Obituaries

Mar 4, 2021

Samuel Dale St. Clair Jr., 74, of Abilene passed away Thursday, March 4, 2021 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 11 AM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation will be held Monday, March 8 from 6 to 8 PM at the funeral home. Sam...

Mar 3, 2021

Raymond Lee Johnson Jr nicknamed Bubba Graveside Services will be held on Friday, March 19, 2021 at 11:00 am at Texas State Veteran Cemetery 7457 West Lake Road, Abilene, Texas. With Full Military Honors. The Viewing will be prior to the service from 9:30 am - 10:30 am at Elmwood Funeral Home. We know these are difficult times due to...

Mar 1, 2021

Kennith E. Thompson, 87, of Abilene passed away Monday, March 1, 2021 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at on Friday, March 12, 2021 at 2 PM at the Elmwood Chapel. Kennith was born to Lloyd and Jewell Thompson on August 30, 1933 in Kress, Texas. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in...

Feb 26, 2021

Terry Gene "Yaya" Calder, 75, of Abilene passed away Friday, February 26, 2021 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Friday, March 5, 2021 at 2 PM at the Broadview Baptist Church, 2500 S. 27th, Abilene, Tx, 79605. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation will be held from 12:30 to 2 pm prior to the...

Feb 24, 2021

Glenda "Grumpie" Stringfellow went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. She was born August 24, 1934 in Delta County to Homer Bowen and Mary Ellen Edwards. She married the love o her life Clifton Stringfellow in 1956. From 1966 to 1993 they owned and operated Sav-A-Minit grocery, a "Mom and Pop" store. In 1984 they founded "Grumpies...

Feb 23, 2021

JT Burns, 95 passed away on February 23. 2021 at the Texas State Veterans Home in Big Spring, Texas. JT was born on March 30, 1925 in Jones County, Texas to the late Houston A. and Ossie Burns. He grew up during the depression, and often told stories of moving around to several different places and attending as many as...

Feb 23, 2021

Sherrae Eloise Mina, 76, of Abilene passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2021 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 1 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. A visitation will be held Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 5 PM followed by a rosary at 6 PM at the funeral home. Sherrae was born on...

Feb 21, 2021

Jan Canavan passed away on Feb 21, 2021. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.

Feb 21, 2021

Sunday afternoon, February 21, 2021, 84-year-old Floyd Rich Grimm, slipped from the shackles of his earthly body to be with his heavenly Lord. He was a beloved police officer, a navy veteran, a father, grandfather, great-grandfather, husband, mentor, teacher, deacon, and so much more. Floyd was born December 25, 1936, a Christmas baby to Margaret Elizabeth and Richard Hugo...

Feb 18, 2021

Patrick Lane Young, 56, passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at his home. Visitation will be 12:00 – 2:00 PM with his funeral service beginning at 2:00 PM on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at Oldham Lane Church of Christ, 5049 Oldham Lane. He was Born in Killeen, Texas on April 3, 1964 to Sidney and Kay Young. He...

Feb 18, 2021

Marlene Farr, 87, of Abilene, went to be with her beloved Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on February 18, 2021, after a brief illness. She was born to H.R. "Bud" and Stella McKeever on April 2, 1933 in Ola, Ark., and moved with the family to Texas in 1943. She graduated from Merkel High School in 1951. After high...

Feb 15, 2021

Robert (Bobby) Thomas, 78, beloved Husband and Father, passed away on February 15, 2021. Bobby entered this world on November 2, 1942 in Wichita Falls, TX, born to Robert and Mary Thomas. He is survived by Wife Holly and her sons Kenneth and Russell Mills, daughter Lesley Hickox and son Steve Thomas. Bobby had 7 grandkids, Joshua Hickox, Sarah Hickox...

Feb 13, 2021

Roberto Mejia, 59, was called to his eternal resting place on February 13, 2021. He entered this world on 05/13/61 in San Felipe, GTO, Mexico born to Patricio Mejia and Ma. Guadalupe Ibarra. Roberto was a very hard worker who loved his family dearly and loved playing baseball, and loved watching his children and grandchildren play football, soccer and softball....

Feb 11, 2021

Faith Brandy Hoard, 43, of Tustin, California passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021 in Abilene, Texas. Faith was born on March 16, 1977 in California to Janice and James Hoard. Faith was raised by Janice Hoard in Tustin California where she learned to become an independent, loving, and caring woman. She later gave birth to a beautiful daughter named Kayla...

Feb 11, 2021

Elida Gomez, 77, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021 in Abilene, Texas. Family will receive friends and family at visitation from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Tuesday, February 23, 2021 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will...

Feb 6, 2021

Esperanza Gonzales Martinez “Hope” a resident of Tomball, Texas, passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2021, in Houston, Texas.  She was 77 years old. Hope was born in Abilene, Texas to Rosendo and Eulalia Gonzales on August 11, 1943. She was the 11th of 13 children. She is preceded in death by her parents and her siblings – Manuela Gaona,...

Feb 4, 2021

William G. Percy, 68, known by most as “Percy” passed away Thursday, February 4, 2021 in Abilene, Texas.  A visitation will be held from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Thursday, February 11, 2021 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, February 12, 2021 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel,...

Feb 3, 2021

Robert “Bobby" Biera, 53 passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 in Abilene, Texas. A visitation will be 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Friday, February 5, 2021 at Elmwood Funeral Home,5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, February 6, 2021 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in the Merkel Cemetery.

Bobby was...

Feb 3, 2021

Graveside Services for Pastor Eddie will be on Monday, February 22, 2021 at 1:00pm at the Texas State Veteran Cemetery, 7457 W Lake Rd, Abilene, Texas. Memorial Service for Pastor Eddie Jordan will be Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 11:00 am at First Baptist Church 1333 N 3rd Street, Abilene, Texas. We know these times are difficult due to...

Feb 3, 2021

Due to inclement weather the visitation has been rescheduled to February 26th and the Memorial service to February 27th. Times and locations will remain the same.

Mary Helen Hewitt, 76, of Abilene, went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 in Abilene.  Her loving daughters were by her side. A visitation will be...