Obituaries
William Lonnie Lofton
Apr 2, 2014
William "Will" Lofton, 39, died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at an Abilene medical center. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rev. Donny Harbers will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on...
Charles Ray Gober
Mar 30, 2014
Charles Ray Gober, of Tye, TX passed away Sunday, March 30, 2014 in an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born on April 22, 1935 in Comanche County, TX to parents James Fishel Gober and Minnie Odessal Jackson Gober. Charles Ray moved to the Abilene area in 1955 and worked 44 years in the Maintenance Department of the Abilene Independent School...
Billie Howell Peacock
Mar 29, 2014
Billie Peacock, 88, of Abilene, Texas passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 11:30 am in the East View Cemetery in Vernon. Billie was born in Seymour, Texas to Jack Howell and Nettie Gough Howell on October 24, 1925. She attended Texas A&M University. Billie was...
Manton Reid
Mar 26, 2014
Manton Reid, 85, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas following an accident while working cows. Born in Oplin, Texas on July 19, 1928, he was the son of Lela (Armor) and Walter Reid. He married Ida Pearl Lilly on February 17, 1956 at her family home in Shep, Texas. He first worked for Burton...
Walter O. King
Mar 26, 2014
Walter O. King, 87, of Abilene died Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Walter was born in Stamford, Texas on August 29, 1926, to Walter Oral King and Margery Kilpatrick King. The family moved to Abilene in the Spring of 1936. He was a graduate of Abilene High School and attended McMurry College. Walt worked hard all of his life and began...
Judith Kay Newton
Mar 22, 2014
Judith Kay Newton, 72, of Abilene, died Saturday, March 22, 2014 in Oklahoma City, OK. Born in Paris, Texas on January 12, 1942, Kay was the daughter of Sylvia Juanita (Griffin) and Jewell Knox McMillan. She married William Clinton Newton on April 11, 1964 in Wylie. She was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church in Abilene....
Nada Rose Sellers
Mar 22, 2014
Nada Sellers, 80, of Abilene passed away on March 22, 2014 in Abilene. Viewing will be Monday, March 24, and Tuesday, March 25, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. There will be a guest book to sign. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Potosi Cemetery with Rev....
Patsy Whittington Crenshaw
Mar 21, 2014
Patsy Crenshaw, 83, died Friday, March 21, 2014 at her residence in Abilene, Texas. Born in Pampa, Texas on November 11, 1930, Patsy was the daughter of Juanita (Reed) and Shannon M. Whittington. She was a 1948 graduate of Big Spring High School. She worked for First National Bank in Big Spring, Texas, and First National Bank in Abilene. Patsy...
Maureen Holton
Mar 21, 2014
Maureen Holton, 77, died Friday, March 21, 2014 at an Abilene medical center. No services are scheduled. She will be cremated. Arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene.
Lavena Cheek
Mar 19, 2014
Eula Lavena Cheek, 81, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014 in Abilene, Texas at her residence. Born in Shamrock, Texas on July 23, 1932, Lavena was the daughter of Addie Walton (Montgomery) and Grover Cleveland Ballow. She was a 1949 graduate of Athens High School. Lavena retired as County Tax Collector after a 26-year career with Taylor County, Texas. Her parents;...
Kelley Clarence Cross
Mar 19, 2014
Kelley Clarence Cross, 88, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Windcrest Alzheimer’s Care Center in Abilene, Texas. Born in Coleman, Texas on November 1, 1925, Kelley was the son of D. A. and Della (Lynch) Cross. He served in the U.S. Army. Most of his life he lived in Abilene, where for 47 years he worked for the City of...
Ora Torres
Mar 14, 2014
Ora Torres, 83, of Abilene died Friday, March 14, 2014, at an Abilene medical center. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 17th at the Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Father Sam Matthiesen officiating. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memorial Park in Early at 2:00 p.m. under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home. The family...
Bobby Campbell
Mar 12, 2014
Bobby Campbell Robert Lynn “Bobby” Campbell, 66, died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at an Abilene care center. Born in Merkel, Texas on May 20, 1947, Bobby was the son of the late Nancile (Hogan) and Robert Lee Campbell. He was a 1965 graduate of Noodle High School and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Hardin-Simmons University. He was a...
Alton Lee Irvin
Mar 10, 2014
Alton Lee Irvin, 89, departed this life on Monday, March 10, 2014 in Abilene, Texas. Born June 4, 1924 in Haskell County, Texas, Mr. Irvin was the son of Gaines C. Irvin and Lee Ella (Price) Irvin. Reared in Haskell County, Texas, Mr. Irvin graduated from Haskell High School in 1942. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps during World...
Malcolm Cochran Schulz
Mar 8, 2014
Malcolm C. Schulz, 88, beloved father and friend, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014, surrounded by his family. He was born in Dallas to Henry and Irma Schulz on March 20, 1925. The family moved to Abilene in 1937. Malcolm enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and served in Central America from 1942 – 1945. It was there that...
Reba Leonora Rude
Mar 6, 2014
Reba Leonora Rude, 93, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Matilda Adeline (Poe) and Clarence Herbert May, she was born on March 14, 1920 in Bell County, Texas and graduated from Moody High School. Reba married William “Bill” Curgie Rude on September 27, 1939 in Temple, Texas. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother....
Garnet Elizabeth Weaver
Mar 3, 2014
Garnet Elizabeth (Newton) Weaver Garnet Elizabeth (Newton) Weaver, 93, of Abilene, Texas passed away March 3, 2014. Visitation with family will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 6 at Wesley Court Retirement Community. Burial will be 12 noon, Friday, March 7 at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, followed by a Memorial Service at 2 p.m. at Wesley Court Retirement Community....
Samuel Louis Cochran
Feb 28, 2014
Samuel (Sam) L. Cochran, 64, of Abilene, went to be with his Lord on Friday, February 28, 2014. Viewing will be 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Monday, March 3, 2014 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm, on Tuesday, March 4 at the Buffalo Gap Church of Christ, in...
Bernie L. Strickland
Feb 27, 2014
Bernie L. Strickland, 56, died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at an Abilene medical center. The son of Billie I. (Raughton) and Walter V. Strickland, he was born on November 17, 1957 in Abilene, Texas. After graduating in 1976 from Wylie High School, he attended both Cisco Junior College and McMurry University. Since 1984, Bernie had been a sales representative for...
Herman R. Treadwell
Feb 27, 2014
Herman R. Treadwell, 95, of Abilene died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Hendrick Medical Center. On September 22, 1918, Herman Treadwell was born in Jones County, Texas to Jess and Anne Treadwell. After high school in Hamlin, Texas, he attended Wayland Junior College for one year on a football scholarship. In 1941 he left Wayland when his National Guard unit...