Obituaries

Hannah Richards

May 18, 2008

Hannah W. Richards passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2008. Visitation for family and friends will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 23, 2008 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy. 277 South, Abilene. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 24, at Brook Hollow Christian Church, 2310 S. Willis, Abilene, with Pastor Ross Bennett...

Mohammed El-Attrache

May 17, 2008

Dr. Mohammed Mike El-Attrache, 75, a resident of Abilene since 1965, passed away Saturday Morning, May 17, 2008. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 PM, Tuesday, May 20, at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. His funeral service with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating will be held at 2:00PM, Wednesday, May 21 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel....

Randy Kirk

May 13, 2008

Randy Lynn Kirk, 48, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at his residence. A memorial graveside service will be held 4:00 p.m., on Friday, May 16, 2008 at Sunset Memorial Gardens-St. Mark Garden. Randy was born on November 26, 1959 in Odessa; his parents were Norman and Lydia Kirk. He graduated from Odessa High School in 1978. After graduating...

Robert Reyes

May 10, 2008

Robert Bobby Reyes, 57, of Abilene, died Saturday, May 10, 2008 at a local hospital. A wake service with a rosary will be at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 12 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Rufus and Connie Palacios officiating, 5750 Hwy 277 South; a visitation will follow until 8:00 p.m. Funeral mass will be 10:00 a.m. on...

Thelma Hansen

May 10, 2008

Thelma Faye Hansen, age 80, of Early died Saturday, May 10, 2008. She was born on August 30, 1927 in Haskell, Texas to the late William and Sophie Thane. She was married to Charles W. Hansen on August 16, 1944 in Anson, Texas. She ws a former secretary-treasurer of Fair Park United Methodist Church and later an active member...

William Yates

May 10, 2008

William Alvie Yates, 93, of Abilene, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at his home. Visitation for family and friends will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, May 12 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy. 277 South. Funeral service will be 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tina Cross and Lloyd Couch...

Trixie Casady

May 6, 2008

Trixie M. Casady, 79, died on Tuesday, May 06, 2008 at a local hospital. Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2008 in Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery-Garden of Good Shepherd, 5750 Hwy. 277 South, with Rev. Louis Merritt officiating. Trixie was born on March 11, 1929 in Stamford, TX to Weldon Wayne and Flora Gaye Young....

Sheila Pearce

May 6, 2008

Sheila Jane Pearce, 49, of Abilene, died on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at a local hospital. Visitation for family and friends will be Thursday, May 8, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 9 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel; interment will follow in...

Wanda Seay

May 5, 2008

Wanda Jean Gage Seay, 81, died Monday, May 5, 2008 at her home in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM today, Tuesday, May 6 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Her graveside service will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday in Elmwood Memorial Park, Garden of Faith, with an 11:00 AM memorial service...

Deborah Gates

May 4, 2008

Deborah Lynn Walthall Gates of Merkel passed away at 1:42 a.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2008 in Abilene Regional Medical Center. Debbie has fought a heroic battle with ovarian cancer since August of 2005. Debbie was born February 4, 1954 in Richland, Washington, the firstborn child of John and Nell Allen Walthall. When Debbie was 10 months old the...

Gayle Webb

May 3, 2008

Gayle Peterson Webb, 88, died Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Munday, Texas. Her graveside service, with Lawson Hager officiating, was held at 1:00 PM on Monday, May 5, 2008 at Elmwood Memorial Park, under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Gayle was born on September 1, 1919 in Merkel, Texas. She was the widow of Waltar V. Webb and...

Billie Wells

Apr 30, 2008

Billie Smoote Wells, 87, of Abilene, died on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at a local nursing center. There will be a visitation from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 2 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy. 277 South. Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bryan Hicks officiating; interment will follow...

Wallace Swagerty

Apr 16, 2008

Wallace G. Swagerty, 64, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 in Abilene. His funeral service with Pastor Darvin Shipman officiating will be held at 10:00 AM on Monday, April 21, 2008 at Liberty Baptist Church, 1149 E. S. 11th with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 PM on Sunday at Elmwood Funeral Home,...

Ouida Waddell

Apr 15, 2008

Ouida Mae Waddell, 75, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 in Abilene. Her funeral service will be held at 2:30 PM on Friday, April 18th at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South. Viewing and visitation will be from 1:00 PM until service time. Ouida was born on August 12, 1932 in Waller, Texas the daughter of Limuel...

Avelina Jaques

Apr 14, 2008

Avelina G. Jaques, 68 of Abilene, died Monday, April 14, 2008 at her home. There will be a wake service with a rosary at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy. 277 South; visitation will follow till 8:00 p.m. Funeral mass will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 16 at Holy Family Catholic Church,...

Elizabeth Vega

Apr 13, 2008

Elizabeth Breen Vega, 48, died on Sunday, April 13, 2008 in Abilene. A private memorial service will be held at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Winchendon, MA next week. Memorials may be made to the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, P.O. Box 132, Lunenburg, MA 01462.

William Carmichael

Apr 13, 2008

William Duke Carmichael, 47, died Sunday, April 13, 2008 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, April 17th in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South.

Service Memorial Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:00 PM

Ryleigh Fielding

Apr 13, 2008

Ryleigh Jolene Fielding, born February 27, 2008, died Sunday, April 13, 2008 in Abilene. A graveside service, with Gary Word officiating will be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, April 17th in Elmwood Memorial Park, Babyland under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Ryleigh is survived by her parents, Justin Fielding and Ashley Leach of...

James Sharrow

Apr 13, 2008

James Robert Sharrow August 16, 1958 - April 13, 2008 James Jim Robert Sharrow, Abilene, Texas formerly from Ogdensburg, New York, passed away on April 13th, 2008. He was 49. Born in Ogdensburg, New York, on August 16, 1958, Jim graduated from Ogdensburg Free Academy in 1976. He married Judy Herzog in Ogdensburg, NY in 1977. Jim worked in...

Margarete Sullivan

Apr 9, 2008

Margarete Sullivan, 68, passed from this life on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, while visiting friends and family in Germany. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6 to 8 PM on Thursday, April 17, 2008 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Funeral Mass with Father Robert Bush and Deacon Peter Ballaro officiating will be held at...