Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...