Obituaries

Dee (Dolores) Dunham

Dee (Dolores) Dunham

Nov 8, 2021

Dee (Dolores) Dunham, 86, of Abilene, passed away Monday, November 8, 2021 at her home with her family.

Time for visiting with the family will be on Tuesday, November 9 from 6 pm until 9 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, November 10 at The Hamil...

Dennis Ray Laster

Dennis Ray Laster

Nov 7, 2021

Dennis Ray Laster, 72, of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021, in Abilene.

Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 9, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church fellowship hall, 701 S. Pioneer Dr., Abilene.

Memorial services will be held at 10 am on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Dr. John Whitten officiating. Services are...

Eva Marie Vinson

Eva Marie Vinson

Nov 6, 2021

Eva Marie Felton Vinson, 86, of Potosi passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021. She was born December 19, 1934, in Roaring Springs, Texas. She was the 8th of 11 children born to Algie and Phoebie (Dikes) Felton.

The family moved to the Abilene area when she was a baby. She lived in and around the Potosi area most of her life...

Peggy Joyce Boggess

Peggy Joyce Boggess

Nov 6, 2021

Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpassed them all.”

Proverbs 31:28-29

Peggy Joyce Boggess, 74, of Buffalo Gap, Texas, passed away Saturday November 6th in Abilene, Texas.

Visitation will be from 5 pm - 7 pm on Thursday, November 11th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...

Shirley Hodgin Sanchez

Shirley Hodgin Sanchez

Nov 5, 2021

Shirley Hodgin Sanchez, 71, of Comanche (formerly Abilene) passed away Friday November 5th in Plano, Texas.

Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Masks will be required for all those in attendance.

Shirley was born in Haskell, Texas to Roy...

Thomas Wayne Johnson

Thomas Wayne Johnson

Nov 4, 2021

Thomas Wayne Johnson, 52, of Cisco, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 in Abilene.

Arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home.

Cleveland Ray Bilbrey

Cleveland Ray Bilbrey

Nov 4, 2021

Cleveland Ray Bilbrey (PawPaw), of Abilene, TX passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 at Hendrick Medical Center South.

He was born on February 18, 1940 in Stonewall County, TX to parents Curtis Clarence Bilbrey and Juanita Bell Taylor Bilbrey.

Cleve moved to the Abilene area with his family in 1944.  He graduated from Abilene High School in 1959. Shortly after his marriage...

Juanita Fredalyn Everett

Juanita Fredalyn Everett

Nov 4, 2021

Juanita Fredalyn Everett, 90, of Colorado City, passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 in Colorado City.  The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be at 10:00 am on Monday, November 8th at the Wulfjen-Everett Family Cemetery in Colorado City. ...

Jimmy Roy Morris

Jimmy Roy Morris

Nov 3, 2021

Obituary is being composed at this time.

Bill George Kiker

Bill George Kiker

Nov 1, 2021

William George Kiker, Sr., a longtime business leader who was active in numerous church and community organizations, died Nov. 1, 2021.

There will be an evening visitation for family and friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home at 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene.  A burial service will be held at...

Marilyn Kay Haley

Marilyn Kay Haley

Oct 28, 2021

Marilyn Kay Haley, 70, passed away on October 28, 2021 in Abilene, TX.

Her memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, November 5, 2021 at Beltway Park Church North Campus with Tim Mathews of All for One Mission Church officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.

Marilyn was born in...

Leila  Collins

Leila Collins

Oct 27, 2021

Leila Collins, 83, the beautiful matriarch of our family, passed away in Abilene on October 27, 2021, into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Leila was born in Selma, AL on October 8, 1938, and was raised on her grandparent’s dairy farm, outside of Greensboro, AL where she had many fond memories with her family and Compton...

Lillie Ann Jones

Lillie Ann Jones

Oct 27, 2021

Lillie Ann Jones, 83, went to meet her Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 in Abilene, TX. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with Rodney Watson and Mark Moore, officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Lillie Ann was born in...

Jerrie Lou Mitchell

Jerrie Lou Mitchell

Oct 27, 2021

Jerrie Lou Daniel Mitchell, 76, of Abilene, passed away on October 27, 2021 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services were held at 2pm, Monday, November 8th at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church with Jim Weidmann officiating. Burial followed at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene, Texas 79606. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home. Jerrie was...

William  Merkel

William Merkel

Oct 25, 2021

Because of his faith and hope in our Lord, William (Bill) Merkel, born December 6, 1934 was welcomed to his heavenly home on October 25, 2021. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 31 from 4-6 pm at Hamil Family Funeral Home. Services will be held at Southern Hills Church of Christ, Monday, November 1 at 2:00 pm with Steve Ridgell,...

Billie Faye McKinnon

Billie Faye McKinnon

Oct 22, 2021

Billie Faye Rinn McKinnon, 78 of Lubbock, passed away Friday, October 22, 2021 in Lubbock.

Visitation will be Tuesday, October 26th from 5:30 to 7pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene, Texas.

Services will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday October 27, 2021 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home with Dr. Jeff Reid of Pioneer...

Donald Edward Connell

Donald Edward Connell

Oct 21, 2021

Donald Edward “Don” Connell, 86, of Abilene passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021. Don was born on June 18, 1935 in Chambers County, Alabama to Dalton Eureka Connell and Eunice Inez (Partridge) Connell. 

Don married Earlene Wheeler on December 19, 1954 in Lanett, AL. He was a proud United States Navy Seabee from 1953 until his retirement in 1977, traveling across...

Bobbie Jo Lindsey

Bobbie Jo Lindsey

Oct 21, 2021

Bobbie Jo Lindsey, 88, of Richardson, Texas passed away on October 21st, 2021.

Bobbie was born in Rochester, Texas to R.B. and Ruby Walsworth on December 19th, 1932.  She graduated from Spur High School in Spur, Texas where she met the love of her life, Melvin C. Lindsey.  They married after graduation and were married for 67 years before Melvin’s passing...

Madison Sofia Henderson

Madison Sofia Henderson

Oct 20, 2021

Madison Sofia Henderson was born December, 14, 2000 and passed away from injuries sustained in a car accident on October, 20, 2021.

If you knew Madison, you loved her, and she loved you right back. She recently graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology from Texas Tech University. Her two mission trips to Mexico and New Orleans, with Beltway Park Church, were...

Paula Charlene Berry

Paula Charlene Berry

Oct 19, 2021

Paula Charlene Rowlett Berry passed from this life into her eternal one on October 19, 2021 surrounded by her husband and her two children.

As one friend said, "She was a perfect wife, mother, teacher, and friend…She loved God first, and she loved all of us with every fiber of her being."

Paula was born the 3rd of 4 children to Charles...