Obituaries
David Norman Spurlin
Dec 31, 2021
David Norman Spurlin, 77, of Tuscola, passed away Friday, December 31, 2021 at his home.
Visitation will be from 5:00 pm PM – 7:00 PM on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Reid...
Loretta Dale Medley
Dec 29, 2021
Loretta Dale Medley, 83, of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. She was born on April 16, 1938 in San Angelo to Lee Oliver and Ethel (Legate) Oliver.
Visitation will be Monday, January 3, 2022 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 9:30 am on...
Peggy Beckham
Dec 29, 2021
Soli Deo Gloria! Peggy Hardaway Pattillo Beckham passed away peacefully at her home on December 29, 2021, at 87 years of age. A memorial service celebrating her life and inurnment at the church columbarium will take place at 11 AM on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest. A reception/visitation will follow the service at the...
Howard "Pete" Renick
Dec 26, 2021
Dr. Howard Pete Renick, affectionately known as “Pete”, left this earth on Sunday, December 26, 2021. He was a man of many talents and interests. He was a professional geophysicist and served as Alderman on the Buffalo Gap City Council where he was in service to the town for 18 years. Pete had a big humanitarian heart, raising funds to...
Trudy Severance
Dec 26, 2021
Trudy Severance, 65, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021 at her home. She was born on May 17, 1956 in Dinuba, CA to Simon and Guadalupe Castañon. She was raised in Cutler, CA.
A Celebration of her life will be held on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 12:30 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road....
Martha Jane Renfro
Dec 25, 2021
Martha Jane Renfro, 82, of Abilene, passed away on Christmas Day, December 25, 2021.
She was born on November 18, 1939, to Robert Milton and Rosie Lee (Johnson) Cathey in Greenville, TX.
A Celebration of Martha's life will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Southern Hills Church of Christ. Arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil...
Dennis Earl McElfresh
Dec 25, 2021
Dennis Earl McElfresh, 53, of Abilene, passed away on December 25, 2021, in Abilene.
Dennis was born in Hillsboro, Texas to Richard and Linda (Lovelady) McElfresh on Friday, September 6, 1968. He graduated from Wylie High School in 1987. He married Stacy Rene’ McMillan in Abilene on September 30, 1991. Dennis and Stacy just celebrated 30 years of marriage this past...
Arvella Mary Jannise
Dec 23, 2021
Arvella Mary Jannise, 86, of Abilene, Texas passed away on December 23, 2021, in Abilene, Texas. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, December 30, 2021, at The Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 West Lake Road, services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Arvella Jannise was born...
William Overton Neal IV
Dec 23, 2021
Bill Neal, rancher, retired country lawyer, historian, journalist, and author, age 85, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021 in Abilene, Texas. Bill Neal was born in Quanah, Texas on January 31, 1936, to William Overton (Boots) Neal III and Katharine Barnes Neal. Services for Bill will be Thursday, December 30, 2021 in Quanah, Texas. Visitation with the family will...
Laurie Denise Mikkelsen
Dec 23, 2021
On December 23,2021, Heaven called back its angel, Laurie Denise Mikkelsen. Laurie was born on October 24, 1958 in San Angelo, Texas to Louise and Bill Mikkelsen and sister, Debra Louise Mikkelsen Levrets. Laurie was born deaf and mentally challenged, but despite this, she accomplished many things, such as competing for 32 years in the Texas Special Olympics in which...
Billy Frank Spencer
Dec 21, 2021
Billy Frank Spencer, 81, of Abilene, TX went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 21, 2021.
Bill was born to the late Frank Pleasant Spencer and Helen Lucille Neeb Spencer in Coleman, TX, on July 21, 1940. Bill lived in Cross Plains, TX, graduating from Cross Plains HS in 1958. Bill attended McMurry University, supporting the Indians as...
Dorthy Louise Dawson
Dec 21, 2021
Dorthy Louise Reagan Dawson passed away peacefully after a brief illness on December 21, 2021.
The family will receive friends and loved ones during a visitation on Sunday, January 2, 2022, from 4 pm until 6 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A Celebration of Life will be held in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church,...
Imogene Eloise Moore
Dec 19, 2021
Imogene Eloise Cox Moore, 97, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on December 19, 2021 in Abilene.
Imogene was born in Comanche, TX to Vollie and Mary Elizabeth Cox on November 4, 1924. She always proudly boasted she graduated from Early High School as Salutatorian, then she would slyly add there were only 7 in her graduating class. Imogene participated in sports and played basketball while she was in...
Von Marr
Dec 16, 2021
Donald Lavon Marr “Von”, 83, of Hawley, passed away on Thursday December 16, 2021.
Visitation will be Sunday December 19, 2021, from 12:00 to 2:00 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Burial will be Monday, December 20, 2021, at 2:00 pm at the Goree, Texas cemetery. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap...
Donal Wayne Kelley
Dec 14, 2021
Donal Wayne Kelley, 88, of Abilene passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 in Abilene.
Visitation will be from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Thursday, December 16 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm on Friday, December 17 at Wylie Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Iberis Cemetery under...
Mary Lynlee Darby
Dec 13, 2021
Mary Lynlee Darby, 61, of Buffalo Gap, passed away on December 13, 2021 in Abilene, Texas.
Visitation will be Sunday, December 19, 2021 from 5 to 7pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Funeral services and burial will be held at 2pm on Monday, December 20, 2021 at the family ranch near Buffalo Gap (located at 5502 FM...
Oleta Mae Branum
Dec 10, 2021
Oleta Mae Fisher Branum, 91, of Abilene, went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 10, 2021 surrounded by her loved ones.
Oleta was born in Comanche County, Texas to Will and Minnie Fisher on February 2, 1930. She married Keith Branum, the love of her life, in April 1952 and he preceded her in death on October 20,...
Danny Ray Lesley
Dec 10, 2021
Danny Ray Lesley, 80, of Abilene, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021, in Abilene.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at Broadview Baptist Church with Pastors Wes Terry and David Cason officiating. Burial will follow at Denton Valley (Kendrick) Cemetery. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
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Barbara Joyce McFarlin
Dec 10, 2021
Barbara Joyce McFarlin, 90 years young, of Abilene, TX , died December 10th, 2021 surrounded by her loved ones. She was born November 22, 1931 in Dumas,TX, to Wayne and Nina Goddard. She married Larry McFarlin, her life long love, on March 25, 1951 and he survives. Also surviving are her three daughters, Nikki McFarlin Boone of Austin, TX, Sherry...
Ronnie Bradshaw
Dec 9, 2021
Ronnie Bradshaw 78 passed away December 9, 2021, surrounded by his loving family.
Born July 22, 1944, to Jerri Armstrong and Bill Bradshaw, Ronnie would later start his family in Abilene,Texas with his loving wife Barbara (Crossland) Bradshaw and their 4 children David, Lisa, Kevin, and Scott.
Ronnie would go on to work in the oilfield at Hack Drilling and then later...
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