Obituaries
Ora Gertrude Vanderhider
Sep 19, 2011
Ora Gertrude Vanderhider, 97, of Abilene, passed away Monday, September 19, 2011. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, September 22, 2011 in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Liberty, Texas; directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Gertrude was born January 17, 1914 in Bryan, Texas. She was one of twelve children in her...
Donna Irene Jay
Sep 19, 2011
Donna Irene Muffett Jay,78, of Abilene, passed away Monday, September 19, 2011 at a local hospital. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, September 20 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A second visitation will be held on Wednesday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Higginbotham Funeral Home, 219 West...
Charles David Grissom
Sep 19, 2011
Charles David Grissom, 74, died Monday, September 19, 2011 in Abilene, Texas. Private family graveside rites will be held under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Survivors include two sons, one daughter, one daughter-in-law, one son-in-law, one sister, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and two nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial...
Minnie Ola Fortson
Sep 16, 2011
Minnie Ola Fortson, 94, of Abilene, passed away Friday, September 16, 2011. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Tuesday, September 20 at Grace Baptist Church. Pastor Chuck Reynolds will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00 pm in the Cedar Point Cemetery in Brown County. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Monday, September 19...
Robert Harry Johnson
Sep 9, 2011
Robert Harry "Bob" Johnson, 89, of Abilene, died Friday, September 9, 2011 at his residence. Born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on June 16, 1922, Bob was the son of Mary Harriet (Hancock) and Harry Ivar Johnson. He served in the U.S. Air Force for over 21 years. He was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean Conflict,...
Ted Newberry
Sep 9, 2011
Ted Newberry, 84, of Austin, TX, was called by the Lord on September 9, 2011, to join his beloved wife, Joan. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 PM, Wednesday, September 14, at the First Central Presbyterian Church, 400 Orange Street in Abilene, with Dr. Clifford Stewart officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road....
Billy Don Riddle
Sep 9, 2011
Billy Don Riddle, 84, died Friday, September 9, 2011, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Abilene, Texas on November 6, 1926, Don was the son of Sibyl Gladys (Erwin) and John Ervin Riddle. He graduated from Abilene High School in 1944, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Oklahoma University. Mr. Riddle first worked for 26...
John Lockett Shelton
Sep 8, 2011
John Lockett Shelton, Jr., of Abilene, Texas, passed away on September 8, 2011. A memorial service will held at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal, 602 Meander Street, Abilene, at one o'clock p.m. on Saturday, September 10. Family and friends will gather in the church's Parish Hall following the service. Arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral...
Andrew Rudy Silva
Sep 8, 2011
Andrew Rudy Silva, 55, of Abilene, died Thursday, September 8, 2011 in Belen, New Mexico. Born in Belen, New Mexico on January 15, 1956, he was the son of Beatriz (Jiron) and Gilbert Silva. He was a graduate of West Oso High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, and attended college for two years. He was an aircraft electrician in the...
Larry Don McKinney
Sep 7, 2011
Larry Don McKinney, 53, of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at North Park Baptist Church with Rev. Louis Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in the Abilene Municipal Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday at The Hamil...
John William Simpson
Sep 6, 2011
J.W. Simpson, 77, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at his home. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Thursday, September 8, 2011 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, September 9, in the chapel at First Baptist Church. Dr. Phil Christopher...
James Ellis Miller
Sep 5, 2011
James E. "Jim" Miller, 86, of Abilene, passed away Monday, September 5, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 pm on Friday, September 9, 2011 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Dr. Jeff Reid will officiate. Jim was born, January 20, 1925 to Estil and Edith (Johnson) Miller in Miller, West Virginia. He graduated...
Paula Perkins
Sep 3, 2011
Paula Perkins, age 54, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011 in Hendrick Hospital's hospice care at the side of her son, his loving companion, and their vigilant friend. Memorial services will be held at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, on Monday, Sept. 5, at 2:00 pm. Best known as Hawley Middle School's art teacher, Paula...
Lloyd Warren Skiles
Aug 31, 2011
Lloyd Warren Skiles, 81, a longtime resident of Abilene, died Wednesday, August 31, 2011 in Plano, Texas. Born in Cisco, Texas on January 14, 1930, Lloyd was the son of Hazel B. (Warren) and James Otis Skiles. He attended schools in Cisco and Big Spring, Texas. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army. A veteran of the Abilene Police...
Jean Downs Metcalf
Aug 30, 2011
Jean Downs Metcalf, 83, died Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at her residence in Abilene. Born in Coleman, Texas on May 18, 1928, Jean was the daughter of Ruth (Durham) and Jesse Smith. She lived in Abilene 30 years before moving to Olney, Texas, where she lived 20 years before returning to Abilene. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She...
George John Kappel
Aug 29, 2011
George John Kappel, 81, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Monday, August 29, 2011 in Abilene, Texas. The son of Julianna Laschitz and George Paul Kappel, George was born on November 24, 1929. Following graduation from high school, he immediately began his military service in the U. S. Marine Corps, serving in the Korean Conflict as a radio operator. He worked...
Mildred L. Fritsch
Aug 26, 2011
Mildred L. Fritsch, 88, of Abilene died Friday, August 26, 2011, at an Abilene medical center The daughter of Vora (Baltimore) and Ed Hinsley, Mildred was born on April 25, 1923 in Colorado City, Texas, where she graduated from high school. She married Werner Otto "W.O." Fritsch on March 29, 1941 in Sweetwater, Texas, and in 1960 moved from Sweetwater...
Timothy Van Thompson
Aug 25, 2011
Tim Thompson, 56, died Thursday, August 25, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Saturday, September 10, 2011 at the Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. Rev. David Cason will officiate. There is no scheduled visitation or burial service. Born in Ennis, Texas on August 4, 1955, Tim was...
Raymond L. Jones
Aug 25, 2011
Raymond L. Jones, 87, of Abilene died Thursday, August 25, 2011, in Dallas, Texas. Born in Tuscola, Texas on May 12, 1924, Raymond was the son of Ruth M. (Jones) and R.F. Jones. He was a 1943 graduate of Lubbock High School and attended Texas Tech University. He married Jane Wyatt in Sweetwater, Texas in 1949. Raymond worked with his...
Thelma Clemmer Brady Hall
Aug 18, 2011
Thelma Clemmer Brady Hall, 95, died Thursday, August 18, 2011, at Clyde Nursing Center. The daughter of Bessie Pearl (Moore) and Henry Ellis Clemmer, she was born on November 1, 1915 in Hamby, Texas. She attended school at Rock Hill and graduated from Cisco High School. In 1928 at the age of twelve, she was baptized in Dead Man Creek....
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