Obituaries

Jul 22, 2022

Donna Lee Shipp, 64, passed away on July 22nd in Abilene, TX.

Visitation will be at 5:00 to 6:00 pm on Monday, August 1, 2022, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.  

Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Dirk Littlefield officiating.  Interment will be a...

Jul 22, 2022

Payton Austin Womack, age 42, of Hawley, Texas passed away July 22, 2022, at Hendrick Hospice Care. Graveside service will be Monday July 25, 2022, at 2:00 pm at the Hawley Cemetery.

Payton was born October 30, 1979, in Abilene the son of Lee Ann Snow and Douglas Womack. Payton had dialysis for the past 12 years after a brown recluse...

Jul 21, 2022

Joann Burns Adcock, age 74, joined our Heavenly Father July 21, 2022.

Joann was born in Abilene, Texas to J. L. ‘Spec’ and Marie Burns on August 29, 1947. Her father passed away when she was six and her mother married Melvin Layne who raised her like his own. Joann graduated from Abilene High School in 1965. After graduation, she attended...

Jul 21, 2022

Stephen Paul Ornelas, Jr., of Abilene, TX, passed away on his 21st birthday, July 21, 2022. 

A visitation and Rosary will be on Monday, July 25th at Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap.  The visitation will begin at 6:00 pm with the Rosary beginning at 7:00 pm.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, July 26th, at...

Jul 18, 2022

Gerald P. “Jerry” Schwalb, 88, of Abilene, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022, in Abilene.

Visitation will be from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 27, 2022, with prayer service and rosary to follow at 5:30 p.m., at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.

Funeral Mass will be held at 9:00 a.m., Thursday, July 28, 2022,...

Jul 16, 2022

Geraldine (Jerry) Elaine Wright, 91, of Abilene, passed away on July 16, 2022, in Abilene, Texas.

Jerry is survived by her sons Alan Wright and wife, Sue, of Abilene, Texas, and Gary Wright and wife, Leah, of Burleson, Texas; daughter-in-law Lauren Wright of Abilene, Texas; her brother, Vaden Hays and wife Carol; fourteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren and two nieces...

Jul 16, 2022

Debra Morris, 68, of Tuscola, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022, at her home. She was born October 26, 1953, to David and Barbara Aycock.

Mass will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, July 21, at Holy Family Catholic Church, with Rev. Adam Droll officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

In lieu...

Jul 16, 2022

Howard Steakley, 75, of Abilene, Texas, went home to be with the Lord July 16, 2022.  Howard passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side.

Howard was born in the small town of Novice, Texas to Bill and Flora Steakley.  He was the youngest of five children. He frequently shared many stories of his childhood surrounded by family,...

Jul 16, 2022

Donald Norman Glandon, 67, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on Saturday July 16th, 2022.  Don was born June 4th, 1955, in Canyon, Texas to Roger Glandon and Shirley Glandon.  Don is survived by his children Lynette (Mark) Wyatt and Nathan Glandon. His siblings Sidney (Steve) Hiser and Scott Glandon.  He is preceded in death by his parents Roger and Shirley...

Jul 10, 2022

Ruth Cox, 95, of Abilene passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2022 in Abilene.  Viewing will be Friday, July 15th from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The Hamil Family Funeral Home.  Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery with Greg Melton officiating.  Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family...

Jul 4, 2022

Carolyn Henshaw Strain, 88, passed away at home on July 4, 2022.

Carolyn was born to Virginia Whitman & Edward B. Henshaw on August 12, 1933 in Haskell, Texas.  At age six, her family moved to Spur, Texas for ten years before moving back to Haskell where she graduated from Haskell High School. Upon graduation, she attended the University of Texas...

Jul 3, 2022

Kay Babington, 70, of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Abilene.

Visitation will be held 6:00 to 8:00 pm, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Funeral service will be held 12:30 am, Friday, July 8, 2022, at St. Paul United Methodist Church with Benji Van Fleet and Rev. Bill Libby officiating....

Jul 2, 2022

Bettie Cutright passed away on July 2, 2022, in Abilene, TX. Visitation will be held 5-7 pm Friday July 8th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd.

Funeral services will be held at 10 am Saturday July 9th, 2022, at Wylie Baptist Church with Darrin Ray officiating. Burial will follow at Potosi Cemetery.

Bettie was born in Ballinger, TX...

Jun 30, 2022

Bob Rodgers, 81, of Abilene, peacefully passed away surrounded by family on June 30, 2022, after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Bob was born May 18, 1941, near Snyder, Texas. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Carolyn Rodgers (2015), his parents, H.W. Rodgers (1997), and Arlie Rodgers (2005), brother Jerry Paul Rodgers (1967), sisters Joyce Drake...

Jun 29, 2022

Beatrice Marie Glenewinkel, 91, passed from this earth on June 29, 2022, in Granbury, Texas after a brief illness. 

Bea was the third of four children born to Albert and Alma Hohhertz on October 22, 1930.  As a young girl, her father purchased a small dairy farm near Merkel, Texas where she would live out her childhood.  Bea graduated from Merkel...

Jun 28, 2022

Jack Yonge passed peacefully into the waiting arms of his Lord and Savior on the morning of June 28, 2022.  Jack loved his friends, family and his faith. He will be remembered for his cheerfulness, kind words, warm nature, and listening ear to others.

Jack was born on January 9, 1930, to Jack Rienzi Yonge and Lois Shackelford Yonge in Abilene,...

Jun 24, 2022

Rue Campbell Ford, 88, was called to her heavenly home on June 24, 2022, in Abilene, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Paint Rock Methodist Church at 369 S. Hall Avenue in Paint Rock, Texas. Dr. Cliff Stewart of 1st Central Presbyterian Church in Abilene will be officiating. She will be...

Jun 24, 2022

Jun 19, 2022

Jack Ridlehoover was born on a farm near Gunter, Texas on October 2, 1930, to W.J. and Sallie Ridlehoover. He married Betty Jo Knight on January 30, 1948. Betty has been his constant companion and supporter for 74 years. He dedicated his life to pastoring and preaching in May 1948. He began pastoring at age 19 and pastored continuously until...

Jun 13, 2022

Judy Colvin, 44-year resident of Abilene and a well-known and respected realtor, passed away on Monday, June 13. Judy fought lung cancer for the past nine months; she won her battle with breast cancer 12 years ago. A celebration of her hard-fought but well-lived life will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21 at Holy Family Catholic Church....