Obituaries

Carol Hughes

Sep 26, 2016

Carol Dean Hughes, 80, quietly passed away on September 26, 2016. Carol was born in 1936 in Ft. Worth, Texas to parents Lois and Walter E. Landis. After graduating North Side High School in Ft. Worth, Carol married her high school sweetheart, LeVene Hughes, in 1955. Carol, LeVene, and their young and growing family lived in several Texas and...

Elaine Vinson

Sep 24, 2016

Paula Elaine Vinson passed away September 24, 2016. Visitation will be Monday, September 26, 2016 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Elmwood Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Wylie Baptist Church, 6097 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX. Elaine was born on December 15, 1945 in Callahan County to Harold and Ellen Snyder. She...

Kaiden Cervantez

Sep 23, 2016

Kaiden Nathaniel Cervantez, 2, passed away Friday, September 23, 2016. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 PM Monday, October 3, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral Services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park.

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Vicki Hurst

Sep 22, 2016

Vicki Crouse Hurst of Abilene passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016. She was born January 8, 1956 in Calexico, California to Doyle and Nancy Crouse. She is survived by her three children, Cheryl Riggan of Abilene, Teresa Cartwright and her husband Jeff of Tampa, Florida, and Justin Davis of Abilene. A sister, Karen Hines of Abilene. Her "chosen"...

Melvin Thane

Sep 21, 2016

Melvin Gene Thane was called home to be with the Lord on September 21, 2016 surrounded by his family. Melvin was born January 4, 1932 at home in Sagerton, Texas to Theophil and Helma Thane. Melvin attended Sagerton Schools and was the last graduating class of Sagerton High School in 1949. He met the love of his life, Wanda...

Margaret Gregory

Sep 20, 2016

Margaret Buchanan Gregory died on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Wesley Court in Abilene, Texas. She was born on February 28, 1922, in Albany, Texas, and was raised in Breckenridge, Texas, graduating high school there in 1939. Margaret attended Daniel Baker College in Brownwood, Texas. She met her husband, Paul from Brownwood, Texas, while at college, and they married...

Shirley El-Attrache

Sep 19, 2016

Shirley El-Attrache, 81, beloved Mother, Wife and Grandmother, was called to her eternal resting place on September 18, 2016. Graveside services will be held at 11AM on Friday, September 23rd, at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South. She entered this world on May 30, 1935 in Seguin, TX, born to Edwin and Clara Heinemeyer. Shirley was a proud...

Laverne Perkins

Sep 18, 2016

LaVerne Perkins, 74, of Abilene, Texas went to be with her Lord on Sunday, September 18th at Merkel nursing center in Merkel, Texas. Her Service will be held Thursday, September 22nd at Elmwood Funeral Home. Visitation will be at 12:00 p.m. with service in the chapel at 1:00 p.m. Interment will be graveside in Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy...

Pedro Castro

Sep 17, 2016

Pedro L. Castro, 87, went to be with the Lord on September 17, 2016 in Abilene surrounded by his loving family. A funeral mass will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Road. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Visitation will be 5:00 to...

Barbara Huff

Sep 16, 2016

Barbara Huff, 85, passed away Friday, September 16, 2016 at Christopher House Hospice in Austin. She had lived at Falcon Ridge Rehab since May of 2015 due to a massive stroke. Visitation will be 4:00 to 6:00 PM Sunday, September 18, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Memorial will be 10:00 AM Monday, September 19, 2016...

Earl Harrison

Sep 15, 2016

Earl Harrison, better known as "Dr. Earl" to students and faculty at Hardin Simmons University, "Doc" to geologists and business acquaintances in the oil industry, and "Dockie" to his children and grandchildren, left the oilfields of Jones County to walk the fields of gold with his Heavenly Father on September 15, 2016. Earl was born November 22, 1922, in...

Braxton Easley

Sep 14, 2016

Braxton Troy Easley and Teagan Ophelia Easley, newborn twins of Jarren Easley and Jordan Clark, left this world way too soon. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, September 17, 2016 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Merkel. Braxton and Teagan are survived by their parents, siblings Kinslee and Ainslee Huff and McCrae Easley; grandparents Kurt and...

Nicki Harkleroad

Sep 11, 2016

Nicki Lynn Nelson Harkleroad, 51, passed away after a three-year battle with cancer. Visitation will be 6:00 till 8:00 PM, Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Her funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Friday, September 16, 2016 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Nicki was born in Norman, OK to parents, Glenn and...

Alvin Mcloughlin

Sep 7, 2016

Alvin McLoughlin, 89, of Abilene left this earth for his heavenly home on September 7, 2016. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel at Elmwood Funeral Home (5750 US Highway 277 S, Abilene TX 79606). Visitation with the family will be Friday, September 9, 2016 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at...

Hunter Nhan

Sep 5, 2016

Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Friday, September 9, 2016 10:30 a.m. Cemetery Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606

Ruth Ramsey

Aug 29, 2016

Ruth Ramsey, 97, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 29, 2016. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 PM Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Ruth was born March...

Gregorio Gutierrez

Aug 27, 2016

Gregorio Gutierrez, 94, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 27, 2016. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 31, 2016 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Elmwood Funeral Home. Gregorio was born on November...

Jeanette Hoppe

Aug 26, 2016

Jeanette Hoppe, 79, passed away Friday, August 26, 2016. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 PM Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Jeanette was born December 30, 1937 in Stamford, Texas...

Vada West

Aug 23, 2016

On August 23, 2016 Vada Lee Roberts West was reunited with her loved ones who passed before her. Vada was born August 12, 1927 in Ovalo, Texas to Willis and Nellie Roberts. Behind her she left four children, Judy Carolyn West Pilch, Bruce Alvin West, William Russell West, and Kelly Denise West; eight grandchildren and twenty three great-grandchildren. She...

Bill King

Aug 19, 2016

Bill R King, age 80, of Abilene died peacefully on August 19, 2016. He was born in Paris, TX and there began his adventures in becoming an accomplished outdoorsman. Although Bill lived and worked in Aurora,CO, and for a short time called Oklahoma City, OK home, most of his life was spent in Abilene, his "true home". Bill served...