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William "Bill" Saltsman, 75
Died: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, in Abilene, Texas
William "Bill" Saltsman, 75, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at an Abilene medical center.
Born in Sanger, Texas on October 23, 1936, Bill was the son of Ruby (Bland) and George W. Saltsman. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from East Texas State University and served in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Saltsman was a member of Southern Hills Church of Christ. He retired to Abilene in 2007, having served as a missionary in Korca, Albania. He had been a resident of Abilene since 2007.
Bill married Nancy Banks in Mountain Home, Idaho on October 12, 1961.
His parents; brother, Phillip Saltsman; and three sisters, Linda Bradford, Alta Elrod and Patsy Carraway, preceded Bill in death.
Bill is survived by his wife, Nancy Saltsman of Abilene; son, George Saltsman and wife, Kristen of Abilene; daughter, Dorah Johnson of Bass Springs, Tennessee; and three grandchildren, Carrie Saltsman, Brayden Johnson and Brylie Johnson. Survivors also include three sisters and spouses, Dorothy Elrod and Matt of Artesia, NM, Mary Jane Joiner and Bud of Omaha, TX and Joyce McLaren and Glen of Sherman, TX.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Southern Hills Church of Christ Chapel with Steve Ridgell officiating. Arrangements are being made by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Rd., Abilene.
Marj Baucum, 90
Died: Thursday, December 1, 2011, in Abilene, Texas
Marj Baucum, 90, died Thursday, December 1, 2011, in Abilene, Texas.
Born in Pilot Point, Texas on August 12, 1921, Marj was the daughter of Mayme (Sipe) and Walter Massey. In 1929 she moved from Pilot Point to Abilene, and at the age of eight started training for the ballet which was her sole interest. Although her family wanted her to be a violinist, her teacher taught ballet as well as the violin, so ballet, of course, won out.
Her first job dancing was at Casa Manana in Fort Worth, where Billy Rose was producing spectacular shows. That was just for the summer, and from there she went to New York, and then Chicago, later returning to Abilene. Through the encouragement of Elizabeth Baugh, Marj began teaching ballet at the YWCA. That was just an avocation until 1953 when she opened a studio and began teaching continuously.
She was owner and director of Marj Baucum Studio of Dance, and for two generations, students danced for her. Several of her former students became teachers of the dance. Through the years she had served as choreographer for countless theatrical productions at all three Abilene universities, in the public schools and for Abilene Community Theatre and the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra. Beginning in 1972, the Abilene Metropolitan Ballet Company was formed, Marj being the Artistic Director, and conducting master classes for five Abilene and two area dance schools. The company was the first to present annual performances of "The Nutcracker" every November for 22 years.
It had been her dream to provide assistance for children who otherwise would not get to learn ballet. Her dream was fulfilled when an anonymous donor established a scholarship in memory of her late husband, Jim Baucum. Marj was recognized for her contributions to the arts and honored as a Pathfinder in 1990.
In 1990, Marj was preceded in death by her husband, Jim, whom she married in 1952. Her parents; two sisters, Florene Baldwin and Laverene Seeley; and one grandson, Gregory Mosley, also preceded her in death.
Marj is survived by her daughter, Barbara Votruba and husband Bob of Abilene; four grandchildren, Mike Mosley and his two children Mikenzi and Brandon Mosley, Renee McKinney and husband Craig, Bob Votruba Jr. and wife Amy, and Shelly Howard; five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Survivors also include two nephews and their wives, Tommy Thompson and Becky, and Eddie Baldwin and Teri, and four nieces and their husbands, including Susie Ayers and Carl, and Linda Frese and Bill.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 5, at Holy Family Catholic Church with the Rev. Msgr. Fred Nawarskas officiating. Interment will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene. The family will receive friends 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Bob Votruba, Mike Mosley, Eddie Baldwin, Gary Mosley, Craig McKinney and Tommy Thompson.
Memorials in honor of Marj may be made to Hospice of the Big Country, 4601 Hartford, Abilene, TX 79605.
T. David Marshall, 59
Died: Thursday, August 11, 2011, in Abilene, Texas
David Marshall, 59, died Thursday, August 11, 2011, at an Abilene medical center.
David was born on May 20, 1952 and adopted by his loving parents, Ruby and L.T. Marshall. He graduated from Abilene High School, Class of 1970.
He was employed by the City of Abilene as an electrical inspector, and also worked part time for Lowe's Home Improvement Center.
