Obituaries

Leo F. Scott

Leo F. Scott

Dec 28, 2009

Rev. Dr. Leo F. Scott, 76, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2009. The Pre-Celebration Service, to include viewing and visitation, will be held at the New Light Baptist Church, 518 North 6th Street, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, January 1, 2010. The Celebration of Life and Memorial Service is scheduled for Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 12:00...

Willis Allen McDonald

Willis Allen McDonald

Dec 27, 2009

Willis Allen (W.A.) McDonald, Jr., 81, died Sunday, December 27, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. The son of Frances Elaine (Shoup) and Willis Allen McDonald, Sr., he was born on November 4, 1928 in Abilene, Texas. He was a 1946 graduate of Abilene High School and attended college for one year. On May 11, 1978, he married Wanda Christeen...

Carolyn Perkins Brockman Gutzke

Carolyn Perkins Brockman Gutzke

Dec 27, 2009

Carolyn Perkins Brockman Gutzke, 61, died Sunday, December 27, 2009, in Oklahoma City, OK. The funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, January 4, 2010, in The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel in Abilene, Texas. Interment will follow at 11 a.m. in the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, January 3, at...

Howard Thomas Wilkins

Howard Thomas Wilkins

Dec 25, 2009

Howard Thomas Wilkins, Jr. of Abilene, Texas passed away from this world into the next on Friday, December 25, 2009. Celebration of his life and service will be at First Baptist Church of Abilene at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, preceded by family graveside rites at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation with family and friends will be 6:00 to...

Richard S. Bowser

Richard S. Bowser

Dec 19, 2009

Richard S. Bowser, 92, died Saturday, December 19, 2009, at an Abilene nursing center. No services are planned. Arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Inurnment of his cremains will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California. The son of the late Nell (Powell) and...

Barbrara Ann Tipton Rogers

Barbrara Ann Tipton Rogers

Dec 18, 2009

Barbrara Ann Tipton Rogers, 65, died Friday, December 18, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. A memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 22, at Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Rev. Billy Bardin officiating. Born in Breckenridge, Texas on February 4, 1944, Barbrara, was the daughter of Lorene (Angel) and Lorenzo...

James F. Fry

James F. Fry

Dec 18, 2009

James "Jimmy" Fry passed away at his residence in Abilene, Texas, on Friday, December 18, 2009. Private family interment will be at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. A memorial service in celebration of his life will be held at Faith Baptist Church in Abilene at...

Clara Guinn Campbell

Clara Guinn Campbell

Dec 16, 2009

Clara Guinn Campbell was born at home in Palestine, Texas on March 13, 1914 and died at home in Abilene on December 16, 2009. Her long life was crowned by love of family, service to others, worship in the Episcopal Church and having fun with friends. She was blessed with health and good spirits and seemed always to be in...

Lanny Kellen Bouldin

Lanny Kellen Bouldin

Dec 14, 2009

Lanny Kellen Bouldin, 58, of Abilene, passed away Monday, December 14, 2009 in Abilene, Texas surrounded by his friends and family. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 9:30 am on Thursday, December 17, 2009 at the funeral home. Burial...

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...