Obituaries
Mary Frances Gilbreth
Dec 25, 2013
Mary Frances Gilbreth, 68, passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2013, after a long and painful battle with cancer. The daughter of Willene (Selby) and Henry Clay Pounds, she was born on July 25, 1945, in Crossville, Tennessee. She was a loving and dedicated wife, mother and grandmother to Christina Takett and Aidan Foreman. Her journeys in life brought great...
Sarah Ann Paul
Dec 24, 2013
Sarah Ann Paul, 77, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at Mesa Springs Nursing Home in Abilene, Texas. Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 24, 1936, she was the daughter of Bernice (Johnson) and Gordon Witherspoon. She was a longtime resident of Abilene, where she attended public schools and graduated from Abilene High School in 1954. She married William A....
James Henderson Strain
Dec 22, 2013
James Henderson Strain, 83, passed away at home after a brief bout with cancer on Sunday, December 22, 2013. A memorial service will be held Friday, December 27, at 11:00 a.m. at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1741 Sayles Blvd., Abilene, Texas. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. James was born to...
Janet Sue Crockett
Dec 19, 2013
Janet Vidas Crockett, 66, of Abilene, died Thursday, December 19, 2013 at her residence. She fought a courageous battle with ALS and passed peacefully into her saviors arms with her husband and son by her side. Born in Oak Park, Illinois on July 4, 1947, Janet was the daughter of Marie (Robbins) and William Charles Vidas. She was an avid...
Dalton Pickard Johnson
Dec 19, 2013
Dalton P. Johnson, 82, died Thursday, December 19, 2013 at Abilene Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. The son of Lucille (Blanks) and Herschel E. Johnson, Dalton was born on February 6, 1931 in Caps, Texas. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. Dalton was a farmer and rancher, and superintendent for Shifflet Brother’s Construction. He also taught...
Thelma Rees
Dec 16, 2013
Thelma Rees, 96, died Monday, December 16, 2013 at an Abilene nursing home. Born in Big Spring, Texas on October 2, 1917, she was the daughter of Dossie (Allen) and Walter Allen King. She was a 1935 graduate of Westbrook High School and married Samuel Kesten Rees on December 22, 1939 in Westbrook, Texas. Mrs. Rees was a seamstress at...
Muriel Davis
Dec 14, 2013
Muriel H. Davis, 94 of Abilene, TX passed away on December 14, 2013 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held 2:00 pm December 18 at Royal Estates of Abilene with Randy Reese of Beltway Park Baptist Church officiating. Her body will be cremated. The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road is handling arrangements. Muriel H. Davis was...
Rosemary P. Thomas
Dec 14, 2013
Rev. Rosemary P. (Roz) Thomas Rev. Roz Thomas, age 68, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at her home in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M., on Saturday, December 21, 2013, at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal, 602 Meander in Abilene, followed by inurnment in the Columbarium at the Church....
Delbert 'Del' Cheek
Dec 12, 2013
Delbert “Del” Cheek, 75, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, December 15, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 16, in Elmwood Memorial...
Norma Scott McCommas Smith
Dec 12, 2013
Norma Scott McCommas Smith died December 12, 2013 at her home in Abilene, Texas. Memorial services and reception will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the First Christian Church in Abilene with Dr. Don Wilson presiding, under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene. Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 PM,...
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...
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