Obituaries
Dallas F Acklin
Oct 1, 2024
Dallas Franklin Acklin, 96, of Hamlin, Texas passed away on October 1, 2024, after a short illness. He was born November 11, 1927, to Chester Franklin and Gertrude Matilde Skipper Acklin in the Hamlin home of the doctor that delivered him. Dallas was brought up in Radium until his family moved to a home that was located where the current...
Barbara Evans
Sep 28, 2024
Barbara Stroud Evans of Hamlin, Texas was called home to the Lord on Saturday, September 28th, 2024.
She was born December 7,1954 in Odessa, Texas to Robert (Bob) Stroud and Georgie Mae Yell. She was raised outside of Roscoe, Texas by her stepdad (Daddy) Barnett Pieper and her mom. She lived on the farm with her brother John and sister Dale....
Billy Roy Cooper
Sep 24, 2024
Billy Roy Cooper passed away peacefully in his home on September 24, 2024 in McCaulley, Texas. A memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church in Hamlin, Texas on Saturday September 28, 2024 at 1:00pm. The visitation will be held at Adams-Foster-Ray Funeral Home in Hamlin, Texas on Friday September 27, 2024 from 12:30-1:30pm.
Billy Roy Cooper was born on...
Mary Herrera
Aug 25, 2024
Mary Lechuga Herrera passed away Sunday, August 25, 2024 in Hamlin, Texas. Services will 2:00 pm on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at the Adams-Foster-Ray Funeral Home Chapel. A Rosary will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at the Funeral Home starting at 6:00 pm.
Mary was born on December 7, 1937, in Spur, Texas to the late Manual Ruiz Lechuga...
Clifford L Green
Aug 5, 2024
Clifford L. Green passed away on Monday, August 5, 2024 in Abilene, Texas.
Clifford was born on August 6, 1939 in Hamlin to the late Edd Wade Green and Lilabell York. He married Mary Brown and they raised their family together. He retired from the Highway Department where he worked for several years. He enjoyed cooking, camping and riding his bicycle.
He...
Georgia (Beth) Harper
Jul 7, 2024
Georgia Elizabeth “Beth” Raifsnider Harper passed away on July 7, 2024 surrounded by her family at the age of 89.
Beth was born on August 9, 1934 in Fisher County to her parents, Elizabeth and Chester Raifsnider, Sr. Beth attended school in Glen Rose and played the bass drum in the high school band. In 1953, she married the love of...
Glen Ford Hunter
Jun 21, 2024
Glen Ford Hunter, 61, passed away Friday, June 21, 2024 in Hamlin, Texas. There will be a wake from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday, June 28, 2024, at Adams-Foster-Ray Funeral Home. Services will be 11:00 am Saturday, June 29, 2024, at the First Baptist Church of Hamlin. Burial will follow in Hamlin Memorial Cemetery.
Glen Ford Hunter was born May...
Johnny and Daurice Steele
Apr 24, 2024
Surrounded by family and members of his hospice team, John Harold (aka “Johnny” or “Graddy”) Steele, age 95, completed his earthly labors of a life well-lived on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 to enter into his eternal rest with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Born in his maternal grandparent’s home in McCaulley, TX to parents Virgil and Murriel Stephenson...
Theodore R Miller
Apr 12, 2024
Theodore R. Miller Jr. (Reverend Ted Miller) was born on September 10, 1939, to Ruth Mae Smith and Theodore R Miller Sr. in Port Arthur Texas. He passed from this earthly life on April 12, 2024, in Hamlin, Texas. Visitation will be held at the First Baptist Church, Hamlin at1:00 P.M. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 P.M....
Herminia Benavides
Mar 15, 2024
Herminia A. (Tia Minnie) Benavides received her angel wings on March 15, 2024, at Homeplace Manor in Hamlin, Texas. She was born on January 24, 1941, in San Patricio, Texas to Catarino and Maria Benavides. She was lovingly known as "Tia Minnie or Tia." She will be greatly missed for all her love and affection. She will always hold a...
