Obituaries

Maria Castellano

Dec 29, 2012

Maria Castellano, 72, died Saturday, December 29, 2012 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South.

Service Memorial Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Wednesday, January 2, 2013 1:00 PM

Elsie Ammons

Dec 29, 2012

Elsie Ammons, 84, died Saturday, December 29, 2012 in San Angelo. Her funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, January 2nd in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Tuesday, January 1st at Elmwood. Elsie was born July 3,...

David Williams Sr

Dec 29, 2012

Daivd Randy or Harpo Randall Williams Sr, passed away on December 29, 2012, in Abilene. Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Visitation for family and friends will be at 9:00 AM until service time. Randy was born on July 29, 1961, in Abilene, to...

Edna Wood

Dec 28, 2012

Edna Earle Smith Davis Wood, 82, passed away in Abilene, on December 28, 2012, after a lengthy illness. Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM on Monday, December 31, 2012, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Burial will follow in the Garden of Faith at Elmwood Memorial Park. Edna was born on January 8, 1930, in...

Jerry Gregory

Dec 27, 2012

Jerry Carlton Gregory, 79, passed away Thursday, December 27, 2012 in Abilene. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 29th in the Garden of Faith at Elmwood Memorial Park. Arrangements are with Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Jerry was born and raised in Tazewell, Virginia and was the son of Carl Gregory...

Kenneth Lewis

Dec 14, 2012

Kenneth Wayne Lewis, 49, passed away Friday, December 14, 2012 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Friday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. A memorial service with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, December 22nd in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Kenneth was born on May...

Sandy Tragedy

Dec 14, 2012

To all the families, friends community of Newtown, Connecticut. Our Sincere Condolences. We wish to express our deepest sympathies to all of the families of those lost, to the survivors and their families, and to the others impacted by the senseless and unthinkable tragedy that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We cannot begin to comprehend the depth of...

Helga Hopper

Dec 12, 2012

Helga Maria Hopper, 81, died Wednesday, December 12, 2012 in Abilene. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 15th in the Garden of Ten Commandments at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be the same day as the service from Noon to 1:45 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Helga was born...

Meda Colwell

Dec 7, 2012

Meda Christine Colwell, 96, passed away Friday, December 7, 2012. There will be a visitation on Monday, December 10, 2012, from 5:007:00 p.m. at Elmwood Funeral Home. The graveside service is Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at Elmwood Memorial Parks Garden of Meditation. Christine was born on October 24, 1916, to George Wesley Crabtree and Mamie Crabtree...

Raymond Blair

Dec 7, 2012

Raymond H. Blair, a long time Abilene resident, passed away peacefully at home in Lubbock on Friday December 7, 2012 at the age of 96. Funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Wednesday, December 12th at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 11th from 5:00 7:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral...

Forest Hill

Dec 5, 2012

Forest Samuel Hill, affectionately known as Papa by his grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, passed away to be with the Lord at 1:04 a.m. Wednesday morning, December 5th in Waco, Texas. Forest is preceded in death by his wife of sixty years, Evelyn Hill, his son Michael Hill, his sisters Marie Merrell, Wanda McKeever, and his brother, John D. Hill. After...

Geneva Starritt

Nov 25, 2012

Geneva Starritt, 86, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral service will be 3:00 PM, Tuesday, November 27, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South., officiated by Reverend Jimmy Griffith. Interment will follow the service at Elmwood Memorial Park. Geneva was born July 13, 1926 to John Howard and Annie Bell Scurlock. She...

Spencer Labrie

Nov 24, 2012

Spencer Brian LaBrie, 19, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2012 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, November 27th at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Funeral Mass will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 28th at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Rd. Spencer was born on January 13, 1993...

Evelyn Fensterbush

Nov 12, 2012

Evelyn Joy Fensterbush, 83, passed away Monday, November 12, 2012 in Abilene. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, November 15th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Wednesday at the funeral home. Joy was born on...

Mary Adkins

Nov 11, 2012

Mary Bea Adkins, 90, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012 in Abilene. Visitation will be 1:003:00 PM, Friday, November 16, 2012 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Graveside funeral service will follow the visitation on Friday at 3:00 PM at Elmwood Memorial Park. Bea was born January 16, 1922 in Paris, TX to John and Carrie Day...

Martha Nigro

Nov 10, 2012

Martha Ann Nigro, 67, was called home by her Lord and Savior on November 10, 2012. Visitation will be 5:00 till 7:00 PM, Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral will be 2:00 PM, Wednesday, November 14, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service at Midway Cemetery in...

Priscilla Scarbrough

Nov 8, 2012

Priscilla Ann Scarbrough, born in Tuxedo, TX on August 25, 1931 to J.C. and Laura Harwell, passed away November 8, 2012. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, November 12, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Scarbrough and sons, Roy Scooter Scarbrough...

Nancy Harrison

Nov 8, 2012

Nancy Yvette Harrison, 65, passed away November 8, 2012, in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 10, 2012, in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Nancy was born on August 21, 1947, in Uvalde, TX, to parents Marshall and Ludeen Parks Hardy. Nancy graduated from Cooper High School. She...

Doyle Sims

Nov 2, 2012

Doyle Bruce Sims, 70, died in Dallas on Friday, November 2, 2012. He was born to Frances Kinnibrugh Sims and Doyle Sims on August 12, l942. At a young age, Bruce enjoyed going to his grandparents ranch in Knox County along with his brother Paul. Those were fun times and his memory of those times were very vivid in...

Mary Martinez

Oct 31, 2012

ARLINGTON Mary R. Martinez, 85, entered peacefully into the loving arms of her Lord on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. FUNERAL: Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 3rd at St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church in Abilene, Texas. Interment: Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation: The family will receive friends beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November...