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Annie Lebow

Annie Lebow

Aug 14, 2015

Graveside services for Annie Ruth Lebow, 87, of Bastrop, TX and formerly Abernathy, TX, will be held at 11:00 am Wednesday, August 19, 2015, in the Abernathy Cemetery with Rev. Mike O'Donnell, officiating. The family will gather to receive friends at Abell Funeral Home from 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm Tuesday evening, August 18th. Services are under the direction of...

Joyce  Russell

Joyce Russell

Aug 12, 2015

Services for Joyce Elaine (Geisler) Russell, 84, of Hale Center, TX. will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, August 15, 2015, in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Kris Knippa and Brother Carol Green officiating. Burial will follow in the Hale Center Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Hale Center. The family will gather...

Vera Collier

Vera Collier

Aug 7, 2015

Vera Alice (Roten) Collier was born March 10, 1936 to Daniel Lee and Altha Loutia (Wilson) Roten in Wichita, KS. She died Friday, August 7, 2015 at her home in Lubbock, TX. Memorial services will be held at 5:00 pm, Saturday, August 29th, 2015, at Highland Baptist Church, Lubbock. Cremation services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home &...

Ann Paxton

Ann Paxton

Jul 31, 2015

Services for Ann Mary Vasek Paxton, 100, formerly of Abernathy, Texas, will be held Monday, August 3, 2015, at 2:00pm in the Abell Funeral Home, Abernathy, Texas, with Louis Schaap officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery. Mrs. Paxton died Friday, July 31, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home and Flower Shop...

Lee Ross

Lee Ross

Jul 31, 2015

Memorial Services for Lee Ross, 76, of New Deal, Texas and formerly of Springer, New Mexico, will be held Friday, August 21, 2015, at 3:00pm (MST) in the Abbott Cemetery with Rev. John Spruill officiating. Mr. Ross died Friday, July 31, 2015 in Lubbock, TX. Cremation services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home and Flower Shop of Abernathy,...

Elsie Bendele

Elsie Bendele

Jul 26, 2015

Graveside services for Elsie Bendele, 86, of Hale Center, TX will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in the Hale Center Cemetery with Rev. Robert Malcom, pastor of Western Heritage Fellowship, officiating. Viewing will be held Tuesday, from 12:00 pm until 5:00 pm at Abell Funeral Home. Mrs. Bendele died Sunday, July 26th, 2015, in Lubbock, TX....

Cecil Carman

Cecil Carman

Jul 23, 2015

Cecil Glen ( C2 ) Carman was born November 30, 1932 to Leonard and Maudie (Boner) Carman, in Whiteflat, TX. He married Rose Mary Brown on July 10, 1975 in Lubbock, TX. They moved to Abernathy in 1983 from Lubbock, having lived in Abernathy at different times. He was an optician for 50 years, and owned and operated Plainview Optical...

Linda Cozart

Linda Cozart

Jul 18, 2015

Services for Linda Jane (Kemp) Cozart, 69, of Abernathy, TX, will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Ken Horn officiating. Burial will follow in the Hale Center Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. Mrs. Cozart died Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Lubbock,...

Jessica Goolsby

Jessica Goolsby

Jul 15, 2015

Jessica Dawn Goolsby was born August 16, 1978, in Fredericksburg, TX, to Roger Wayne and Nancy Faye (Ransleben) Moellering. Jessica was baptized at the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg in 1978. She married Robert Jay Goolsby on December 17, 2005, at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois. Together they had 2 children, Jonathon, age 10, and Addisyn,...

Severo Leija

Severo Leija

Jul 5, 2015

Our Heavenly Father welcomed home his son, Severo Vazques Leija, affectionately known as "Papi", 90, of Kerrville and formerly of Hale Center, on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Visitation will be from 10 am until evening services at 6 pm Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in the Family Center at Abell Funeral Home, Hale Center. Rev. Elias Moralez will officiate. Funeral Mass...

Edward Jones

Edward Jones

Jul 4, 2015

Services for Edward Laverne Jones, 85, of New Deal, TX, will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in the New Deal First Baptist Church with Rev. David Azam officiating. Burial will follow in the City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. The family will gather to receive friends...

Dimas Rodriguez

Dimas Rodriguez

Jul 3, 2015

Services for Dimas Raul Rodriguez, 33, of Lubbock, TX, will be held at 1 pm Friday, July 10, 2015, in the Emmanuel Worship Center, Lubbock, TX, with Rev. Robert Rodriguez officiating. Burial will follow in the Hale Center Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Hale Center, TX. Mr. Rodriguez died July 3, 2015, in...

Bernie Joe Greenwood

Bernie Joe Greenwood

Jun 23, 2015

Bernie Joe Greenwood, 85, of Lubbock, TX, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, June 23, 2015. He was born March 13, 1930 in Hale Center, TX and graduated Hale Center High School in 1948, where he excelled as an athlete and made appearances at the State level in Track. Bernie married the love of his life, Peggy...

Alma Walker

Alma Walker

Jun 21, 2015

Alma Irene Walker, 96, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Houston, TX. A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 27th, 2015, at the First Church Of The Nazarene in Abernathy, TX, with Rev. Gary Hughes, grandson, officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under...

David Scott

David Scott

Jun 6, 2015

Memorial services for David R. Scott, 55, of Petersburg, TX, will be held at 11:00 am Thursday, June 11th, 2015, in the Abernathy First Baptist Church. Services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. Mr. Scott died Saturday, June 6th, 2015, in Petersburg, TX. He was born January 27, 1960 to Harris and...

John Kveton

John Kveton

May 29, 2015

John Edward Kveton was born on the family farm near Abernathy, Texas on November 15, 1930. He was the fifth of six children of Fred and Mary Kveton, who emigrated to Texas from Moravia (Czech Republic) in the early years of the twentieth century. He died peacefully surrounded by family and other loved ones on May 29, 2015. John graduated...

Beth Evans

Beth Evans

May 20, 2015

Services for Ida Beth Evans, 92, of Abernathy, TX will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday, May 23, 2015, in the Abernathy Church of Christ with Randall Carr officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. The family will gather at Abell Funeral Home Friday, May 22nd...

Kent Ross

Kent Ross

May 8, 2015

Kent Ross, 61, of Hale Center, TX, was born October 4, 1953 in Hale Center to the parentage of Willie Sanford and Lucinda (Hall) Ross. Mr. Ross graduated Hale Center High School in 1973 and was the first black Drum Major in the School's history. He went to be with his Lord Friday, May 8th, 2015. Graveside services remain pending...

William Whittenburg

William Whittenburg

May 2, 2015

Memorial celebration for the life of William Thomas "Tommy" Whittenburg, 57, of Hale Center, TX, will be held at 6:00 pm Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in the Western Heritage Fellowship, Hale Center, with Rev. Robert Malcom officiating. Services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Hale Center, TX. Mr. Whittenburg died Saturday, May 2, 2015,...

Veda Alston

Veda Alston

Apr 30, 2015

Services for Veda Alston, 92, of Plainview, TX, will be held at 1:00 pm Monday, May 4, 2015, in the Family Center at Abell Funeral Home, Hale Center, TX with Rev. Brad Huckabee, grandson of Mrs. Alston officiating. Burial will follow in Parklawn Memorial Park, Plainview, TX, under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Hale Center,...

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