Obituaries

Gary Stock

Aug 8, 2015

Gary Thomas Stock, 53, of Abilene passed away Saturday, August 8, 2015 in Abilene. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 2 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation with the family will be held at 1 PM at the funeral home prior to the service. Memorial service and inurnment will be held Friday, August 14...

Frances Allen

Aug 7, 2015

Frances "Lil Babe" Allen, 93, of Abilene was called home by our Heavenly Father on Friday, August 7th 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 14, 2015, at 1:00 pm at Galilee Baptist Church, 1011 Briarwood, Abilene, Texas. Burial at Abilene City Cemetery the IOOF Section. Visitation will be held prior to services, from...

Henry Jones

Aug 7, 2015

Henry "Bud" Jones, 63, of Abilene passed away Friday, August 7, 2015 in Abilene. Memorial services are pending with Elmwood Funeral Home.

L. Scales Jr.

Aug 6, 2015

L.C. Scales, Jr., 85, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, August 6, 2015 in Baird, Texas. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 12, at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, 701 South Pioneer Drive, with Rev. Jeff Reid, Rev. Jack Ridlehoover, and Rev. Stan Allcorn officiating, directed by Elmwood Funeral Home. The family...

Charles Thomas

Aug 6, 2015

Charles Ray Thomas, 86, of Big Spring passed away August 6, 2015 in Big Spring. Graveside services will be held Monday, August 10, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Elmwood Memorial Park. Charles was born on January 27, 1929 to the late Robert S. Thomas and Essie Mae Thomas in Dublin, TX.

Service Elmwood Memorial Park 5750...

Tommie Wyatt

Jul 31, 2015

Tommie "Sam" Lee Wyatt, 68, passed away Friday, July 31, 2015 at his home. Graveside service will be 10:00 AM, Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Sam was born August 3, 1946 in Abilene to parents, Robert and Opal Wyatt. He spent most of his career as a truck driver. He and his...

Harold Ingram

Jul 27, 2015

July 27, 2015 Harold went home to be with the Lord after a weekend of camping and enjoying his family at their beloved Lake Brownwood. He spent many years of his youth and his honeymoon at Lake Brownwood and it held a special place in his heart. He was born on February 1, 1936 to Leonard and Rose Anna...

Valree Brailsford

Jul 22, 2015

Valree Eugene "V.E." Brailsford, 84, longtime resident, educator and civic leader of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015 in Abilene. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Shane J. Mushonga officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation with the family will be held Monday from...

Bobbie Lusk

Jul 21, 2015

Bobbie Lusk, longtime resident of Abilene, passed away on July 21 after a long battle with cancer. She was born on November 4, 1931, in Comanche, Texas. Funeral services will be on Thursday July 23, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 S. Burial to follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Service will be conducted...

Todd Garner

Jul 20, 2015

Todd Gordon Garner, 19, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015 in Lubbock. Graveside funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Thursday, July 23, 2015 in Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Todd was born July 25, 1995 in Abilene. He attended Cooper High School before moving to Lubbock in 2010 where he attended and then graduated from Frenship High...

Joye Washburn

Jul 16, 2015

Joye Wynette Washburn, 75, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015 in Abilene. Visitation will be held Friday, July 17 at 12:30-2:00 PM with service following at 3:00 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 HWY 277 South. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Wynnette was born on September 11, 1939 the daughter of James Robert Spires and...

Geneva Kiser

Jul 14, 2015

Geneva R. Kiser of Ft Worth, formerly of Abilene and Sand Springs, TX died Wednesday, July 14, 2015 in Bedford. Funeral service will be held Friday, July 17, at 10:00 a.m. at the Grapevine Church of Christ, 525 N. Park Blvd. Grapevine, TX 76051, under the direction of Elmwood Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Trinity Memorial Park, Big...

Dwayne Roberson

Jul 12, 2015

Dwayne Roberson 66, longtime Abilene resident passed away in his home on Sunday, July 12,2015 under the care of Hendrick Hospice Care. Graveside services will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday July 15, 2015 at Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene with Brother Robert Chambers officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 6 to 8 pm at Elmwood Funeral Home. Dwayne...

Tina Cumby

Jul 11, 2015

Visitation Elmwood Funeral Home 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Thursday, July 16, 2015 6:00-8:00 PM Service Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606 Friday, July 17, 2015 12:00 PM Cemetery Elmwood Memorial Park 5750 HWY 277 South Abilene, TX  79606

Tearon Johnson

Jul 6, 2015

Tearon Alexander Johnson left this world after a short 21 months due to a tragic accident. Funeral service will be held Saturday, July 18, at 10 am at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Friday from 6 to 8 pm at the funeral home. Tearon was the fourth child and third...

Barbara Wooten

Jul 6, 2015

Barbara Finch Wooten, 81, passed peacefully on Monday afternoon, July 6, at her home in Edmond Oklahoma. Born to Orbie T. and Annie Ruth Finch in Tuska , Oklahoma, Barbara spent part of her childhood in Oklahoma, then later moved with her family to California. The family returned to Atoka, Oklahoma, where Barbara graduated high school. She attended the...

Darion Richardson

Jul 3, 2015

On June 16th, 2015 a beautiful baby boy was born into the world, Darion Jamaal Richardson, to the union of Jaquayla Shanaye Gillespie and Michael Ray Richardson of Abilene TX. Even though his life was very short lived, he enjoyed every moment of it. Darion spent most of his life in his mommy's arms, where he absolutely loved to...

Joel Wiginton

Jun 30, 2015

Joel Wiginton, 59, passed away June 30, 2015 in Stephenville, TX. Visitation will be 6:00 till 7:30 PM, Monday, July 6, 2015 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Funeral service will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, July 7, 2015 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park's Garden of Memories. Joel...

Melvin Nelson

Jun 27, 2015

Melvin (Mel, Shorty) Nelson passed from this life at the age of 81 on June 27th at a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, June 30 at 1:00 PM at Southern Hills Church of Christ Chapel. Entombment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at Elmwood Funeral Home...

Dr. Lawrence

Jun 25, 2015

DR. THOMAS ADAIR LAWRENCE WEAVERVILLE - Dr. Thomas Adair Lawrence peacefully passed to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 12:05 p.m., at his lovely mountain home in Weaverville, North Carolina, just ever so shy of his 90th great year on this Earth. Upon his ascension to the higher calling, Tom was a proud member...