Obituaries

Apr 8, 2016

Elnora Hazel Mizer, 94, of Abilene entered Heaven's gates Friday April 8, 2016. She had been a resident of Coronado nursing home for the past 6 years. A Memorial Service will be held at 10am Friday April 29, in the Bethel Temple Christian Center at 3101 N. 12th St in Abilene. Pastor Barry Glover of Bethel Temple Christian Center and...

Mar 18, 2016

Rita Barron Faulks Morrow, 60 of Noodle, Texas passed away Friday, March 18, 2016. Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2016 in North's Memorial Chapel with Geory Martin Officiating. The family will receive visitors from 5 -7 p.m. Monday, March 21, 2016 in North's Memorial Chapel. Rita was born April 28, 1955 in Walsenburg, Colorado to A.J....

Mar 17, 2016

Betty Neal Cochran, 87, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016. Services will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday in North's Memorial Chapel with Stan Burge officiating. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Fairview Cemetery, Wellington, Texas. The family will receive friends from 5:00 -7:00 p.m. Saturday in North's Memorial Chapel, 242 Orange Street. Betty worked at Dillard's...

Mar 17, 2016

Wayne Edwin Smith, 81, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016. Graveside Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2016 in Midway Cemetery under the direction of North's Funeral Home. He was born May 13, 1934 in Ranger, Texas to L.D. and Loraine Smith. His spouse was Marilyn Smith and they were married on May 22, 1953 in...

Mar 10, 2016

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Robert "Russ" Brown 83, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in the Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Fred Nawarkas officiating. Burial to follow in the Texas State Veterans Cemetery, under the direction of North's Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Monday evening...

Mar 6, 2016

Virginia Anne Shore Terry, 78, died in Hendrick Medical Center with loving family and friends by her side on Sunday, March 6, 2016. Memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 19, 2016 in North's Memorial Chapel, 242 Orange Street, Abilene, TX, 79601 with Jonathan Storment officiating. Virginia was born April 8, 1937, in Union City, TN. She was a...

Mar 5, 2016

Barbara Ann Smith 56, of Abilene passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016. A funeral service will be held at 9:00 a.m. Thursday in North's Memorial Chapel with Dr. Jeff Reid officiating. Burial to follow at 4:00 p.m. in North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Texas, under the direction of North's Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 -7:00...

Mar 1, 2016

Bruce Rogers Freeman, 86, of Abilene, passed away, Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Graveside Services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 3, 2016 in Elmwood Memorial Park with Brother Billy Bardin officiating under the direction of North's Funeral Home, 242 Orange Street. Bruce Rogers Freeman was born in Abilene, Texas on August 26, 1929 to Rufus and Anita Freeman. Bruce graduated...

Feb 26, 2016

Cleone Willingham was the first child born to Thomas Jefferson and Ola Williams White, who lived in a farmhouse owned by her maternal grandparents, Jim and Tealie Williams, between Stamford and New Hope, Texas, on July 8, 1915. Cleone enjoyed her time growing up on various farms and liked to recount stories of having a pet wolf, riding horses and...

Feb 23, 2016

Joe Barnett Beasley, a life-long Abilenian, died Tuesday, February 23, 2016 in Abilene at the age of 81. He was born on January 12, 1935, the youngest of Daniel Edward and Myrtie Lou King Beasley's twelve children. Joe attended Abilene High School and was employed with Philpott Florist. He later worked as Building Manager and caretaker at University Baptist Church...

Feb 20, 2016

Jannelle "Nell" Fulgham, 67, of Abilene, Texas, went to be with the Lord on February 20, 2016. Nell was the loving wife of Larry Fulgham for 47 wonderful years. They were high school sweethearts whose marriage stood the test of time and were a true inspiration of what a loving home should reflect. Nell was the loving mother to Lance...

Feb 19, 2016

John Daniel Wolf Jr. of Potosi, Texas, born in Gatesville, Texas on July 16, 1924, left us at age 91 in Abilene, Texas on February 19, 2016. Born in Gatesville, J.D. Wolf enlisted in the Army, and was honorably discharged in 1946, then enrolled in Texas A & M University after discharge and obtained a BBA in business agriculture in...

Feb 18, 2016

Candelario "Candyman" Romero 49, of Abilene passed away Thursday, February 18, 2016 after a long battle with diabetes and Wegener's disease. A Funeral Mass will be held at10:00 a.m. Monday in St. Francis Catholic Church with Father Robert Bush officiating. Burial will follow in the City Cemetery, under the direction of North's Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from...

Feb 17, 2016

Lois Horton, 93, of Abilene, Texas passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, February 17th, at the Village of Gleannloch Farms in Spring, Texas where she had been living for the past seven years with her husband, Charlie Thomas Horton. A memorial service was held at The Village in Spring at 2:00 pm Saturday, February 20,, 2016. She is...

Feb 15, 2016

Riley "R.B." Burton Hill, 75, of Abilene, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 15, 2016. Services will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. in North's Memorial Chapel with Jimmy Griffith officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of North's Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m. Thursday in North's Memorial Chapel, 242 Orange Street....

Feb 11, 2016

Major John Keith Wells, USMC, (Ret.), 94, of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, formerly of Abilene, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016. A Funeral Service will be held Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Radford Auditorium at McMurry University with Reverend Paul R. Matta, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and Lt. General (Ret.) Joe Weber officiating. Burial will follow...

Feb 1, 2016

Charlotte Woodson, 58, formerly of Slaton, Texas succumbed to her illness on February 1, 2016 at Hendrick Medical Center. A Memorial Service will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. in North's Memorial Chapel, 242 Orange Street, Abilene, Texas. Charlotte was born in Slaton, Texas on September 6, 1957 at Mercy Hospital to Lawrence "Jack" Woodson and Alma Pearl Smith. Ms....

Jan 30, 2016

Jan 27, 2016

Charles Herbert "Herb" Pittman, 75, of Abilene, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2016. Charles Herbert Pittman was born in Sweetwater, Texas on June 1, 1940 to Charles and Ina Caudle Pittman. He was involved in the automobile business for many years in Sweetwater, Lubbock and Abilene before retiring. Herb will be missed by his friends and family. Per his wishes...

Jan 23, 2016

Jimmie Faye Henderson, 89, died January 23, 2016 at an Abilene hospital. Faye Henderson was born July 13, 1926, to Charles and Laura Smoot near Stamford, Texas. She graduated from Scranton High School in 1944. She worked for Barnes & Williamson Drug Store and later Dr. William R. Sibley, Jr. Following retirement, she moved to Alaska and traveled extensively for...