Obituaries
Paula Jan Bendel
Oct 19, 2018
Paula Jan Nancarrow Bendel was born to James and Arnetha Nancarrow in Huntington, West Virginia on May 31st, 1955. She attended schools in Fairfax County Virginia, graduating from James Madison HS, and went on to earn Bachelors and Masters degrees at Abilene Christian University in Elementary and Special Education, Educational Diagnostics and Reading Specialist Certification. She began her career in...
Dudley Eugene Mitchell
Oct 19, 2018
Dudley E. Mitchell, 75, of Abilene, passed away on October 19, 2018 in Abilene.
Visitation will be 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Sunday, October 21, 2018 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held 10:00am, Monday, October 22, 2018 at Wylie Baptist Church (6097 Buffalo Gap Rd, Abilene, TX 79606) with Brother Mike Harkrider, officiating. Services are...
Vinita Elaine Beights
Oct 18, 2018
Vinita Beights was born in Farmington, New Mexico on December 17, 1961 and passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2018. She will be remembered for her strong comfort, deep love and heartfelt passion for humanity and The Lord. She leaves her strength to her husband, Scott, who shared 40 years of marriage by her side. They met at a New...
Evelyn Vineyard Kirby
Oct 14, 2018
Evelyn Vineyard Kirby, 91, died Sunday, October 14, 2018 in Abilene, Texas.
Born in Tulia, Texas on August 16, 1927, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Leonard Evans (L.E.) and Vinnie Leah (Ryan) Vineyard. A member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, she was also very active with the United Methodist Women. She was a financial secretary for many years,...
Willie Mae Tusing
Oct 12, 2018
Heaven became a little sweeter with the passing of Willie Mae Tusing on October 12, 2018, in Abilene, TX. Visitation and devotional lead by Dr. Jerry Vincent will be held at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road on Tuesday, October 16th from 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. before transferring Mrs. Tusing for burial at Fort Bliss National Cemetery...
Lucile Kubena
Oct 11, 2018
Lucile D. Kubena, 96, of Abilene passed away on October 11, 2018 in Abilene. Funeral services will be held at 10AM, Monday, October 15, 2018, at Highland Church of Christ with David Mickey of Highland officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetary. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene....
Carolyn Barber
Oct 11, 2018
Carolyn Grisham Barber, whose piano talents and philanthropic spirit enriched the lives of Abilenians for years, died Thursday, October 11, 2018.
Visitation will be Sunday, October 14, 2018 from 4:00pm – 6:00pm at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene.
Memorial services will be held 2:00pm, Monday, October 15, 2018 at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602...
Maurice James McLeod
Oct 6, 2018
Maurice James McLeod passed from this earth on October 6, 2018. He was born February 20, 1937 near Mason, Texas to Howard James and Erma Ioma McLeod. He moved to Abilene with his family in 1948 and remained in Abilene throughout his life. Maurice graduated from Abilene High School in 1954. He married Charlene McLeod on July 24, 1956. His...
Mickey Lynn Spindler
Oct 6, 2018
Mickey Lynn Spindler, 57, of Abilene, passed away on October 6, 2018 at her home in Abilene, TX, surrounded by family and friends. Because she is a child of God and believer in our Savior Jesus Christ, her soul lives with our heavenly Father.
Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm; Wednesday, October 10th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home...
Vi Bunker
Oct 4, 2018
Valeria (Vi) Jeannette Bunker, 81, of Hamby, passed away unexpectedly on October 4th, 2018 at her home in Hamby.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday, October 13th, 2018 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Carroll Perkins will officiate.
Vi was born in Piqua, Ohio to Rachael Jeannette and William Francis Nye on March 10th,...
Willard Lee Dix
Oct 3, 2018
Retired US Air Force Lt. Colonel, Willard (Will) L. Dix, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2018, at his home in Abilene, Texas, after an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, October 8 at 10:30 am at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 525 Beech St., in Abilene with Reverend Felicity Hopkins and Dr. Robert Monk officiating. Following a...
Margaret Ann Ellison
Oct 1, 2018
Margaret Ann (Lacy) Ellison, 76, of Abilene, was surrounded by her family when she left this world to be with Jesus on October 1, 2018. Services will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2018, 2:00 pm at Crescent Heights Baptist Church, 1902 N. Mockingbird Lane, Abilene, TX 79603. Rev. Rudy Fambrough will officiate. Burial will follow at Hawley Cemetery. Visitation...
Marylee Boyd
Oct 1, 2018
Marylee Jones Boyd, age 78, of Abilene, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2018 in Abilene.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday October 4, 2018 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Karen Boyd of the Episcopal Church of The Heavenly Rest, officiating. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449...
Treyhon Foster Linley
Sep 29, 2018
Treyhon Foster Linley
Treyhon Foster Linley, 60, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2018 in Abilene, Texas.
Funeral services will be 1:00pm Tuesday, October 2, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, with Pastor Jerry McNeill officiating. Visitation will be Monday, October 1, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the funeral home. Burial to follow in Eula...
Ruby Fae Langston
Sep 26, 2018
Ruby Fae Langston, 95, of Abilene, Texas passed away on September 26, 2018. A graveside service will be on Saturday, September 29th at 10:30 a.m. at Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene, with Bill Alexander officiating. The service is under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Viewing will be available all day on Friday, September...
Elizabeth Marie Altman
Sep 18, 2018
Elizabeth Marie Altman, 87, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018 in Abilene, Texas.
The daughter of Leroy and Bessie (Givens) Fowles, Marie was born in Fort Worth, Texas on March 20, 1931. She married Don Altman on March 2, 1950 at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas. Marie lived in Abilene (1969-1991) before moving to Fort Walton Beach, Florida where she lived...
Richard James Barela
Sep 17, 2018
Jim Barela, 58, died Monday, September 17, 2018 in Abilene, Texas.
Born in El Paso, Texas on December 19, 1959, Jim was the son of Joe Albert and Ellen Marie (Sisnroy) Barela. He graduated from high school in Muscatine, Iowa before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in which he served his country for two years. Following his honorable discharge from the...
William Ray Ellis
Sep 14, 2018
William Ray Ellis was born on November 18, 1925, in Terre Haute, Indiana, and died on September 14, 2018, in Abilene, Texas. Ray also spent early years in New York and Pennsylvania, before graduating from high school in Dallas, Texas. Immediately after graduation he began service in the US Army during WWII, stationed in Calcutta, India. Because of his call...
Patricia Morgan Price
Sep 14, 2018
Patricia Ann Price, 87, died at her home in Abilene on Friday September 14. She was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents Sam and Myra Morgan. She married Jim Price in Tulsa, Oklahoma where they both graduated from Will Rogers High School and attended Tulsa University. Jim graduated as a petroleum engineer and began working for Schlumberger. This began their...
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