Obituaries

Gomecindo Soto

Jul 28, 2016

Gomecindo "Chindo" Soto, 72, died Thursday, July 28th. Rosary service will be 6:30 PM, followed by a prayer service at 7 PM on Monday, August 1, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral Mass will be 10 AM, Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church, 2525 Westview Dr. Chindo was born August 13,...

Iva Day

Jul 28, 2016

Iva Joyce Day, 81, of Abilene, TX passed away on July 28, 2016. Visitation will be 4:00 till 6:00 PM, Sunday, July 31, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 3:00 PM, Monday, August 1, 2016 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. She was...

Wanda Thane

Jul 26, 2016

Wanda Lou Dalrymple Thane was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 surrounded by her family. Wanda was born June 3, 1931 in Oklaunion, Texas to Otis and Ida Dalrymple. Her dad worked for Burlington/Denver Railroad which brought them to Stamford, Texas as a young girl, where she attended Stamford schools. She met the...

Lorelle Anderson

Jul 25, 2016

Lorelle Anderson, 89, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016 in Abilene. Funeral service will be at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, July 27, 2016 in the Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Throckmorton, Texas. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South in Abilene. Lorelle was born in Throckmorton on November 20, 1926. She was the...

Jeannie Brown

Jul 25, 2016

Jeannie Brown, 64, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Friday, July 29, 2016, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Jeannie was born May 20, 1952 in Del Rio, Texas to the late O.L. and Gladys Price. Raised under the care of Hendrick Home for Children, she graduated...

Bret Burlock

Jul 22, 2016

Bret Burlock, 56, passed away Friday, July 22, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, August 14, 2016 at Unity Church of Christianity, 2842 Barrow Street. Bret was born September 19, 1959 in Houlton, Maine to Carl and Judy (Kinney) Burlock. He worked as a truck driver for a number of years, when a road...

George Watson

Jul 21, 2016

George Watson, 82, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Monday, July 25, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Interment will follow in Tye Cemetery. George was born May 20, 1934 in Andrews, Texas to Judge and Gladys (Pilgren) Watson. He grew up with five...

A.C. Nelson

Jul 20, 2016

A.C. Nelson, 91 1/2, went to be with his Lord and Savior Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Visitation will be 5:30 to 7:30 PM Friday, July 22, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, July 23, 2016 at View Baptist Church, 250 Boynton Road. Interment will follow in Caps Cemetery. A.C....

Philip Rister

Jul 16, 2016

Philip Samuel Rister, 77, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2016. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 7:00 PM at Tye Cemetery with Stan Allcorn officiating. Philip was born August 17, 1938 in Abilene, Texas to Samuel Thomas and Ellie Lee Adams Rister. He graduated from Abilene High School in 1957. Philip won the heart of...

Justin Robinson

Jul 13, 2016

Justin Nelson Robinson, 24, left this life too soon on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 PM Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM Sunday, July 17, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Justin was born July 30, 1991 in Abilene, Texas to Marsha...

Martha Haire

Jul 11, 2016

Vera Haire, 87, went to her heavenly home on July 11, 2016. She died in Harris County, Texas, after facing the challenges of Alzheimer's disease for almost a decade. She was born Martha Vera Smith on March 5, 1929, near Clarendon, Texas. She was the oldest child of Lillie L. Christie Smith and Kay Francis "K.F." Smith. She was...

Michael Hunt

Jul 10, 2016

Michael Linn Hunt, 60, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 PM Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 10:00 AM Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Michael was born April 4, 1956 in Abilene,...

Brad Bell

Jul 5, 2016

Brad Bell, 42, passed away to the arms of the Lord Tuesday, July 5, 2016 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday, July 7, 2016 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Friday, July 8, 2016, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be at Elliot Hamil Garden...

Corby Andrews

Jul 1, 2016

Corby S Andrews, 44, went home on Friday, July 1, 2016 at his home. Graveside funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Wednesday, July 6th at the Cottonwood Cemetery in Callahan County, TX. Corby was born December 16, 1971 in Abilene, TX where he grew up and graduated from Cooper High School in 1990. After high school he began a...

Dorothy Matthews

Jun 27, 2016

Visitation Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Friday, July 1, 2016 11:30 a.m - 1:00 p.m. Service Graveside Service Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Friday, July 1, 2016 1:00 p.m. Cemetery Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606

Jerry Hendricks

Jun 26, 2016

Jerry Hendricks, 75, went to his heavenly Father Sunday, June 26, 2016. He died at home in his wife's arms after a long battle with illness. Jerry was born August 17, 1940 in Abilene, Texas to Marion Eule Hendricks and Ann Mae Dalton. He was a Sergeant in the United States Army, serving from 1961 until 1964. He married...

Mildred Sutton

Jun 26, 2016

Mildred Rogers Sutton, formerly of Midland, Texas, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2016. She was born June 27, 1920 in Madison County, Arkansas to Alfred and Lena Mosteller Rogers. She was one of eight children. She graduated from Huntsville High School. She was a very hard worker. During World War II, she built airplanes in Tulsa. She married Roy...

Robert White

Jun 23, 2016

Robert W. "Robby" White, Jr., beloved son, brother and friend, journeyed home unexpectedly Thursday, June 23, 2016, at the age of 51. Born July 22, 1964 to CMSgt Robert W. "Bob" White, Sr. and Martha Ann White at Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota, Robby has called Abilene home for almost 40 years, He was a graduate of Cooper...

Betty Stevens

Jun 22, 2016

Betty June Stevens born on June 19, 1941 in Almogordo, NM and lived in Abilene, TX since 1944. She spent most of her professional career as a floral arranger at Garden World. To know Betty June was to love her and be loved by her. She is survived by her husband Bobby Glenn Stevens; two sons, Mark Lockwood and...

Jimmy Martin

Jun 21, 2016

Jimmy Dixon Martin, 73, of Abilene passed away June 21, 2016. He was born in Jacksonville, FL on July 8, 1942. He was preceded in death by his mother, Merle Dixon Martin, and father, Bennie Nicholas Martin. Jimmy married Linda Sue Hahn on November 1, 1963 in Eunice, NM. Jimmy served honorably in the United States Air Force for...