...

Scott McGlasson Smith

Scott McGlasson Smith

Aug 8, 2014

Scott McGlasson Smith passed away Friday, August 8, 2014 at Hendrick Medical Center. He was 83. Born December 13, 1930 in El Dorado, Kansas, his parents were Bert Smith and Dorothea McGlasson Smith. He married Mona L. Coston in 1951 in Fort Worth, TX. Scott and his family moved to Abilene, where he attended South Junior High (later named Jefferson...

Jeffrey Glenn Brown

Jeffrey Glenn Brown

Aug 6, 2014

Jeffrey Glenn Brown, 56, of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at his home in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 5:00 – 7:00, Friday, August 8 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 Saturday, August 9 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Larry Tarver of...

Kenneth O. Killian

Kenneth O. Killian

Aug 5, 2014

K.O. Killian, 90, of Abilene died Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at Windcrest Alzheimer Care Center in Abilene. Born in Abilene, Texas on November 24, 1923, he was the son of Alzina (Oney) and Charlie C. Killian. He attended Abilene High School and served in the U. S. Navy. K.O. retired from Southwestern Bell and AT&T after a 30-year career. He...

Robert Owen Anthony

Robert Owen Anthony

Aug 4, 2014

Robert Owen Anthony, 84, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2014. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 pm on Thursday, August 7, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, August 8, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Chris McCurley of Oldham...

Leon Ravinowich

Leon Ravinowich

Jul 31, 2014

Leon Ravinowich, 92, of Poltava, Ukraine, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Abilene, Texas passed away on July 31, 2014 in Abilene, Texas. Leon went to be with the Lord on Thursday the 31st of July 2014. A Reception will be held at the Abilene Country Club on Sunday August 2nd 2014 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Leon was born May 16,...

Carl Woodall

Carl Woodall

Jul 29, 2014

Carl Woodall, 73, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014, in Abilene, Texas at Hendrick Medical Center. Born in Putnum County, Indiana on August 22, 1940, he was the son of Mary E. (Simpson) and Fred Woodall. Carl met the love of his life, Lois Robbins Woodall, in Syracuse, NY. They later married on October 1, 1963. She accompanied him around...

Roger Alan Smith

Roger Alan Smith

Jul 26, 2014

Roger Alan Smith, 84, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on July 26, 2014 in Weatherford, Texas. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, July 31, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, August 1, at Hillcrest Church of Christ Chapel with Terry Brown and...

Johnny E. Graham

Johnny E. Graham

Jul 24, 2014

Johnny E. Graham, 81, of Abilene, Texas passed away on Thursday, July 24, 2014 in Abilene. Visitation will be Saturday, July 26, 2014 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. A graveside service will be held at 11:00am, Monday, July 28, 2014 in Clyde Cemetery in Clyde, Texas with the Dr. Rodney Watson...

W. P. Hicks

W. P. Hicks

Jul 24, 2014

W.P. (Dub) Hicks W.P. (Dub) Hicks, 81, of Abilene, Texas, business owner and devoted husband, died in his home after an extended illness. A celebration of Dub’s life will be held at 1:00 pm, Saturday, August 2nd, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Dub was born in Abilene on November 11th, 1932 to Clarence...

Howard Walker

Howard Walker

Jul 21, 2014

Howard (H.O.) Walker Jr., age 93, of Abilene, passed from this life on July 21, 2014 surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held Friday July 25, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Billy Crim officiating. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held Thursday...

Leslie Martin Stratton

Leslie Martin Stratton

Jul 20, 2014

Leslie Martin Stratton, 49, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2014 in Abilene. Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 25, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Road with Rev. Msgr. Frederick Nawarskas and Deacon Jerry Schwalb officiating. The family will receive friends at a reception at the church immediately following the service. Arrangements are...