Obituaries

Apr 13, 2022

Ena Bee Tutt Collett Lockhart, 91, went home with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. A visitation will be held from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, Sunday, April 17, 2022, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A funeral service will be held at 12:00pm, on Monday, April 18, 2022, at Elmwood Funeral Home with Dr. Robert...

Apr 13, 2022

Jim Carlin, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, husband, and partner, 79, passed away at UMC Hospital in Lubbock, Texas on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. When Jim left a room, there was never any doubt he had been there. He had a commanding presence, would do anything for those he loved, made uncounted connections over his lifetime, and loved nothing more...

Apr 13, 2022

MSgt. Donald Ray Musgrave Sr, USAF (Ret.), 83, of Abilene passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2022, in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 837 Jeanette St, Abilene, TX 79602. Interment will follow at Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. A visitation will be held on Monday,...

Apr 8, 2022

Harvey Johnson, age 96, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, April 8, 2022, in Abilene, Texas. A visitation will be held Thursday, April 14, 2022, from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene. A funeral service will be held 12:30 PM, Friday, April 15, 2022, in the Elmwood Funeral...

Apr 6, 2022

Linda Waits, 78, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in Abilene, Texas. She is survived and will be forever remembered by, her son, Jeff Waits of Abilene; and her daughter, Melissa Waits of Abilene. Three grandchildren, Briana Dodson, Casey Waits, Collin Waits and wife Bailey; four great grandchildren; and her forever daughter in love, Kim Jensen. Preceding her in death...

Apr 3, 2022

Sandra Lael Shields Martin, 87, of Abilene, TX, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2022. A funeral service will be held on Friday, April 8, 2022, at 12 PM at Wylie United Methodist Church, 3430 Antilley Rd., Abilene, TX 79606 with Jeff Hatcher officiating. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Sandra was born on May 2, 1934, in Santa...

Mar 29, 2022

Isaiah Anthony Arellano of Abilene passed away Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 at the age of 19 in Abilene, TX. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday April 6th at 2PM at Elmwood funeral home, 5750 Hwy 277 south.  Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 also at Elmwood funeral home.

Isaiah was...

Mar 29, 2022

Lidia Estela Anguiano, 50, went home with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. A visitation will be held on April 3, 2022, from 6:00 pm. - 8:00 pm., with a Rosary starting at 7:00 pm at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 am., on Monday, April 4,...

Mar 28, 2022

Hilda Tarango Saldana, 86, went home with her Lord and Savior on Monday, March 28, 2022. The Rosary will be 12:00-12:30pm and visitation will be 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Friday, April 1, 2022 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. The funeral service will be 2:00pm, Friday, April 1, 2022 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Rd....

Mar 26, 2022

Rita Faye Caverly, 70, of Abilene passed away, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Abilene. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 12:30 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 US HWY 277 S., Abilene, TX 79606. Interment will follow at Texas State Veterans Cemetery, Abilene, TX. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, March...

Mar 24, 2022

Doyle "Dean" Shipp, 83, of Hurst, TX passed away Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Stephenville, TX. A funeral service will be held on Monday, April 4, 2022, at 12:30 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 US HWY 277 S., Abilene, TX 79606. Interment will follow at Texas State Veterans Cemetery Abilene. A visitation will be held on Monday,...

Mar 23, 2022

Ramona M. Duncan has Gone West. She passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Abilene at 76.

Ramona was born on March 18, 1946, in Borger, TX to the late Kathleen Pulliam and OA “Slick” Pulliam. She married Jack Duncan on October 22, 1978, in Las Vegas, NV. They were blessed with an adventurous 44...

Mar 22, 2022

Elisa "Mary" Lopez, 66, of Abilene passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Abilene.

Mary was born on November 20, 1955, in Abilene, TX to the late Manuel Hernandez and Francesca (Trinidad) Hernandez. She married Antonio Lopez in Michigan on September 28, 1972. Mary was a caring loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her best times...

Mar 22, 2022

Manuel R. Hernandez, 94, of Abilene, TX passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Abilene after a courageous battle with cancer.

A visitation will be on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at 6:00 PM with a Rosary being held from 7:00 to 8:00 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 US HWY 277 S., Abilene, TX. A...

Mar 21, 2022

Joseph Patrick Maxwell passed away March 21, 2022, in Corpus Christi, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2022, in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene.

Joseph was born on April 6, 1950, in Denison, Texas to Verna Lee and Thomas Alton Maxwell. He was always...

Mar 18, 2022

After leading a life of service, beloved mother and friend, Sharon (Shales) Middleton, peacefully returned home to her Savior on March 18, 2022. Born in Cornell, Wisconsin, on May 17, 1940, to Donald D. and Velva A. (Hake) Shales, Sharon was the youngest of three children. She and her much loved older brothers were close-knit and sometimes full of...

Mar 16, 2022

Georgia Lee Williams Teel, known by friends and family as Georgie, passed peacefully in her sleep on March 16, five weeks to the day after her husband’s death.

Georgie was born in Fort Worth on October 30, 1927. She began her missionary journey as a teen-ager when she would spend her high school and college summers leading...

Mar 16, 2022

Edward Dean Wuerflein, 83, went to be with the Lord and his beloved wife Bonnie, Wednesday, March 16, 2022 in Abilene, Texas. A birthday celebration will be held Wednesday, March 30, 2022 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South.  A funeral service will be held 12:30 PM, Thursday, March 31, 2022 in...

Mar 16, 2022

Betty Marie Pierce, aged 80 of Abilene passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. She was born to her late parents James William Burnam and Vivian Marie Burnam on August 16, 1941, in Wichita, Kansas. Betty was a housewife who raised her four boys on Miliary bases across the country. In her free time, she taught free-hand ceramic painting...

Mar 12, 2022

Rosita Jimenez Moreno, 73, of Abilene passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Abilene.

A visitation with the family will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 US HWY 277 S., Abilene, TX 79606. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2022,...