All Obituaries

T.C. Bell Sr. passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family in Abilene, Tx on Wednesday August 14th 2019. A visitation will be Friday, August 23, 2019 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at New Fellowship Baptist Church, 1142 Tracy Lynn Street, Abilene, Texas. A funeral service will be Saturday, August 24, 2019 at 11:00 AM at New Fellowship Baptist Church, 1142 Tracy Lynn Street, Abilene, Texas. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. T.C. was born to Ethel Mae Stevenson-Thomas and...

Efren Sandoval Villanueva, 82, of Abilene, went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, August 14, 2019.  Visitation will be on Sunday, August 18 at 6:00 p.m. followed by a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A funeral mass will be 9:30 a.m. Monday, August 19, 2019 at St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church, 2525 Westview Drive. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park.  Efren was born March 17, 1937 in San Antonio de la Cascada, San...

Sherrie Comer, beloved wife, mother, neighbor and friend passed away from this life into eternity on Monday, August 12, 2019 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 US HWY 277 S., Abilene, TX. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation will be held Wednesday, August 14 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. Sherrie was born on August 6, 1937, to the late Robert and Vane Johnston in...

"For we walk by faith, not by sight: We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:7-8). Delphia Mae Scott, 85 of Abilene was led by our Heavenly Father to her eternal resting place on August 11, 2019. A visitation will be held on Friday, August 16, 2019 from 6 to 8 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 S., Abilene, TX. A funeral service will be held Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 10 AM at New Hope Church, 3122...

Fonda Mayo, 76, of Abilene passed away Friday, August 9, 2019 at her home in Abilene. A visitation will be held on Sunday, August 11, 2019 from 6 to 7 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 US HWY 277 S, Abilene, TX. A funeral service will be held Monday, August 12, 2019 at 2 pm at the Oldham Lane Church of Christ, 5049 Oldham Ln, Abilene, TX. Interment will follow at Garden of Memories, in Sweetwater, TX. Fonda was born on June 18, 1943 in Abilene, TX., to the late Carl C and Lenora Wallace....

Psalms 1:3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prospers. On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 our Heavenly Father called one of his angel’s, Ray Dale Simpson who resided in Abilene, Texas for the last 20 years. We will honor his life with a memorial service on Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 11 AM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 US HWY 277 S., Abilene, TX.,...

Mrs. Novella Dyer Walker was called to her eternal resting place on August 7, 2019 while at The Oaks at Radford Hills. Novella was born in Bogota, Texas on September 10, 1935. She graduated from Clarksville High School and went on to further her education at Texas Southern University where she obtained a Master’s Degree in Education and was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Novella married Melvin Walker and resided in Abilene. Novella was a beautiful high spirited woman and a...

Gisela K. Green, age 83, passed away peacefully with family by her side on August 2, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 8, 2019, at 10:30am at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. From her birth in Berlin, Germany on March 21, 1936, to her death, she supported and cared for people around her with love. Gisela grew up the daughter of Georg and Else Boeck on a German hunting estate surrounded by family, friends and nature. Although Gisela spent her early years amidst the angst...

James E. Welch, 85, of Abilene passed away on Monday, July 29, 2019 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 2 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Family Center. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. James was born on August 2, 1933 in Abilene, TX., to the late James “Bud” Welch and Leona Claxton Smith. He served his country with honor in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1955. During this time James married the love of his life, Mary...

Dennis “Denny” Henry Svab of Cleveland, Ohio, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2019, in Abilene, TX. Denny was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 23, 1948, to Henry and Anna Svab. He graduated from Cleveland’s John Adams High School in 1966 and thereafter joined the United States Air Force. He served multiple tours in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and was stationed in California, the Philippines and Texas. Denny met the love of his life, Rosita “Rosie” Yalung,...