Obituaries
John Ray Godfrey
Nov 17, 2024
John Ray Godfrey, a beloved husband, father, Poppa, and coach, passed away peacefully at home on November 17, 2024, at the age of 80. Born on September 21, 1944, John Ray left an indelible mark in both sports and the lives he touched throughout his career and service.
A native of Aspermont, Texas, John Ray began his journey in athletics during...
Charlene Joiner
Nov 10, 2024
Charlene Joiner, 97, of Hamlin, passed away November 10, 2024, in Abilene. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at Adams-Foster-Ray Funeral Home in Hamlin. Visitation will be at 10 am Thursday until time of service. Burial will be in Hamlin Memorial Cemetery, directed by Adams-Foster-Ray Funeral Home.
Born February 14, 1927, in Hamlin, Charlene was the daughter...
Bobbie Jean Nichols
Oct 13, 2024
Bobbie Jean Kirby Nichols passed away on October 12, 2024, at the age of 74. She was born June 20, 1950, in Hamlin, Texas to Robert Kirby Jr. and Olivia Hall Kirby. She graduated from McCaulley High School in 1968 as a Salutatorian. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education from McMurry University. Bobbie Jean married Jimmy Nichols...
Alley Elaine Jenkins
Oct 10, 2024
Elaine Jenkins passed away Thursday, October 10, 2024 in Hamlin, Texas. Graveside services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, October 16, 2024 in Hamlin Memorial Cemetery directed by Adams-Foster-Ray Funeral Home.
Elaine Jenkins was born December 7,1950 in Artesia, New Mexico to David Hart Sanders and Wynnona (Deel) Sanders. Her sister Davey Sue (Sanders) Stewart was 11 months older than her. Elaine...
Irasema Montanez
Oct 9, 2024
Irasema Montanez passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2024, in her home in Hamlin, Texas. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church of Hamlin, followed by burial in the Hamlin Memorial Cemetery. A rosary will be held Monday, October 14, 2024, starting at 6:00 PM at the Adams-Foster-Ray...
Lance Thomas Shaull
Oct 1, 2024
Lance Thomas Shaull of Hamlin, Texas was called home to his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, October 1st, 2024.
Lance was born on March 8, 1958, in Dodge City, Kansas to Marion and Betty Shaull. From an early age, he learned the value of hard work. He began driving combines at the age of 12. One of the things he loved...
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....
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