Obituaries
Daphine Poer Hays
Jul 26, 2012
Daphine Poer Hays, 89, of Abilene, passed away at home at Wesley Court on July 26, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, on Saturday, July 28, 2012. Roland Williams, Chaplain at Wesley Court, will conduct her service. Burial will take place at Elmwood Memorial Park following the service....
Loleta Treadwell
Jul 22, 2012
Loleta Treadwell, 90 years of age, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Sunday, July 22, in Abilene. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, at First Baptist Church Chapel in Abilene with the Dr. Phil Christopher of First Baptist officiating. Burial will follow at Hamlin Memorial Cemetery in Hamlin, Texas. Arrangements are by Hamil Family Funeral Home,...
Carolyn Robertson Lutz Wood
Jul 19, 2012
Carolyn Robertson Lutz Wood is now at rest after a lengthy illness. She died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at Wesley Court Retirement Community at the age of 86. Following a private burial on Wednesday, July 25, under the direction of Hamil Family Funeral Home, a memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. at First Central Presbyterian Church. The Rev....
Connie Martin
Jul 19, 2012
Connie Martin, 73, died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Fremont, Nebraska on November 22, 1938, Connie was the daughter of Katherine (Shelley) and Wayne Canaga. She married James Keither Martin on June 7, 1980 in Englewood, Colorado. Connie was a homemaker. She was a member of Grace Tabernacle in Abilene. Survivors include her husband,...
Perry O. Mullis
Jul 19, 2012
PaPerry completed his journey in this life on July 19, 2012. Graveside services will be Monday, July 23 at 10 a.m. at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 West Lake Rd. Visitation will be Sunday, July 22, at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. from 2 to 4 p.m. Perry was born March 29, 1934 in Santa...
Barry Engle
Jul 11, 2012
Barry Engle, 65, died Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Berkeley, California on April 22, 1947, he was the son of Effie Lucile (Ashworth) and Ira Donald Engle. Barry was a U S Army veteran of Vietnam. He worked for the Department of Navy as a pipefitter. In 2007, he moved from Florida to Abilene,...
Vera Maxine Black
Jul 8, 2012
Vera Maxine Nichols Black, 86, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2012 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday July 11, 2012 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Ed Jenkins and Weldon Gann will officiate. Burial will follow in the Stith Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to...
Donald Lee Wadsworth
Jul 7, 2012
Major Donald L. Wadsworth, USAF (Rtd.) Major Donald L. Wadsworth, USAF (Rtd.), passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 7, 2012 after a long battle with cancer. Don was born on April 4, 1934 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, the second son of Peter and Marcella Wadsworth. His family soon moved to Morgantown where Don grew up and went onto earn a...
James O. Ballard
Jul 6, 2012
James O. Ballard was born in Sulphur, Oklahoma on January 21, 1923 to Ola Mae Tinsley Ballard and Otis Vestal Ballard. His family included his older sister, Louise, and a younger brother, Perry. He grew up working in his father's grocery business, and lettered in football and wrestling in high school. He earned his Eagle Scout designation when he was...
Dolores Ellis
Jul 5, 2012
Dolores (Allison) Ellis, 84, passed away on July 5th, 2012 in her home in Dallas, Texas, following a long bout with leukemia. Dolores was born March 13, 1928 in Woodson, Texas in Throckmorton County to Darrell and Vava Allison. She was the middle sibling of the predeceased older sister Joyce Kennedy and younger brother Buck Allison. She was married to...
Ruth Key
Jul 2, 2012
Ruth Key Ruth Key, 95, formerly of Potosi, died Monday, July 2, 2012 in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Friday, July 6, 2012 at the Potosi Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Potosi Cemetery. Charles Dunnam will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 pm Thursday at The Hamil Family Funeral...
Barbara Howell Bray
Jul 2, 2012
Barbara Howell Bray died July 2, 2012 at Wisteria Nursing Center, 3202 South Willis St., Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, July 6, 2012 in the Chapel at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1741 Sayles Blvd., Abilene, Texas. Officiating will be Steve Brooks, pastor at Aldersgate United Methodist. Local arrangements are being made by...
Evelyn K. Danehower
Jun 29, 2012
Evelyn Barrington Kinniman Danehower passed away June 29, 2012 at Windcrest Alzheimer's Care Center after a brave battle with Alzheimer's. Born August 29, 1926, to Harry and Edith Kinniman, in Memphis, TN and raised in Forrest City, Arkansas, Evelyn was a true daughter of the south, growing up a neighbor to the Ozarks, with older sisters Mildred and Dorothy. It...
Cleve Evans
Jun 28, 2012
Cleve Evans, 74, died Thursday, June 28, 2012 at an Abilene medical center. The son of Martha Elizabeth (Watkins) and Henry Cleve Evans, he was born on May 6, 1938 in Memphis, Texas. He was a 1956 graduate of Memphis High School, and after graduating from Clarendon Junior College, he played semi-pro baseball. Cleve was a US Army veteran, having...
Jack Crenshaw
Jun 28, 2012
Jack Crenshaw, 86, of Abilene died Thursday, June 28, 2012. Born in Big Spring, Texas on September 3, 1925, he was the son of Ethel (Hamilton) and Willis W. Crenshaw. He was a 1942 graduate of Big Spring High School and attended Schreiner Institute and The University of Texas. Jack first worked for Pinkie's Package Stores in Big Spring before...
Russell Wayne Altman
Jun 26, 2012
Russell W. "Russ" Altman, 57, died on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. He was born on June 6, 1955, at Bolling AFB in Washington, D.C. Since his father was career military, he lived in several places until his dad retired in 1969 and moved to Abilene. Russ graduated from Abilene Christian High School, served four years in the...
Thomas Allan Woodward, MD
Jun 25, 2012
Col. Thomas A. Woodward, MD, U.S. Army (Ret.) - Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota on May 20, 1948; joined his Lord and Higher Power June 25, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. Tom was preceded in death by his mother and father, Mary Courtois DeBacker and William Sartell Woodward of St. Cloud, Minnesota. Tom is survived by his children, the pulse of...
Debra J. Strickland
Jun 25, 2012
Debra J. Strickland, 52, of Abilene, passed away Monday, June 25, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Mike Raughton will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday...
Carroll Emerson O'Kelley
Jun 25, 2012
Carroll Emerson O'Kelley, Sr. "C.E.", 93, of Abilene, passed away Monday, June 25, 2012 at a local hospital. Graveside services will be held at 9:00 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at Elmwood Memorial in the Garden of Faith section. Dr. Phil Christopher will officiate. There will be no public visitation. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family...
Orlando Antonio Hernandez
Jun 24, 2012
Orlando Antonio "Tony" Hernandez, 65, of Odessa, Texas passed away Sunday, June 24, 2012 in at a local. Born in Pecos, Texas on September 18, 1946, Tony was the son of Josefa Palianes Hernandez and Froto Ramos. He lived in Andrews, Texas prior to moving to Odessa twenty years ago. He worked in the oil field most of his life,...
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