Obituaries
Harold Morton Boyd
May 12, 2009
Sgt. 1st Class Harold (Morty) Boyd, III, U.S. Army, 36, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Funeral services, with full military honors, will be at 1:00 pm Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in the Tye Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00...
Ruby Fine Henson
May 11, 2009
Ruby Fine Henson, 95, of Shep, Texas, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at her residence. Born in Kerrville, Texas, on December 24, 1913, Ruby was the daughter of the late Ida (Walker) and Albert Fine. She married Enoch Henson on July 4, 1935 in Winters, Texas. He preceded her in death in 1976. In 1992, she was preceded in death...
James Baker
May 6, 2009
James "Jim" E. Baker, 89, died Wednesday May 6, 2009 at a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2009 in the chapel at First Baptist Church, 1333 North 3rd Street. Dr. Phil Christopher and Rev. Bob Weissinger will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday...
Leona Fuchs
May 1, 2009
Leona I. Fuchs, 100, left her earthly home and entered her Heavenly home on May 1, 2009. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 4, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo...
Roger Don Lucas
Apr 30, 2009
Roger Don Lucas, 60, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Don was reared by his parents, Alice Mae (Rodgers) and Roiel Lee Lucas, in Electra, Texas, where he was born on October 6, 1948, and graduated from Electra High School. After serving in the U.S. Army, he married Sherry Jean Owen on September 4, 1971 in...
Beulah Bowman
Apr 29, 2009
Beulah Bowman, 93, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 1st, in Tuscola Cemetery in Tuscola with Richard Petree officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. in Abilene. The daughter of Lydia (Jones) and James Luther Beard, Beulah was born on November 23, 1915,...
Ella Rogers
Apr 25, 2009
God called one of his saints home on Saturday, April 25, 2009, at the age of 65. Ella was born on June 10, 1943 to the late C. P. and Lora Gowens in Crosbyton, Texas. She married the love of her life, Floyd Rogers, on December 13, 1958, in Crosbyton. The two shared 50 wonderful years together. Ella was an...
Mary Marjorie Ward
Apr 22, 2009
Mary Marjorie Lady was born in Ottawa, Kansas on June 14, 1931. Her parents died soon after her birth, and she was lovingly adopted and raised by George and Mary Elizabeth Lady. She spent her youth in Ottawa and Topeka, and she graduated from Winfield High School in 1949. She continued to attend her high school reunions over the years...
Nancy Elaine Beaird
Apr 20, 2009
Nancy Elaine Beaird, 45, of Abilene, died Monday, April 20, 2009, at a Saint Paul, Minnesota hospital. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, with Dr. Don Greenway. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at...
Lucille Tally
Apr 18, 2009
Lucille Tally, of Buffalo Gap, passed away on April 18, 2009 in Bedford, Texas at the age of 96. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 in the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Lucille...
Lela Mae Williamson
Apr 18, 2009
Lela Mae "Missy" Williamson, 76, of Abilene, died Saturday, April 18, 2009. Funeral services, with Rev. Rodney Watson officiating, will be at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Lytle South Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
Clarence H. Muecke
Apr 17, 2009
Clarence Herbert Muecke, 87, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 17, at a local hospital.
A memorial service will be held at Mission Park Funeral Chapel South in San Antonio on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. A Graveside Service, with full military honors, will be held on Friday, April 24 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery....
Dorothy Louise Chittum
Apr 14, 2009
Dorothy Louise Jones "DJ" Chittum, a lifelong resident of Abilene and the Big Country Area, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas. Her family will be receiving friends for visitation at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening. At Dorothy's request, her body...
Lessie Garvin
Apr 13, 2009
Lessie Garvin Mrs. Leon Garvin Lessie Garvin, 98, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at an Abilene nursing center. Lessie was born on January 29, 1911, in Parker County, Texas to the late Thomas Marion and Ora Jane (Dodson) Blackerby. She moved to Jones County as a teenager and married Leon Robert Garvin in Anson, Texas on January 17, 1931. They...
Anne Lathrop
Apr 13, 2009
Anne Lathrop, 80, died Monday, April 13, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. The daughter of Ida (Hecht) and J. N. Rumph, she was born on June 9, 1928 in Culloden, Georgia, and in 1944 graduated from high school in Fairhope, Alabama A resident of Abilene since 1968, Anne was a Civil Service employee at Dyess AFB Hospital, and formerly...
Loyd Clinton Keith
Apr 12, 2009
Loyd Clinton Keith, 84, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at an Abilene care center. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in Elmwood Memorial Park with Dr. Phil Christopher officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Born...
Sid Merchant
Apr 12, 2009
Sidney "Sid" Clement Merchant was born in Happy, Texas August 13, 1933 to Max and Mary (Moulder) Merchant and passed away April 12, 2009 in Guthrie, Oklahoma. He had one sister, June Merchant Fookes. Sid graduated from Happy High School then enlisted in the United States Navy as a gunners mate aboard the USS Stickell. Sid Merchant began his law...
Martha Fanning Carter
Apr 8, 2009
Martha Fanning Carter passed away on April 8, 2009, from complications due to a lengthy illness. Mrs. Carter was born on January 17, 1950, in Brownwood, Texas, and was raised by her parents James and Charlsie (Woodruff) Fanning, both deceased, in Comanche, Texas. After their marriage in 1969, Martha and her husband Ed made their home in Abilene where they...
Molly Hinds England
Apr 3, 2009
Mary Jeanette "Molly" Hinds England, 82, died April 3, 2009 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be Monday, April 6, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church, located at 525 Beech in Abilene with Reverend Bill Libby and Reverend Greg Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral...
Richard Burton Weeks
Mar 31, 2009
Richard Burton Weeks, 71, of Abilene, died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at a local nursing center. Born in Phoenix, Arizona on July 28, 1937, Richard was the son of Leona (Dewey) and Lesley Young Weeks. He was a career truck driver. His parents and one brother, Alfred Weeks, preceded him in death. Richard is survived by his friend, Sandra Flowers...
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