All Obituaries

Virginia Ann Brooks (Ginger) age 83 of Abilene, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 30th, 2020. Visitation will be from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 south, on Friday, December 4, 2020. A funeral service will be held at 2:00pm Saturday, December 5, 2020 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ernie Kight officiating. The family is requesting social distancing and that a mask be worn during the visitation and funeral service. The service...

Denise Lathen, 60, of Abilene, Texas passed away November 28, 2020. A visitation will be held 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Friday, December 4, 2020 at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM, Saturday, December 5, 2020 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Elmwood Memorial Park. Denise was born August 16, 1960 to Cecil and Dorothy Lassiter in Abilene, Texas. She graduated from Cooper High School. Denise met Ben...

Billie Jane Davis, 82, of Abilene passed away on November 28, 2020. Billie was born in Haskell, Texas on September 3, 1938, to "Skinny" (LT) and Charlene Tidwell. She grew up in Abilene and was a member of the Bible Center then at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. Billie graduated from Abilene High School in 1957 where she met and married the true love of her life Joe E. Davis in 1958. Billie and Joe loved to travel and there was not a state in the US that they had not been to. She loved life...

Lila “Flo” Carpenter, 87, beloved Grandmother, was called to her eternal resting place on November 6, 2020. She entered this world on December 12, 1932 in Woodson Texas, born at home during the depression to William Francis Peacock and Mary Emma Peacock. She graduated from Woodson High School in 1950 and went to work for Southwestern Bell as a telephone operator to help support her family. She then met James “Sonny” Taylor. They married on August 18, 1952, and started their family....

Mrs. Julia Ann Jones Stevenson - Taylor was born April 14, 1926 in Cameron Texas. She married Sam Stevenson who preceded her in death. She later remarried Robert Taylor who preceded her in death. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, Abilene, Texas. Visitation, Thursday, December 3, 2020 from 5:00pm – 7:00pm at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene, Texas. Burial will follow at the Abilene Municipal Cemetery,...

Cruz Renee “CJ” Loya Jr, 38, of Abilene passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020, in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Monday, November 30, 2020, at 2:00 PM at the Fountaingate Fellowship Church, 909 N. Willis Street, Abilene, Texas, 79603. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation will be held on Sunday, November 29, 2020, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Elmwood Funeral Home, 5750 US HWY 277 South, Abilene, Texas 79606. CJ was born in Abilene, Texas to Cruz Loya Sr. and...

Lewis Burton Henry, 87, of Abilene, Texas was called to his eternal resting place on November 21, 2020. A graveside service will be at noon, on Friday, November 27, 2020 in Elmwood Memorial Park, 5750 Hwy 277 South, Abilene Texas. He was born in Abilene on January 1, 1933, to Lewis David and Deola Henry. He married the love of his life, Pearlie Ann Henry on September 2, 1950. They shared 67 wonderful and precious years together, and he cherished her memory for the next 3 ½ years. Lewis...

Robert Lewis Howard, a brilliant, witty, and self-made man, died in Abilene, Texas on Nov. 16, 2020. Known to all as “RL,” he would like you to know that all of his earthly business is now done. He received his final offer at the age of 90, and closed the deal which included a heavenly sign-on bonus of reuniting with his four brothers and his beloved granddaughter Madeline, all while enjoying a juicy rare ribeye steak, followed by his choice of endless hands of bridge or perhaps a flight...

Sandra Jewel Hancock, 75, passed away November 14, 2020 in Abilene, Texas. A memorial service will be held, 2:00 PM Friday, December 4, 2020 in the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 Hwy 277 South. Sandra was born August 1, 1945 in Winters, Texas to Allen and Catherine Hancock. She worked as a Home Health Aide in Abilene, Texas. She is preceded in death by her parents. Sandra is survived by her siblings, Mary Black and husband Bill, Tyre Hancock, and James Hancock and wife Marie; and...

Luisa Chavarria, 77, beloved Mother was called to his eternal resting place on November 14, 2020. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at 2 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel, 5750 US HWY 277 South, Abilene, Texas 79606. Interment will follow at Elwood Memorial Park. A visitation will be held at Elmwood Funeral Home on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, from 3 to 5 PM. Luisa entered this world on October 17, 1943, born to Willie and Juanita Molina Cantu in Beeville,...