Obituaries

Helen Grissom

Dec 20, 2007

Helen P. Grissom of Abilene, 89, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at a local care center. Funeral Service will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy. 277 South with Rev. Wayne Oglesby officiating; interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Helen was...

Fred Gomez

Dec 18, 2007

Fred E. Gomez of Abilene, 72, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at a local hospital. Visitation for family and friends will be Thursday, December 20, 2007, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.; following the visitation a Wake Service will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX. Funeral Mass will...

Jerry Haire

Dec 17, 2007

Jerry Don Haire of Abilene, TX went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, December 17, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in Houston, TX. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, December 21 at the First Baptist Church in Abilene with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6...

Charles Wilson

Dec 16, 2007

Our Special little brother, Charles Randall Randy Wilson, 49, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2007 at a local hospital. His funeral service, with Bill Spencer and James Shipman officiating will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, December 19 at the Abilene State School Chapel with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5 to 7...

Reita Hart

Dec 15, 2007

Reita Cooper Hart, 74, Abilene resident since 1953, died Saturday, December 15, 2007 in Abilene. Her memorial service will be held at 1:30 PM on Friday, December 21 at Elmwood West United Methodist Church, 1302 S. Pioneer. Viewing and visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 PM on Thursday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. A private...

Richard Gwinn

Dec 15, 2007

Richard Lynn Ricky Gwinn, 51, died Saturday, December 15, 2007 in Abilene. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Viewing and visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM on Wednesday at the funeral home....

Jeramy Grazier

Dec 14, 2007

Jeramy Andre Grazier, 22, died Friday, December 14, 2007 in Abilene. His funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM on Monday in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM on Sunday at the funeral home. Jeramy was born on March 29,...

Ursula Arrazola

Dec 6, 2007

Ursula is survived by a son, Reynaldo Arrazola Jr., daughters Anna Arrazola-Pate, L:isa Thorntons, and Priscilla Arrazola; and 11 grandchildren.

Service Graveside Service Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:00 a.m. Funeral Mass St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church 2525 Westview Dr. Abilene, TX  79603...

Mary Hyatt

Dec 5, 2007

Mary Kathleen Hyatt, 65, died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 in Abilene. Her memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 11 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with inurnment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. On March 4, 1942, Mary Kathleen was born to Herbert and Genevieve Horn of Norwalk, Connecticut, the oldest...

Larry Floyd

Dec 5, 2007

Larry Joe Floyd, 52, passed away on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 at his home. Larry was born in Huntington, West Virginia on December 12, 1954 to Jimmy Franklin and Wanda Mae Floyd. He married Shannon Jean Brooks on March 17, 1999 in Abilene. A long time resident of Abilene he worked as a mechanic and for several years he...

Isaac Garcia

Dec 4, 2007

Isaac John Garcia, infant, died Tuesday, December 4, 2007 in a Ft. Worth hospital. His graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, December 8 in Elmwood Memorial Park, Babyland under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Isaac was born in Ft. Worth on November 6, 2007. Survivors include his parents, Samuel Nolan...

Sally Hart

Dec 4, 2007

Sally Ann Hart, 77, completed her task on December 04, 2007 and went home to the Lord. Her funeral service will be held at 1:30 PM on Thursday at the Highland Church of Christ, with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM on Wednesday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South....

Joyce Homan

Dec 3, 2007

Joyce Marie Homan, 80, lifelong Abilene resident, died Monday, December 03, 2007 in Abilene. Viewing and visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM on Tuesday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Her funeral service with the Reverend Bob Lindley officiating will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at the Elmwood Funeral Home...

Barbara Abney

Nov 29, 2007

Service Graveside Service Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Saturday, December 1, 2007 1:00 pm Cemetery Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606

Carl Wright

Nov 23, 2007

Carl T. Sonny Wright, 89, passed away Friday, November 23, 2007 at a local hospital. Carl was born on August 6, 1918 in Dallas, TX. to Oscar and Carrie Saustad Wright. He married Marjorie Aldridge on February 14, 1948 in Dallas, TX. They were married 59 years. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He...

Adonay Martinez

Nov 13, 2007

Adonay M Martinez, 83, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at a local nursing facility. Visitation for family and friends will be Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 6:30 p.m., followed by a Praise and Worship service which will begin at 7:00 p.m. at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene, TX. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m. Friday,...

Don Seymour

Nov 8, 2007

Don Seymour, 70, passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2007 at a local hospital. Don was born in Brooksfield, PA on August 7, 1937 to Bradley and Emma Pearl Seymour. He served in the United States Army for 15 years. He married Jeanne Allen on April 17, 1983 in Abilene. Don retired in 1999 from Hendrick Medical Center where...

Loyd Holliman

Oct 29, 2007

Loyd Harold Speck Holliman of Elm Valley, 80 passed away on October 29, 2007 at a local hospital. Speck was born and raised in Kirkland Texas on March 2, 1927 to Loyd Harold and Ethel Sides Holliman; he graduated from Kirkland High School in 1944. He married Thelma Ruth Box in Quanah, Texas in 1947. He worked on ranches...

Eric Mcmahon

Oct 28, 2007

Eric Raphael McMahon, 48, passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at a local hospital. Eric was born on January 3, 1959 to Bryan McMahon and Anita Ornelas McMahon in San Francisco, CA. He served in the National Guard. He is survived by his parents, Bryan and Jan McMahon of Sun City West, AZ; stepdaughter, Mandy Valdez of Phoenix,...

Gladys Cotton

Oct 28, 2007

Gladys Irene Cherry Cotton, 91, was born November 2, 1915, in Lamar County, Texas. She died, October 28, 2007, passing from this life to her life in heaven. There will be a celebration of her life on October 31, 2007, at 1:00 pm in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Highway 277, Abilene, Texas. Rev. Elizabeth Abraham, chaplain with...