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Terri Morris Hartmann, 61
Died: Thursday, November 06, 2008, in Abilene, Texas
Terri Hartmann, 61, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2008 at Hendrick Hospital. Funeral services, with Rev. Bill Libby and Rev. Greg Kennedy officiating, will be at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 10, 2008 at St. Paul United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Terri's wishes were to be cremated.
Terri was born in Abilene on September 26, 1947 to Jack and Jimmie (Morris) Guy. She graduated from Cooper High School and attended McMurry College. June 1, 1968, Terri married Richard Edwin Hartmann in Abilene. She was Vice President and Secretary Treasurer of Hartmann Brothers, Inc. Terri was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church.
The love of Terri's life was her family and friends. She was involved in all aspects of her grandchildren's lives. She was always the "rock of her family" keeping all family activities planned and organized. Terri believed in living life to the fullest and that whatever happened was God's plan and all things would work out for the best. She loved to travel - especially to Jamaica and Las Vegas, and her favorite weekend retreat â?? their second home at Possum Kingdom Lake. Terri and Richard met so many special people on their travels across the country and remained friends, keeping in touch with many of them throughout the years.
Terri was a long time member and past president of Los Aficionados, and participated in many other charitable activities in the community.
Terri's parents preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband, Richard Hartmann, of Abilene; one son, Brad Hartmann and his wife Gina, one granddaughter, Allie Janice Hartmann, one grandson, Weston Jay Hartmann, and one step-grandson, Jyrred Scott Manners, all of Abilene. She is also survived by one sister-in-law, Patricia Hartmann and one brother-in-law, Ronnie Hartmann and his wife Diana, also all of Abilene; as well as one niece, Kari Ann Hartmann, of Houston; two nephews, Alan Hartmann and his wife Tracie, and Kelly Gwinn, also of Abilene; and almost family, Galen & Debbie Weir of Levelland, and numerous other friends and relatives.
The pallbearers will be Mike and David Woodyard, Tommy and Larry Guy, Jyrred Manners and Jayden Packwood. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael and Ethan Hartmann.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St Paul United Methodist Church, 525 Beech St. Abilene, TX 79601 or The American Heart Association, 149 North Willis, Suite 10, Abilene, Texas 79603.
Terry Doc "Poppy" Williams, 70
Died: Thursday, November 13, 2008, in Abilene, Texas
Terry Doc "Poppy" Williams, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2008 at the age of 70. Funeral services, with Rev. David Cason officiating, will be at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at Broadview Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. today, Saturday, November 15, 2008, at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
July 15, 1938, Terry was born in Turkey, Texas to V.B. and Arlowene Williams. He married Charlotte Karr in Lubbock, Texas on October 30, 1959. Terry and Charlotte moved to Abilene from Lubbock in 1973. He was the area manager of I & R for Southwestern Bell for 34 years. Terry loved the outdoors where he was often found hunting, fishing and camping. He participated in the D.R.I. Celebrity Quail Hunt for many years. Terry was a member of the Communication Workers of America Pioneers and a member of Broadview Baptist Church.
He was preceded in the death by his parents and one brother, Harve Williams. Terry is survived by his wife, Charlotte Williams of Abilene; one daughter, Elizabeth Lee Bollinger and husband C.J. of Idalou; one son, Greg Williams and wife Christy, of Flower Mound; four grandchildren, Cole, Caytlyn and Carlee Bollinger and Devyn Doc Williams; one sister, Bridgett Johnson, of Idalou; one sister-in-law, Betty Williams; as well as one niece and two nephews.
Dave Collins, Dale Jones, Jack Ferguson, Carlton Chapman, Sam Berry and John Huff will serve as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made in honor of Terry to the West Texas Rehab Center, 4601 Hartford, Abilene, Texas 79605; the Ben Richey Boys Ranch, 501 Ben Richey Drive, Abilene, Texas 79602; or to the donor's favorite charity.
CMSgt. Samuel Fredric "Fred" Gregory U.S.A.F., 77
Died: Sunday, November 09, 2008, in Abilene, Texas
Samuel Fredric Gregory, 77, died Sunday November 9, 2008 at a local hospital.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday November 13, 2008 at the Hamil Family Funeral Home with Pastor Jimmy Pruitt officiating. Burial with full Military Honors will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. The family visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at the Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
Samuel was born December 14, 1930 in Pulaski, Virginia to James Crockett Gregory and Florence Johnson Gregory. He married Doris Nolte on November 3, 1956 in San Marcus Texas.
Samuel served in the United States Air Force for thirty years before retiring. He served in Korea and in Vietnam. He was very involved with the VFW where he was the State Chaplain and Past Post Commander at Post 6873. He did volunteer work at Dyess Air Force Base and very involved with Active and Retired Chiefs Group. Samuel was a member of Morningstar Community Church.
Samuel was preceded in death by his mother and father.
