Obituaries
Norman Naill
Nov 1, 2024
Norman E.C. Naill Sr. 93, of Abilene, passed away on November 1, 2024, in Abilene, TX.
A memorial service with military honors will be held at 1:00 pm Thursday, November 14, 2024, at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 W. Lake Rd. with Dr. Jeff Reid of Pioneer Drive Baptist Church officiating.
Norman was born in New Windsor, Maryland to...
Dwight Robertson
Oct 31, 2024
Dwight Thomas Robertson IV, 57, of Abilene, Texas passed away on October 31, 2024 while working out of town in Gainesville, Texas.
Memorial services will be held 2:00pm, Sunday, November 10, 2024 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Michael Burns of Operation Pay It Forward officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...
Jaylene Crisman
Oct 30, 2024
Jaylene Crisman
Jaylene Marie Crisman, 86, of Abilene, went to be with her Lord in Heaven on October 30, 2024.
Visitation will be Friday, November 8th, 2024 from 6pm to 8pm, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home on Buffalo Gap Rd. Funeral will be held at same location on Saturday, November 9th, 2024 at 2pm, with graveside services immediately following at Elmwood...
Mary Osterloo
Oct 29, 2024
Mary E. Price Chapman Osterloo of Abilene, Texas formerly of Killeen, Texas and Emery, South Dakota died October 29, 2024.
Mary was born July 20, 1937in Adair County, Iowa, to Ralph and Ruth Price. She graduated from Greenfield, Iowa High School in 1955 and later joined the Women's Army Corp and was stationed at The Presidio of San Francisco where she...
James Alfred Griffith
Oct 29, 2024
James Alfred Griffith, 81, of Abilene, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Abilene.
Visitation will be Sunday November 3, 2024, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, November 4, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, with Mr. Daniel Green...
Verna Rathmell
Oct 28, 2024
Verna Rathmell, 94, of Abilene, passed away Monday, October 28, 2024. She was born in Abilene, TX on June 24, 1930 to her parents, John Bowles and Ethel (Nesmith) Bowles. Verna graduated Wylie Highschool in 1947. On July 9, 1951,
Verna married Charles Rathmell, her husband of 68 years. She was employed by the Crane County Agent Office as Administrative Assistant...
Earl Carmack
Oct 28, 2024
Earl Lee Carmack, 92, of Abilene, passed away on Monday, October 28, 2024, in Abilene.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd.
Graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 31, 2024, at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South, with Dr. Clifford S....
Robert Lockhart
Oct 27, 2024
Robert West Lockhart, 91, was born October 11, 1933, in the Nix Hospital in San Antonio, TX. He was the third of four children born to Paul Alvin Lockhart Sr. and Lessie Thelma Vinson Lockhart. He was the first to be born in a hospital. Bob was a man of strong faith. He went to meet his Lord and Savior...
Hayden Smith
Oct 27, 2024
Hayden Cody Smith, 30, of Abilene, passed away on October 27th, 2024, in Abilene.
Visitation will be 5pm-7pm Friday November 1st, 2024, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home on Buffalo Gap Road
Funeral services will be held 2pm Saturday November 2nd, 2024, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home on Buffalo Gap Road with the Joel Tobey of Denton Valley Baptist Church, officiating....
Kenneth Stewart
Oct 24, 2024
Kenneth Ray Stewart, 90, of Buffalo Gap, Texas passed away on October 24, 2024, at Hendrick Hospice Care Center after a long battle of heart failure and diabetes.
Kenneth was born in Santa Anna, Texas on November 6, 1933, to Leonard Wilson (PeeWee) Stewart and Dora Mae Canuteson Stewart. Kenneth was a family man, always fair and honest. He graduated from...
Jana Watts
Oct 21, 2024
Jana Merlene Watts
Jana M. Watts, 75, beloved mother, sister, Nana and friend passed away from natural causes and met her Lord and Savior, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. A celebration service will be held Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Abilene, TX.
Jana had a warm and gentle spirit, always thinking of others before herself. She was...
Billy Berny
Oct 17, 2024
Billy Gene Berny, 68, of Abilene, left this life due to complications from lymphoma treatment. He gained his heavenly reward, leaving this life in the presence of loved ones on Thursday, October 17, 2024 in UT Southwestern Clements Hospital, in Dallas, TX.
Visitation will be Tuesday, October 22, from 5-7pm at Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00...
Sidney Schmidt
Oct 16, 2024
Sidney Philip Schmidt went to be with his Lord on October 16, 2024. His body has been donated to the University of Texas Southwest Medical School in Dallas, TX.
A memorial service will be held at Wylie Baptist Church, 6097 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX 79606 on November 14, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. Arrangements are with The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
All...
Jeanne Robinson
Oct 15, 2024
Jeanne Boyle Robinson, a beloved resident of Abilene, Texas, peacefully passed away on October 15, 2024, in her hometown. Born on March 22, 1957, to her loving parents Robert and Lola Boyle, Jeanne's bright spirit graced those around her with warmth and kindness.
Visitation will be held Friday October 18 ,2024 at 1:00 P.M. followed by the celebration of her life...
Major Tommy Dennis Neatherlin, U.S. Army (R)
Oct 14, 2024
Major Tommy Dennis Neatherlin died peacefully on Monday evening, October 14,2024, in Abilene, Texas after a lengthy illness. He was 91. There will be a visitation for family and friends on Wednesday, October 23,2024, from 5 pm to 7 pm at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, October...
Charles Dalrymple
Oct 12, 2024
Charles H. Dalrymple, 85, of Abilene, passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Abilene.
A committal service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 18, 2024, at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 W. Lake Rd., in Abilene. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd.
Charles was born in Ocoee,...
Judy Creek
Oct 11, 2024
Judy Creek age 85 of Abilene entered Heaven's gate on Friday October 11, 2024.
Abilene, TX. She was born on June 16th, 1939 to Bill & Joie (Doggett) Norwood at Sealy Hospital, Santa Anna, TX. Judy grew up in Coleman, TX And while attending Coleman High School, she met the love of her life, Paul Creek. Upon graduation in 1956 they...
Patricia Gazaille
Oct 7, 2024
Patricia Ann "Memom" Gazaille, 83, of Abilene, Texas, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2024, with her family by her side.
Patricia (Pat) was born in Lamesa, Texas to William and Amanda Schneider on September 22, 1941. She proudly graduated from Big Spring High School, where she excelled both academically and as a standout player on the volleyball team.
On November 16,...
Ann Jones
Oct 7, 2024
Ann Shirley Boring Jones was born August 11,1937, to Mark and Adelle Williams Shirley in Pearsall, Texas. She passed away on October 7, 2024 in Abilene, TX.
Ann attended public school in Lockhart, Texas, graduating from Lockhart High in 1955. In July of that year, she was married to Donald Bullock Boring. Two children, DeAnne and Todd Hardy Boring, were added...
James Bennington
Oct 1, 2024
Colonel James Hinton Bennington, USAF (Ret.) passed away in Abilene, Texas on October 1st just shy of his 92nd birthday.
Jim was born on October 31, 1932 in Aldino, Maryland to Henry Leland and Helen E. Aull Bennington.
After graduation from Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen, MD. in 1949 he left the farm for the University of Maryland completing a BS degree in...



