Obituaries
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...
Zoie Brantley Durham
Mar 25, 2009
Registered nurse, anesthetist and Mason county native, Zoie Brantley Durham, 89, died at home March 25, 2009, in Abilene. Mrs. Durham graduated from Brady Hospital School of Nursing in 1939, later completing post graduate work in inhalation anesthesia at Cook County (Chicago) Graduate School of Medicine. During WWII she married Army Air Corps pilot Marshall Durham. Following the war, Mr....
Arthur Clark
Mar 24, 2009
Arthur B. "Buddy" Clark passed away on March 24, 2009. He was 87 years of age. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Wanda Clark. He was close to his children - Prissy Jackson and husband, Larry from Round Rock, Mark Clark and wife, Janet of Highland Village, Errol Clark of Abilene, and Shelly Beale and husband,...
Kenneth Varner
Mar 24, 2009
Kenneth Varner, 41, of Abilene died Tuesday, March 24, 2009 in Houston, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Saturday, March 28 at Highland Church of Christ. Bob Scott will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo...
Stella Mae Fogle
Mar 23, 2009
On March 23, 2009 Stella Mae Fogle was reunited with her beloved A E. and met her precious Lord Jesus. She dedicated her life and energies to her husband of almost 65 years, her three children, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and her church. The funeral service will be Thursday, March 26 at 2:00 p.m. in Abilene's First Baptist Church Sanctuary...
Janelle Stone Blackstock
Mar 23, 2009
Janelle Stone Blackstock, loving wife, mother and Nana to eight beautiful grandchildren, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2009, at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road on Thursday, March 26th, at 2 p.m. Janelle was born to Bill and Jean Stone on October 21, 1949,...
James Harper Starr Cooper
Mar 22, 2009
James Harper Starr Cooper, 81, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at an Abilene care center. A private graveside service will be held in the Garden of Memories Cemetery with Rev. Larry Tarver officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A native of Abilene, Texas, James was born on July 27, 1927, the son of Dr....
Carlos Galindo Flores
Mar 22, 2009
Carlos Galindo Flores, Jr., 66, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with Randy Jackson officiating. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel. Born in Fort Stockton, Texas on November 6,...
Marcia Joy Mears
Mar 18, 2009
Our beloved Marcia Joy Mears, 56, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Abilene Regional Medical Center. The daughter of Devona (Berry) and Edwin Muckleroy, Joy was born on December 16, 1952 in Burnett, Texas, and graduated from Abilene High School. Forty-six years ago, she moved from Comanche, Texas to Abilene where she married Carl Douglas Mears on June 16, 1972....
Juanita M. Harris
Mar 15, 2009
Juanita M. Harris, 93, died Sunday, March 15, 2009, at an Abilene medical center. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in Elmwood Memorial Park with Rev. C. W. Sexton officiating, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Born in Jayton,...
Joyce Jennings Maxwell
Mar 13, 2009
Joyce Jennings Maxwell, 81, died Friday, March 13, 2009, at Windcrest Alzheimer's Care Center in Abilene. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Monday at Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel , 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with Gary Montgomery officiating. Burial will be in Clyde Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Born...