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Candace Barthlow
Oct 18, 2023
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Bettie Jo Wiley
Oct 16, 2023
Bettie Wiley, 82, of Abilene Texas departed life on Oct. 16, 2023, in Abilene, Texas.
Family Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 am Saturday Oct. 28, 2023, Pastor Nathan Barber officiating.
Bettie was born in Malone, Texas to R.D. and Gussie Lee Allen on June 12, 1941. She was the middle child of thirteen children.
Bettie married her first...
Eileen Dunne
Oct 14, 2023
Eileen Dunne, 79 of Abilene TX died on 10/14/23 surrounded by her family.
She was born March 24th, 1944, in Rockville Centre, NY to Tom and Mary Luby. She graduated Magna Cum Laude, double majored in History and Education, from St. John's University where she met and married her husband Brian J. Dunne on June 11th, 1966.
As an Air...
Sherrel Cauldwell
Oct 12, 2023
Sherrel Joan Cauldwell, 82, of Tuscola, passed away on Thursday, October 12, 2023, in Tuscola.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 14, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, with Rev. Barry Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Midway Cemetery near Goldsboro, Texas. Services are under the direction of The Hamil...
Dudley Longacre
Oct 10, 2023
Dudley Bryant Longacre, 96, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2023.
Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, October 15, 2023, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 16, 2023, at First Baptist Church, Abilene, with Rodney Kidd, C.V. Blake, and Joe Frush officiating. A private graveside service...
Mary Lynn Cantrell
Oct 9, 2023
Mary Lynn Cantrell departed this life on October 9, 2023, at the age of 87. She was born on September 20, 1936, in Roscoe Texas, the second child of Vera Key Pitts Wiman and Ernest William Wiman. She grew up on her parents' windswept cotton farm six miles northwest of town, with her grandparents and with many of her 21...
Wanda Lee Elifritz
Oct 9, 2023
Wanda Lee Clark Elifritz went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 9, 2023, after a brief bout with cancer. At 97 years old she lived her life with joy, gratitude, and a fun-loving spirit.
Wanda was born on January 22, 1926, and adopted by her loving parents James Albert and Hattie Mae Clark of Kansas...
Ted Beauchamp
Oct 4, 2023
Ted Beauchamp, 78, passed away Wednesday, October 4, 2023, surrounded by his family at his home in Abilene.
Visitation will be from 2:00 to 4:00 pm on Sunday, October 8 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, October 9 at Wylie Methodist Church. Committal service will follow...
Travis Swinney
Oct 4, 2023
Travis Lee Swinney, 84, of Abilene, passed away on October 4, 2023 in Abilene, TX.
Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 PM Thursday October 5, 2023 at Hamil Family Funeral Home 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX.Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Friday October 6, 2023 at Hamil Family Funeral Home 6449 Buffalo Gap Road with the Rev. Larry Baird of Abundant Life...
Jonathon Slaughter
Oct 3, 2023
Jonathon Slaughter, 31, of Austin, passed away Tuesday, October 3. He was born on February 27, 1992, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, to Brian and Donna (Wright) Slaughter.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Sunday, October 8 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm...
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...
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