Obituaries

Oct 4, 2021

Reuben Phillip Jackson, 66 of Abilene, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021.  Funeral service will be on Friday, October 8, 2021 at Noon at the South Pointe Church, 3050 Buffalo Gap Road, with burial to follow at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene.  Services under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street.

Reuben...

Oct 3, 2021

Oran “Dale” McAnulty, 91, beloved husband, father and grandfather, was called to his eternal resting place on October 3, 2021. He entered this world on August 6, 1930 in Atoka, OK, born to Eugene and Alice McAnulty.

Dale grew up in Southeastern Oklahoma where he was an all-state football player who earned a scholarship at OU. However,...

Oct 3, 2021

Melinda Jo West, 39 of Abilene, passed away Sunday, October 3rd, 2021.  A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 16th at 11:00 am at Freedom Fellowship, 941 Chestnut St.

Sep 30, 2021

Christopher Wade Moore, 52 of Abilene, passed away on Thursday, September 30, 2021.  A time of visitation with the family will be Thursday, October 7, 2021 from 6-8pm at North Park Baptist.  A memorial service will be held Friday, October 8, 2021 at 10am at North Park Baptist Church, 1525 Anson Ave, under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors,...

Sep 27, 2021

Mary Sue Willis, 90, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, September 27, 2021.

She was born to the late Bruce and Harlene Gunn in the Spring of 1931. She graduated from Abilene Christian Schools in the Spring of 1949. She worked at Tucker’s Cleaners for many years. She often said how much she enjoyed interacting...

Sep 18, 2021

Mary Madeline Emerson, 100 of Abilene, passed away on Saturday, September 18, 2021.  Arrangements under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street.

Sep 15, 2021

Boneda (Bonnie) Hicks, 93, beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Wife, was called to her eternal resting place on September 15, 2021. Burial will be at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 10:15 a.m.

Bonnie and Ralph were married in Nashville, TN in 1951 before he was deployed to Korea. She was an Air...

Sep 14, 2021

Cynthia Ann (Cannon) Coates, a wonderful wife, mother and daughter, and a devoted children’s minister, volunteer, and advocate, died Sept. 14, 2021. She was 57.

A visitation with family is planned from 5-7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 17, at Hillcrest Church of Christ, 650 E. Ambler, Abilene, Texas, under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors. A memorial service...

Sep 11, 2021

Jonathan C English of Clyde, Texas passed away on September the 11th 2021 at Hendrick Hospital in Abilene Texas.  A memorial service will be held Saturday October 23 rd , 2021 at 2:00 pm in the chapel at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut St.

Jonathan was born on April 8 th , 1952 to the late Arthur...

Sep 10, 2021

Guy Don Southall, 86 of Abilene, passed away on Friday, September 10, 2021. Funeral service will be on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the Highway 36 Church of Christ. Visitation with the family will be on Monday, September 13, 2021 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street.

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Sep 10, 2021

Angela Nicole Staples, 41, of Abilene passed away surrounded by love and affirmation in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday September 10, 2021.

Angela was introduced into this world on May 21, 1980, by the late Richard Mims and her wonderful birth giver Sandra Mims. Angela was born in Anniston, Alabama and was raised in Abilene, Texas....

Sep 6, 2021

Darrel Ray Pocock, 72 of Abilene, went home to heaven on Monday, September 6, 2021.  A memorial service will be held on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the South Side Baptist Church, 1425 S. 7 th Street.  Arrangements under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street.

Born in Caney, Kansas to Victor...

Sep 5, 2021

Barbara Casey Daniel, 83 of Abilene, passed away peacefully at her home on September 5 th , 2021.  A private graveside service will be held at the Necessity Cemetery in Stephens County. Barbara was born to Leon and Zella Truesdell Casey on September 18 th , 1937 in Caddo, Texas in Stephens County. She graduated from Breckenridge High School...

Sep 5, 2021

James Winfred Richards, 83 of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, September 5, 2021.  Funeral service will be on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street, with burial to follow at the Atoka Cemetery in Novice.  A visitation with the family will be on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 from 5:00...

Sep 4, 2021

Bennie Laverne Bilbrey was a child of The Great Depression born Friday September 13, 1928 in Cache, Oklahoma to Henry Lardy Bilbrey and (Willie) Pearl Moore Bilbrey.  The Bilbrey’s moved from Oklahoma to Cottonwood, Texas in 1937 when he was 9 years old.  He died 9 days short of his 93 rd birthday on September 4, 2021, in Abilene,...

Sep 3, 2021

Lee Roy Kitchell, 83 of Abilene, passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021.  Arrangements are pending with Piersall Funeral Directors,733 Butternut Street.

Aug 30, 2021

Mike Tenbrink, 63 of Abilene, Texas, passed away on August 30, 2021. Born December 23,1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, raised by his loving parents John and Opal Tenbrink.

In his youth Mike was an altar boy at Our Lady of Annunciation and spent his time achieving merit as an Eagle Scout. His love...

Aug 25, 2021

Juan Lopez, Jr, 76 of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2021.  A memorial service will be held on Monday, August 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene, under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street.

Juan was born on November 24, 1944 in Lorenzo, Texas to Juan...

Aug 21, 2021

(Joyce) Mozelle Heflin Wharton, 92 of Merkel, passed away at her home on August 21, 2021.  Funeral service will be on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Merkel, 301 Locust Street, with burial to follow at 1:00 p.m. at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery.  There will be a visitation with the family...

Aug 18, 2021

Philip Larry Oltmann, 77, passed away Wednesday, August 18th, in Abilene, Texas. He was born July 14th, 1944 in Pana, Illinois to Milton and Wilma (Redeker) Oltmann.

A “Son of the Prairie,” Phil was raised in Nokomis, Illinois, on a beautiful farm along with older brother Marvin and older sister Joyce (Grieves). He attended St....