Obituaries

Alyssa Resendez

Alyssa Resendez

Oct 2, 2023

Alyssa Marie Resendez, 22, passed away on October 2, 2023 in Abilene Texas.

The visitation will be held at The Hamil Family Funeral Home on Monday, October 9, 2023 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The rosary will be from 7:00 to 8:00 PM.

Funeral services will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 AM Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at Sacred Heart...

Benjamin Guerrero

Benjamin Guerrero

Oct 2, 2023

Benjamin S. Guerrero, 68, of Abilene, passed away Monday, October 2, 2023. He was born to Pascual and Emilia Guerrero on January 10, 1955, in Abilene.

The family will receive friends and loved ones on Thursday, October 5, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, followed by a rosary at 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd....

Ruth Morene Tuttle

Ruth Morene Tuttle

Sep 29, 2023

Ruth Morene Tuttle, age 92, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on September 29 in Abilene.

Visitation will be Friday, October 6, 2023 at Hillcrest Church of Christ at 5:00-7:00pm.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday, October 7, 2023, at Hillcrest Church of Christ with Terry Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery. Services are under...

Margaret  June Walker

Margaret June Walker

Sep 28, 2023

Margaret June Edington Walker, 90, of Abilene, TX, died peacefully at home on September 28, 2023.

A memorial for June will be held at the Hamil Family Funeral Home, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, officiated by C.V. Blake of First Baptist Church, Abilene, TX. A celebration of life reception will follow in the upstairs lounge at the...

Shirley Moore

Shirley Moore

Sep 27, 2023

Shirley Moore, 83, of Abilene passed away on September 27, 2023, in Abilene, Texas.

  Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 pm on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. There will be a graveside service on Saturday, October 7th at 1:00 pm at the Waresville Cemetery in Utopia, Texas.

  Shirley was born...

LeRoy Mason

LeRoy Mason

Sep 22, 2023

LeRoy Herbert Mason Jr., passed away on September 22, 2023, in Abilene, TX.

Visitation will be September 24, 2023, from 3pm-5pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd.

Funeral services will be held at 10 am on Monday, September 25, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 1 pm at The...

Dr. Gary Goodnight

Dr. Gary Goodnight

Sep 22, 2023

Dr. Gary D. Goodnight, 70, Abilene physician as well as medical and community leader, passed away at the family residence on September 22, 2023.

Gary was born to Charles Donald Goodnight and Ellen Painter Goodnight on March 15, 1953, in Meade, Kansas. In 1976, he wed Jean Marie Townsend in Frederick, Oklahoma, and they recently celebrated 47 years of marriage....

Mary Frances Melton

Mary Frances Melton

Sep 20, 2023

Mary Frances Teaff Melton, 90, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on September 20, 2023, in Abilene, Texas.

Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00, Friday, September 23, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas.

A graveside service will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery, Saturday, September 23, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.  The funeral service will follow...

Wesley Gomer

Wesley Gomer

Sep 17, 2023

Wes Gomer passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2023, in Abilene, Texas.

Wes was born in Burleson, TX to Stanley and Wanda Gomer on December 20, 1955.  He attended public schools in Burleson and went on to graduate from Texas Wesleyan University, Texas Christian University, and received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Texas Tech in 2004.

Wes married...

Eddie Simpkins

Eddie Simpkins

Sep 16, 2023

Eddie A. Simpkins age 66 years old, passed away on September 16, 2023, at Inpatient Hospice in Abilene after a 15 month battle with cancer. 

Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Saturday September 23, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 23, 2023 at The Hamil Family...

Clyde Sisco

Clyde Sisco

Sep 15, 2023

Clyde Allen Sisco

Clyde Allen Sisco, 72 of Abilene, TX, passed away Friday September 15, 2023. Visitation will be Wednesday September 20, 2023, from 6-8 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held Thursday September 21, 2023, at 10:00 am The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Eric Seaton and Floyd Kaerwer officiating with burial at...

Gwen Ann Kaiser

Gwen Ann Kaiser

Sep 14, 2023

 

Gwen Ann Kaiser, 72, of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2023, in Abilene, TX.

A private graveside service will be held in Fredericksburg.

Gwen was a compassionate and loving wife and mother.  Her early years were spent in Fredericksburg where she was born to Clinton Grona and Erline (Nebgen), on August 3, 1951.  She graduated from Fredericksburg...

Lynda Bailey

Lynda Bailey

Sep 11, 2023

Lynda Lou Bailey, of Lancaster, TX, passed away peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus Christ on September 11, 2023, in Abilene, TX.

Lynda was born in Oak Cliff, TX to Fred and Florence Turner on November 22, 1945. She was the proud daughter of a U.S. Navy sailor and World War II veteran father. During her father's 30-year military...

Joe Calvin McDonald

Joe Calvin McDonald

Sep 11, 2023

Joe Calvin McDonald, 85, of Abilene, formerly of Conroe, passed away on September 11, 2023.

Visitation will be Monday, September 18, 10:00 am at Elmwood Memorial Park followed by a graveside service at 11:00.  Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Joe was born September 16,1937 in Highlands, Texas to J. C....

Jerry Andrews

Jerry Andrews

Sep 10, 2023

Jerry Ray Andrews, 55, of Buffalo Gap, passed away on Sunday, September 10, 2023, in Abilene.

Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.

Graveside services will be held 5:00 p.m., Thursday, September 14, 2023, at Buffalo Gap Cemetery in Buffalo Gap, with Pastor Josh Fitchett...

Nancy Hudson

Nancy Hudson

Sep 10, 2023

Nancy Marie Hudson, 84, of Abilene, passed away on September 10, 2023 in Abilene.

Visitation will be on Thursday September 14, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, September 16 at Crescent Heights Baptist Church, 1902 North Mockingbird Lane, with Rudy...

Teddy Byrd

Teddy Byrd

Sep 8, 2023

Teddy Urban Byrd, 83, of Buffalo Gap, passed away Friday, September 8, 2023. He was born in a leap year, on February 29, 1940, in Stith to Sarah (Hassey) and Alvin Byrd.

Memorial services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, September 13 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd.

Teddy graduated from Merkel High School....

William Coppedge

William Coppedge

Sep 4, 2023

William Arvin Coppedge, 82, of Hemphill, TX, passed away on September 4, 2023, in Bullard, TX.

Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 PM on Thursday, September 14th, 2023, at Hamil Funeral Home in Abilene, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 PM on Friday, September 15th, 2023, at the Hamil Family Funeral Home, Bro. David Cason (Baptist), officiating. A burial will...

Esther Fields

Esther Fields

Sep 3, 2023

Esther Lee (Firestone) Fields, born on August 26, 1943, in Clovis, New Mexico, went home to be the Lord September 3, 2023. In those eighty years, she loved and lived a beautiful testimony.

Visitation will be 12:00pm Saturday September 9, 2023 at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with the funeral following at 1:00pm with Dr. John Whitten, officiating. Arrangements are with...

Doris Kamrath

Doris Kamrath

Sep 3, 2023

Doris Irene Richter Kamrath went home to her Heavenly Father on September 3, 2023.  Her work for her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ being done after 93 years.  Praise be to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for the beautiful life He gave her.  

 

Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Friday, September 8, 2023, at The...