Obituaries

Audie Eugene Conder, Jr.

Audie Eugene Conder, Jr.

Jan 17, 2016

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” Psalm 116:15 For Audie Eugene Conder, Jr., of Abilene, Texas, the race is won! His temporal vessel completed its service on January 17, 2016, and his spirit has flown Home, to dwell forever in the glorious presence of our Lord and Savior. What a blessed life...

John Randolph Jordan, Iii

John Randolph Jordan, Iii

Jan 16, 2016

John R. Jordan, age 91, passed away in Abilene on Saturday, January 16, 2016. A service is scheduled for Friday, January 22, at 11:00 am in the Piersall Chapel, 733 Butternut St with James Thompson and Derrick Bam officiating. The burial will follow at 2 p.m. in the Texas State Veteran Cemetery. There will be a visitation held at...

Mabel G. Roberts

Mabel G. Roberts

Jan 5, 2016

Mabel G. Tolliver (Williams, Bowen) Roberts The celebration of Mabel’s life will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday January 16, 2016 at Hartselle Church of Christ with Phillip Hines officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in the Hartselle City Cemetery. Family visitation will be Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hartselle Church of Christ. Mabel...

Laquita Joy Lucas

Laquita Joy Lucas

Jan 2, 2016

LaQuita Joy Lucas was born on January 1, 1933 in Rising Star, Texas to Ozzie and Ollie Burns. She died on January 2, 2016 at the age of eighty three years and one day. She graduated from Sundown High School in Sundown, Texas as valedictorian of her graduating class. She gave up a full scholarship to Texas Tech University...

Kenneth Tella Atchison

Kenneth Tella Atchison

Dec 30, 2015

Kenneth Tella Atchison, 71 of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2015. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the Southern Hills Church of Christ, 3666 Buffalo Gap Road at 10:00 a.m. with burial to follow at the Buffalo Gap Cemetery. A visitation with the family will be held on Tuesday, January 5, 2016...

Wilda Lee Mcdonald

Wilda Lee Mcdonald

Dec 16, 2015

Wilda Lee McDonald, 92 of Abilene, passed away at Hendrick Medical Center on December 16, 2015. A graveside service will be held Monday, December 21, 2015 at 11:00 am at Elmwood Memorial Park in the Garden of Memories. A visitation with the family will be held Sunday afternoon from 4-6pm at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut St. Wilda was...

Jerry D. Templin

Jerry D. Templin

Dec 14, 2015

Jerry Don Templin, 59 of Abilene, went to join our Lord in Heaven on Monday, December 14, 2015. A service honoring his life will be held on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street. Burial will follow at the Cisco Cemetery. A visitation with the family will be on...

Nancy Riordan

Nancy Riordan

Dec 14, 2015

Nancy Jane Riordan, 74 of Breckenridge, passed away in Abilene on December 14, 2015. A memorial service is scheduled for 2:00pm Saturday, December 19th at the Kingdom Hall, 202 FM 3099, Breckenridge, TX 76424. Local arrangements were made through Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut St. Nancy was born February 8, 1941 in Brownwood, Texas to Earnest and Callie Newsom....

Gordon Wayland Carter

Gordon Wayland Carter

Dec 8, 2015

Gordon Wayland Carter, 68 of Abilene, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at The Springs Brain Injury Program Center in Gonzales, Texas. A graveside service will be held at Elmwood Memorial Park on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Services are under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street. Wayland was born on October 21,...

Kenneth Leroy Sinclair

Kenneth Leroy Sinclair

Dec 2, 2015

Kenneth Sinclair, 73 of Abilene, passed away on December 2, 2015 in Singapore. A service is scheduled for 10:00 am Friday December 11, 2015 at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut St with a graveside service to follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation with the family will be held Thursday evening from 5-7 pm at the funeral home. Ken...

Celestino "Curly" Rocha

Celestino "Curly" Rocha

Nov 30, 2015

Celestino Rodriguez Rocha, beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother and Friend passed away at his home on Monday November 30, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street. Celestino “Curly”, “Bamba” Rodriguez Rocha, 73, was born on August 11, 1942 in Del Rio,...

Cw2 Roy Clark Powell, Us Army, (Ret.)

Cw2 Roy Clark Powell, Us Army, (Ret.)

Nov 22, 2015

CW2 Roy Clark Powell, US Army, (Ret.), 83 of Abilene, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery. A visitation with the family will be held on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut...

Regena Mae Mcdeall

Regena Mae Mcdeall

Nov 20, 2015

Regena Mae McDeall, 51 of Abilene, passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street.

Pauline Bjorem

Pauline Bjorem

Nov 15, 2015

Dr. Pauline Kung Bjorem, director of piano studies, associate professor of piano, and co-director of the ACU PianoFest Summer Academy at Abilene Christian University passed away on November 15, 2015 at Baylor Hospital in Dallas after a long battle with cancer. A memorial service honoring her life will be held in the Williams Performing Center recital hall, on ACU...

Douglas Bryant Neece

Douglas Bryant Neece

Nov 13, 2015

Life spans will be carved into tombstones for as long as we memorialize those we love and lose, but those dates only tell the “when’, not the “how.” Doug Neece’s “how” is to be found in the dash between the beginning and the end, the journey he walked from start to finish. Follow his steps: son, brother, husband, father,...

Eleanor Marie Grasham

Eleanor Marie Grasham

Nov 4, 2015

Eleanor Marie Spainhower Grasham, 83 of Abilene, passed away at Hendrick Medical Center on Wednesday, November 4, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Minter Lane Church of Christ. A visitation with the family will be on Friday, November 6, 2015 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Piersall Funeral...

Sharon Anders

Sharon Anders

Oct 31, 2015

Sharon Anders 72 of Abilene, passed away at her home Saturday October 31, 2015. A visitation with the family is scheduled for Tuesday November 3rd, 2015 from 6-8 pm at Piersall Benton Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut St. A private family burial will be held at a later date. Sharon Diane Anders was born April 10, 1943 in Muscatine, Iowa...

Linda Gillespie

Linda Gillespie

Oct 26, 2015

Linda Grace Gillespie, 72 of Abilene, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and love at Hendrick Medical Center on Monday, October 26, 2015. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church, 1333 N. 3rd Street, on Friday, October 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be at the Oak Wood Cemetery in Hamilton, Texas at 2:00 p.m....

Nettie Hay

Nettie Hay

Oct 22, 2015

Nettie Lee Hay, 92 of Abilene, passed away at her home on Thursday, October 22, 2015. Graveside services were held at 2:00 pm Tuesday, October 27th in Elmwood Memorial Park under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut St. On Saturday, October 31st, a memorial service will be held at 11:00 am in the First Baptist Church Chapel...

Martha Ruby Ham

Martha Ruby Ham

Oct 21, 2015

Martha Ruby Ham, 89 of Abilene, Texas, passed away at her home on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the Geyer Springs Church of Christ, 6004 West 53rd St., Little Rock, AR 72209. Arrangements are under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street, Abilene,...