Obituaries

Patsy Cooksey

Jan 13, 2014

Patsy Mullins Naylor Cooksey, Abilene, passed away Monday, January 13, 2014, following a sixteenyear struggle with Alzheimers. Longtime Abilene Real Estate Broker, Patsy, was born July 6, 1936, in Brownwood, Texas, to Reatha and Johnny Leon Pete Mullins. Along with her brother, Maxey, the family lived in several West Central Texas towns, moving with the oil field expansion of...

Mildred Barker

Jan 12, 2014

Mildred Lorraine Coons Barker,88, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014 in Abilene. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South, directed by Elmwood Funeral Home. Mildred or Millie as she was called was born June 29, 1925 in Rosalie, Kansas to parents, Ira John and...

Haskell Sinclair

Jan 9, 2014

L. Haskell Sinclair, 79, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2014 in Abilene. The memorial celebration with Dr. David Wray and Jim Reynolds officiating will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, January 13th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Highway 277 South with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends following the service. Haskell...

Eric Hummel

Jan 5, 2014

Eric L Hummel, 41, passed away January 5, 2014 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 7:00 PM, Friday evening in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Eric was born on October 16, 1972 in Lorain, Ohio. He graduated from Brookside High School in Sheffield Lake, OH in 1991. Soon after high school he...

Myrtle Brown

Dec 30, 2013

Myrtle Faye Williams Brown, 81, transitioned from earth to glory on Monday, December 30, 2013 at a local hospital. Her funeral service will be Friday, January 3, 2014 at 12 noon at Macedonia Baptist Church, 608 N. 7th St. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Thursday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Faye spent...

Randall Castleberry

Dec 29, 2013

Randall Randy Scott Castleberry, 53, entered his Saviors arms on December 29th after injuries received in a car accident. His funeral service with Mark Hewitt officiating will be at 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 4th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South. Visitation is from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Friday at Elmwood Funeral Home. Randy was...

Russell Day

Dec 23, 2013

Russell F Day, Tsgt, USAF Ret. Russell F Day, 82, passed away Monday, December 23, 2013. Visitation will be Thursday, December 26, 2013 from 5 till 7 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral will be Friday, December 27, 2013 at 2 PM in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood...

Kenneth Oliver

Dec 20, 2013

Kenneth Ray Oliver, 57, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at an Abilene hospital. Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, 701 South Pioneer in Abilene Texas, with burial to follow at the city cemetery under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday, December 27, 2013 from 5:00...

Matthew Encinas

Dec 18, 2013

Matthew John Encinas, 40, our beloved son, born on January 12, 1973, left us on December 18, 2013. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, December 23, 2013 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. He is survived by a son, Joseph Encinas of San Diego, CA his parents, Michael and Margaret Encinas...

Cecil Gillum

Dec 13, 2013

Service Memorial Service Zion Lutheran Church 2801 Antilley RD Abilene, TX  79606 Tuesday, December 17, 2013 10:00 AM

John Oberschmid

Dec 13, 2013

John Robert Oberschmid, 92, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2013 in Abilene. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Tuesday, December 17th at Elmwood Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with entombment immediately following in Elmwood...

Richard Reagan

Dec 10, 2013

Richard A. Ricky Reagan, 52, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2013 in Abilene. His funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with interment following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Thursday at Elmwood Funeral Home. Ricky was born on September...

Justin May

Dec 10, 2013

Justin May, 27, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2013 in Abilene. His memorial service will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, December 14th at South Pointe Church, 3050 Buffalo Gap Rd in Abilene. Arrangements are with Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Justin was born in Abilene on January 13, 1986 and attended Cooper High School and...

Donald Logston

Dec 9, 2013

Donald Ray Logston, age 75, died in the Hendrick Medical Center Hospice Care unit in Abilene, Texas, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Born September 27, 1938, in Mineral Wells, Texas, he graduated from Hawley High School in 1958. He worked as a machine operator for Lone Star Gas Company for 40 years before his retirement in 1997. Upon his...

Alton Jordan

Dec 6, 2013

Alton L. Shorty Jordan, 76 of Abilene, passed away Friday, December 6, 2013 at his home after a battle with cancer. Funeral service will be at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South with Paul Matta Officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 10, 2013...

Rose Gutkowski

Dec 5, 2013

Rose C. Gutkowski, 99, went to the Lord on December 5, 2013 in Abilene, TX. She was born in Posen, MI on July 23, 1914. She lived most of her life in Alpena, MI, with the last four years in Abilene, TX with her son. Rose was one of twelve children, all deceased. She was married to Bernard T....

Wauree Saverance

Dec 5, 2013

Wauree Saverance was born April 5, 1919 to Ivy and Willie Bates in Ballinger, Texas. She passed away on December 5, 2013 in Childress, Texas. She was raised in Coleman County. Waurree was a lifetime member of the Methodist Church. Wauree married Randolph Saverance on February 29, 1936, they had 5 children. After Wauree retired from being a hair...

James Stoker

Nov 25, 2013

James Jim Stoker, 71, passed away Monday, November 25, 2013 in Merkel. Funeral service will be 11:00 AM, Friday, November 29, 2013 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. James was born June 29, 1942 in Mertins, TX to parents, Allen and Ella Mae Stoker. He graduated high...

Mary Motley

Nov 23, 2013

Mary Shaw Peyton Motley, 90, was born in Breckenridge, Texas on May 12, 1923 to Frank and Effie Kate Peyton. She grew up in Waco, and after attending Baylor, her family moved to Abilene where she met and then married her beloved husband, Zolus Motley in 1947. She passed away on November 23, 2013, in Friendswood, Texas eighteen years...

Leigh Nostrum

Nov 22, 2013

Leigh Robert Norstrum, 75, passed away Friday in Abilene. Graveside funeral service will be 2 PM, Monday, November 25, 2013 at Elmwood Memorial Park with Brother Wes Terry officiating. Visitation will be from 12 to 2 PM, Monday, prior to the service, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Leigh was born on March 6, 1938 in Grand...