Obituaries

Joe Tolentino

Apr 12, 2012

Joe Tolentino, 84, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, April 16th at St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church, 2525 Westview with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at 5:00 PM on Sunday in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 with Wake Service at...

Homer Hedrick

Apr 11, 2012

Homer Wayne Hedrick, 78, loving husband, father and grandfather, passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in Abilene. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, April 16th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 6:00 PM on Sunday at Elmwood...

Larry Garrett Sr.

Apr 6, 2012

Larry Garrett returned to his Fathers house on April 6, 2012 departing from Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Larry, known as Grateful to some, Grandpa, Papaw, Dad, Deacon and Friend to others, was born to Bryant Dale Garrett and Edna Allene Vickers Garrett on July 18, 1948, at home, in Terminal, Texas between Midland and Odessa. Larry is the...

Clois Tarr

Apr 6, 2012

Clois Andrew Andy Tarr, 82, went home to be with his Lord on April 6, 2012. He was surrounded by loved ones. Visitation will be Monday, April 9, 2012 from 5:007:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral will be Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 10:00 AM in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, with burial to...

Wilma Patton

Apr 1, 2012

Wilma Jewel Patton, 96, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Ft. Worth. Visitation will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 4th at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South with Graveside service following at 3:00 PM in the Garden of Peace at Elmwood Memorial Park. Wilma was born on June 5, 1915 in Nettleton, Arkansas. She married Omon Johnny...

Lavawn Hampton

Mar 26, 2012

Lavawn Hampton, 92, passed away Monday, March 26, 2012 in Abilene. A graveside funeral service will be held 2 PM, Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Lavawn was born December 26, 1919 in DeSoto Parish, LA to Jim and Eva Jones. She graduated salutatorian of her class from Wylie High School. In 1939...

John Mcguire

Mar 21, 2012

John Melvin McGuire, 93, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in Abilene. His funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, March 23rd in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with interment following in the Garden of Meditation at Elmwood Memorial Park John was born on November 19, 1918 and grew up in Haskell...

Edith Grant

Mar 18, 2012

Edith Warford Grant, 90, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother and aunt passed away peacefully, with family by her side, on Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Coronado Nursing Center. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, March 21st in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park....

Harry Grant

Mar 13, 2012

Harry Kitto Grant, Jr., 93, a loving husband, father, grandfather and greatgrandfather passed away peacefully, with family by his side, on Tuesday, March 13 at Coronado Nursing Center. Harry or H.K., as he was also known, was born on June 25, 1918, in Little Rock, Arkansas to Harry Kitto Grant, Sr. and Helen Priest Grant. He graduated from Little...

John Merrell

Mar 13, 2012

John Merrell, 85, a carpenter from Abilene, and father of Greg, Gary, Nancy, and Cathy passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2012 in Abilene. A Graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, March 16, 2012 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South.

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Minie Cedillo

Mar 8, 2012

Minnie Gomez Cedillo, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister went to be with the Lord at the age of 87, March 08, 2012, with her loving family by her side. Visitation for family and friends will be Sunday, March 11, 2012 from 67 PM, with a prayer service beginning at 7 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277...

Ruby Schroeder

Mar 7, 2012

Ruby Schroeder, 89, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral service will be 2 PM, Saturday, March 10, 2012 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Ruby was born September 27, 1922 in Perry, TX to George and Anna Domaschke Sanders. She grew up and attended school in Barclay,...

Mary Williams

Mar 4, 2012

Mary A. Williams, 93, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012 in Abilene. Visitation will be at 1:00 PM today, Tuesday, March 6th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with service immediately following at 2:00 PM. Interment will be in Elmwood Memorial Park. Mary was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 24, 1918 the daughter of...

Johnnie Welch

Feb 29, 2012

Johnnie Velma Lemons Welch, 77, passed away February 29, 2012 in Abilene. Visitation is Thursday, March 1, 2012 from 6 pm8pm at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. The funeral will be Friday, March 2, 2012 at 1pm at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. She was born on June 8, 1933, in Woodville, Oklahoma, to John Roland Lemons and...

Gertrude Biggs

Feb 28, 2012

Gertrude Trudy Biggs, 84, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in Abilene. Her funeral will be 10:00 AM, Friday, March 2, 2012 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Trudy was born April 4, 1927 in Nacogdoches, LA to Cary and Sarah Kelly Callender. She married Jack Biggs on June 2,...

Jose Mota

Feb 28, 2012

Jose Santos Mota, 65, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in Abilene. Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, March 2nd at St. Francis Catholic Church 826 Cottonwood. Interment will follow in the Garden of Remembrance at Elmwood Memorial Park. Jose was born in Mexico on November 1, 1946 the son of Marcelino Mota Juarez and...

Albert Hoppe

Feb 27, 2012

Albert Ervin Hoppe, 82, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2012, at his home, in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6:00 8:00 PM on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, with burial...

Nancy Crouse

Feb 19, 2012

Nancy Sue Ward Crouse, 76, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2012, at her home in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6:00 8:00 PM on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at Elmwood Chapel. Nancy was born...

Glenn Nelson

Feb 19, 2012

After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Glenn Van Nelson Bubba, age 65, left this earthly world to be with his heavenly Father on February 19, 2012. He is predeceased in death by his mother Opal Bernice Nelson, his father Marvin Van Nelson, and sister Marita Darlene Nelson. Bubba was born in Blanchard, Oklahoma on August 8, 1946....

Deloris Jones

Feb 15, 2012

Deloris Hayes Jones, 81, passed away February 15, 2012, in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be held from 6:00 8:00 PM on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 520 Stafford St. Burial will follow...