David married Mary Pieper in December of 1999 in Abilene. He loved his God, wife, family and friends. He was a member of First Assembly of God in Abilene. He loved playing the organ and accordion at church. He also loved Southern Gospel Music. David was an anointed musician. He was a member of Masonic Lodge 559 in Abilene for over 25 years.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Pieper-Marshall of Abilene; son, Tony Marshall; three daughters and their husbands, Sandra Marshall Estrumse and Scott, Kimberly Marshall Barr and Troy, and Tiffany Marshall Hackworth and Kent; stepdaughter, Valeri Littrell and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 15, at First Assembly of God, Abilene with Pastor Rick Earp officiating. A Masonic graveside service will follow at 1:00 p.m. in Snyder Cemetery in Snyder directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Robert Jones, Bob Reid, Dwayne Williams, Tom Camp, Kirk George, Dean Horton, Jerry Sartor, Robert Briley, Barry Card, and Leroy Haynes.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Regional Crime Victim Crisis Center for CASA, PO Box 122, Abilene, TX 79604, or First Assembly of God, 1010 Cypress, Abilene, TX 79601.
John W. Cain Sr., 73
Died: Saturday, August 06, 2011, in Abilene, Texas
John W. Cain, Sr., 73, of Abilene, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2011. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Wednesday, August 10th at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Rev. Dan Connally will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00 pm in the Moran Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Born in Seminole, Oklahoma on January 28, 1938, John was the son of Viola and Wiley Lester Cain. The family moved from Oklahoma to Texas in 1942. John was a graduate of Moran High School and attended Hardin Simmons University, where he received his B.S. degree in 1966. He received his M.Ed. from Texas A & M University in 1971.
John worked in the oil field in the 1950's to the 1960's and began teaching at Franklin Junior High in Abilene where he taught from 1966 to 1973. He was the principal at Merkel from 1973 to 1981. John was a production superintendent for Dunnigan Petroleum from 1981 to 1994; an oil field consultant from 1994 to 1997; a production superintendent for Magnum Hunter Resource's from 1997 to 2004, when he retired.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Anita Janelle Kirkman Cain, one son, John Wiley Cain, Jr., his brother, Leon Cain, and a granddaughter, Mallory Brooke Cain.
Survivors include his son, Leslie Scott Cain and his wife Stacy of Lubbock; one sister Doris Thornton, of Longview; six grandchildren: Christopher, Megan, Mason, Katie, Dustin and Destiny; one great-granddaughter, Emory Jade Workman and three nieces.
Memorials may be made to the West Texas Rehab Center, 4601 Hartford, or Hospice of the Big Country, 4601 Hartford, Abilene, TX 79605.
Dr. Joe W. Darnall, 74
Died: Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in Abilene, Texas
Dr. Joe W. Darnall, 74, of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at Hendrick Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on Friday, June 3 at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 4 at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Merkel. A memorial service, with Palmer McCown and Dr. Phil Christopher officiating, will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, June 6 at First Baptist Church.
Joe was born January 15, 1937 in Waco, Texas to Joe Vitek and Kathryn Darnall Vitek. He graduated from Mart High School in Mart, Texas in 1955. He joyfully attended Baylor University where he received his B.A. in 1958, M.A. in 1962, and Ph.D. in 1966. He did post-doctoral study at the University of Indiana Medical School, Institute of Psychiatric Research from 1969-1970.
Joe met his wife, Barbara Barber, on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1960 at a friend's house after church. They were married on December 19, 1964 at First Baptist Church in Waco. During their marriage they have lived in Wichita Falls, San Antonio, Waco, Lubbock, Indianapolis, IN, Denver CO and in Abilene for nearly 36 years.
Joe was a Professor of Psychology and taught at Texas Tech University in Lubbock from 1966-1969; received a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Indiana Medical School from 1969-1970; taught at Metropolitan State College in Denver, CO from 1970-1975; and at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene from 1975 until his retirement in 2008. He was Head of the Psychology department for 19 years.
In addition to his family and the many students he mentored through the years, Joe was most proud of two accomplishments. With two other men, he was responsible for bringing Goodwill Industries to Abilene and served on its first board. He was also a member of the first mission trip from First Baptist Church to their sister church and agricultural mission in Corrente, Brazil, where he assisted in the construction of a corral and participated in mission outreach.
He was a member of the American Psychological Association, Southwestern Psychological Association and Abilene Psychological Association. He was also a member of the American Association of University Professors, Southwestern Teachers of Psychology and the Faculty Senate at Hardin-Simmons University. Joe has been a member of First Baptist Church in Abilene since 1975.
