All Obituaries

Samuel Dale St. Clair Jr., 74, of Abilene passed away Thursday, March 4, 2021 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 11 AM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation will be held Monday, March 8 from 6 to 8 PM at the funeral home. Sam was born on February 16, 1947 in Franklin, PA to the late Samuel Dale St. Clair Sr. and Josephine Marie Meehan St. Clair. He married Patricia Ann St. Clair on May 21, 2011 in...

Kennith E. Thompson, 87, of Abilene passed away Monday, March 1, 2021 in Abilene. A memorial service will be held at on Friday, March 12, 2021 at 2 PM at the Elmwood Chapel. Kennith was born to Lloyd and Jewell Thompson on August 30, 1933 in Kress, Texas. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving in the Korean War from 1951-1954. He and Nancy Ross were married in Plainview, Texas in 1956. They raised their family on a farm, weaving the traits of honesty, commitment and love into...

Terry Gene "Yaya" Calder, 75, of Abilene passed away Friday, February 26, 2021 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Friday, March 5, 2021 at 2 PM at the Broadview Baptist Church, 2500 S. 27th, Abilene, Tx, 79605. Interment will follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation will be held from 12:30 to 2 pm prior to the service at the church. Terry was born on August 3, 1945 in Colorado City, Texas to the late Harry Gene Cranfill and Palmer Joy Busbee. She married Hardy Calder...

Glenda "Grumpie" Stringfellow went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. She was born August 24, 1934 in Delta County to Homer Bowen and Mary Ellen Edwards. She married the love o her life Clifton Stringfellow in 1956. From 1966 to 1993 they owned and operated Sav-A-Minit grocery, a "Mom and Pop" store. In 1984 they founded "Grumpies Specialties", a candy store in Baird, Texas and operated it until retiring in 1997. She then drove for Meals on Wheels for many years. She was...

Sherrae Eloise Mina, 76, of Abilene passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2021 in Abilene. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 1 PM at the Elmwood Funeral Home Chapel. A visitation will be held Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 5 PM followed by a rosary at 6 PM at the funeral home. Sherrae was born on November 5, 1944 in Washington D.C. to the late Captain Henry Seibel, US Army and Elizabeth Schmidt Seibel. She married Romeo Mina on September 1, 1962 in Universal City, Texas....

JT Burns, 95 passed away on February 23. 2021 at the Texas State Veterans Home in Big Spring, Texas. JT was born on March 30, 1925 in Jones County, Texas to the late Houston A. and Ossie Burns. He grew up during the depression, and often told stories of moving around to several different places and attending as many as three schools per year while his dad worked several jobs doing whatever he could to support the family. JT therefore learned to dislike the term "the good ol' days", because...

Sunday afternoon, February 21, 2021, 84-year-old Floyd Rich Grimm, slipped from the shackles of his earthly body to be with his heavenly Lord. He was a beloved police officer, a navy veteran, a father, grandfather, great-grandfather, husband, mentor, teacher, deacon, and so much more. Floyd was born December 25, 1936, a Christmas baby to Margaret Elizabeth and Richard Hugo Grimm in Bell County, Texas. The family worked as farmers and sharecroppers in the German Hill country area, moving to...

Marlene Farr, 87, of Abilene, went to be with her beloved Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on February 18, 2021, after a brief illness. She was born to H.R. "Bud" and Stella McKeever on April 2, 1933 in Ola, Ark., and moved with the family to Texas in 1943. She graduated from Merkel High School in 1951. After high school, Marlene had a 35-year career with Southwestern Bell. She married Wayne Farr in 1974, and enjoyed being stepmom to his three children and their spouses, and...

Patrick Lane Young, 56, passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at his home. Visitation will be 12:00 – 2:00 PM with his funeral service beginning at 2:00 PM on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at Oldham Lane Church of Christ, 5049 Oldham Lane. He was Born in Killeen, Texas on April 3, 1964 to Sidney and Kay Young. He and his four siblings: Wil, Chris, Cydney, and Amy, are sixth generation Texans. He attended Killeen Public Schools and graduated from Killeen High School. He was a very...

Robert (Bobby) Thomas, 78, beloved Husband and Father, passed away on February 15, 2021.  Bobby entered this world on November 2, 1942 in Wichita Falls, TX, born to Robert and Mary Thomas.  He is survived by Wife Holly and her sons Kenneth and Russell Mills, daughter Lesley Hickox and son Steve Thomas. Bobby had 7 grandkids, Joshua Hickox, Sarah Hickox Freeman, Stephen Thomas III, Robert Thomas IV, Zachary Thomas, Katy Thomas and Kevin Thomas, he also had 9 great grandchildren. Bobby...