Obituaries

Cathren Ann Kennedy

Cathren Ann Kennedy

Sep 17, 2010

Cathren Ann Kennedy, 60, of Abilene, Texas passed away Friday September 17, 2010 in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday September 21, at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal with The Reverend Luke Back officiating. After the service all attendees are invited back to the home of Chase and Shanna Gamble for a...

Owen Hansell Sherrill

Owen Hansell Sherrill

Sep 17, 2010

Owen Hansell Sherrill, Jr., 69, was welcomed into the arms of his Lord and Savior on Friday, September 17, 2010. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:00 pm on Monday, September 20, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Graveside services will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at the Cedar...

Jacklyn Louise Rogers

Jacklyn Louise Rogers

Sep 17, 2010

Jacklyn Louise Rogers passed from this life to life with Jesus on Friday Morning, September 17, 2010 in Panhandle Texas. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, September 20, 2010 at the Iberis Cemetery. Rev. Rudy Fambrough will officiate. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Jacklyn Louise Rogers...

Joel Carr Gotcher

Joel Carr Gotcher

Sep 14, 2010

Joel Carr "J.C." Gotcher, Sr., 85, of Wylie, Texas, passed away on September 14, 2010 at his daughter's home surrounded by his loved ones in Buda, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Oplin Cemetery in Oplin with Eddie McHugh of Wellman Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are being handled by Hamil...

Lucile H. Clinton

Lucile H. Clinton

Sep 13, 2010

Our precious mother, Lucile Clinton, left this earthly world on Monday, September 13, 2010 to be welcomed home by her heavenly Father, at the age of 91. The funeral service for Lucile Clinton will be held at Oldham Lane Church of Christ at 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 17, 2010, with Chris McCurley officiating, assisted by son-in-law, Mark Brown and great-son-in-law,...

Michael Lee Herron

Michael Lee Herron

Sep 12, 2010

Mike Herron, age 64, passed away at his home on Sunday, September 12, 2010. A military graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, September 17, 2010, at the Texas State Veteran's Cemetery, 7457 West Lake Road, Abilene. Rev. Mike Woodard of Southwest Park Baptist Church will officiate. A visitation with the family will be Thursday evening, September...

Hiram Evans Whitaker

Hiram Evans Whitaker

Sep 12, 2010

Hiram Evans "Eddie" Whitaker, born to Harvey and Oma Whitaker in the McCulloch County town of Rochelle, Texas, passed away at the age of 85 on September 12, 2010. After growing up In Rochelle, Eddie graduated from Rochelle High School in 1942. At seventeen years of age, Eddie served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II....

Riley Sparks

Riley Sparks

Sep 10, 2010

Riley Loyce Sparks, infant son of Stephanie and Keith Sparks, died Friday, September 10, 2010, in Abilene, Texas. Riley was born in Abilene on February 24, 2009. Survivors include his parents, Stephanie (Catrett) and Keith Sparks and brother Aiden Bradley Sparks all of Abilene; grandparents, Melissa Sparks of Abilene, Steve Catrett of Azel, and Scott and Cindy Washburn of Abilene;...

Glenda Kaye Snyder

Glenda Kaye Snyder

Sep 10, 2010

Glenda Kaye Snyder, 65, of Hawley, Texas, passed away Friday, September 10, 2010 in Hospice Care at Hendrick Medical Center. A graveside memorial service will be held in Cedar Hill Section of Abilene Municipal Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 15, with Bro. David Cason officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene. Glenda...

James E. Lauw

James E. Lauw

Sep 8, 2010

James Edgar Lauw, 82, passed away on September 8, 2010 in Abilene, Texas. The family will receive friends at a visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, September 9, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, September 10, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1202 South Pioneer Drive,...

Kathryn Janette Rose

Kathryn Janette Rose

Sep 8, 2010

Kathryn Janette Rose, 50, passed away on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 in Abilene. Born in Abilene, Texas on March 1, 1960, Kathryn was the daughter of Charlotte and Earl Glenn Rose. After receiving her degree from Baylor University in education, she taught for several years at Dyess Elementary School. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Abilene. Kathryn was...

Carolyn Johnson

Carolyn Johnson

Sep 6, 2010

Carolyn Meyer Johnson died on Monday, September 6, 2010 after a long illness. Carolyn Meyer Johnson was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1944. She grew up in northern Virginia and rural Maryland. She graduated with a B.A. in English Literature from Mount St. Agnes College. She received her Master of Arts in Development Education from The American University. She...

Richard Ross Ivey

Richard Ross Ivey

Sep 4, 2010

Richard Ross Ivey, 74, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2010. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Terry Brown and Arnold Watson will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday...

C. E. Bentley

C. E. Bentley

Sep 3, 2010

C.E. "Sonny" Bentley, of Abilene, died September 3, 2010 on a cruise ship in Alaska. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal. The Rev. Luke Back and The Rt. Rev. Claude Payne will officiate. Burial will be at a later date. Services are under the direction...

Tim Hamilton

Tim Hamilton

Sep 2, 2010

Timothy R. Hamilton, 58, of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 4th, at Wylie United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Jeff Hatcher and Bishop Dan E. Solomon. Burial will follow in Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...

Tommie Hitt Collum

Tommie Hitt Collum

Sep 1, 2010

Tommie Grace (Hitt) Collum, 85, died Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Haskell, Texas on September 10, 1924, Tommie was the daughter of Verla Grace (Grinstead) and James Thomas Hitt. Since 1944, she had been a resident of Abilene where she married Raymond O'Dell Collum on June 9, 1945. She worked as a beautician, and...

Kathryn Ann Petree

Kathryn Ann Petree

Aug 29, 2010

Kathryn Ann Petree, 92, died Sunday, August 29, 2010, at a Stamford hospital. The daughter of Willie Annie (White) and Ernest H. Wylie, she was born on September 21, 1917 in Allen, Texas. A resident of Abilene since 1948, Kathryn moved to Stamford in 2004 to be near her daughter. Kathryn married Aubrey P. Petree on March 17, 1941 in...

Bobby Joe Linahan

Bobby Joe Linahan

Aug 25, 2010

Bobby Joe Linahan of Hamby passed peacefully from this life on August 25, 2010. He was born on December 25, 1953 in Ballinger, Texas to Johnny Clay and Shorty Hampton Linahan. Bobby Joe graduated from Albany High School in 1973. He married Bette Lu Carlile in Albany, Texas in 1977. They had been best friends since the age of 14...

H. L. Templeton

H. L. Templeton

Aug 25, 2010

H. L. Templeton, 78, of Abilene, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. Born in Silver Valley, Texas in Coleman County, H. L. was the son of the late Irene Agatha (McAnally) and Herbert Lee Templeton. He graduated from Novice High School. For fifty-one years, H. L. had been a resident of Abilene where he worked as...

Jeanne Buch

Jeanne Buch

Aug 25, 2010

Jeanne Marie Buch passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. She was born in Wellsville NY on January 25, 1923 and lived in Abilene over eighty years. Jeanne was preceded in death by her parents Erwin and Hilda Buch, and by her siblings Erwin "Tex" Buch and wife Dora and son Roger, George Quentin "Bud" Buch and wife Patty, and...