Obituaries

Clifford Stegemoeller

Feb 6, 2014

Born April 9, 1965, in Stamford, Texas, Clifford was the son of Leon Clarence and Lilly Mae Baitz Stegemoeller. He graduated from Rule High School in 1983, where he excelled in One Act Play. After graduation, he attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock. In 1996, he married Teresa Martinez in Arlington, Texas. The family moved from Arlington to Houston,...

Bernardo Gutierrez

Jan 30, 2014

Born August 20, 1938, Benny was the son of Elias and Cecilia Ramirez Gutierrez. He married Guadalupe Armenta on June 23, 1958 in Anson, Texas. Benny was a lifelong resident of Hamlin, and a morning fixture at the Pied Piper Grocery. A farmer by trade, he would get bored if there was no work to be done. He was...

Kent Calhoun

Jan 27, 2014

Born December 23, 1939, in Carter County, Oklahoma, Kent was the son of Omer and Stella Jackson Calhoun. He graduated from Fox High School in Oklahoma, and received his Bachelors Degree in Education from East Central College in Ada, Oklahoma. On January 27, 1984, he married the love of his life, Margaret Maberry, in Hamlin, Texas. He managed Chaparral...

James Mayes

Jan 25, 2014

Born February 21, 1931, in Cameron, Texas, James was the son of the late James C., Sr. and Rebecca Bass Mayes. He grew up in Aspermont, Texas, and resided there for 18 years, living with his uncle, Joe Bass. As a youth, he worked many jobs, either as a cook or as manual labor. He married Erma Lee Hunter...

Debra Thompson

Jan 22, 2014

Born October 11, 1959, in Lubbock, Texas, Debra was the daughter of Betty Wellmaker Tidwell and the late Walter Beauchamp. She was a member of the Stamford High School class of 1978. In 1984, she moved to Hamlin, where she worked in the Home Healthcare field for many years. In her spare time, Debra loved to cook, and take...

Elizabeth Payne

Jan 21, 2014

Elizabeth was born July 19, 1923, to Grover and Lillian Terrell in Fisher County, Texas. She graduated from Dowell High School, and married Elbert Payne on December 2, 1945, in Abilene, Texas. Elizabeth worked at the Hamlin High School Cafeteria and as a sales clerk at Heidenheimers. She was a wonderful seamstress, loved to cook and make people eat,...

David Casey

Jan 12, 2014

David was born May 5, 1931 to O.H. and Ida Mae Haupt Casey in Florence, Texas. He graduated from Winters High School, and studied at North Texas State University, graduating with a Bachelors Degree. On April 13, 1952, he married his lifelong love, Ketta London, in Abilene, Texas. He was the owner of Heidenheimers Department Store in Hamlin for...

Dorothy Williams

Dec 29, 2013

Dorothy Earlene Meeks Williams, 91, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2013, at the Hamlin Memorial Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following at the Hamlin Memorial Cemetery, ed by AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home. ation will be held from 1:001:45 p.m. Thursday before the service. Born...

James Covington

Dec 28, 2013

James Franklin Covington, 91, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013, at his home in Hamlin. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 3, 2014, at the First Baptist Church of Hamlin, with burial following at Hamlin Memorial Cemetery, ed by AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home. ation will be held from 6:007:00 p.m. Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the...

Sudie Turner

Dec 22, 2013

Sudie Jane Turner, 79, passed away December 22, 2013 at her home in Hamlin. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 26, 2013, at the Hamlin Church of Christ, with burial following at Hamlin Memorial Cemetery, with Drew Tomlinson officiating, ed by AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home. ation will be held from 9:0010:00 a.m. Thursday before the service....

George Scifres

Dec 18, 2013

GEORGE PRESTON SCIFRES, 46, passed away December 18, 2013. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 22, 2013, at the First Baptist Church, under the ion of AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home. Born December 15, 1967, in San Antonio, George was the son of Ruby Campbell Carter and Bobby Wayne Scifres. He graduated from Hamlin High School in...

Martha Spalding

Dec 18, 2013

HAMLIN MARTHA LEE LARKIN SPALDING, 95, passed away Wednesday December 18, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 20, 2013, at the First United Methodist Church with burial in Hamlin Memorial Cemetery. ation will be 5:00 6:00 p.m. Thursday at AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at adamsfosterrayfh.com. Martha was born August...

Eloise Hertel

Nov 29, 2013

Eloise was born September 30, 1933, in Bird City, Kansas. Her birth mother passed away in 1943, being so young, Paul and Emma Gneiser adopted her in April 1944. She attended school in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and spent her high school years and one year of college at St. Johns College in Winfield, Kansas. There, she met Kenneth Hertel,...

Earnestine Adair

Nov 26, 2013

HAMLIN Earnestine Raye Little Mama Clark Adair, 80, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2013, in Lubbock. She was born June 29, 1933, in Eldorado, Texas to Alexander Gratton and Alma Clevie Mercer Clark. On March 12, 1955, she married the love of her life, Glenn Lewis Slatz Adair, in Eldorado, Texas. They shared 56 years of marriage. Slatz preceded...

Preston Lee

Nov 3, 2013

HAMLIN PRESTON ODELL LEE, 62, passed away November 3, 2013, in Stamford. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at Hamlin Memorial Cemetery, ed by AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home. ation will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Born April 1, 1951, in Hamlin, Preston was a son of the late Ulysses C., Sr. and Tiny...

Mamie Rountree

Oct 31, 2013

HAMLIN MAMIE JEWELL ROUNTREE, 97, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2013, in North Richland Hills. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, November 4, 2013, at the First Baptist Church with burial to follow in Hamlin Memorial Cemetery. ation will be 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday, November 3, 2013, at AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home. Born December 23, 1915, in McCaulley,...

Jesse Villanueva

Oct 31, 2013

HAMLIN JESUS JESSE VILLANUEVA, 66, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2013, in Jones County. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 3, 2013 at the Church of the Nazarene with burial in Neinda Cemetery. ation will be 5:00 6:00 p.m. Saturday at AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home. Jesse was born September 16, 1947 in Robstown, Texas to Refugio and Tomasa...

Bonnie Kidwell

Oct 9, 2013

HAMLIN BONNIE JEAN MEEKS KIDWELL, 78, passed away Wednesday October 9, 2013, at Ballinger Health and Rehab in Ballinger, Texas. Graveside service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 12, 2013, at Hamlin Memorial Cemetery under the ion of AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home. ation will be 5:00 6:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at adamsfosterrayfh.com....

Melvin Scott

Oct 3, 2013

Service Funeral Service Hamlin Church of Christ . Hamlin, TX  79520 Saturday, October 5, 2013 2 pm Cemetery Hamlin Memorial Cemetery Hamlin, TX Hamlin, TX  79520

Robert Schuster

Sep 23, 2013

Visitation AdamsFosterRay Funeral Home 505 NW 5th Street Hamlin, TX  79520 Saturday, September 28, 2013 2 p.m. Cemetery Hamlin Memorial Cemetery Hamlin, TX Hamlin, TX  79520