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Billy Trevino
May 20, 2014
Billy Joseph Trevino was born September 5, 1966 in Abernathy, TX, to Vissente and Gale (Bastardo) Trevino. He was a lifelong resident of Lubbock, TX and graduated from Coronado High School in Lubbock. He was the Area Bio-Med Manager for Swan Dialysis. He attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and loved fishing and playing pool. Mr. Trevino died in...
Sandra Smitherman
May 15, 2014
Services for Sandra ( Sandi ) Hope Smitherman, 65, of Lubbock, TX, will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, May 19, 2014, in the Wayne Avenue Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX. Viewing will be held Monday from 12:00 pm until service time at the church. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower...
J. Pete Thompson
May 11, 2014
In Loving Memory, services for J Pete Thompson will be held at 2:30 pm, Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in the First Baptist Church in Abernathy, TX with Rev. Mike O'Donnell and Rev. Joel Perez officiating. The family will gather to receive friends at Abernathy City Hall, 811 Ave. D, Abernathy from 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm, Tuesday, May 13, 2014....
Theo Phillips
May 10, 2014
Services for Theo Phillips, 81, of Lubbock, TX, will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in the Abernathy First Baptist Church with Rev. Mike O'Donnell, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. The family will gather to receive friends at Abell Funeral...
Ana Ramirez
May 4, 2014
Rosary for Ana Ramirez, 90, of Hale Center, TX, will be recited at 7:00 pm Wednesday, May 7, 2014 in St. Theresa's Catholic Church, with Rev. Reymundo Manriquez and Rev. John Smith officiating. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2:00 pm Thursday, May 8, 2014, in the same church with the same officiants. Burial will follow in the Holy Spirit...
Earl Smalts
Apr 28, 2014
Graveside services for Earl Howard Smalts, Jr., 57, of Abernathy, TX, will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, May 3, 2014, in the Abernathy Cemetery with Rev. Mike O'Donnell officiating. Services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. The family will gather to receive friends at Abell Funeral Home, Friday from 6:00 pm...
Frank Gonzalez
Apr 18, 2014
Graveside services for Frank Gonzalez, Jr., 57, of Cotton Center, TX, were held at 11:00 am Saturday, April 19, 2014, in the Center Plains Cemetery, Cotton Center, TX with Rev. Elias Moralez officiating. Services were under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Hale Center, TX. Mr. Gonzalez died Friday, April 18, 2014, in Plainview, TX. He...
Ray Higginbotham
Apr 10, 2014
Services for David (Ray) Higginbotham, 86, of Abernathy, TX, will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, April 14, 2014, in the Abernathy First Baptist Church with Rev. Mike O'Donnell officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. Mr. Higginbotham died peacefully at his home in Abernathy, April...
Sandra Bruce
Mar 31, 2014
Sandra Sue Bruce was born March 7, 1946. She was raised in Hereford, TX by her parents Samuel J. and Eva Ruby (Pense) Nunnally. She was a devoted member of AA since 1990. Ms. Bruce died Monday, March 31, 2014, in Lubbock, TX. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Nicole Bruce, a granddaughter, Kirsty Bruce and a brother...
Eugene Heath
Mar 19, 2014
Eugene Oscar Heath was born on a farm, April 7, 1922 in Otis, Colorado to Edward Doral and Amanda (Gainer) Heath. In 1927 Gene began school in Otis, CO he and his siblings would pack their lunch and ride horseback to and from school. His family had a hog farm in Otis where they raised Chester White Hogs and would...
Rex Harrison
Mar 8, 2014
Services for Rex Harrison, 89, of Hale Center, TX, will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in the Hale Center Church of Christ with Bill Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Hale Center, TX. The family will gather at Abell Funeral Home to...
Claude Burnett
Mar 2, 2014
Claude A. Burnett Jr., 73, loving husband to Debbie, left this earthly life on March 2, 2014 after complications while recovering from lung cancer. Junior (as he was called by many) touched many lives through his work and volunteerism. Claude was born on January 29, 1941 in Plainview, Texas to Claude Sr. and Dora Burnett. He graduated from Hale Center...
Janice Phillips
Feb 28, 2014
Services for Janice Phillips, 69, of Hale Center, TX, will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, March 3, 2014, in the Hale Center First Baptist Church with Brothers Carol Green and Gerald Bedwell officiating. Burial will follow in Parklawn Cemetery, Plainview, TX, under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Hale Center, TX. Mrs. Phillips died Friday,...
Ruth Alley
Feb 21, 2014
Ruth Sears Alley, member of a long time Hale County pioneer farm and ranch family, passed away on February 21, 2014, in Houston, Texas and was buried in Hale Center Cemetery on February 24, 2014. A family memorial will be held in Houston. Ruth was born to Walter Glenn and Mary Florence Rippietoe Sears on December 1, 1910 in Stephenville,...
Lawrence Motheral
Feb 16, 2014
Lawrence Motheral left this earth to meet his Creator on Feb. 16, 2014 at the age of 83. Mr. Motheral was a long time resident of Abernathy, but spent the last 7 years in Cartmell Home for the Aged in Palestine, Texas. He had enjoyed a full life and passed peacefully in his sleep. He was preceded in death by...
Hythen Moore
Jan 8, 2014
Hythen J. Moore, 86, of Lubbock, TX, passed away January 8, 2014. She was born on a farm near Wilson, Texas to T. F. (Tom) and Ella Moore. Her career began with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Lubbock, then promotions took her to Houston, TX and later to St Louis, Missouri. She retired in St Louis and later moved back...
Devin Tello
Jan 3, 2014
Services for Devin Gilbert Tello, 19, of Lubbock, TX, will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, January 8, 2014, in the Faith Christian Family Church, 3616 58th, Lubbock, with Pastor Keith Ayers officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. Devin died Friday, January 3, 2014, in...
Mark Reagan
Jan 3, 2014
Mark Allen Reagan was born October 31, 1952 to Glenn Franklin and Aleene Marie (Baugh) Reagan, in Plainview, TX. Mr. Reagan died Friday, January 3, 2014, in Hale County, Texas. He is survived by a brother; Frank Reagan and wife Rhonda of Tyler, TX and a sister, Christy Nelson Smith and husband Stan of Ackerly, TX, 3 nieces and 2...
John Shropshire
Dec 30, 2013
Services for John W. Shropshire, 78, of New Deal, TX, will be held at 10:00 am Thursday, January 2, 2014 in the New Deal First Baptist Church.. Rev. Danny Jackson, Jay Donoho and Rev. Tim Winn will officiate. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX. The family...
Manuela Gomez
Dec 29, 2013
Services for Manuela Dominguez Gomez, 93, of Plainview, TX, will be held at 10:30 am Tuesday, December 31, 2013 in Iglesia Bautista del Carpintero, Hale Center, TX. The family will remain at the church following the services until 5:00 pm. Cremation and services are under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Hale Center, TX. Mrs. Gomez...
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