Obituaries
Helen Joan Lang
Nov 27, 2011
Joan Lang, 80, of Buffalo Gap, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2011 at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Joan was born July 13, 1931 in Abilene, Texas to George and...
Dwayne Marrs
Nov 26, 2011
Dwayne Marrs, 62, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 2:00 pm at Holy Family Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Dwayne was born October 17, 1949 in Hillsboro, Texas,...
E. Estell Holtman
Nov 25, 2011
Evelyn Estell Holtman, age 92, passed from this life on November 25, 2011 in Abilene. She was surrounded by her beloved family. Her long life was full of all the best that life offers, including close family and warm friendships. She was the 3rd of seven children born to Robert and Charlotte Owen. Estell was born February 11, 1919 in...
Sonoma Kathryn Sibley
Nov 23, 2011
Sonoma K. Rudman Sibley was born March 12, 1924 in Bristow, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Norman William Rudman and Sadie Brown Rudman Truby, deceased. She had one sister, Eunice Bell, deceased. Mrs. Sibley died on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at her home in Abilene, Texas. Sonoma attended public schools in Breckenridge, Texas where she lived at 1715 West...
Mildred West Winter
Nov 23, 2011
Mildred West Winter, 94, died Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at her daughter's home in San Antonio, TX after a long battle with cancer. She was born on November 2, 1917, at the Stith homeplace in Jones County. Her parents were M. E. West and Ollie Miller West. Mildred married Norman C. Winter on July 17, 1939, at the Leuders Baptist...
Mary Jane Busby
Nov 21, 2011
Mary Jane Slaughter Busby, 93, died Monday, November 21, 2011, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Fort Worth, Texas on November 23, 1917, she was the daughter of Marvel Lillian (Ferguson) and Claude Austin Slaughter. A resident of Abilene most of her life, she graduated from Abilene High School before attending college. Mary Jane married Fred N. Busby on...
Norma Lee Mayben
Nov 21, 2011
Norma Lee Osborn Mayben, 82, died Monday, November 21, 2011, at her residence in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 22, in Muleshoe Memorial Park in Muleshoe, Texas, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Norma Lee Mayben was born August 27, 1929, in Clovis, NM to Jesse M. Osborn and...
Perry Brooks
Nov 14, 2011
Perry Brooks, 73, of Abilene, passed away Monday, November 14, 2011. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in the Oplin Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday at the funeral home. PB was born August...
Vaudine Jones
Nov 13, 2011
Vaudine "Deanie" Jones Vaudine "Deanie" Jones, 88, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 525 Beech Street. Dr. Eduardo Rivera will officiate. She will be entombed in the Mausoleum at Elmwood Memorial Park following the service....
Lynon Owens
Nov 13, 2011
On Sunday, November 13, 2011, Lynon Owens, age 89 of Abilene, Texas passed away to be with his Savior. Warren Lynon Owens was born on September 6, 1922 in Macon, Texas, son of Willie and Elizabeth Owens. He had two siblings, a brother, Ryle, and a sister, Flora. His father passed away when Lynon was 15. He helped his mom...
Frances Sealy Heslep
Nov 12, 2011
Frances Sealy Heslep, 78, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Hendrick Hospice Care. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, November 14, 2011 at the Putnam Cemetery. Rev. Price Mathieson and Chuck Hutchins will officiate. The family will receive friends from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, prior to the graveside service, at The Hamil Family...
SMSgt. James Martin Finn, Jr.
Nov 10, 2011
SMSgt. James Martin Finn, Jr., USAF (Ret.), 75, died Thursday, November 10, 2011, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 31, 1936, James was the son of Mary Ann (Caster) and James M. Finn, Sr. He graduated from high school in Rock Island, Illinois in 1956, followed by two years of college. On September 20, 1958,...
John F. Busby
Nov 9, 2011
John F. Busby, 72, died Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at an Abilene medical center. Born in San Antonio, Texas on February 18, 1939, John was the son of Lila (Smith) and E. K. Busby. He graduated from Abilene High School and Hardin-Simmons University where he was in the US Army ROTC program. Following graduation, John served in the US Army...
John Marvin Crowe
Nov 7, 2011
After a seven year battle fighting idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, John Marvin Crowe, Jr. passed away on November 7, 2011. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 10, 2011 in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Abilene at 2:00 pm. Dr. Phil Christopher will officiate. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
Peggy Joyce Stephens
Nov 5, 2011
Peggy Joyce Stephens, 80, died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at her home in Abilene, Texas. Born in Lockhart, Texas on February 16, 1931, she was the daughter of Margaret Louise (Hall) and Wilson Cunningham Thompson. She was a homemaker and a Baptist, having been the wife of a Baptist minister. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Merle...
Gene Rodgers
Oct 31, 2011
Gene Rodgers, 83, of Abilene, died, Monday, October 31, 2011 at a local nursing center. The son of Sue Ann (Ott) and Harry Harrison Rodgers, Gene was born on April 29, 1928 in Coleman County, Texas. In 1959, Gene moved from Spur, Texas to Anson, Texas. He was a longtime building contractor in the Big County area. He opened the...
Oscar Ray Fanning
Oct 28, 2011
Many have lost a friend, the community has lost a citizen, the church has lost a member, our family has lost a loved one, but our loss was heaven's gain when God welcomed into his presence, Oscar Ray Fanning on Friday morning, October 28, 2011. Born November 12, 1928 in Justin, Texas, he was the son of John Oscar and...
Dorothy Webb Watson
Oct 26, 2011
Dorothy Webb Watson, 90, of Abilene died Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at a local medical center. Born in Roaring Springs, Texas on October 29, 1920, she was the daughter of Annie Bert (Marshall) and Stacey Marvin Webb. Dorothy was a homemaker and a farmer in Roaring Springs before moving to Cisco, Texas. She lived in Cisco ten years before relocating...
Cleta Mae Tarver
Oct 25, 2011
Cleta M. Tarver, 80, died Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Windcrest Alzheimers Care Center in Abilene. Born in Albany, Texas on November 17, 1930, she was the daughter of Mae (Tidwell) and Truman Perry "T.P." Weeks. She grew up and attended school in Noodle, and after graduating from high school moved to Abilene in 1951. She started working for Southwestern...
Joyce Drummond Berry
Oct 24, 2011
Joyce Drummond Berry, 85, died Monday, October 24, 2011 in Snellville, Georgia. Services for Joyce will be held on Friday, October 28, at the View Baptist Church in View, Texas, at 10 a.m. Officiating the services will be Richard Petree and Greg Rake. Burial will be in Drummond Cemetery in View directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo...
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