Obituaries

Iris Dell Osborne

Iris Dell Osborne

Mar 29, 2010

Iris Dell (Whitaker) Osborne passed away peacefully March 29th, 2010 at Hendrick Medical Center. Iris, or "Two-Momma" as she was affectionately known to her grandchildren and many of her friends, was born in Rochelle, Texas, March 7, 1917, the second of six children born to Harvey and Oma Whitaker. She graduated from Rochelle High School in 1934. She married Grover...

James H. Smith

James H. Smith

Mar 29, 2010

James H. Smith, 85, died Monday, March 29, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. The son of Zola (Blackstock) and James William Smith, James was born in Moran, Texas in Shackelford County. He had a strong bond with his family and the land owned by his family for over 100 years. He was a lifelong farmer, rancher, and resident of...

Bonnie Pauline McLeod

Bonnie Pauline McLeod

Mar 27, 2010

Bonnie Pauline Allard McLeod of Abilene, Texas, passed away on March 27, 2010. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 29, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at First United Methodist Church with Rev. David Black officiating. Bonnie was born in...

Charles Edwin McCoy

Charles Edwin McCoy

Mar 27, 2010

Charles Edwin McCoy, 88, of Abilene, Texas, passed away Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas, with Rev. David Cason and Timothy Palmer officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be...

Donus Ray Belew

Donus Ray Belew

Mar 27, 2010

Donus Ray Belew, 81, died Saturday, March 27, 2010, in Abilene, Texas at his residence. The son of Minnie Opal (Scott) and James Cecil Belew, he was born on February 21, 1929 in Runnels County, Texas and graduated from high school in Winters, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army from November 19, 1950 to November 17, 1952, having attained...

B W Aston

B W Aston

Mar 25, 2010

Dr. B W Aston (El Jefe) This is the day the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it. (Ps. 118:24) B W Aston, 73, died Thursday, March 25, 2010. He was born April 27, 1936 in Fort Worth, Texas to Ernest Roy Aston and Mural Aston, You might say B W grew up on the streets...

Howard Weldon Johnson

Howard Weldon Johnson

Mar 24, 2010

Howard Weldon Johnson Howard Weldon Johnson, 77, of Potosi, passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm on Saturday, March 27, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Bobby Isbell and Kenneth Longley will officiate. Burial will follow in the Oplin Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00...

Haskell Waldrop

Haskell Waldrop

Mar 23, 2010

Haskell Drucilla Waldrop Haskell Drucilla Waldrop, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the age of 102. Graveside services will be today, Thursday, March25, 2010 at 2:00 pm at the Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. June 9, 1907, Haskell was born in Yeager, Oklahoma to John Nelson...

Donna Marie Potts

Donna Marie Potts

Mar 22, 2010

Donna Marie Potts, 86, of Abilene, loving wife and mother passed away Monday, March 22, 2010 in Oklahoma City. Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Donna was born to Arthur and Helen Alley in Holdrege, Nebraska on...

Raymond William Tice

Raymond William Tice

Mar 22, 2010

Raymond William Tice, Jr., 76, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at an Abilene medical center. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene with Pastor Michael Reed and friend, Wayne Palmer, officiating, under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. The family will receive...

Leonard David Rockwell

Leonard David Rockwell

Mar 20, 2010

Leonard "Rocky" Rockwell, 74, died Saturday, March 20, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. Services will be10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene. Military rites will follow in the Masonic Section of the Abilene Municipal Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, at...

Clayton Wilson Shipp

Clayton Wilson Shipp

Mar 20, 2010

Clayton Wilson Shipp, 76, of Abilene, died Saturday, March 20, 2010 at a local nursing home. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, officiated by Bishop Dennis White. The son of...

Joseph A. Broderick

Joseph A. Broderick

Mar 19, 2010

Joseph Broderick, 71, of Abilene died Friday, March 19, 2010. The funeral service will be 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 22, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas with Chris McCurley officiating. Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 1, 1938, he was the son of Gertrude Grace (Wheeler) and Joseph M. Broderick. He received...

Hollis Troy Buchanan

Hollis Troy Buchanan

Mar 19, 2010

Hollis Troy Buchanan, age 91, of Abilene passed away on Friday, March 19, 2010. Services will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Wylie Baptist Church with Richard Petree officiating. Burial will be in Caps Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Hollis was a lifetime...

Curtis Weldon Owen

Curtis Weldon Owen

Mar 18, 2010

Curtis Weldon Owen passed away on March l8, 2010 in Abilene, Texas. Curtis was born on December 30, 1931 in Sylvester. Texas. Curtis was the third child of William Homer Owen and Hettie Mae Gee Owen. His childhood was characterized by early indicators of his curiosity and lively intelligence. His scientific interests and early experiments are legendary in his family....

Sandra Johnson Mattingly

Sandra Johnson Mattingly

Mar 18, 2010

Sandra J. Mattingly, 77, of Abilene, passed away on March 18, 2010 after an extended bout of courageously fending off the many afflictions of her cancer. Visitation will be 3:00 to 5:00 pm on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 on Monday, March...

Mildred Harley Hill

Mildred Harley Hill

Mar 15, 2010

Mildred E. Harley Hill I'm in heaven, dear ones, and oh so happy! So many here I know; John Harley, my daddy, my mother, Linnie Lou Upton Harley, and five of my siblings. My husband, Howard and our godson, Brad, were waiting telling me to hurry 'cause the fish are really biting. My 96 plus years there with you were...

William E. Shriver

William E. Shriver

Mar 12, 2010

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Mary Jo Montgomery

Mary Jo Montgomery

Mar 10, 2010

Mary Jo Montgomery, 52, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Noreen (O'Malley) and Thomas Francis Kearney, she was born on August 9, 1957, in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Mary Jo married Dale R. Montgomery on April 7, 1984 in Oak Lawn, Illinois. She moved in 1988 from Huntsville, Texas to Abilene, where she was...

Rayford Baldwin

Rayford Baldwin

Mar 5, 2010

Rayford Baldwin, 92, of Abilene, completed his earthly journey on March 5, 2010, moving on to his heavenly home with his Lord. He was born in Jean, Texas, on December 11, 1917, to E. L. and Mary (Stringer) Baldwin. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rayford...