Obituaries
James W. Best
Dec 10, 2013
James W. “Jim” Best, 79, of Abilene, TX, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, December 10, 2013. Jim passed away at his home surrounded by his family after battling cancer for six months. Visitation will be on Thursday, December 12, from 6:00-8:00pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Services will be 2:00 p.m....
Donnie Da Butler
Dec 10, 2013
Donnie Da Butler, 71, died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at an Abilene medical center. The family will receive friends at a visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, December 14, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. The daughter of the late Zena Da (McMeans) and Nelson Franklin Donahoo, Donnie was born on October 17,...
Paul Michael Glorioso
Dec 8, 2013
Our precious Son, Brother, Uncle and Friend, Paul Michael Glorioso, 23, of Abilene, Texas went to be with our Lord and Savior, to dance with the angels in the presence of Jesus, on Sunday, December 8, 2013 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Beltway Park Baptist Church with Robert Graven...
Betty Lou Miller Giddens
Dec 7, 2013
Betty Lou Miller Giddens, 74, of Clyde, TX, died in Abilene December 7, 2013 at a local hospital. Memorial services are planned for Friday, December 13, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Abilene, with the Rev. Felicia Hopkins officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Betty was...
Theresa Mizui Balmas
Dec 1, 2013
Theresa Mizui Balmas Copperas Cove Theresa passed away on the evening of December 1, 2013. Theresa was being visited and comforted by family members at The Mission at Mesa Springs nursing facility in Abilene, Texas. She was 90 years old. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Copperas Cove,...
Maureen Priestner
Nov 28, 2013
Maureen Priestner of Abilene passed away on November 28, 2013, after a courageous battle with leukemia. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 3, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with a prayer service to follow at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December...
Zack Stockton
Nov 28, 2013
Zack Stockton, 94, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013 at Royal Estates in Abilene. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, December 5, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 6, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Clifford...
James Anderson
Nov 27, 2013
James L. “Andy” Anderson, 76, died Wednesday, November 27, 2013, in Abilene following a long illness. He was born in Abilene, Texas, June 1, 1937 to parents Lloyd A. and Mary Louise Anderson. He graduated from Abilene High School in 1955, and attended the University of Texas in Austin, graduating with a degree in business. While at the University he...
Ann Lee Barr
Nov 26, 2013
Ann Lee Barr, 80, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2013, in Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal in Abilene, with Rev. Luke Back officiating. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are...
Gloria Swanson Sitton
Nov 24, 2013
Gloria Pace Sitton passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Hendrick Medical Center. A private family burial service will be held on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, followed by a memorial service at 1:30 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Phil Sitton will officiate. Gloria was born in Laurel, Mississippi on July 23, 1930 to...
Cecil H. Blackburn
Nov 20, 2013
Cecil Blackburn, cherished dad, granddad and great granddad, passed away on November 20, 2013 at the age of 100. He was always happy, never met a stranger and was loved by all. Cecil was born in Elmdale on May 25, 1913 to George Harrison and Annie Blackburn. He was the oldest of six with three brothers and two sisters. He...
Henry Hill McGinty
Nov 11, 2013
Henry H. McGinty, 94, former Boy Scout Executive and Administrative Assistant at Abilene State School died at Hendrick Medical Center on Monday, November 11, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 15, at St. Paul United Methodist Church with Rev. Felicia Hopkins and Rev. Bill Libby officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park directed...
Pauline Hill
Nov 11, 2013
Pauline Hill, of Abilene and, formerly, Grand Prairie, Texas, died on Monday, November 11, 2013 at the age of 81. She was born September 19, 1932 in Burns City, Texas in Cooke County to Hilda and Otis Cason. She attended Cooke County schools, graduating from Collinsville High School in 1950. In 1953, she concluded her education at the University of...
Barbara Pitman
Nov 7, 2013
Barbara J. “Bobbie” Pitman, 72, died Thursday, November 7, 2013 at her residence in Abilene, Texas. Born in Vernal, Utah on September 25, 1941, Bobbie was the daughter of Molly (Clements) and Charles Hossack. After her marriage to Lowell “Bud” Pitman, the couple was stationed at various places during his 20-year career in the U. S Air Force. After his...
Mike Wheeler
Nov 6, 2013
Mike “Coach” Wheeler, 71, was released from the shackles of Alzheimer’s disease on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at Windcrest Alzheimer’s Care Center in Abilene. Mike, a fifth generation Texan, was born February 26, 1942 in Vernon, Texas to Guy H. Wheeler, Jr. and Elouise Carver Wheeler. Mike grew up in Menard, Texas, where his father was a football coach and...
Clyde Ray Landers
Nov 6, 2013
Clyde Ray Landers Clyde Ray Landers went to meet his Maker, Lord, and Savior, November 6, 2013, while a resident in Wesley Court in Abilene, Texas. Ray was born April 16, 1921, to Clyde Russell Landers and Ethyl Butts Landers in Post, Texas. Following his graduation from Abilene High School, he moved to El Paso, TX to work for the...
Helen Louise Lambert
Nov 4, 2013
Helen Louise Lambert, 85, of Abilene, Texas, passed away November 4, 2013 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Wednesday, November 6, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Funeral service will be held at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, Thursday, November 7, at 10:00 a.m. with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating....
Betty Fink
Nov 3, 2013
Betty Fink, 82, of Abilene, passed away November 3, 2013 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Woodard officiating. Burial will follow in Elliott-Hamil...
James Allen Stovall
Nov 3, 2013
James Allen Stovall, 79, died Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. James was born January 18, 1934 in Dallas, Texas to Jesse James Stovall and Fannie Gaston Stovall, both deceased. James graduated in 1951 from Crozier Technical High School in Dallas, where he studied printing, was a member of National Honor Society and the All...
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