Obituaries

Joyce Thompson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...