Obituaries

Freddie Thomas

Mar 28, 2015

Freddy "Lee" Thomas passed in peace on Mach 28, 2015. Born on March 10, 1944, in Abilene, TX to John W. and Beaulah Thomas. Lee met his wife Janell "Jan" Sutton in Abilene, TX and they married on October, 16, 1961. They raised four children. Lee served in the US Navy aboard the USS Ranger and after being injured...

Ella Counts

Mar 28, 2015

Lorene Counts joined her Lord and Savior in Heaven on March 28, 2015. Lorene Counts was born on 12-16-1919 in Miller Creek Community near Bomarton, Texas to Guy and Pearl Shipley. She graduated from Seymour High School and married her one true love, Bob Counts. She later moved to Lueders, Texas and raised her daughter, Sandra, there. She moved...

Wayne Davis

Mar 27, 2015

Wayne Hollis Davis, 83 years old, passed away on March 27, 2015 after a brief illness. Wayne was born March 23, 1932 to parents, William Davis and Mary Parker Davis. Wayne grew up in Eldorado, Texas and was a graduate of Eldorado High School and Texas Tech University. He enjoyed a long career in the oil industry and was...

C. Clifton

Mar 25, 2015

Charles Clifton, 77, of Quitman, Texas passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Tyler, Texas. Funeral Service will held Monday at 11:00 AM at Broadview Baptist Church. There will be a visitation on Sunday, March 29, 2015 from 3:00-5:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Interment will be at the Texas State Veteran's Cemetery at 3:00...

Barbara Dunn

Mar 22, 2015

Barbara Jeanne Brown Dunn, 77, of Abilene passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015 in Abilene. Rosary and viewing will be held Thursday, March 26, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South, Abilene, Texas. Funeral service will be Friday March 27th, at 11:00 AM at Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Rd,...

Eric Peoples

Mar 16, 2015

Eric Wayne Peoples, 35, of Abilene, Texas, passed away on March 16, 2015. Visitation will be 6:00 till 8:00 PM, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 19, 2015 at Mission Abilene, 3001 N. 3rd Street. Interment will follow the service at Elmwood Memorial Park. Eric...

Mary Pieper

Mar 10, 2015

Mary Joyce Pieper, 87, of Abilene passed away Sunday, March 10, 2015 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 14 at 3 PM at Grace United Methodist Church.

Service Memorial Service Grace United Methodist Church 1402 Grape St. Abilene, TX  79601 Saturday, March 14, 2015 3:00 PM

Frances Bowman

Mar 10, 2015

Frances "Jane" Bowman, 88, of Abilene, passed away March 10, 2015 in Abilene Texas. Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 3:00 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Chapel located at 5750 Highway 277 South in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home....

Patsy Gordon

Mar 10, 2015

Patsy Clark Gordon, 88, of Abilene, passed away March 10, 2015 in Fort Worth, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 16, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel at Elmwood Funeral Home located on Highway 277 in Abilene, Texas. Visitation will be held prior to the services, beginning at 10:00 a.m, with burial at Elmwood Memorial...

Royce Smith

Mar 3, 2015

Royce W. Smith, 80, of Abilene passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2015 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Friday, March 6, at 10 AM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Royce was born on July 19, 1934 in...

Frances Thomson

Mar 1, 2015

Frances Chapman Thomson, a longtime Abilene resident, local artist and beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away on Sunday March 1st. She was 90 years old. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 5, 2015 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Born on October 10, 1924 in her family's farmhouse in Haskell, Texas to...

Wayne Steele

Mar 1, 2015

Wayne R. Steele, 77, of Abilene passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 in Abilene. A graveside service will be held Friday, March 6, at 2:00 PM at the Texas Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. Visitation will be prior to the service on Friday, from 11:00 to 1:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. Wayne was born on September 13, 1937 in...

Arthur Shirley

Feb 25, 2015

Arthur Shirley, 84, passed away February 25, 2015 in Abilene. Funeral service will be 2 PM, Monday, March 2, 2015 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Entombment will follow the service Elmwood Memorial Park's Mausoleum III. Arthur was born August 9, 1930 in Star City, Arkansas. He married Virginia Prado in 1962 and they enjoyed...

Rosita Overholtzer

Feb 18, 2015

Rosita Y. Overholtzer, 87, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 in Abilene. A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, February 21, at 9:30 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Rev. Robert Bush officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Rosary and visitation will be held Friday from 5 to 7 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 US...

Julia Boyd

Feb 18, 2015

Julia Boyd, 85, of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 in Abilene. Graveside service will be held Friday at 11:00 AM at Elmwood Memorial Park with Jerry Vincent officiating. Services are under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Julia was born on December 28, 1929 in Paris, TX to the late George Martin and Fannie Higgins Martin. She...

Bobby Maxwell

Feb 13, 2015

Bobby D Maxwell, 85, of Abilene passed away Friday, February 13, 2015 in Abilene. Funeral services will be held Friday, February 20 at 2 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 US HWY 277 S. Abilene, TX 79606. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation with the family will be held prior to the service from Noon to...

Scott Nettleton

Feb 12, 2015

Scott Christopher Nettleton, 39, of Abilene, TX passed away Thursday, February 12, 2015. A memorial service will be held at the Abilene Indoor Gun Range, 1309 Ben Richey Drive, on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 2:00 PM Scotty was a traveler and was never in one place too long. After bidding his home of Chico, CA farewell, he lived...

Mildred Lavender

Feb 10, 2015

Mildred Faye Lavender, 85, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2015 in Frankston, TX. Visitation will be 7 till 8 PM, Friday, February 13, 2015 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 10 AM, Saturday, February 14, 2015 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Born in...

Richard Silva

Feb 7, 2015

Richard R. Silva, 52, of Abilene passed away Saturday, February 7, 2015. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, February 11 at 10 AM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Richard was born on April 17, 1962 to Raul Silva and Pauline Valdez Silva in Abilene, TX. He proudly served his country in Army National Guard. Richard was diagnosed at...

Robert Stanley

Feb 6, 2015

Robert H. Stanley, 83, of Abilene passed away Friday February 06, 2015 in Abilene. A graveside service will be held Saturday February 14, at 2 PM at Elmwood Memorial Park. Robert was born on March 13, 1931 to the late Wyman Stanley and Evangaline Silva Stanley in Gloucester, MA. He married Barbara Pinkham, she preceded him in death on...