Obituaries

Leda Buckner

Apr 22, 2014

Leda Pearl Rister Buckner, 64, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2014 in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6:00 till 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 24, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Her funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Friday, April 25, 2014 at North Park Baptist Church, 1525 Anson Avenue in Abilene. Interment...

Wesley King

Apr 17, 2014

Wesley Wes King, USAF Ret, an accomplished country music musician and band manager, age 82, of Hondo, Texas, formerly of Abilene, Texas and Wolfe Co., Kentucky, passed into the hands of our Lord Thursday April 17, 2014, after extended illness. Visitation will be 6 till 8 PM, Friday, April 25, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 US 277 South....

Inez Floeck

Apr 17, 2014

Inez Laird Floeck, 88, passed away Thursday April 17, 2014 in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6:00 till 8:00 PM, Friday, April 25, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Her funeral service will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 26, 2014 at First Baptist Church, 1333 N. 3rd Street in Abilene. Interment will...

Jacqueline Ford

Apr 14, 2014

Jacqueline Bridget Ford, 42, passed away on April 14, 2014 in Abilene. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 AM Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap RD. Entombment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Jackie was born on October 17, 1971 in Rochester, NY. Her parents were Wanda A. Ford and Richard...

Nadine Griggs

Apr 11, 2014

Ruby Nadine Griggs passed away April 11, 2014 after a long illness. She longed to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior. She was born January 28, 1932 in Snyder, Texas to the late John B. Wishert and Ilene Wishert. She married Bill Griggs, Sr. on July 17, 1950 at the First Baptist Church in Lovington, New Mexico. They...

Bill Kilpatrick

Apr 11, 2014

Visitation Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Monday, April 14, 2014 68 PM Service Chapel Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10 AM Cemetery Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606

William Day

Apr 6, 2014

Major William A. Day TXARNG Ret, otherwise known as Bill or Grumpy, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Sunday, April 06, 2014. He was born 10 Nov 53 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Brevetted Brigadier General TXARNG Ret Richard Kenneth Day and Sue Ann Kinkead Day of San Angelo, Texas. He grew up in San Angelo...

Alicia Molina

Apr 6, 2014

Alicia Sierra Molina, 67, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2014 in Abilene. Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, April 8, 2014 at St. Francis Catholic Church, 826 Cottonwood with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Tuesday with Rosary beginning at 7:00 PM in the Elmwood Funeral Home...

Noel Marsalis

Apr 3, 2014

Noel Denton Marsalis, 90, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2014 in Abilene. His funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, April 6 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South. Interment will be held on Saturday, April 12 in the Harmony Church Cemetery in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. Noel was born on September 30, 1923...

Marvin Hamer

Mar 30, 2014

Marvin Orie Hamer, 76, of Abilene went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 30th, 2014 in the comfort of his home surrounded by his family following his battle with lung cancer. Visitation will be from 68 pm on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 2:00 pm on...

Inez Mcfall

Mar 27, 2014

Inez McFall, 91, died Thursday, March 27th. Graveside funeral services will be Monday March 31st at 11:00 AM at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South, with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating and grandson Shawn Grisham assisting. The family will receive friends Sunday March 30th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. Inez was born on August...

Hazel Young

Mar 26, 2014

A memorial service for Hazel Ann Derden Young, 61, of Tye, TX will be held on Friday, May 30, 2014 at 2:00 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Highway 277 South, Abilene, TX. Hazel was born on Thursday, January 8, 1953 at Webb AFB, Big Spring, TX. Her family moved several times during her early years because...

Billie Parks

Mar 24, 2014

Billie Bruce Parks passed from this life to his eternal life with Jesus on March 24, 2014, after a long blessed life of 99 years and a relatively short illness. Visitation will be 5:007:00pm on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 US Highway 277 S, Abilene, TX 79606. At 7:00pm there will be a rosary led...

Dr. Davis

Mar 20, 2014

Dr. Alvie Lee Davis passed into eternity with his savior on March 20, 2014 at age 83. Dr. Davis was born January 22, 1931 to John Caleb Davis and Jewel Hawk Davis in Richardson, Texas. He came to Abilene Christian College in 1950 to major in agriculture, with the intention of returning home to farm. After Dr. Floyd Dunns...

Verna Garner

Mar 15, 2014

Verna Marie Lane Garner, 90, was called home Saturday night, March 15, 2014. Her graveside funeral service, with Reverend David Cason officiating, will be held on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 10:00 AM at Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Verna was born February 13, 1924 in Eldorado, TX. She was...

Laura Snowder

Mar 14, 2014

Laura Snowder, 99, went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 14, 2014, at the Northern Oaks Living Center. Laura was born in Ponotoc County, Ok, on Oct. 5, 1914 to William and Charlotte Bevers. She was one of seven brothers and sisters who preceded her in death. Her beloved husband, Arthur two sons, Robert and Glenn...

Carroll Chapman

Mar 13, 2014

Carroll Bert Chapman, 81, died peacefully in his sleep at home in Abilene, Thursday, March 13, 2014. His earthly body succumbed to heart failure, and he is now rejoicing with his heavenly Father. Carroll was born August 10, 1932 in a farmhouse near the Double Mountains in Fisher County. His parents were L. A. and Willie Faye Whitworth Chapman....

Anita Taylor

Mar 13, 2014

Anita Diane Dink Jackson Taylor of Abilene, 57, passed away suddenly in her home Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Visitation will be 3:00 til 5:00 PM on March 16, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 US Hwy 277 South. Services will be 2:00 PM on Monday, March 17, 2014 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service...

L Tharp

Mar 13, 2014

L.A. Loy Alva Tharp was a life long resident of West Texas. He was born November 10, 1920, in Ranger, Texas, and was reared in Ranger and Thurber, Texas, before moving to the Potosi area in the mid 1930s. He graduated from Wylie High School in 1936 and served in the Civilian Conservation Corp in Brownwood before joining the...

Dorthy Farmer

Mar 12, 2014

Dorthy was born January 24, 1934 in Dothan, Texas to parents Ralph and Ruby McClendon Butler. She graduated High School in Cisco and married James Leo Farmer the day after graduation. They moved to El Paso after Leo joined the US Army, where they began their family. They then moved to Abilene after Leo returned from his service in...