Obituaries
Guy Leland Mattingly
Jan 3, 2021
Guy Leland Mattingly, Jr., 97, passed away on January 3, 2021 at his apartment home in St. Joseph Village, Coppell, Texas. A graveside service will be held at 12:00 pm Thursday, January 7 at Elmwood Memorial Park. Services and arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Guy was born on December 17,...
Bill Placker
Jan 3, 2021
Billy (Bill) Joe Placker, 84, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on January 3, 2021 in Abilene.
A memorial service will be held at 11 am on Saturday, February 13, at Wylie Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Harkrider officiating.
Bill Placker was born in Menard County to Joe and Fern Placker on January 2, 1937. He went to school in San Antonio, Texas....
Mary Helen Block
Jan 3, 2021
Mary Helen Block, 88, of Abilene, passed from this life on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at her home in Abilene. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery with Charles Goodnight, officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Mary was born...
Brad Smith
Jan 2, 2021
Bradley Don Smith, 61, of Abilene, passed away on January 2, 2021, in Abilene, TX. A celebration of his life will be at 2:00 pm, Saturday, January 16, at the Bar S, 1141 Nora Miller Rd, Abilene, 79602. Tim Mathews of All For One Missions Church, officiating. Burial will follow at the Smith family cemetery. Services are under the direction...
Truman Brooks
Dec 31, 2020
Truman Brooks, 80, of Hodges, Texas, passed from this life on Thursday, December 31, 2020 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, January 2, 2021 at the Midway Cemetery, County Road 428 in Jones County, Texas with Burtis Williams and Jeff Iorg, officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
David Russell Webb
Dec 30, 2020
David Webb, age 77, of Abilene, Texas, passed away Wednesday morning, December 30, 2020. He was born October 26, 1943 in Levelland, Texas to the late Johnie Ruth and Russell Ford Webb. He attended school in Ranger and graduated Abilene High in 1961. Visitation will be held Tuesday, January 5, 2021 from 6 pm until 7 pm at The Hamil...
Charlie Melvin Laurence
Dec 29, 2020
Charlie Melvin Laurence Jr. (C.M.), 85 years old, of Abilene, TX, went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 29, 2020. C.M. was born in Archer City, Texas, to Charlie Melvin Laurence and Carolyn Margarite Laurence on February 17, 1935. He moved to Abilene as a teenager and was a proud member of the Abilene High Eagles varsity...
Dennis C. Brewster
Dec 29, 2020
Dennis Craig Brewster passed away on December 29, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. He was born on Friday, November 30, 1945 to Ernestine and Ben Brewster in Brownwood, Texas. The Brewster family moved to Odessa, Texas when Dennis was a child. Dennis graduated from Odessa High School in 1964. Dennis excelled in sports; he played basketball for both McMurry University and...
Andrea Jean Cheek
Dec 28, 2020
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Trudy Welch
Dec 27, 2020
Trudy Gail Welch, 66, of Abilene, TX, passed away on December 27, 2020 in Abilene, TX. Visitation will be held Thursday, December 31, 2020 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX 79606. Graveside services will be held 11:00 am Friday January 1, 2021 at Buffalo Gap Cemetery, 3241 FM-89, Buffalo...
Johnny McWright
Dec 27, 2020
Johnny McWright, 63, of Potosi, Texas., passed from this earth on December 27, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. Johnny was a graduate from Abilene High School. Johnny was a hardworking man in many different avenues in life but found his love for being on the road with Bull Hauling early on in life and ended his time on the road as...
Jimmy O. Johnson
Dec 27, 2020
Jimmy O. Johnson, Sr., 82, of Big Spring, Texas passed away on Sunday December 27, 2020 at his home in Merkel, Texas. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas. Jimmy was born on February 9, 1938 in Blackwell, Texas to M.L....
Carolyn Sue Gleason
Dec 27, 2020
Carolyn Sue Gleason, 57, of Tuscola passed away on December 27, 2020 at her home in Tuscola TX. Visitation will be Thursday, December 31, 2020 from 5-8 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 on Friday, January 1, 2021 at First Baptist Church in Tuscola; officiating will be Vick...
Eddie Don Keltner
Dec 27, 2020
Eddie Don Keltner passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at Hendrick Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 am on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at the Iberis Cemetery. John Fanning will officiate. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. He was born in Gainesville, Texas on October 10,...
Lee Wreyford
Dec 26, 2020
Lee Wreyford, 94, passed away Saturday, December 26, 2020 in Arlington, TX. There will be a graveside service Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 1:00 PM in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Anson, TX. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Lee was born May 7, 1926 in Rochester, TX, Haskell County to Lawrence and...
Marvelyn Joy Deatherage
Dec 26, 2020
Marvelyn Joy Deatherage, of Abilene, passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020 in Abilene, TX. Visitation with the family will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Elmcrest Baptist Church – 517 N. Pioneer...
Shirley Charlene Parmelly
Dec 26, 2020
Shirley Charlene Dodd Parmelly, 81, of Tye, Texas, left this earth to go to her Heavenly home on Saturday, December 26, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 29, from 6 pm until 8 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, December 30 at...
Heather Lynn Crow
Dec 26, 2020
Beloved wife, mother, and friend Heather Lynn Jordan Crow, 47, of Abilene, passed away on December 26th, 2020, in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, followed by the Rosary from 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Friday, January 1st, 2021, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road Abilene, Texas 79606. Celebration of life...
Kristi McIver
Dec 25, 2020
Kristi Denice (Mulloy) McIver, 52, of Graham, Texas, passed away at home on December 25th, 2020. Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 at Elmwood Memorial Park cemetery, 5750 US Hwy 277 South, Abilene, Texas. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. Kristi was born in Stephenville,...
Betty Payne Forrest
Dec 24, 2020
Betty Payne Forrest, 82, of Abilene, passed away on December 24, 2020 from ovarian cancer. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 28, at 2 pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Betty was born at home, in Gaines County, on April 19, 1938. Her parents were Lamar...