Obituaries

Billy Craig

Jan 2, 2010

Billy M. Red Craig, 84, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2010. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, January 6 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Mr. Craig was born on May 5, 1925 in Coleman the son of Fred Craig and Vera May...

Ada Kolb

Jan 1, 2010

Ada Lee, 88, passed away on Friday, January 1, 2010 at her home in Abilene. Her funeral service will be at 11:00 AM on Monday, January 4, 2010 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Visitation will be from 3 till 5 PM on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at Elmwood Funeral Home. Ada was born on January 15,...

Bernardo Carrillo

Jan 1, 2010

Visitation Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Monday, January 4, 2010 6 7 PM Service Prayer Vigil Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:00 PM Funeral Mass St. Vincent Pallotti Catholic Church 2525 Westview Dr. Abilene, TX  79603...

Norman Orr

Dec 30, 2009

Norman Gale Orr, 74, passed away in the early morning hours on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at Abilene Regional Medical Center. His funeral service will be 11:00 AM on Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South, officiated by Reverend Derrell Patterson. Visitation will be on Friday, January 1, 2010 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM,...

Hillery Collinsworth

Dec 24, 2009

Hillery T. Collinsworth, 87, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009 at his home in Abilene. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 5:00 PM on Sunday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. His funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, December 28th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at 1:00 PM at...

Edward Hamilton

Dec 23, 2009

Edward H. Hamilton, 84, passed away on December 23rd at Scott White Hospital in Temple, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 525 Beech ST. The family will receive friends at a reception immediately following the service.brbrEd was born in Abilene, Texas, December 28, 1924,...

Christine Abraham

Dec 23, 2009

Christine Lucille Lucy Abraham, 94, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2009 in Waco. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, December 28 at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. br brMrs. Abraham was born in Woodson on February 4, 1915. The daughter of Joel Daniel...

Horace Cooke

Dec 20, 2009

Horace Cooke, 89, passed away Sunday 20 Dec. 2009, at Hendricks Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, December 28 at Elmwood Memorial Park with an 11:30 AM Memorial Service following at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 525 Beech ST. Visitation is from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Sunday at Elmwood Funeral...

Samuel Valdez

Dec 17, 2009

Samuel Garza Valdez Sr., 84, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009 in Abilene. His funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, December 19, 2009 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6:00 till 7:00 PM, Friday December 18, 2009 at Elmwood Funeral Home with a prayer service...

Rhonda Atkins

Dec 16, 2009

Anne Hulsey

Dec 6, 2009

Anne Browne Hulsey, a native of Boston, MA, formerly residing in New Jersey, New York, Denver, CO, Houston, TX, and Mobile, AL, a current resident of Baldwin County, died Sunday, December 6, 2009, in a Fairhope nursing facility. Mrs. Hulsey attended Wellesley College and graduated from the University of South Alabama with a degree in Business Management. She was...

Terry Carpenter

Dec 5, 2009

Terry R. Carpenter SR, 70, died Saturday, December 5, 2009 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 8th at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4515 S. 14th. Inurnment will follow at 4:00 PM in Elmwood Memorial Park. Mr. Carpenter was born on March 4, 1939 in Meriden, Connecticut. He served in the U.S. Army...

Ruth Wood

Dec 4, 2009

Ruth Marie Wood, 77, passed away on Friday, December 4, 2009 in Abilene. Her graveside service will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at Elmwood Memorial Park, Garden of Hope. Arrangements are under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Ruth was born on December 31, 1931 in Lead, South Dakota to...

Tomasita Gutierrez

Dec 2, 2009

Tomasita Gutierrez, age 69, of Abilene, Texas, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, December 3, 2009, after battling cancer for almost 2 years. The family will have visitors for a viewing from 6:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m, on Friday, December 4, 2009 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A rosary service will be held...

Bessie Dalton

Nov 28, 2009

Our beloved Bessie Mae Morrison Dalton, 79, went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 28, 2009 in Abilene. A graveside service with the Reverend Larry Baird officiating will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in the Gazing Globe Section of Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 HWY 277 South. Bessie Mae was born on...

James Tatum

Nov 27, 2009

James Eugene Jim Tatum, 69, died at home on Friday, November 27, 2009. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in Elmwood Memorial Park with Pastor Amy Wilson officiating. Born February 14, 1940 in Shreveport, Louisiana, Jim grew up in East Texas. He met and married his wife, Marie Alvilene Yates in...

Skipper Rodriguez

Nov 25, 2009

Skipper Horn Rodriguez, 28, joined her Savior in Heaven on Friday, November 25, 2009. Her funeral service with Bishop Rob Nichols officiating will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, November 30th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 4:00 to 6:00 PM on Sunday at...

Paul Pierce

Nov 25, 2009

Paul Pierce, 56, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2009 in Abilene. His funeral service will be held at 2:30 PM on Saturday, November 28th at the Caps Baptist Church with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Friday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Paul was born in San...

Calvin Hickam

Nov 24, 2009

Calvin Leonard Hickam Sr., 82, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2009 in Abilene. His funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 28th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Friday at Elmwood Funeral Home. Mr. Hickam...

Pauline Hunter

Nov 22, 2009

Pauline Hunter, 74, passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, November 27, 2009 at Faith Deliverance Community Church, 5501 HWY 277 South.Pauline was born on June 25, 1935 in Calvert, Texas. She has lived in Abilene most of her life and was a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking,...