Obituaries

Doris Briley

Mar 20, 2011

Doris Syl Briley, 80, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011 in Abilene. Visitation for family and friends will be Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 6 till 8 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Her funeral service will be at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Doris was born March 12,...

Josiah Brigham

Mar 18, 2011

Josiah Keith Brigham, beloved son of Bryan Keith Brigham and Olivia Marta Brigham, was born and went to be with Jesus on March 18, 2011 at 2:08 PM. He is loved and missed greatly by grandparents Richard and Ellen Brigham, Gary and Diana Fambro, and Tamas and Klara Lility uncles and aunts Kevin Brigham, David Brigham, and Robert and...

William Bruner

Mar 18, 2011

William Bill Bruner, 71, the greatest Upholsterer Furniture Artist left this earth to go upholsterer furniture in his eternal home on Friday, March 18th, 2011 after a short battle with throat cancer. Bill worked for Waldrops Furniture before opening his own business which he ran for over 27 years. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM on...

Ruby Brandon

Mar 16, 2011

Ruby Pearl Brandon was born September 23, 1922 in Bosque County, Texas to Jim and Molly Pearl. Ruby also had an older brother, Craig. Her middle name was Phelba, which was a favorite name of her mothers. They named her Ruby because that is what her father wanted. In Rubys younger years her family moved about frequently while working...

Pauline Roberts

Mar 14, 2011

Pauline Denzil Roberts, 94, passed away in her sleep in Arlington, Texas on March 14, 2011. Pauline was born in Vinson, Oklahoma on July 29, 1916 and grew up in Oklahoma City where she met her husband, G.C. Jerry Roberts. Pauline and Jerry were long time residents of Abilene where she and her husband raised five children. Pauline attended...

Randal Beason

Mar 14, 2011

Visitation Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Thursday, March 17, 2011 6 till 8 PM Service Graveside Funeral Service Hawley Cemetery Hwy 227 Hawley, TX  79525 Friday, March 18, 2011 2:00 PM Cemetery Hawley Cemetery HWY 277 Hawley, TX  79525

Gladys Freeman

Mar 11, 2011

Gladys Elzada Thornton Freeman, 96, passed away March 11, 2011, in Abilene. Visitation will be Monday, March 14, 2011, from 6 till 8 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Elzada was born April 20, 1914, to Glenn E. Mage and...

Ruth Mccoy

Mar 8, 2011

Ruth Howard McCoy, 86, went to be with the Lord on March 8, 2011. She was born on April 3, 1924 in Noodle, Texas to Clarence Howard and Armenta Wheeler Howard. Orphaned at the age of eight, she and her siblings, Dorothy May, Ethel, Anne, and Clyde, were raised at Boles Home in Quinlin, Texas. Ruth married Raymond Anderson...

Cecilio Garza

Mar 8, 2011

Cecilio Aguilar Garza passed away at the age of 89, Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at home with his family in Abilene, Texas. Cecilio served his country as a rifleman in the 20th Armored Infantry of the United States Army from 1942 to 1945. He married Maria Ozuna of Boerne, TX in 1942 and they settled in Abilene to start...

Jacqueline Browning

Mar 1, 2011

Jacqueline Butler Browning, 69, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2011 at Hendrick Hospital in Abilene. Her funeral service with Pastor Clyde Kieschnick officiating will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, March 4th at Zion Lutheran Church, 2801 Antilley RD with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Jacqueline was born in Dallas, Texas to Jack Cole Butler and Thelma...

Charles Ross

Mar 1, 2011

Charles Francis Ross, 95, was born on June 11, 1915 in Viola, Kansas and died March 1, 2011 in Abilene, Texas. He was a veteran of the Navy serving in WWII and also a member of the University Church of Christ. He married R. Vivian Farley in December, 1941 and after her death he married Marjorie Beeman in October,...

Ruth Polk

Feb 28, 2011

Ruth Polk, 87, passed away Monday, February 28, 2011 in Abilene. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, March 2, 2011 in the Garden of Good Shepherd at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Friday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Ruth was born on May 15, 1923....

Vernell Esh

Feb 24, 2011

Vernell Yancy Esh was born on July 3, 1930. She departed this world to be with her Heavenly Father on February 24, 2011. Vernell was named Vella Vernell Yancy for her mother Vella Yancy. She was known as Vernell to all her friends and family. Her mother, Vella, and her father, Emmitt Yancy, preceded her to Heaven. She was...

Marveletta Hudspeth

Feb 24, 2011

Service Graveside Service Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Tuesday, March 1, 2011 1:00 PM Cemetery Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606

James Samya

Feb 23, 2011

James Sam Samya, 81, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2011 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Thursday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM on Friday in Elmwood Memorial Park. Sam retired from the Air Force after 22 years of service and later retired...

Wyatt Zentner

Feb 23, 2011

Wyatt McAllen Zentner, passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 in Abilene. His funeral service will be at 10:00 AM on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Wylie Baptist Church, 6097 Buffalo Gap Road, officiated by Reverend Lee Fuller. Wyatt was born on June 9, 2010 in Abilene to Kayla Suchey and Joshua Zentner. Wyatt was a very precious little...

Sandra Wilson

Feb 22, 2011

Sandra S. Wilson, 73, passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 5 till 7 PM on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Friday, February 25, 2011 at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, 701 South Pioneer Drive. Sandra was born July 10, 1937...

Maria Karhan

Feb 21, 2011

Maria Merli Karhan passed away February 21, 2011. A celebration of her life will be he ld a t Holy fami l y Catholic Church, Buffalo Gab Rd on March 1 at 10:00 a.m. under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5701 Hwy 277 South. Ma r i a wa s born Ol d Forge, Pa. on June 11,...

Lila Binkley

Feb 20, 2011

Mrs. David W. Lila Belle Binkley, 94, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2011 in Frankston. Her funeral service with the Reverend Bob Ford officiating will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 1741 Sayles with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Mrs. Binkley was born in Emhouse, Texas on June 3,...

Durward Brombaugh

Feb 20, 2011

Durward Dale Brombaugh, age 91, died February 20, 2011 in an Abilene, Texas nursing home. Graveside services will be 3:00 PM, Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Mr. Brombaugh Dale was born December 7, 1919, at Salem, Iowa to Helen Ferne nee Murphy and Grover George Brombaugh. He moved to Oklahoma in 1929,...