Joe was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam B. Darnall, and his parents, Joe and Kathryn Wincik and Joe and Rose Vitek. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; three children, Chuck Darnall, Sam Darnall and wife Patrice, and Amy-Katherine Ayla; a daughter-in-love, Krista Darnall; three grandchildren, Ashley, Adam and Nathan Darnall; and one great-grandchild, Madison Riley.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Mission Programs, 1333 North 3rd Street, Abilene, Texas 79601.
Stanley P. Wilson, 88
Died: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, in Abilene, Texas
Stanley P. Wilson died on May 11, 2011 after an extended illness. He was born September 1, 1922 in Hamlin, Texas to Milton Y. and Ethel Patterson Wilson. After growing up in Hamlin, he entered the University of North Texas, from which he graduated in 1943 and then entered the U.S. Navy. Following his Midshipman and Supply Corps training at Notre Dame and Harvard Universities, he was sent to Seattle and assigned to the U.S.S. Rawlins, an attack transport ship which carried troops into invasions againt the Japanese. While stationed in Seattle, he was married to Claudie Park in 1944. When his ship went to sea, she returned to Texas to complete her last year of college.
Following the end of World War II, he entered law school at the University of Texas. After graduation in 1948, he joined the law firm of McMahon, Springer and Smart in Abilene. Through the years he developed an extensive practice in civil law, both in the office and in the courtroom. In addition to being a member of the local, State and National Bar Associations, he was a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation as well as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel.
In 1981 he took a position in Dallas as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Central and Southwest Corporation, a utility holding company. After retirement in 1988, the Wilsons returned to Abilene where they had kept their home, and Stanley became Of Counsel to the McMahon Law Firm. One of his major clients through the years was the H.B. Zachry Company of San Antonio, and he resumed his work for them as well as his other clients. Mr. Zachry once said, "To watch Stanley through his preparation, organization and execution of a lawsuit is like watching the production of a grand opera."
A member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, he taught adult Sunday School classes through the years. He was also very active in the civic life of Abilene, having served on the Abilene School Board, as President of the Abilene Bar Association, Chairman of the Board of the Hendrick Medical Foundation, and as a director of the United Way, Citizens for Better Government, the Y.M.C.A., the Abilene Boys Club, the Community Foundation of Abilene, the Sears Methodist Foundation, the Shelton Foundation, First National Bank of Abilene and First Financial Bankshares.
Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife of 66 years, the former Claudie Park, his sons Stanley Wilson, Jr., of Austin, Russell P. Wilson of Abilene, and his daughter Marianne Wilson of Fort Worth, grand-children Aaron Clawson of Wichita, KS and Christa Deamer of Austin, TX, great grandson Aaron Deamer of Austin, Tx, nephew Randel Wilson of Fort Worth, niece Patty Wilson Burkemper of Minneapolis, a brother-in-law, Dr. Charles Onstead of Houston, Tx, and several great-nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brothers Jack Wilson and Milton Y. Wilson, Jr.
Visitation will be from 5:00 - 7:00 PM on Thursday, May 12, in the Fellowship Hall of St. Paul United Methodist Church, 525 Beech Street in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at St. Paul United Methodist Church at 2:00 PM on Saturday, May14th, directed by The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road in Abilene.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church, the Community Foundation of Abilene, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, or an organization of the donor's choice.
Lonnie Keele Taylor, Jr., 76
Died: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Abilene, Texas
Lonnie Keele Taylor, Jr., 76, died Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Abilene.
Born in Tyler, Texas on July 23, 1934, he was the son of Vera Edna (Moore) and Lonnie Keele Taylor, Sr. He was a 1951 graduate of Tyler High School and attended Tyler Junior College. Lonnie was a U. S. Air Force veteran, and retired from the Texas Highway Department as a safety officer after a 33-year career.
Lonnie married Patsy Ann Seabourn on June 24, 1972 in Tyler, Texas. He was a member of Oldham Lane Church of Christ. He was a Benefactor and Endowment Member of the N.R.A., a lifetime member of the V.F.W., and past member of the American Legion.
One son, Jimmy Avery; his parents and sister, Nelda Lee Browning, preceded Lonnie in death.
Lonnie is survived by his wife, Patsy Taylor of Abilene; son, Jeffery Alan Avery and wife Donna of San Antonio; granddaughter, Brook Levens; and great-grandson, Tobin Levens.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 16, in The Hamil Family Funeral Home Chapel, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, with Chris McCurley and Lowell Maxey officiating. Military graveside rites will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 18, in the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, 7457 W. Lake Road. Visitation will be 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
