Obituaries

Mary Ann Haley

Mary Ann Haley

Dec 14, 2009

Mary Ann Haley, 77, was called home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 14, 2009 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene due to cardiac arrest. Services will be held at The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 with Bro. John Fanning officiating. Burial will follow in Haskell, TX where she will be...

Tiffany Jean Martin

Tiffany Jean Martin

Dec 6, 2009

Tiffany Jean Martin, 36, of Irving, Texas, died Sunday, December 6, 2009, at her residence. She was born on August 21, 1973 in Abilene, Texas, where she graduated from Cooper High School and grew up attending Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. Tiffany moved from Abilene to Irving in 1991. She was a medical assistant. Her mother, Barbara Canady Martin, preceded Tiffany...

Elizabeth Morris

Elizabeth Morris

Dec 3, 2009

Elizabeth Morris 88, died Thursday, December 3, 2009 at a nursing center in Abilene, Texas. The daughter of Winnie Gertrude (Norris) and John Loyd Wolfe, she was born on July 27, 1921 in Whitney, Texas. She graduated from high school in Spur, Texas in 1938, and attended Howard Payne University for one year. Elizabeth married Bob Morris in Waco, Texas...

Linda Pittard Dent

Linda Pittard Dent

Dec 3, 2009

Linda Pittard Dent completed her journey home to her Heavenly Father on December 3, 2009, after a valiant year long struggle against cancer. All of her many friends and family grieve for her, but also rejoice because of her love for and devotion to God. We will all miss her terribly. Linda was born on March 14, 1948, in Abilene,...

James J. Williams

James J. Williams

Dec 2, 2009

James J. Williams, 90, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at an Abilene nursing center. Born in Lyons Kansas on September 4, 1919, he was the son of the late Bertha Serena (Shumway) and James Wood Williams. He graduated from Lyons High School and The University of Oklahoma. A veteran of the U. S. Navy, James served in both World War...

James Warren Clark

James Warren Clark

Nov 27, 2009

James W. "Jim" Clark, 84, of Abilene, died Friday, November 27, 2009. Funeral services will be at 11:30 am on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rev. Janice Six will officiate. Burial, with military honors, will follow at 1:00 pm at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. Mr. Clark may be...

Alex Wendell Fry

Alex Wendell Fry

Nov 23, 2009

Alex Wendell Fry, 85, died Monday, November 23, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Kent County, Texas on June 25, 1924, Alex was the son of Esther (Cobb) and Albert Alexander Fry. After graduation from Spur High School in 1942, he served in the U S Navy on the U.S.S. Beckham during World War II. He was the...

Saundra Ann Auchter Kolquist

Saundra Ann Auchter Kolquist

Nov 23, 2009

Sandy passed away November 23, 2009 after a valiant fight against advanced breast cancer. She passed away at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Sandy was born to Charles Camillus Auchter and Margaret Elizabeth (Murphy) Auchter on December 13, 1941 in Pittsburgh, PA. She graduated from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy, Coraopolis, PA, in 1959. She was president...

Ruby Belle Marshall

Ruby Belle Marshall

Nov 20, 2009

Ruby Belle Marshall, 99, died Friday, November 20, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Lucetti (Archibald) and Albert Richardson, Ruby was born on September 9, 1910 in Oletha, Texas in Limestone County. She was a homemaker, and for several years worked at L - B Drug Store in Kermit, Texas, while her husband was serving in the...

Charles Nay Vickers

Charles Nay Vickers

Nov 20, 2009

Charles "Vic" Nay Vickers, 83, passed away Friday, November 20, 2009 in a local hospital. The son of Tom and Iva Vickers, Charles was born on August 16, 1926 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas. He graduated valedictorian from Freeport High School. While working for Dow Chemical he met and married Abbie "Lydia" Brown. They were married for over 50 years,...

Howard James Hodgson

Howard James Hodgson

Nov 19, 2009

Howard James Hodgson, 73, passed from this life Thursday, November 19, 2009, at his home following a seven-month battle with cancer. Howard, the son of Wesley James and Marion McInnis Hodgson, was born April 14, 1936, in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. He left the family home in Forest, Ontario in 1955 to work and further his education in Toronto. One...

Glen Dale Hawkins

Glen Dale Hawkins

Nov 18, 2009

Glen Dale Hawkins, 84, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. The son of Grace (Roberts) and Burton Hawkins, Glen was born on March 3, 1925 in Greenville, Texas. He was a 1942 graduate of Abilene High School. Glen served in the U. S. Army Air Corps in Italy during World War II (1943-1945) flying B-17's and...

Valerie Joann Croy

Valerie Joann Croy

Nov 17, 2009

Valerie Joann Croy, 28, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at a Dallas hospital. The daughter of Sherry Rene' (McCraw) and Greg Alan Wood, Valerie was born on December 11, 1980 in Abilene, Texas. She married Jason Parker Croy on December 6, 1997 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Valerie was a mother and a homemaker. She was a member of the Prairie...

Blanche Evelyn Petree

Blanche Evelyn Petree

Nov 17, 2009

Evelyn Petree, 93, of the View community passed away on November 17th, 2009. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, November 19th at 2:00 PM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow the service at Elmwood Memorial Park. Evelyn, born on June 22, 1916, was the first child of Eva Lee and R. Y....

Willard Edward Burnett

Willard Edward Burnett

Nov 16, 2009

Willard Edward "Pete" Burnett, 84, died Monday, November 16, 2009, in Abilene. Born in Poteau, Oklahoma, on May 24, 1925, he was the son of Lillie Mae (Shockley) and Willard Samuel Burnett. Having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he flew 32 missions as a ball turret gunner aboard a B-17 in the 94th Bomb Group over France, Germany...

Vera Mae Mills

Vera Mae Mills

Nov 15, 2009

Vera passed away Sunday, November 15, at Hendrick Medical Center Hospice Care, Abilene, Texas. She was a resident of Wesley Court Retirement Home in Abilene. Vera was born August 27, 1916, in Dallas, Texas, to parents, Ray and Roxie Lanphear. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas. A celebration of her life will be Wednesday, November...

Carl Clarence Young

Carl Clarence Young

Nov 15, 2009

Carl Clarence Young went to be with our Lord Sunday morning November 15, 2009. He was born in Valliant Oklahoma on November 26, 1926 and grew up in Hugo, Oklahoma. He graduated from Hugo High School in 1945 and went immediately into the Army Air Corp as a flight Engineer, and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant in 1946. After...

Mary Kathryn Barber

Mary Kathryn Barber

Nov 15, 2009

Kathryn Barber, 81, died Sunday, November 15, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Copperas Cove, Texas on June 20, 1928, she was the daughter of Maude (Parker) and H. R. Gotcher. On January 8, 1949, she married Johnny Barber in Sweetwater, Texas, and moved in 1972 from Sweetwater to Abilene. She was office manager for American National Insurance...

Ty Hunter Nordstrom

Ty Hunter Nordstrom

Nov 13, 2009

Ty Hunter Nordstrom earned his angel wings on the morning of November 13, 2009, in his home in Abilene, Texas at the age of six years old. His final days were spent surrounded by his loving family--his mother Toni, father Lyle and little brother Aiden. Ty's life was too short, but those who met him understood that the quality of...

Edward Neil Fry

Edward Neil Fry

Nov 13, 2009

Edward Neil Fry, 81, of Abilene, died Friday, November 13, 2009 at a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held on Monday, November 16 at 12:30 pm at Hillcrest Church of Christ. Burial will be at 2:00 pm at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 5:00 pm Sunday at The...