Survivors include his wife Doris Gregory, of Abilene; three sons, Randy Lindsey and his wife Connie, of Pataskala, Ohio, Stanley Lindsey and his wife Sandy, of New Braunfels, Texas, and Mark Gregory and his wife Ruth, of Abilene; one brother Duke Gregory and his wife Sheri, of Tennessee; three sisters, Margaret Sullivan and her husband Hoite, of Pulaski, Virginia, Doris Ackers and her husband Royce, of Charleston, S. Carolina, and Janie Polutta and her husband Larry, of Charleston, S. Carolina, and eight Grandchildren and 12 Great Grandchildren.
Active Pallbearers will be CMSgt. (Ret) Lynn Woolf, CMSgt. (Ret) Bob Mehaffy, CMSgt. (Ret) Bobby Clark, CMSgt. (Ret) Paul Washinsky, CMSgt. (Ret) J.J. Fourier and CMSgt. Jeffery Barns.
Memorials may be made to: Life Enrichment Center, 221 Oak, Abilene, Texas 79602 www.lecabilene.com or Hendrick Hospice Care, P.O. Box 1922, Abilene, Texas 79604.
Opal Mae Morris, 90
Died: Sunday, September 28, 2008, in Abilene, Texas
Opal Morris, 90, of Abilene, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2008 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. in the Coleman City Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Opal was born September 29, 1917 in Montague County, Texas to Pierson and Margaret Ann Hollingsworth. Abilene has been Opal's home for the past 20 years, moving from Coleman. She enjoyed her family and was always happy to help everyone. The fondest memory for the family was when she and John Guynes lived on the farm near Seagraves, Texas and her making wonderfully large family dinners. For dessert she would make "Vinegar Pie", mad of white vinegar and cobbler dough. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Pierson and Margaret Hollingsworth; three husbands, Taylor Holsenbeck in 1946, John Guynes in 1982, and Hoye Morris in 2005; one daughter, Faye Rene Hendricks and her husband David Hendricks; one son, Johnny Guynes; two sisters, Blondell Gatlin and Lue Nell Miller; and one brother, Alton Hollingsworth.
Opal is survived by four children, Bertha Tyson, of San Angelo, Marcene Crunk and husband James, of Abilene, Odis Ray Holsenbeck and wife Francis, of Brownwood, Vela Becker and husband Victor, of Navasota; as well as 17 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren. Opal is also survived by six sisters and two brothers, Euelevene Burt, of Amarillo, Joyce Reneau, of Seminole, Dorthy Hart, of Andrews, Mollie Archer and husband Eldon, of Purcell, Oklahoma, Daisy Childers and husband Billy, of Abilene, Pearl Kemp, of Andrews, Alvin Hollingsworth and wife Carole, of Wayne, Oklahoma, Cecil Hollingsworth and wife Faye, of Abilene; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Wanda Joyce Choate, 76
Died: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, in Abilene, Texas
Wanda Joyce Choate, 76, of Abilene, died Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rev. David Cason will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park in the Garden of Faith. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home.
Joyce was born in Lamesa, Texas on August 27, 1932 to Ernest McCaffety and Edna Mae (Stanford) McCaffety. She moved to Abilene in 1950 from Goldsboro, Texas. Joyce married R.B. Choate on September 28, 1973 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was a member of Broadview Baptist Church.
Preceding Joyce in death were her parents and two brothers, Royce and Jimmy McCaffety. She is survived by her husband, R.B. Choate, of Abilene; two sons, Garry and Tony Smith, both of Abilene; one daughter, Donna Andress and her husband Jim, of McKinney, Texas; one step-daughter, Sandra Fowler and her husband Cliff, of Abilene; two step-sons, Gary Don Choate and his wife Karen, of Jacksboro, Texas and Bob Choate and his wife Nori, of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Joyce is also survived by her sister, Patsy Page and her husband Floyd, of Merkel, Texas; six grandchildren, Kara Choate Crombie, Dawn Choate, Lindsey Fowler, Britany, Cassie and Hailey Smith; one great-granddaughter, Mackenzie Crombie, as well as two nieces.
Jim Newton, Mike Garrett, Kenneth Glover, Rick McCarty, Greg Ververs and Jim Welch will serve as pallbearers.
Memorials may be made in honor of Joyce Choate to ARC of Texas, 8001 Centre Park Drive, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78759.
Teri Lyn Payne, 40
Died: December 25, 2008, in Abilene
Teri Lyn Payne, 40, of Abilene, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2008 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 29, 2008 at Beltway Park Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. today, Sunday, December 28, 2008 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road.
