Obituaries
L.D. Hilton
May 13, 2014
L.D. “Bill” Hilton, 88, passed away May 13, 2014, in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held at Hillcrest Church of Christ on Friday, May 16, at 10:30 a.m., with burial at 2:00 p.m. at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at 7457 West Lake Road in Abilene. Visitation with the family will be 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the church...
Marieta Faye Henry
May 11, 2014
Marieta Faye Henry, 77, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014 at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. A Rosary will be held at 1:00 pm, followed by funeral services at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Father Sam Matthiesen will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial...
Larry Lane Grice
May 10, 2014
Larry Lane Grice, 76, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Hendrick Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Holy Family Catholic Church. A graveside service will be held later that day at 2:30 pm at Wolf Valley Cemetery near May, Texas. Father Fred Nawarskas will...
Bryan Lloyd Grow
May 10, 2014
2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Bryan Loyd Grow, 56, of Abilene, Texas was called Home by Jesus on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas after a long courageous battle with liver cancer and liver disease. Graveside services will...
Mary Kessner Pagura
May 9, 2014
Mary Kessner Pagura, 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 9, 2014. Mary was in the arms of her baby girl and surrounded by the love of many friends when Jesus called her home. A celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, May 16, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral...
St. Clair Ziegler
May 8, 2014
St. Clair Whitten Ziegler peacefully passed away at her home on May 8, 2014. She was gifted with the ability to connect with those blessed to have crossed her path via funny stories, an infectious smile, zest for life and just knowing the right thing to say when you needed a kind word or life lesson. She has touched so...
Johnny Flo Moutray
May 6, 2014
Johnny Flo Moutray, 83, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. The daughter of Della (Higginbotham) and George Riley Wragg, she was born on March 3, 1931 in Abilene, Texas. A lifelong resident of Abilene, she graduated from both Abilene High School and Hardin-Simmons University. On August 11, 1951 in Abilene, Johnny Flo married Waldo Wentworth...
Dorothy Dee Spykes
May 1, 2014
Dorothy Spykes, 91, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, May 1st, 2014. The funeral service will be Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Dr. Don Greenway officiating. Interment will be Monday, May 5, at 11:30 a.m. in Forest Grove Cemetery in Telephone, Texas. Born in Telephone, Texas on...
J.T. Poorman
May 1, 2014
A memorial service for Joseph Thomas “Tony or J.T.” Poorman, 79, of Abilene will be at 4:00 pm, Saturday, May 10th, 2014 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with Rev. Amy Feltz officiating. J.T. passed away Thursday, May 1st at Abilene Regional Hospital. He was born December 16, 1934 in Abilene Texas. Local arrangements were made by The Hamil Family Funeral...
Wayne Burt
May 1, 2014
Some day the silver cord will break, And I no more as now shall sing; But, O the joy when I shall wake Within the presence of the King! And I shall see Him face to face, And tell the story, saved by grace: And I shall see Him face to face, And tell the story, saved by grace. Wayne...
Jane Roberts
Apr 30, 2014
Jane (Spears) Roberts "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who ask receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8 Jane (Spears) Roberts of Abilene, Texas, passed away on April 30, 2014, surrounded by...
Sybil Strickland
Apr 29, 2014
Sybil “Nina” Strickland, born July 12, 1920, left this world a much better place. She died on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, of congestive heart failure. Always thoughtful and caring of others, she held many positions of leadership in the 78 years she lived in Abilene. Graduating from Abilene High in 1937, she earned a BA from Hardin Simmons University in...
Marshall D. Turnbull
Apr 29, 2014
Dr. Marshall D. Turnbull, 92, of Abilene passed away peacefully Tuesday night, April 29, 2014. The family will receive friends at a visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 2, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A graveside service for family and friends will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 3, in Elliott-Hamil Garden of...
John Walton Long
Apr 25, 2014
John Walton Long passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014. John was a longtime resident of the community, a loving husband and father, and a friend to many. John was born in Abilene on November 13, 1924. He grew up just outside Abilene, attending Wylie Schools. John enlisted in the Army at age 18 and served in Europe during World...
Robert Walter Davis
Apr 25, 2014
Bob Davis, 73, of Abilene, passed away Friday, April 25, 2014 after a long and hard fought battle with cancer. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Monday, April 28, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow at Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00...
Donald Jack Leonard
Apr 25, 2014
Jack Leonard, 78, of Abilene, passed away in the early morning of April 25, 2014 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 3pm to 5pm on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home on Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11am, Monday, April 28, 2014 at the Wylie United Methodist Church...
Maxine Day
Apr 24, 2014
Maxine Day, 79, died Thursday, April 24, 2014, at an Abilene medical center. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene.
Milton Charlie Cranfill
Apr 21, 2014
Milton Charles (MC) Cranfill, 95, of Abilene , TX, went peacefully to be with His Lord on April 21, 2014 in Abilene, TX. Funeral service will be held at the Southern Hills Church of Christ chapel on Wednesday, April 23 at 11:00 a.m. Jesse Stroup of Dallas, TX will be officiating, assisted by Richard Melton and David Cranfill. Visitation will...
Vera N. Harless
Apr 21, 2014
Vera N. Harless passed away Monday, April 21, 2014 at home surrounded by her family. She was born on February 23, 1927 in Scurry County, Texas. Family visitation will be Tuesday, April 22, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Graveside services will be Wednesday, April 23, at 10:00 a.m....