Obituaries

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,...

Opal Rhae Eastin King

Opal Rhae Eastin King

Oct 11, 2015

Opal Rhae Eastin King, 92, died Sunday morning, October 11, at her son's home in Abilene, Texas, where she had lived for the past four years after a brief hospital and nursing home stay. She will be buried alongside her husband at the Cedar Hill Cemetery. The family will welcome friends to a brief memorial service at 10:00 am...

Billie Jean Davis

Billie Jean Davis

Oct 7, 2015

Billie Jean Davis, 91 of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. Arrangements are pending with Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street.

Gerard John Mccann

Gerard John Mccann

Sep 29, 2015

Gerard McCann, 27 of Abilene, died Tuesday, September 29, 2015. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements under the direction of Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street.

Doris Johnson

Doris Johnson

Sep 26, 2015

Doris Eloise Robinson Johnson, 97 of Abilene, entered into eternal rest on September 26, 2015. A service will be held at 10:00 am, Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 at the Piersall Funeral Directors Chapel, 733 Butternut St with burial to follow at Elmwood Memorial Park. A visitation with the family will be held on Tuesday evening from 5-7pm at the...

Charlotte Ruth Turnbow

Charlotte Ruth Turnbow

Sep 21, 2015

Charlotte Ruth Turnbow, 66 of Abilene, passed away at her home on Monday, September 21, 2015. A graveside service will be held at the Hamby Cemetery on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. A visitation with the family will be on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street. Charlotte...

Leonardo Guajardo, Sr.

Leonardo Guajardo, Sr.

Sep 16, 2015

Leonardo Guajardo, Sr., 72 of Abilene, passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Hendrick Medical Center. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel at Piersall Funeral Directors, 733 Butternut Street. Leon was born on November 6, 1942 in Cuero, Texas to Reyes and Magelina Guajardo. In 1959, Leon...