Obituaries

Lottie Scott

Sep 21, 2010

Lottie Elizabeth Scott died September 21, 2010, at the age of 81. Mrs. Scott was born on December 30, 1928, the daughter of Leslie Earnest South, Sr. and Addie Viola Ayers South. Lottie Married Carl Lathen Scott January 9, 1946. Mr. Scott died March 18, 1997. She was also preceded in death by her parents, a son, Merriell L....

Maria Gomez

Sep 21, 2010

Service Prayer Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:00 PM Chapel Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:00 PM Cemetery Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Memorial...

Dorthadele Armstrong

Sep 19, 2010

Dorthadele Armstrong passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010, in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service celebrating her life and her faith will be held at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 2:00 P.M. A visitation will be held at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South, on Tuesday evening, 5:30 to 7:00. Dorthadele was a great woman...

Kenneth Faught

Sep 14, 2010

Kenneth Preston Faught, 71, died Saturday, September 11, 2010 in Abilene. A graveside service with Dusty Garrison officiating will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, September 16 in the Garden of Faith at Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Kenneth was born in Roscoe, Texas on September 26, 1939 the...

Shirley Holdorf

Sep 11, 2010

Graveside services for Shirley Ann Holdorf, 78, of Abilene, TX will be at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 S., Abilene, TX at 10 AM, Wed, September 15, 2010. During a brief stay at Hendrick Hospital she left this world to be in a better place, Saturday, September 11, 2010. Shirley Ann Holdorf was born July 13, 1932 to...

Callie Teague

Sep 11, 2010

Callie Lorena Teague died Friday morning in Midland, Texas. Born Callie Lorena Rose in Haskell, Texas, 1922, Mrs. Teague was a long time resident of Abilene, living at 1233 Minter Lane from 1967 until 2007 when she went to live with her granddaughter, Melony Doan in Sachse, Texas. Her friends and relatives all called her Babe. Her husband, Arthur...

Richard Pullins

Sep 6, 2010

Edward Hays

Sep 2, 2010

Edward Franklin Hays, 81, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Abilene. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, September 6, 2010 at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery, 7457 W. Lake RD. Visitation is from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Sunday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Edward was born on January 7,...

Fern Barnsley

Sep 1, 2010

Fern Wyatt Barnsley, 76, passed away Wednesday September 1, 2010 at her home. Visitation will be Friday, September 3, 2010 from 5 till 7 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Her funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, September 4, 2010 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev. Msgr. Frederick Nawarskas. Burial will follow at...

Marie Higgins

Aug 25, 2010

Our beloved Mother, Grandma and Great Grandma Marie SheltonHiggins, 84, of Austin, TX, passed away after a brief illness Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Marie was born March 25, 1926, in Hastings, OK, to James Whitfield Box and Margaret Marion Gill. She was raised in Waurika Lake, OK, and graduated from Comanche High School in 1944. One of her fondest...

Virginia Everheart

Aug 24, 2010

Beloved wife and mother, Charlene Everheart, passed away Tuesday, August 24, 2010, in Abilene. She was 73 years old. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 AM on Friday, August 27, 2010 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 837 Jeanette Street with burial following at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation for family and friends will be Thursday, August 26, 2010, from 6:00 7:00...

Donald Froid

Aug 16, 2010

Donald Keith Froid, 67, passed away on Monday, August 16, 2010, in Abilene. Funeral service will be 3:00 PM on Thursday, August 19, 2010 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South with entombment following at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation for family and friends was held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at Elmwood...

Helen Comer

Aug 13, 2010

Memorial services will be held for Helen LaVerne Canada Comer at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, August 16, 2010, at Southwest Drive United Methodist Church in Abilene. She died on August 13, 2010, in Lubbock, Texas. She had been under the care of Hospice of Lubbock since April. LaVerne was born on July 22, 1925, to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley...

Florence Martin

Aug 13, 2010

Florence Anna Martin, 80, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2010. Formal visitation for family and friends will be Monday, August 16, from 68 p.m. at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Highway 277 South. Funeral service, under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, will be held at Elmcrest Baptist Church, 517 N. Pioneer Drive, on Tuesday, August 17, 2010, at...

Ruth Newbury

Aug 8, 2010

Ruth Helen Newbury, 80, passed away Sunday, August 8, 2010 surrounded by her loving family. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, August 11th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in the Garden of Memories at Elmwood Memorial Park. Ruth was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on November 24,...

Barbara Scott

Aug 8, 2010

Barbara Scott, 75, passed away Sunday, August 8, 2010. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 12, 2010 at University Church of Christ, 733 E.N. 16th Street, Abilene, TX, with Jack Hill officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park in the Garden of the Ten Commandments, 5750 Hwy 277, Abilene, TX. Visitation will be...

William Thompson

Aug 5, 2010

William E. Bill Thompson William E. bill Thompson, age 83, died on August 5, 2010 after an extended illness. Bill was born January 7, 1927, in Abilene, and was the son of Newel and Bobbie Herndon Thompson. Bill graduated from Abilene High in 1944. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II, stationed in the...

Tomas Martinez

Aug 3, 2010

Tomas Martinez Jr., 56, passed away on August 3, 2010 in Abilene. His funeral service with Jerry McNeill officiating will be held on Saturday, August 7, 2010 in the Elmwood Funeral Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Visitation for family and friends will be from 5:30 to 7:30 PM Friday, August 6, 2010 at Elmwood Funeral Home. Tomas was born...

Josie Sherman

Aug 2, 2010

Josie Lucy Sherman, 72, passed away August 2, 2010 in Merkel, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fanny and Andy Stevens, two sisters, Mertle Kirk and Rosie Hilley, two brother, Earl Hughes and Marvin Stevens, two husbands, Bob Sherman and James Mallard, and two sons, Frank and Johnny Sherman. Survivors include on brother, Lem Stevens and...

Mary Young

Aug 2, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Young, 88, was welcomed into the arms of her savior Monday, August 02, 2010. She was born Feb. 20, 1922 in Cuthand, Texas and was a graduate of North Texas Teachers College in Denton. Mary was a high school English teacher in several towns, including Bowie, Texas, where she met her future husband, Garland C. Young. She...