Obituaries
Joyce Thompson
Sep 12, 2009
Joyce Thompson, 78, died Saturday, September 12, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Selma (Kunkel) and Charles Manske, Joyce as born on September 21, 1930 in Ballinger, Texas, where she married Wayne Pearson Thompson on March 31, 1951. He preceded her in death on January 3, 2006. She was a homemaker. Joyce was a member of Wylie...
Charley Bradley Sconyers
Sep 12, 2009
Charley B. Sconyers, 87, of Abilene died Saturday, September 12, 2009, at Hendrick Medical Center. Charley was born in Ft. Towson, Oklahoma on October 10, 1921 to Lon and Emma Sconyers. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, and was the recipient of a Purple Heart. Charley was an electrician for Sconyers Electric until his retirement...
Gus August Glenewinkel
Sep 11, 2009
Gus August Glenewinkel, Jr., 86, passed away on Friday, September 11, 2009, in Big Spring, Texas after a lengthy illness. He was born near Merkel, Texas to Gus August Glenewinkel, Sr. and Martha Lappard Glenewinkel on July 21, 1923. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II (February 4, 1943 to November 13, 1945), having served at Omaha...
Chrystell McElroy Carter
Sep 10, 2009
On September 10, 2009, Chrystell McElroy Carter stepped into the arms of Jesus after 86 years. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, September 13, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday at Trinity Baptist Church in Abilene with Rev. Kevin Kennedy...
Charles Edward Wheelock
Sep 4, 2009
Charles Edward Wheelock, 84, of Abilene died Friday, September 4, 2009. Graveside services were held on Tuesday, September 8, 2009, in Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville, Texas, with Brother Thomas Jeffers officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Charles was born in Cook County on March 20, 1925 to Roy and Julia (Hedges) Wheelock. He owned...
Henry Clay Snow
Aug 30, 2009
Henry Clay "Hank" Snow, 91, of Abilene, Texas, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, in Flagstaff, Arizona. Born in Coalgate, Oklahoma, on August 19, 1918, he was the son of the late Nellie Grace (Cochran) and Charlie Wilburn Snow. A United States Army veteran of World War II (1939-1945), he was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed and served...
Buster Frederick Foy Gholson
Aug 28, 2009
Buster Frederick Foy Gholson, 87, died Friday, August 28, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Born in Haskell, Texas on February 20, 1922, Buster was the son of J. W. and Beulah Foy Gholson. He began working in Haskell for his dad in the grocery business at age 13, and continued in the grocery business until his retirement at 71...
Kay Lynne Seals
Aug 28, 2009
Kay Lynne Seals, 58, died Friday, August 28, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of the late Alice Claudine (Harvell) and Earl Smith Cross, Kay was born on October 7, 1950, in Abilene, Texas. She graduated from Cooper High School and lived most of her life in Abilene. She was booking officer at the Taylor County Jail for...
Jack V. Goodrich
Aug 27, 2009
Jack V. Goodrich, 79, died Thursday, August 27, 2009, at a nursing center in Abilene, Texas. Born in Konawa, Oklahoma on August 31, 1929, Jack was the son of Freda Rebecca (Pairret) and Frank Goodrich. He was a U. S. Army veteran, and worked in the oilfields as a driller. Since 1980, he had been a resident of Abilene, where...
William James Monk
Aug 25, 2009
William "Billy" James Monk, 66 of Glenn Heights, passed away Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 29, at South Side Baptist Church with Rev. Kevin Ueckert officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. Billy was born in Abilene, Texas to Roy...
Jim McKeever
Aug 24, 2009
Jim McKeever, 81, of Abilene, died Monday, August 24, 2009 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. Rev. Stan Allcorn will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday at The Hamil Family Funeral...
Lucian Connell Taylor
Aug 24, 2009
Lucian Connell Taylor, 89, of Abilene, passed away Monday, August 24, 2009 at his home. The family visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services, with Rev. Jack Ridlehoover officiating, will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday in the chapel at the...
Betty Jo Cummins
Aug 23, 2009
Betty Jo Cummins, 89, of Abilene passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 at her home. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Highway 277 South. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Betty was born to Harry Glenn and Florence Elizabeth (Lovelace) Chambers on June...
Irene Taylor
Aug 21, 2009
Irene Taylor, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, died peacefully on Friday, August 21, 2009 at the age of 87 years. The daughter of Albert and Ona Briscoe, Irene was born on June 10, 1922 in Santa Anna, Texas. The family moved to the Abilene area where she graduated from Abilene High School. Irene married John Basil Taylor in...
Frances Gardner
Aug 17, 2009
FRANCES GARDNER 1924 - 2009 Frances Gardner, a resident of Wesley Court, died Monday, August 17, 2009. She was born August 24, 1924 in Avoca, Texas to William and Flora Gardner. Frances attended school in Avoca, where she graduated from high school. She went to Fort Worth and attended Brantley Draughon's Business College. After graduation she worked in civil service,...
Robbie Jean Vaughn
Aug 17, 2009
Robbie Jean Vaughn, 76, died Monday, August 17, 2009, at her residence at Hodges, Texas after a long battle with heart problems. The daughter of Nellie (Pace) and Zeb Ice, she was born on March 4, 1933 in Glen Rose, Texas, where she graduated from high school. Jean married David Vaughn on January 23, 1953 in Abilene, and moved from...
John Reid Crawford
Aug 17, 2009
JOHN REID CRAWFORD, JR., loving husband, father, brother, and grandfather, died peacefully on Monday morning, August 17, 2009. He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on November 24, 1926, the son of John Reid Crawford and Pearl Bethune Crawford who was a descendant from the Isle of Skye, Scotland. John attended Fayetteville High School and upon graduation, attended North Carolina...
Mary Bob Means Grimes
Aug 14, 2009
Mary Bob Grimes, 85, a longtime resident of Abilene, died Friday, August 14, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Annie Atwood Wilder Means and Robert (Bob) Madison Means, she was born on May 8, 1924 in Abilene, Texas. She spent her early childhood in Andrews, Texas, returning to Abilene where she graduated from Abilene High School. She...
John Phillip Rogers
Aug 13, 2009
John Phillip Rogers, Sr., 79, died Thursday, August 13, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. The son of Ruby Virginia (Payne) and Otto Lee Rogers, John was born in Pecos, Texas on February 27, 1930, and as a young child moved to Clyde where he was reared and graduated from Clyde High School. He attended Hardin-Simmons University, and served in...
Nona John Petty
Aug 10, 2009
Nona John Harp Reno Petty, 81, passed away on August 10, 2009 in Abilene, Texas. She was born Nona John Harp on April 19, 1928 in Groesbeck, Texas to parents Andy Lee and Nina Elizabeth (Richardson) Harp. She grew up in Kirkland and Childress, Texas where she graduated from Childress High School. She attended Texas Tech and graduated with a...