Obituaries

Robbie Jonas

Robbie Jonas

Aug 8, 2014

Robbie Sue Jonas, 59 of Abilene passed away on Friday August 8, 2014 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held at 5:00 PM Saturday August 9, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Jerry Vincent officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Robbie was born on August 15, 1954 to the late Robert N. Hollowell and Marie...

Chase Williams

Chase Williams

Aug 7, 2014

Chase David Williams, 28, passed away Thursday, August 7, 2014, in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 9, 2014, at the Beltway Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Hill officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy. 277 South. Born March 26, 1986, in Ballinger, Chase was the son of...

Heraldean Reagan

Heraldean Reagan

Aug 6, 2014

Heraldean Pete Reagan, 74, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2014 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, August 9th at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Jerry Vincent officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the funeral home. Pete was born on...

Harry Smith

Harry Smith

Aug 4, 2014

Harry William Smith, Jr., age 86, passed away in his sleep on August 4, 2014. Visitation will be held Wednesday evening, 57 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home. A private family service will be held at a later date. One of ten children, William was born January 31, 1928 to Bessie and Harry W. Smith, Sr. in Omaha, Nebraska. A...

Ronald Ward

Ronald Ward

Aug 4, 2014

Ronald Allen Ward, 61, of Abilene passed away Monday August 4, 2014 in Brownfield. A funeral mass will be held 11 AM, Thursday August 7, 2014 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Rev. Samuel Matthiesen officiating. Ron was born on August 15, 1952 in Wallace, Idaho to the late Calvin Ward and Rose Marie Leblanc. He held a Masters...

Jose Devora

Jose Devora

Aug 1, 2014

Jose Joe Cupertino Retana Devora passed away peacefully on August 1st surrounded by his loved ones at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. A visitation is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, August 4th at Elmwood Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August, 5th at St. Francis Catholic Church in Abilene, Texas. Jose was...

Bill Wheeler

Bill Wheeler

Jul 29, 2014

Bill Wheeler, 91, and a WWII Veteran, was called to Heaven on July 29, 2014 in Abilene. Graveside Service with Military Honors will be Friday, 9 AM August 1, 2014, at ElliotHamil Garden of Memories, 5701 US Hwy 277 South. Visitation will be Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, located 5750 US Hwy 277 South. Bill was...

Mildred Meredith

Mildred Meredith

Jul 23, 2014

Mildred Mickey Meredith, 86, of Abilene passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in Abilene. Graveside service will be held Saturday July 26, 2014 at 9:30 AM at Elmwood Memorial Park and Merlin Marrow will be officiating. Services are under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Mickey was born on September 19, 1927 to the late Rev. Arlie Watson and...

James Rainwater

James Rainwater

Jul 22, 2014

James C. Rainwater, 73, of Abilene passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Friday July 25, 2014 at 10 a.m. at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Jack Riddlehoover and Jeff Reid officiating. Burial will follow with Masonic rites at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m....

Marion Conner Jr.

Marion Conner Jr.

Jul 16, 2014

Marion Buddy Conner Jr., 94, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at a Nursing facility. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Macedonia Baptist Church at 2:00 PM, 608 North 7th Street Abilene, TX, with Reverend Andrew L. Penns officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South....

Jake Frederick

Jake Frederick

Jul 6, 2014

Jake W. Frederick, 68, retired MSGT US Air Force, passed away Sunday July 6, 2014 in Abilene. Graveside service with United States Air Force Honors will be Wednesday July 9, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 US Hwy 277 South. A visitation with the family will be Wednesday from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. prior to the...

Oma Shaver

Oma Shaver

Jun 30, 2014

Oma Jean Nana Shaver, aged 87, died peacefully on June 30, 2014 surrounded by her family in Abilene, TX. Jean was born December 23, 1926, in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles Love Howell and Mary Lou Brewer. Jean graduated from Sulphur High School in Sulphur, Oklahoma. In 1944 Jean married the love of her life, Arnold Shaver. Upon...

Anne Carey

Anne Carey

Jun 29, 2014

Anne Bartlett Carey, 71, passed away June 29, 2014 in Abilene. Visitation will be 6 til 8 PM, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 2 PM, Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at Zion Lutheran Church, 2801 Antilley Road. Interment will be held Thursday in East Hill Cemetery in Fort Stockton,...

Dorothy Jones

Dorothy Jones

Jun 29, 2014

Dorothy Lee Fagan Jones, 81, passed away in her home under the care of Hendrick Hospice, June 29, 2014. Graveside services will be held 10:00 AM, Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at Elmwood Memorial Park, Field of Honor, with Jeff Hatcher officiating. Visitation will be held at Elmwood Funeral home, 6:00 to 8:00 pm, July 1, 2014. Dorothy was born...

Robert Kiser

Robert Kiser

Jun 29, 2014

Robert Bob D. Kiser, 84 of Ft Worth, formerly of Abilene and Sand Springs, TX died Thursday, June 26, 2014 in Ft. Worth. Bob will lay in state at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 U.S. Hwy 277 S., Abilene, TX, from 12 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 2014. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, July 1, at 10:00 a.m....

Betty Hill

Betty Hill

Jun 28, 2014

Betty Ann Hill, 79, of Abilene passed away on Saturday June 28, 2014 with her loving family at her side. A memorial service will be held Wednesday July 2, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Oldham Lane Church of Christ. Inurnment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Mrs. Hill was...

Freddie Ewing

Freddie Ewing

Jun 26, 2014

Freddie Wayne Ewing passed away on June 26, 2014 following a heart attack. A memorial service will be held Thursday July 3, 2014 at 2:00 pm at the chapel of First Baptist Church in Abilene. A private burial will precede the service at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, July 2 from 6 to 8...

David Lucas Sr.

David Lucas Sr.

Jun 25, 2014

David Joseph Lucas Sr. 58, passed away Wednesday June 25, 2014 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held Saturday June 28, 2014 at 3:00 PM at the Love And Care Ministries, 233 Fannin St. A Abilene, TX. David was born on May 23, 1956 to the late Carl H. Lucas and Mary E. Bailey in Springfield, Illinois. He...

Robert Forkner Sr.

Robert Forkner Sr.

Jun 24, 2014

Robert Warren Forkner, Sr., 86, passed away June 24, 2014 in Abilene. Graveside funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Saturday, June 28, 2014 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 hwy 277 South. Robert was born April 22, 1928 in Seminole Oklahoma to, Ray Warren and Lillian Alene Edwards Forkner. He married Mary Ruth Smith, April 12, 1952 in Trent, Texas....

Josefina Villarreal

Josefina Villarreal

Jun 19, 2014

On June 19, 2014, the Heavens has gained another Angel as Ms. Josefina Villarreal has gone to be with the lord. Visitation will be 6:00 til 8:00 PM on Monday, June 23, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 US Hwy 277 South. Services will be 10:00 AM on Tuesday, June 24, in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow...