Obituaries
Alvie Leroy McKee
Dec 12, 2010
Alvie "Al" Leroy McKee, 87, of Abilene, died Sunday December 12, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Dr. Jeff Reid will officiate, assisted by Brother Jack Ridlehoover. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends...
Patricia Ann Burleson
Dec 11, 2010
Patricia Ann Burleson, 52, of Abilene passed away Saturday, December 11, 2010 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at Hillcrest Church of Christ. Ray Ferguson will officiate. Burial will follow in the McBee Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday, December 13, 2010 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at The...
Everett Burley Blanton
Dec 11, 2010
Everett Burley Blanton, Jr., 89, of Abilene, formerly of Amarillo, died Saturday, December 11, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at Central Church of Christ in Amarillo, directed by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors. He will lie in state from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at...
Wanda Fain Hughes
Dec 10, 2010
Wanda Fain Hughes, 83, of Abilene passed away, Friday, December 10, 2010 in a local hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, December 13, 2010 at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Dr. Jesse Fletcher, Dr. Eduardo Rivera and Rev. Pam Rowley will officiate. A reception will follow in the Wesley Friendship Hall at the church....
Jimmie Thomas Chatman
Dec 10, 2010
Jimmie "Jim" Thomas Chatman, 74, of Abilene, died Friday, December 10, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 in the chapel at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rev. Stan Allcorn will officiate. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:30...
Albert Irvin Townsend
Dec 9, 2010
Albert Irvin "Irv" Townsend died peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones on December 9, 2010 after a short battle with lung cancer. Irv was born in Graham, TX to Weston Leonard Townsend and Ruby Martin Townsend on 9/27/36. He was a 1954 graduate of Midland High and he attended the University of Texas before joining the U.S Marine...
Don Wilson Estes
Dec 6, 2010
Don Wilson Estes, Sr. had an abundant entrance into heaven Monday night with his family by his side singing together, December 6, 2010. Don was born August 10, 1937 to Wilson and Virginia Estes. He came to Abilene as a child in 1947. He Graduated from Abilene High School and attended Hardin Simmons. Don was married to his loving wife...
Scotty Bob Slaughter
Dec 5, 2010
Scotty Bob Slaughter, 81, of Hawley, Texas, formerly of Amarillo, died Sunday, December 5, 2010, at an Abilene, Texas medical center. Born in Callahan County, Texas on August 25, 1929, he was the son of Marvel L. (Ferguson) and Claude A. Slaughter. He was a 1945 graduate of Abilene High School and served from 1951 to 1955 in the U....
Patsy Stephenson Henson
Dec 1, 2010
Patsy Little Stephenson Henson ascended to Heaven as a Saint on December 1, 2010. She was born on November 24, 1934 to JY and Alyeene (Ault) Little in Alice, Texas. Though her middle name was the same as her mother, a friend dubbed her to be Patsy Pearl and most people thought that was her real name. Her family including...
O. H. Kemp
Dec 1, 2010
Omer Harvey "Hal" Kemp, 81, died Wednesday, December 1, in Abilene, Texas. The son of Ola (Waldrip) and O. H. Kemp, Hal was born on December 17, 1928 in Sunset, Texas. He graduated from Lorenzo High School and attended Hardin-Simmons University. Hal was a Baptist. Hal's career as a broadcaster began in radio in 1963 on stations in Missouri and...
Blanche Foster
Nov 27, 2010
On November 27, 2010 Leila Blanche Foster was gently and lovingly carried from this life on earth to her eternal glory, by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Early in her life Blanche accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior, was baptized, and lived a life of love and service to God and others. She constantly encouraged family and friends to...
Glenn A. Rucker
Nov 25, 2010
Glenn A. Rucker, 85, of Abilene, died Thursday, November 25, 2010 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. His cousin, Rev. Harold Rucker will officiate, assisted by Rev. Bob Cheatham. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive...
Ellis Wimsatt
Nov 24, 2010
Ellis Eugene Wimsatt Sr., 90, of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2010 in a Merkel Nursing Home. Graveside services with military honors will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, November 29, 2010 at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 West Lake Road. Rev. Rodney Watson will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 6:00...
Bill R. Proctor
Nov 22, 2010
Bill R. Proctor, 80, died Monday, November 22, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Hamlin, Texas on August 18, 1930, Bill was the son of the late Arrebell (Blair) and O. B. Proctor. He had been a resident of Abilene since 1945, graduating from Abilene Christian High School and attending college one year. He married Betty Bond on...
Lillian Douglass Handlin Strouhal
Nov 21, 2010
Lillian Douglass Handlin Strouhal went to the arms of Jesus at 10:05 P.M., November 21, 2010 at Windcrest Alzheimer's Care Center, cuddled in the arms of her beloved grandson. She was born on the Flower Dale Farm, south of Dallas, TX on April 2, 1919, the second of four daughters, to William Andrew and Florence Elizabeth (Holman) Douglass. A celebration...
Laura Fern Higgs Reynolds
Nov 19, 2010
Laura Fern Higgs Reynolds, 90, died Friday, November 19, 2010. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 22, in Hillcrest Church of Christ Chapel with Gary Lowe and K. B. Massingill officiating directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Fort Phantom Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to...
Ruth Jaunell Faircloth
Nov 18, 2010
Ruth Jaunell "Mary" Faircloth, 83, died Thursday, November 18, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Bertie (Bean) and William Homer Carlisle, Mary was born on January 18, 1927 in Mills County, Texas. She married Edward Clayton Faircloth on October 28, 1950 in Phoenix, Arizona. She had a 30-year nursing career as a LVN, having worked in San...
Mary Beth Gray
Nov 17, 2010
Longtime Abilenian Mary Beth Gray died November 17, 2010. Mary Beth was born to Harry A. Franklin and Mary Cooper Franklin in Cisco, Texas November 10, 1918. The family moved to Abilene a few years later and she attended school in Abilene, graduating from Abilene High School in 1935. She married Alrich Gray in 1937 in Abilene. Over the following...
E. B. Westmoreland
Nov 16, 2010
E. B. Westmoreland, 75, died Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. The son of the late Lura (Hargis) and Elijah Blalock Westmoreland, he was born on December 5, 1934 in Woodlawn, Texas. He graduated from Abilene High School, attended Texas Tech University, and graduated from Howard Payne University, where he was founder of Delta Omicron Sigma Fraternity....
Aldaphyne McWilliams
Nov 14, 2010
Aldaphyne McWilliams, 87, formerly of Abilene, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2010 in Temple. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Thursday, November18, 2010 at the First Assembly of God Church, 1010 Cypress Street. Mickey Brooks will officiate. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday at The...
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