Obituaries
Harold Lee McCullough
Apr 23, 2026
Harold McCullough, 93 of Abilene went home to be with the Lord on April 23rd while at Wesley Court Skilled Nursing in Abilene, Texas.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 30th at 9am at Wylie Baptist Church with Pastor Darrin Ray officiating. Burial will be the same day at 11am at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery 7457 W. Lake...
Leona Arletta Lis
Apr 21, 2026
Leona Arletta Lis, lovingly known as Arletta, passed away on April 21, 2026 after a long illness. She was 90 years old.
Arletta was born on January 20, 1936, in Abilene, Texas. Her parents were Perry and Flosie Copeland. She and her twin sister Corretta Brown grew up with their eight sisters and one brother in a small country home. She...
Bobby Joe Brown
Apr 17, 2026
Bobby Joe Brown, 78, of Abilene, Tx, passed away on April 17,2026.
Visitation will be 5:00pm-7:00pm on Wednesday, April 22,2026 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held 1:00pmThursday, April 23, 2026 at Broadview Baptist Church, Abilene. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Bobby...
Sylvia Ann Beal
Apr 14, 2026
With full hearts and deep gratitude for a life beautifully lived, we celebrate the passing of Sylvia Ann Beal—our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Sylvia went to be with the Lord on the evening of April 14th, surrounded by those who loved her most, as prayers were spoken over her and her favorite worship songs were sung.
Sylvia Ann was...
Mitchel Hubbard
Apr 12, 2026
Mitchel Hubbard
Veteran, Musician, and Family Man
Mitchel Hubbard, age 92, of Abilene, Texas, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 12, 2026.
Mitchel was born on February 11, 1934, in Counce, Tennessee, to Robert E. Lee Hubbard and wife Lona Lorrie Blaktney Hubbard. In 1956, he married Francis Lavern Housel. They shared 22 years of marriage and were blessed with...
Rebecca Anne Reynolds
Apr 12, 2026
Rebecca Anne Reynolds, lovingly known as Becky, was born on March 14th 1953, and passed away peacefully on April 12th, 2026 in Abilene, TX.
Visitation will be 5:00pm – 7:00pm, Wednesday April 15th, at Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held 11:00am, Thursday April 16th, at Hamil Family Funeral Home with Dr. Rick Brann officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood...
Velva Ineta McNeil
Apr 10, 2026
Velva Ineta Flud McNeil, 92, passed away on April 10, 2026 in Idalou, Texas. A memorial visitation will be from 9:30a.m. - 10:30a.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd., Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 11:00a.m. following the visitation on Saturday, April 18, 2026, in the Buffalo Gap Cemetery.
Velva...
Wilma Carol Woolf
Apr 9, 2026
Wilma Carol Woolf
Wilma Carol Woolf (nee Stroud} born 3 February 1931 in Waco Texas passed away peacefully at home from natural causes on 9 April 2026 at the age of 95 in Fairview Heights Illinois.
She is preceded in death by her husband CMSgt (ret) Lynn A. Woolf, infant son Timothy Dale Woolf, brother Leon Stroud, and sister Colleen Wilson.
She is...
Ty Haywood Means
Apr 7, 2026
Ty Haywood Means passed away April 7th, 2026 as a result of a car accident. He was 46 years old. Ty was born in Colorado City, Texas to Jeana Blythe and James Means on June 9th, 1979. He graduated from Cooper High School then went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree from Texas Tech University.
In 2013, Ty accepted the Lord...
Janice Edwards
Apr 7, 2026
Janice Edwards, 87, of Abilene, passed away on April 7, 2026, in Abilene, Texas.
Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 pm Sunday, April 12, 2026, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, April 13, 2026, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Mike Greenfield of First Baptist Church Abilene officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill...
Billye Proctor Shaw
Apr 6, 2026
Billye Proctor Shaw, 91, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2026, in Abilene, Texas.
Graveside services for immediate family will be led by Felicia Hopkins, District Superintendent for the Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, with hymns sung by Twyla Pearce Foreman, and under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Billye was born in Houston, Texas, to Clarence...
Joshua Hardwick
Apr 5, 2026
Joshua Hardwick, 43, of Abilene, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Friday, April 10, 2026, at Beltway Park Church South with Pastor Michael Smith officiating. A private burial...
Rudy Clark Johnston
Apr 4, 2026
Our beloved husband, Dad, and Paw Paw, passed away peacefully at his home in Lubbock on Saturday, April 4, 2026.
Rudy was born in Denton Valley, Texas on July 23, 1934, to Sally and Rich Johnston. He was one of eight children. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sisters and 5 brothers.
He married Betty Coughran on July 22,...
Mitchel William Smith
Apr 4, 2026
Mitchel William "Mitch" Smith, 62, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2026.
Mitch was born and spent most of his life in Abilene, where he became known not just for what he did, but for the way he cared for others. He worked as a case worker with MHMR, dedicating his time to supporting the mental well-being of...
Rhonda Jo Carter
Apr 3, 2026
Rhonda Jo Carter, 72, of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, passed away on April 3rd, 2026 in Hot Springs Village.
Viewing will be Sunday, April 12 from 5 pm – 7pm and Monday, April 13th from 9:00 am – 11:00 am at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6499 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, TX.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on...
Tanya Elaine Bolt
Apr 2, 2026
Tanya Elaine (Loury) Bolt, 68, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on April 2, 2026.
Tanya was born in Sterling City, Texas, on June 7, 1957, to Wayne and Mary (Williams) Loury. She grew up in Turkey, graduating from Valley High School before earning her associate degree from Amarillo College. On October 7, 1978, she married the love of her life, Dr....
Joyce Joan Jones
Apr 2, 2026
Joyce Tyler Jones, 89, of Abilene, Texas, passed away peacefully on April 2t 2026, in Crawford, Texas.
A private burial will be held at Texas State Veterans Cemetery under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Joyce was born in Cross Plains, Texas, to Oscar and Faye Tyler. She graduated from Cross Plains High School and went on to marry the...
Joy Shirleen Tichenor
Apr 2, 2026
“It’s a great, great morning… her first day in heaven.”
Joy Shirleen Tichenor born March 10th, 1944, in Wheaton Missouri. On April 2, 2026, she was welcomed into the loving arms of Jesus.
On May 29th, 1977, she was United in Marriage to Edwin Tichenor, they shared 48 years together serving their Lord through music ministry and raising their family. She was...
Ida Pearl Lilly Reid
Apr 2, 2026
Ida Pearl Lilly Reid, 90, of Lawn, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2026, at Hendrick Hospice Care Center in Abilene, Texas.
Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Monday, April 6, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 7 at the Dewey Cemetery Pavilion,...
Russel Eugene Higgins
Mar 31, 2026
Russel Eugene Higgins, 88, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on March 31, 2026, in Abilene, surrounded by many who loved him.
Russel was born on August 1, 1937, in Higgins Township, North Carolina, to Edd Carter Higgins and Mary Jane Duncan Higgins. He grew up working hard on his father's tobacco farm in the Smoky Mountains near Burnsville, North Carolina. There,...
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