Obituaries

Bobby Connel

Bobby Connel

Dec 18, 2015

Bobby "Bob" Connel, 84, of Abilene passed away December 18, 2015 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 10:00 AM at Oldham Lane Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Monday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the church. Bob was born on April 17, 1931 in...

Louis Ortiz

Louis Ortiz

Dec 18, 2015

Louis P Ortiz was called home on December 18, 2015. Visitation will be Sunday, December 20, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy. 277 South, Abilene, TX. Funeral Service will be at 2:00 pm, Monday, December 21, 2015, in Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, TX. Louis...

Peter Mercier

Peter Mercier

Dec 14, 2015

Peter "Pete" Mercier, 72, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015 in Abilene. No services are scheduled at this time. Pete was born August 15, 1943 in Burlington, Vermont to Joseph Arthur Mercier and Hazel Ann LeClair. He served in the United States Air Force over 20 years, earning the Air Force Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Long Tour and...

Robert Pyeatt

Robert Pyeatt

Dec 10, 2015

Robert Patrick "Pat" Pyeatt, 60, of Abilene passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2015 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Monday, December 14, at 2:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held Sunday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Pat was born on October 14,...

Jerry Wilburn

Jerry Wilburn

Dec 9, 2015

Jerry Don Wilburn, 76, of Abilene passed away Wednesday, December 09, 2015 in the presence of his loving children. Inurnment will be held Saturday, December 12 at 1:00 PM at Elmwood Memorial Park. Jerry was born on July 28, 1939 to the late R. E. "Rooster" Wilburn and Lenora Stroud Wilburn in Compere, Texas. Although quiet and nonchalant about...

Clifford Garner

Clifford Garner

Dec 8, 2015

Clifford "Cliff" Garner, 64, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Friday, December 11, 2015 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral Service will be 10:00 AM Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Cliff was born July 23, 1951 in...

Gaylon Harris

Gaylon Harris

Dec 7, 2015

Gaylon Earl Harris, 69, of Abilene passed away December 7, 2015 in Abilene. Gaylon was born on October 1, 1946 in Coleman, Texas to the late Vernon Earl Harris and Patsy Ruth Harris. After graduating from Coleman High School in 1965 he attended Tarleton State University and graduated in 1969. During his time at Tarleton he met and married...

James Mcbryde

James Mcbryde

Dec 2, 2015

James McBryde, 75, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. There will be no other services held. James was born August 19, 1940 in Abilene, Texas to Hoyt McBryde and Clydie Strickland McBryde. He graduated from Abilene High...

Reverend Tomlinson

Reverend Tomlinson

Nov 27, 2015

Reverend Hobert M. Tomlinson, 90, passed away Friday, November 27, 2015 in Abilene. Visitation will be held from 3:00-5:00 PM, Sunday, November 29, 2015 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy. 277 South. Funeral service will be at 3:00 PM, Monday, November 30, 2015 at New Horizon Ministries, 6110 South 7th Street, Abilene. Hobert or as he was lovingly known...

David Dixon

David Dixon

Nov 26, 2015

David "Buddy" Dixon, 74, of Abilene passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015 in Abilene. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, November 30 at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 12:00 to 2:00 PM. Buddy was born on April 8, 1941 in Darlington, South Carolina to the late Henry Dixon...

Consuelo Cantu

Consuelo Cantu

Nov 25, 2015

Consuelo Alvarez Cantu, 72 of Abilene passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015 in Abilene. Funeral Services are pending. Consuelo was born on November 21, 1943 in Robstown, TX, to the late Manuel Alvarez Sr. and Tiburcia Moreno Alvarez. She married Estanislado Cantu Jr. on May 15, 1966 in Robstown. They moved to Abilene that same year. He passed away...

Betty Bacon

Betty Bacon

Nov 23, 2015

Betty Bacon, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away Monday, November 23, 2015. Elizabeth Anne Buchanan Bacon was born August 10, 1930, in Dallas, Texas, the first of two children, to Cecile Stewart Buchanan and Lester Boyd Buchanan. Though her family moved from there briefly, Betty spent her growing-up years in Dallas, where she was an exceptional...

Angus Harwell

Angus Harwell

Nov 23, 2015

Angus Dewayne Harwell, 79, of Hawley passed away Monday, November 23, 2015 in Hawley. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. Angus was born on April 4, 1938 to the late Doc Harwell and Lucy...

Barbara Olson

Barbara Olson

Nov 22, 2015

Barbara June Wood Olson, 80, passed away on November 22, 2015 in Lubbock, Texas. A graveside funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM, Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South in Abilene. Barbara June Wood Olson was born April 18, 1935 in Selma, Alabama to Herman Nettles Wood and Serealia Pearl Whitcomb Wood....

Andrei Christian

Andrei Christian

Nov 21, 2015

Andrei Benet` Christian, 52, passed away Saturday, November 21, 2015. Funeral Service will be 12:00 PM, Saturday, November 28, 2015 at King Solomon Baptist Church, 1050 Minda Street, Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be Friday, November 27, 2015 at King Solomon Baptist Church 5:00 pm to 7:00 PM. Burial will be at the Abilene Municipal Cemetery, 1133 Cottonwood, in the...

Ralph Windell

Ralph Windell

Nov 21, 2015

Ralph Eugene (Gene) Windell, 91 of Abilene passed away on November 21, 2015 after a long illness. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, November 24, 2015 in the Chapel at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Interment will follow the service at Elmwood Memorial Park with US Air Force Honors. Visitation will begin at 9:00 AM, Tuesday...

Gerard Mccann

Gerard Mccann

Nov 16, 2015

Gerard "Mac" McCann, 80, passed away Monday, November 16, 2015 in Abilene. A Rosary service will be held at 7:00 PM, Friday, November 20, 2015 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Road. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, November 21, 2015 at Holy Family Catholic Church. The inurnment will follow the service at...

Gearld Bingham

Gearld Bingham

Nov 16, 2015

Gearld E. Bingham, 68, of Abilene went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 16, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. Funeral service will be held Monday, November 23 at 10:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Abilene, Texas. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home,...

Robert Hunter

Robert Hunter

Nov 13, 2015

Robert M. Hunter, 76, of Abilene passed away Friday, November 13, 2015 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, November 18 at 10:00 AM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Inurnment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Robert was born on November 29, 1938 to the late Ronald Milton Hunter and Viola Jean Graham in Detroit, Michigan....

Leon Whaley Jr.

Leon Whaley Jr.

Nov 12, 2015

Rev. Leon E. Whaley, Jr., 72 years old passed away Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Hendricks Medical Center. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, November 20, 2015 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at New Light Baptist Church, 518 North 6th St., Abilene,...