October 10, 1968, Teri was born in Hobbs, New Mexico to Billy South and Margaret (Bible) South. She graduated from Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico. Moving from Hobbs, New Mexico, Abilene has been Teri's home for the past 16 years. She married James Kyle Payne in Abilene on May 28, 1993. Teri was a member of Beltway Park Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents. Teri is survived by her parents, Billy and Margaret South, of Hobbs, New Mexico; her husband, Kyle Payne and their daughter, Shelby D'Lyn Payne, both of Abilene; one step-daughter, Kristen Lynn Wood and her husband Colt, also of Abilene; one brother, Seborn Van South and his wife Tracy, of Hobbs, New Mexico; a nephew, Colton Van South, also of Hobbs, New Mexico; her mother-in-law, Betty Payne, of Sweetwater, Texas; two brothers-in-law, Alan Payne and his wife Sandra, of Lubbock, Texas and Vance Payne and his wife Vicki, of Cedar Hill, Texas; and one sister-in-law, Shanon Stone, of Sweetwater, Texas. She is also survived by her special friend, Bobby Wood, of Sweetwater, as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Teri went home to be with her Lord and Savior. She was a very devoted wife, mother and friend. Her adult life was centered around her love for children, her church, her school and her friends and family.
Memorials may be made in Teri's honor to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Northeast Texas Chapter, 1008 Winscott Road, Suite B, Fort Worth, Texas 76126.
Benjamin Thomas "Ben" Allen, 24
Died: Monday, November 10, 2008, in Houston, Texas
Ben Allen, 24, of Abilene passed away on Monday, November 10, in Houston.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 15, at Southern Hills Church of Christ, with Phil Ware, minister of Southern Hills Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will follow at Elliott Hamil Garden of Memories cemetery, 5701 U.S. Hwy. 277 South, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Visitation will be at 5:00 to7:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Ben, the son of Tom and Judy Allen of Abilene, was in his third year of optometry school at the University of Houston when he died unexpectedly of an aortic aneurysm.
Ben is remembered by family and friends for his quiet spirit and strength of character. "He lived a life he loved, " said his father.
At the time of his death, Ben's Facebook contained a quote from Ed Abbey: "It's a fool's life, a rogue's life and a good life, if you keep laughing all the way to the grave." Ben died having lived that good life.
Ben excelled in school and was a Presidential Scholar at Abilene Christian University, graduating in 2006.
The word "eclectic" describes Ben in everything from his music to the activities he enjoyed. He was a self-taught guitarist, he loved to snow ski, and he loved the outdoors. He enjoyed fly-fishing and had purchased an ocean kayak with plans to fly-fish across Texas this summer. He loved to travel and was also a prodigious reader, especially enjoying such philosophers at Kurt Vonnegut. People of all ages were attracted to him, said his mother. They loved his patient temperament and his ironic sense of humor, which always kept things interesting.
Ben was known as a loyal friend. Ben, Josh Newton and Jay Smith were known as the "Three Amigos." Garrett Turner was Ben's close friend throughout college and was his fellow outdoor adventurer. His long-time friend and youth minister Stephen Corbett described Ben as the kind of guy who was liked and respected by everyone. "He was also the kind of guy who liked and respected everyone, " according to Stephen. "He was quiet but always friendly. A leader by example. Authentic. Laughed at other people's jokes. Treated people equally. Demonstrated humility and service. Never, ever complained."
Ben loved his family and he loved his Lord.
Ben was born January 9, 1984, in Abilene. He attended Lincoln Middle School, where he was in the band, the ALPS program and on the honor roll. He graduated from Abilene High School in 2002, where he lettered in Crash Crew and Academics. He was in the National Honor Society and Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica Spanish honor society. He was in AHS Band Pit and was on the golf team.
Ben was active in the Chisholm Trail Council of the Boy Scouts and earned his Eagle Scout designation in 2001. He was in the Junior Scholars Program at ACU between his junior and senior years, and was a member of Pi Kappa at ACU.
He was a member of Southern Hills Church of Christ.
Ben is survived by his parents, Tom and Judy; a sister, Lori Wallace, and her husband Paul; a brother and sister-in-law, Johnny and Jessica Nguyen; and a brother Cade, all of Abilene. He is also survived by nieces Macy and Zoey Wallace.
Other survivors are his grandmother, Billie Allen of Abilene; and extended family members Steve and Carla Allen; Troy and Jordan Allen and son Jackson; Janette Allen; Gary and Laura Allen and children Jace, Cole, Seth and Shawn; Vicki and Tim Deveny; Nicole and Brad Dickey and children Case, Skye and Drew; David and Lauren Deveny and son Nolan; Tony and Elissa Farrah and sons Simon and Samson.
Other survivors include William and Jana Sojourner and children Clint, Katy, Amy and Garrett McGinn; Ruth Long; Debra and Bobby Burge; and Donna and Royce Hightower.
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Alan Yaw; grandmother, Gloan Yaw; and grandfather, Don Allen.
Pallbearers will be Garrett Turner, Josh Newton, Jay Smith, Jeff Smith, Blake Berryhill, Danny Neal, Clint Sojourner, James "Tex" Chambers and Johnny Nguyen. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Pi Kappa.
Memorials may be made to Community Foundation of Abilene, 500 Chestnut Street, Abilene, Texas 79602; or Southern Hills Church of Christ, 3364 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas 79605.
