Obituaries
Lazelle Rose
Jan 18, 2008
Mrs. Bert (Lazelle) Rose was called home Friday, January 18, 2008, having lived a full 89 years. She came to Abilene in 1936 to attend Abilene Christian College and worked in Abilene since that time with the exception of several years during World War II. She was born in Joaquin, TX and attended high school at Paxton,TX. She graduated Abilene...
Sara McDonnal Owen
Jan 17, 2008
Sara McDonnal Owen, died Thursday, January 17, 2008 at the age of 87. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 20 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 in the Oak Lawn Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Sara was born September 23,...
Ruth Elizabeth Cutting
Jan 17, 2008
Ruth E. Cutting, of Abilene, died Thursday, January 17, 2008. Graveside services will be at 3:00 pm Saturday at Elmwood Memorial Park, followed by a memorial service at 4:00 p.m. at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, with Rev. Derrell Patterson officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Ruth was born March 4,...
George Harold O'Neill
Jan 16, 2008
George Harold O'Neill George Harold O'Neill, 79, of Sweetwater, Texas, died Wednesday, January 16, 2008 in Abilene, Texas. George was born in Lincoln County, Kansas on April 27, 1928 to William "Paul" O'Neill and Laura (Simonds) O'Neill. He graduated from Barnard High School, Barnard, Kansas in 1946; and from July 1952 to February 1954, he served his country in the...
Bobbie Lou Hardwick
Jan 14, 2008
Bobbie Lou Hardwick, of Abilene, died Monday, January 14, 2008 at the age of 82. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 pm Thursday, January 17, 2008 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services, with Gary Montgomery officiating, assisted by Rev. Lee Fuller, will be at 2:00 pm Saturday in the chapel at...
Ella Jo McKee
Jan 14, 2008
Ella Jo McKee, of Denton Valley, died Monday, January 14, 2008 at the age of 71. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Wednesday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, January17, 2008 at Highway 36 Church of Christ. Burial will follow in the Eula Cemetery....
Eugene E. Ott
Jan 11, 2008
Eugene "Gene" Ott, 52, died Friday, January 11, 2008. A Memorial Service will be held 4:00 pm, Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at First Christian Church in Abilene under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Pastor Doug Roysden will officiate. Gene was born September 4, 1955 in Atlanta, Georgia to Walter and Carol...
Major Loyce L. White U.S.A.F.
Jan 10, 2008
Loyce White, of Abilene, died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at the age of 73. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8:00 pm today, Friday, January 11, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Saturday at Wylie Baptist Church, with Rev. Lee Fuller officiating. There will be a private family graveside...
Charlie B. McDonald
Jan 10, 2008
Charlie B. McDonald, of Abilene, died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at the age of 87. The family will receive friends today, Friday, January 11, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, at the First Church of The Nazarene, with Pastor Garland Wallace and...
Stanley W. Draper
Jan 7, 2008
Stan Draper, 60, of Abilene, died Monday, January 7, 2008. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services, with Rev. Derrell Patterson officiating, will be at 2:00 pm on Friday, January 11, in the chapel at the funeral home. Burial will follow at...
Mary Louise Johnston
Jan 5, 2008
Mary L. Johnston, of Abilene, died Saturday, January 5, 2008 at the age of 69. Funeral services, with Pastor David Cason officiating, will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, January 9, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. Mary was born September 17, 1938 in Erick, Oklahoma to...
Kevin Wagner
Dec 31, 2007
Kevin Wagner, 46, of Abilene, died Monday, December 31, 2007. Memorial services will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, January 3, 2008 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Pastor Dennis Hayes will officiate. December 12, 1961, Kevin was born in San Diego, California to George and June (Miller) Wagner. He graduated from high school in Ohio and...
Betty Lou Jones
Dec 30, 2007
Betty Lou Jones, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 30, 2007 at the age of 73. Memorial services will be at 2:00pm on Monday, January 7, 2008 at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with the Rev. Jack Ridlehoover, Dr. Jeff Reid, and the Rev. Stan Allcorn officiating. Viewing will be on Saturday, January 5th from 8:00am...
James Lawrence Cross
Dec 30, 2007
James Lawrence Cross died peacefully at home on December 30, 2007, surrounded by his loved ones. Graveside services will be at 11:00 am on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at the Throckmorton Cemetery, with Rev. Penny Biddy officiating. Viewing will be on Wednesday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Following the...
Tommye Lucille Foreman
Dec 28, 2007
Tommye Foreman passed away Friday, December 28, 2007 in Abilene, Texas after a long illness. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Sunday, December 30, 2007 at North Park Baptist Church, 1525 Anson Avenue. Funeral services, with Louis Johnson officiating, will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, December 31, 2007 at North Park Baptist Church. Burial will follow...
Jennie Davis Morphew
Dec 27, 2007
Jennie Davis Compton Morphew joined beloved members of her family in "the place which is prepared for her" on December 27, 2007. Her life will be celebrated on Monday, December 31 at 10:30 AM at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with visitation Sunday, December 30 from 2:30 to 4:30 at the funeral home. Jennie was the...
James Oliver Jackson
Dec 26, 2007
J. Oliver Jackson, a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame who coached track and field athletes from Abilene Christian University who set or tied 15 world records and won four gold medals in the Olympic Games, died December 26, 2007 at 87 years of age. A family burial will be followed by a memorial service at 1 p.m....
Robert Ray Johnson
Dec 25, 2007
Bob Johnson, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, died on December 25, 2007 at the age of 73. He was preceded in death by his father, Oscar Johnson in 1972 and his mother, Flora Johnson in 1999. He was born in Merkel, Texas on August 20, 1934. After spending his childhood years in Merkel and graduating from Merkel High School,...
Bobby J. Ritchey
Dec 24, 2007
Bobby J. Ritchey, of Abilene, died Monday, December 24, 2007 at the age of 84. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services, with Bob Scott officiating, will be at 2:00 pm Friday in the chapel at the funeral home. Burial will follow...