Obituaries

Bennie Brown

Aug 15, 2014

Bennie Ben Radford Brown, 78, of Abilene passed away Friday August 15, 2014 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Tuesday August 19, 2014 at 10 AM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at the Texas Veterans Cemetery of Abilene. Visitation will be held Monday from 6 to 8 at the funeral home. Ben was born...

Joyce Vaughn

Aug 13, 2014

Visitation Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Sunday, August 17, 2014 3:00 5:00 PM Service Chapel Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Monday, August 18, 2014 10:00 AM

Mary Walsh

Aug 12, 2014

Mary Frances Walsh, 90, went to be with her loved Lord Jesus Christ on August 12, 2014 in Arlington, Texas. A graveside funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, August 16, 2014, at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 US Hwy 277 South. Mary was born May 5, 1924 in Abilene, Texas. She loved her family, animals and her life. She...

Sami Obets

Aug 11, 2014

Sami L. Obets, 78, of Abilene passed away Monday August 11, 2014 in Abilene. A graveside service will be held Friday August 15 at 10:00 AM at Elmwood Memorial Park and is under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Visitation will be Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Sami was born on February 9, 1936...

Ernie Wright

Aug 11, 2014

Ernie R. Wright passed away Monday, August 11, 2014 at Care Inn of Abilene after a lengthy illness. Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, August 16, 2014 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial park. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Friday at Elmwood Funeral Home. Ernie was born January 13, 1936...

Robbie Jonas

Aug 8, 2014

Robbie Sue Jonas, 59 of Abilene passed away on Friday August 8, 2014 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held at 5:00 PM Saturday August 9, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Jerry Vincent officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Robbie was born on August 15, 1954 to the late Robert N. Hollowell and Marie...

Chase Williams

Aug 7, 2014

Chase David Williams, 28, passed away Thursday, August 7, 2014, in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 9, 2014, at the Beltway Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Hill officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy. 277 South. Born March 26, 1986, in Ballinger, Chase was the son of...

Heraldean Reagan

Aug 6, 2014

Heraldean Pete Reagan, 74, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2014 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, August 9th at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Jerry Vincent officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the funeral home. Pete was born on...

Harry Smith

Aug 4, 2014

Harry William Smith, Jr., age 86, passed away in his sleep on August 4, 2014. Visitation will be held Wednesday evening, 57 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. A private family service will be held at a later date. One of ten children, William was born January 31, 1928 to Bessie and Harry W. Smith, Sr. in Omaha, Nebraska. A...

Ronald Ward

Aug 4, 2014

Ronald Allen Ward, 61, of Abilene passed away Monday August 4, 2014 in Brownfield. A funeral mass will be held 11 AM, Thursday August 7, 2014 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Samuel Matthiesen officiating. Ron was born on August 15, 1952 in Wallace, Idaho to the late Calvin Ward and Rose Marie Leblanc. He held a Masters...

Jose Devora

Aug 1, 2014

Jose Joe Cupertino Retana Devora passed away peacefully on August 1st surrounded by his loved ones at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. A visitation is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, August 4th at Elmwood Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August, 5th at St. Francis Catholic Church in Abilene, Texas. Jose was...

Bill Wheeler

Jul 29, 2014

Bill Wheeler, 91, and a WWII Veteran, was called to Heaven on July 29, 2014 in Abilene. Graveside Service with Military Honors will be Friday, 9 AM August 1, 2014, at ElliotHamil Garden of Memories, 5701 US Hwy 277 South. Visitation will be Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, located 5750 US Hwy 277 South. Bill was...

Mildred Meredith

Jul 23, 2014

Mildred Mickey Meredith, 86, of Abilene passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in Abilene. Graveside service will be held Saturday July 26, 2014 at 9:30 AM at Elmwood Memorial Park and Merlin Marrow will be officiating. Services are under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Mickey was born on September 19, 1927 to the late Rev. Arlie Watson and...

James Rainwater

Jul 22, 2014

James C. Rainwater, 73, of Abilene passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Friday July 25, 2014 at 10 a.m. at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Jack Riddlehoover and Jeff Reid officiating. Burial will follow with Masonic rites at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m....

Marion Conner Jr.

Jul 16, 2014

Marion Buddy Conner Jr., 94, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at a Nursing facility. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Macedonia Baptist Church at 2:00 PM, 608 North 7th Street Abilene, TX, with Reverend Andrew L. Penns officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South....

Jake Frederick

Jul 6, 2014

Jake W. Frederick, 68, retired MSGT US Air Force, passed away Sunday July 6, 2014 in Abilene. Graveside service with United States Air Force Honors will be Wednesday July 9, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 US Hwy 277 South. A visitation with the family will be Wednesday from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. prior to the...

Oma Shaver

Jun 30, 2014

Oma Jean Nana Shaver, aged 87, died peacefully on June 30, 2014 surrounded by her family in Abilene, TX. Jean was born December 23, 1926, in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles Love Howell and Mary Lou Brewer. Jean graduated from Sulphur High School in Sulphur, Oklahoma. In 1944 Jean married the love of her life, Arnold Shaver. Upon...

Anne Carey

Jun 29, 2014

Anne Bartlett Carey, 71, passed away June 29, 2014 in Abilene. Visitation will be 6 til 8 PM, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 2 PM, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at Zion Lutheran Church, 2801 Antilley Road. Interment will be held Thursday in East Hill Cemetery in Fort Stockton,...

Dorothy Jones

Jun 29, 2014

Dorothy Lee Fagan Jones, 81, passed away in her home under the care of Hendrick Hospice, June 29, 2014. Graveside services will be held 10:00 AM, Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at Elmwood Memorial Park, Field of Honor, with Jeff Hatcher officiating. Visitation will be held at Elmwood Funeral home, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, July 1, 2014. Dorothy was born...

Robert Kiser

Jun 29, 2014

Robert Bob D. Kiser, 84 of Ft Worth, formerly of Abilene and Sand Springs, TX died Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Ft. Worth. Bob will lay in state at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 U.S. Hwy 277 S., Abilene, TX, from 12 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 2014. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, July 1, at 10:00 a.m....