Obituaries

Loyd Holliman

Oct 29, 2007

Loyd Harold Speck Holliman of Elm Valley, 80 passed away on October 29, 2007 at a local hospital. Speck was born and raised in Kirkland Texas on March 2, 1927 to Loyd Harold and Ethel Sides Holliman; he graduated from Kirkland High School in 1944. He married Thelma Ruth Box in Quanah, Texas in 1947. He worked on ranches...

Eric Mcmahon

Oct 28, 2007

Eric Raphael McMahon, 48, passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at a local hospital. Eric was born on January 3, 1959 to Bryan McMahon and Anita Ornelas McMahon in San Francisco, CA. He served in the National Guard. He is survived by his parents, Bryan and Jan McMahon of Sun City West, AZ; stepdaughter, Mandy Valdez of Phoenix,...

Gladys Cotton

Oct 28, 2007

Gladys Irene Cherry Cotton, 91, was born November 2, 1915, in Lamar County, Texas. She died, October 28, 2007, passing from this life to her life in heaven. There will be a celebration of her life on October 31, 2007, at 1:00 pm in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Highway 277, Abilene, Texas. Rev. Elizabeth Abraham, chaplain with...

Dr. Lewis

Oct 24, 2007

Dr. Donald E. Lewis of Abilene, 76, passed away on October 24, 2007 at a local hospital. Dr. Lewis was born on July 3, 1931 in Paducah, Texas to Byrd Ray and Lucile Walls Lewis. He married Marian Crowson on July 7, 1968 in Abilene, TX; they enjoyed 39 years of marriage. He was a professor of chemistry at...

Barbara Dean

Oct 15, 2007

Barbara Riddle Dean, 79, passed away Monday, October 15, 2007 in Oakwood, Georgia where she had lived the past 2 years. A graveside service with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 20th in the Water Rill Section of Elmwood Memorial Park, under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South....

James Fangman

Oct 12, 2007

James Bill C. Fangman, 78 of Clyde, TX, passed away on Friday, October 12, 2007 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2007, Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Brian Hicks officiating; burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park with military honors. Visitation for family and friends is 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday...

Mary Tuttle

Oct 1, 2007

Mary Alice Steelman Tuttle, 77, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2007 at her residence. Mary was born April 13, 1930 in Doddridge, AR. She married Cecil Tuttle on January 5, 1957; together they raised three children and a granddaughter. She was a member of Hillcrest Church of Christ in Abilene TX and a former member of Lamar Avenue...

A. Pence

Sep 23, 2007

A.J. Pence, 81, of Tye, died Sunday, September 23, 2007 in Abilene. His memorial service with the Reverend Jimmy Hatcher and Father Scott Mayer officiating will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday at the Tye Baptist Church. Inurnment will follow in the Tye Cemetery under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. Mr. Pence was...

Clair Wickwire

Sep 15, 2007

Clair Walter Wickwire, 80, passed away on September 15, 2007 at a local hospital. A Memorial Service with military honors will be 11:00 AM, Monday, October 22, 2007 at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Charles Farina officiating. Clair was born on August 6, 1929 in Panama, New York to Fred and Winefred Anson Wickwire. He married Goldie Johnson...

Howard Taylor

Sep 14, 2007

Howard Edward Taylor, Jr., 46, passed away on Friday, September 14, 2007 at a local hospital. Visitation for family and friends will be 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, September 17, 2007 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with John Howard officiating. Interment will...

Charles Scheible

Sep 10, 2007

Charles Buddy Scheible, 60, passed away on Monday, September 10, 2007 at a local hospital. A visitation for his friends has been changed to 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 14, 2007 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Buddy was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on November 3, 1946 to Charles Carl Scheible and Virginia Calvery Scheible....

Robert Foy

Sep 7, 2007

MSGT Robert Lee Foy USAF retired, 51, died Friday, September 7, 2007 at his home in Merkel. BRBRHis funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 12th at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. A reception will be held at the VFW Post 6873 immediately following...

Christine Williams

Sep 2, 2007

Christine Tomlinson Williams, 79, died Sunday, September 2, 2007 at Methodist Willowbrook hospital in Houston, TX. Viewing and visitation will be Tuesday, September 4, 2007 from 6 until 8 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with...

Joseph Thomas

Aug 29, 2007

Joseph William Thomas, 6 years old, died Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in Abilene. His funeral service with the Reverend Wayne Oglesby officiating will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 1, 2007 at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South with burial following in Elmwood Memorial Park. Joseph was born in Ft. Worth on February 13,...

Reynaldo Vargas

Aug 29, 2007

Reynaldo Rey Vargas, 74, passed away on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at a local hospital. A Memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 8, 2007 at the Elmwood West United Methodist Church, 1302 S. Pioneer, Abilene, TX with Rev. Robert Pelfrey officiating. Ray was born in Baytown, TX on June 22, 1933 to Marcelino Vargas and...

George Parnell

Aug 24, 2007

Service Graveside Service Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:00 AM

Nancy Mellon

Aug 19, 2007

Jane Collins Mellon, 70, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at a local nursing home. Visitation for family and friends will be 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be Wednesday at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel at 10:00 a.m., with Rev. Larry Adams officiating. Burial will...

Miriam Whipple

Aug 19, 2007

Miriam Alleen Whipple, loving Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother and fond friend to many, passed away Sunday evening August 19, 2007, at Hendrick Medical Center after an extended illness. Miriam was born to Richard Barton and Josephine Hunt Barton November 23, 1920, in Goldthwaite, Texas. Miriam married Ray W. Whipple November 14, 1942 in Odessa, Texas and retired in Abilene in...

Billie Duncan

Aug 19, 2007

Billie M. Duncan, 75, passed away on Sunday August 19, 2007 at a local hospital. Visitation for family and friends will be 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, August 20, 2007 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. There will be a private graveside service for family only. Billie was born in Woodson, TX on December 25,...

Charles Bilbrey

Aug 14, 2007

Charles Bilbrey 59, died Tuesday, August 14, 2007 in Dallas. Viewing and visitation will be from 5 to 7 PM on Friday and from 8:30 AM to service time on Saturday at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 HWY 277 South. His funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, August 18 at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with...