Obituaries
Clark Beasley
Jun 24, 2012
Clark Wayne Beasley was born June 6, 1942 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Laura Mae and Keith Paul Beasley. He died Sunday night, June 24, 2012 at a local health center. He earned his B.S. in Biology from Kansas State College of Pittsburg and his PhD in Zoology from the University of Oklahoma. He taught at McMurry University from August 1969...
Evelyn M. Newquist
Jun 21, 2012
Evelyn Newquist, 89, died Thursday, June 21, 2012, at an Abilene nursing center. Local arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Services are pending with Thompson Funeral Home in Ridgway, Pennsylvania.
Leola M. Williams
Jun 20, 2012
Leola M. Williams, 100, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at an Abilene nursing center. Born in Winters, Texas on May 25, 1912, she was the daughter of Alice Matilda (Nixon) and Ernest Clyde "E.C." Collinsworth. Leola worked as a LVN at Hendrick Medical Center as well as doing private duty nursing. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Leola...
Brandy Michelle Norman Ramos
Jun 19, 2012
Brandy Michelle Ramos, 36 of Abilene, passed away on June 19, 2012 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 Friday, June 22nd at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday June 23rd at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with Tracy Moore officiating. Burial...
Mildred Mae Pearson
Jun 12, 2012
Mildred Mae Pearson, 87, of Abilene, Texas passed away on Tuesday, June 12 after a brief illness. A memorial service will be at 10:00 am, Friday, June 15, in the chapel at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Mildred and her husband, Orrin Pearson, made their home in Abilene, Texas in 2006. Their early years were spent...
Valla Chapman
Jun 12, 2012
Valla Gertrude Chapman, 100, of Austin, Texas, passed away in Abilene, Texas, on June 12, 2012. Visitation will be at The Hamil Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, in Abilene, Friday, June 15, 2012, 5:30 to 7:00. Graveside services will be held in Austin at 11:00 AM Monday, June 18, 2012, at Austin Memorial Park Cemetery with Terrell Hough and...
Joe David Bryan
Jun 12, 2012
Joe Bryan Joe Bryan, 64, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at a local hospital. Born in Abilene, Texas on August 8, 1947, Joe was the son of Frances (Hester) and I. G. Bryan, Jr. He was a U. S. Army veteran of Vietnam. For 27 years, Joe lived in Tahoka, Texas, having been a building contractor, city...
Glendel L. Bruce
Jun 11, 2012
Glendel L. Bruce, 78 passed away June 11, 2012 at his home in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning at Hwy 36, Church of Christ, Abilene, Texas officiated by Terry Chrane. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park facilitated by The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 - 7:00...
J. D. Parker
Jun 10, 2012
Joseph Dwayne "J.D." Parker, 73, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, June 10, 2012 at a local hospital. Graveside services will be held today, Tuesday, June 12, at 3:00 pm at Elmwood Memorial Park with Tony Grisham officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. J.D. was born in Marshall, Texas on February...
David Alvin Bedford
Jun 8, 2012
David (Grandad) Bedford entered heaven on Friday evening. A celebration service for his life will be held on Monday afternoon at First United Methodist Church, 1318 South 2nd, Abilene, Texas, at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. David Black officiating. David Alvin Bedford was born on September 3, 1930, in Winters, Texas. He was the last child born to father Fred...
Michael Lee O'Brien
Jun 7, 2012
Michael Lee "Mike" O'Brien, 41, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012 from an ATV accident near Basin, Montana. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Burkett Cemetery in Burkett, Texas. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road....
Dale Prince
Jun 7, 2012
Dale "Red" Prince, 86, died Thursday, June 7, 2012, at an Abilene nursing center. The son of Ida Mae (Sweringen) and Herbert Dale Prince, Dale was born on October 3, 1925 in Stamford, Texas. During World War II, he could not serve in the military because of a disability, but he worked at Lockheed in Fort Worth, Texas "building planes...
Karla Sue Meador
Jun 4, 2012
Karla Sue Meador (1953-2012) Karla "Lala" Meador died on Monday, June 4, 2012 of small cell lung cancer under Hospice care at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Karla was 58 years old. Born in Abilene, Texas on September 27, 1953 Karla Sue Simpson was the third of four children born to Joe Simpson and Ora Louise Hawkins Simpson. Karla...
Nina Ray Hobbs
Jun 3, 2012
Nina Ray Hobbs, 77, of Fort Worth, died Sunday, June 3, 2012. The graveside service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, in Buffalo Gap Cemetery, on FM 89, west of Buffalo Gap, Texas, directed by the The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Nina was born in San Angelo, Texas, on May 23,...
Linda Kay Holt
Jun 3, 2012
Linda Kay Wistl Holt of Abilene passed away on June 3, 2012 at her home. A Celebration of Life remembrance will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at North Park Baptist Church in the fellowship hall, located at 1525 Anson Ave, Abilene, Texas. Arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...
Bufford Wayland Burns
May 30, 2012
Bufford Wayland "Bo" Burns, 77, passed from this life peacefully on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in his home in Abilene with his wife, Verna Burns and his son, John Jay Burns, at his bedside. He was ready to go home to his new mansion in Heaven and meet his Lord and loved ones who had gone before him. Bufford was...
Jonya Lea Schuman
May 28, 2012
Jonya Schuman, 42, of Tye, passed away Monday, May 28, 2012 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday at the River of Life Church. Graveside services will be on Thursday, May 31 at 2:00 pm at the Lake Chapel Cemetery in Fairfield, Texas. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home,...
Johnny Clinton Newton
May 25, 2012
Johnny Clinton Newton, 73, died Friday, May 25, 2012, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Abilene, Texas on November 17, 1938, he was the son of Sue (Reynolds) and Luther Norman Newton. He was a lifelong resident of Abilene, where he married Cathy Loretta Fortune on December 17, 1976. Johnny was a glazer and sales representative for Binswanger Glass...
Loella McDonald
May 21, 2012
Loella McDonald, 90, of Abilene, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012 at Coronado Nursing Center. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the First Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Garland Wallace will officiate. Burial will follow in the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Wednesday at...
Arlyene McCurdy
May 21, 2012
Arlyene McCurdy, 93, died Monday, May 21, 2012 in Hendrick Medical Center Hospice Care in Abilene. Arlyene was born to James A. and Bell LeMaster Stout on April 10, 1919, at their home in Brinkman, Oklahoma. The youngest of ten children, she was always playful, fun-loving, and the delight of her older brothers and sisters who would have said she...
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