Grace Turner Oliver
Feb 18, 2024
Grace Turner Oliver was born on July 28, 1928, to Thomas Patience and Dump (Gill) Turner in Mount Vernon, Texas. She passed away from this life on February 18, 2024, in Abilene, Texas. Grace came as an infant by train to Hamlin and then to the Neinda and other small nearby communities before the family settled in Hamlin.
Grace took...
Jimmy Beasley
Feb 17, 2024
Jimmy Deryl Beasley was born on February 2, 1942, to Maxine and Vynne Beasley in Stamford, Texas. He departed this earth on February 17, 2024, at the age of 82. Jimmy was raised in Hamlin Texas and was a graduate of Hamlin High School. Jimmy married Delores Dean Killion in Mexico on February 18, 1961. They would have been...
Martha Watts
Jan 27, 2024
Martha O’Neal Haught Watts, 88, of Hamlin passed away on January 27, 2024. Graveside services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, February 3, 2024 in Hamlin Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service from 12:30 to 1:30 PM, at the Adams-Foster -Ray Funeral Home in Hamlin.
Martha was born May 28, 1935 in Groesbeck, Texas. She was one of five...
Ruby Faye Carter
Jan 21, 2024
Ruby Faye Carter, 84, of Hamlin, Texas received her full and complete healing on January 21, 2024, surrounded by family as she entered her eternal home in heaven.
She was born to parents George and Lucille Campbell on April 12, 1939, in Hamlin. Her childhood best friend was her little sister Minna Mae. Ruby graduated from Hamlin High School in 1957....
Elisa D. Herrera
Jan 8, 2024
Elisa D. Herrera of Hamlin passed away Monday, January 8, 2024 at the age of 59. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at the Adams-Foster-Ray Funeral Home Chapel in Hamlin. There will be a visitation from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at the Funeral Home.
Elisa was born September...
Evangelina G Morales
Dec 22, 2023
Evangelina Morales went to be with the Lord on December 22, 2023, in Hamlin, Texas. Evangelina was surrounded by her loving family in her last moments.
Evangelina was born on August 2, 1931, to Tomas and Maria I. (Salinas) Garza (raised by Amelia Salinas Garza) in Edinburg, Texas. She was raised and went to school in Edinburg, Texas. She...
Feliciana Ibarra
Dec 19, 2023
Feliciana Ibarra, born on August 16, 1950, in Hondo, TX, peacefully departed this world on December 19, 2023. She was the daughter of Encarnacion and Maria Oranday. She lived in Hamlin, TX for many years before moving to Albuquerque, NM in 1999.
Feliciana was reunited in eternity with her parents, two sisters, Munda Oranday and Lola Heinen and two...
William Francis White III
Oct 11, 2023
William F. White, III,Devoted Husband, “Sweet Daddy”, “Papaw” known as Bill” & “Bro. White” entered fully into the presence of Jesus on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 6:02 PM.
Bill was born September 2, 1935 in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He was an only child and adored by his parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He enlisted in the U.S. Air...
Martha Loveta Bruner
Sep 21, 2023
Martha Loveta Bruner, 95, passed away September 21, 2023 in Abilene, Texas. Services will be 11:00 AM on Monday, September 25, 2023 at the Adams Foster Ray Funeral Home Chapel in Hamlin followed by burial in the Hamlin Memorial Cemetery. There will be a time of visitation prior to the service beginning at 10:00 AM.
Loveta was born on...
Geneva Georgia Houghton
Sep 14, 2023
Geneva Georgia Houghton, a beloved member of the community, has passed away at the age of 96 on September 14, 2023, in Hamlin, Texas. She was born on August 18, 1927, in Oklahoma to Thelmer J and Evelyn May. Geneva was a caring and compassionate person who dedicated her life to helping others.Throughout her life, Geneva had a nurturing...
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