OBITUARIES
Dane Ratliff
May 30, 2021
Dane Harrison Ratliff, born June 9, 1943 in Rising Star, Texas. He made his heavenly entrance on May 30, 2021. He was a loving husband, wonderful dad, happy grandpa and friend to many. His love of flying has been realized and he is soaring with the angels. He was a kind, gentle, sweet and quiet man, who loved the Lord...
Janice Lee
May 26, 2021
Janice LaVern Lee, 92, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at Comanche County Medical Center in Comanche, Texas. Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 29 at 10:00 AM at Blake Cemetery with Jody Dodson officiating and Dwayne Clower assisting. The family will have a time of visitation at the funeral home on Friday, May...
Roy Hankey
May 8, 2021
Roy Erwin “Bud” Hankey, 94, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2021 in Cross Plains, Texas. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 11 at 1:00 PM at Scott Cemetery in McKinney, Texas. Bud was born March 16, 1927 in Clear Lake, Texas to the late Louis Hankey and Annie Liz Stephens-Hankey. Bud married Betty Sue...
Donald Stover
May 6, 2021
Donald Reginald “Reggy” Stover, 74, beloved husband, daddy and Poppy of Cross Plains, Texas went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 6, 2021 in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 10 at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church with David Simmons officiating. Burial will follow the service at Blake Cemetery in Brown County,...
Royce Atchley
Apr 7, 2021
Royce Alvin Atchley, 65, of Rising Star, Texas passed away at home surrounded by his loving family, on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. A memorial service will be held Thursday, April 15 at 11:00 AM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel in Cross Plains, Texas with Max Evans officiating. Royce was born December 4, 1955 in Wichita Falls, Texas to the late...
Dirk Murdoch
Mar 30, 2021
Dirk Edward Murdoch, 65, of Williams Community in Brown County, Texas passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Coryell County, Texas. Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 22 at 2:00 PM at Blake Cemetery Building with John Tunnell officiate and Blake Briscoe handling music. Dirk was born December 25, 1955 in Snyder, Texas to Kenneth and Ann Murdoch...
Linda Harper
Mar 29, 2021
Linda Alene Harper, 71, of Goldthwaite, Texas passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021 at Goldthwaite Health & Rehab in Goldthwaite, Texas. Graveside services will be held Monday, April 5 at 2:00 PM at Rising Star Cemetery with Mike McGinn officiating. Linda was born September 28, 1949 in Grosvenor, Texas to the late Herbert Hollis and Vivian McFall-Hollis. Linda was...
Nina Davis
Mar 29, 2021
Nina Muriel Davis, 98, of Brownwood, Texas passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021 at Oak Ridge Manor in Brownwood, Texas. Graveside services will be held Friday, April 2 at 3:00 PM at Cross Plains Memorial Park with Ronnie White officiating. Muriel was born October 31, 1922 in Coalgate, Oklahoma to the late Bud Wiley and Nina Harris-Wiley. Muriel married...
Maxine Dimitri
Mar 29, 2021
Maxine W. Dimitri, 86, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021 at Hendricks Hospice Care in Abilene, Texas. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 3 at 2:00 PM at Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel with Matt McGowen officiating. The family will have a private burial after the service. Maxine was born August 15, 1934 in Cross...
Riley Reed
Feb 17, 2021
Riley Leon “Rusty” Reed, 68, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at Hendricks Medical Center Brownwood in Brownwood, Texas. Funeral service will be held Sunday, February 21 at 2:00 PM at the First Baptist Church in Cross Plains with Kenneth Rieter officiating and Ronnie White assisting. The family will have a time of visitation from...
Sandra Wright
Jan 31, 2021
“Tell me what it looks like in Heaven, I hope your dancing in the sky, and I hope your singing in the angel’s choir, and I hope the angels know what they have, I’ll bet it’s so nice up in Heaven since you arrived.” Dancing in the Sky By: Dani and Lizz. After 71 years of memories and life a...
Charles Payne
Jan 31, 2021
Charles H. Payne, 77, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Thursday, February 4, at 2:00 PM at Cross Plains Memorial Park in Cross Plains, Texas with Ronnie White officiating. Charles was born November 29, 1943 in Coleman, Texas to the late Hadden Payne...
Yvonne Key
Jan 12, 2021
Wilma Yvonne Key, 67, of Cisco, Texas passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Hendricks Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Friday, January 15, at 2:00 PM at Burkett Cemetery in Burkett, Texas with Jody Dodson officiating. Due to restrictions in place because of the COVID-19 virus, we ask that you follow social distancing. The...
Ruby Parker
Jan 8, 2021
Ruby Jean (Killough) Parker, 92, joined her Heavenly Choir of Angels on January 8, 2021. She was, at the time, a resident of Rising Star Nursing Home in Rising Star, Texas and visitors were limited. Graveside service will be held Saturday, January 16, at 2:00 PM at Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Brown County, Texas. Due to restrictions in place because...
Allison Armstrong
Jan 5, 2021
Allison Renee Lupinacci-Armstrong, 33, of Katy, Texas passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Graveside service will be held Sunday, January 10, at 2:00 PM at Rising Star Cemetery in Rising Star, Texas with Matt McGowen officiating. Online condolences for the family are welcome at https://www.higginbothamfuneralhomecrossplains.com Due to restrictions in place because of the COVID-19 virus, we...
Karen Adams
Jan 4, 2021
Karen Jane (Walker) Adams, 75, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Monday, January 4, 2021. Graveside service will be held Thursday, January 7, at 1:00 PM at Burkett Cemetery in Burkett, Texas with Kevin Morton officiating. Karen was born May 10, 1945 in Mitchell County, Texas to the late Socrates Allen Walker and Helen Jane (Ferguson) Walker. Karen married...
William Clark
Dec 30, 2020
William Thomas “Tom” Clark, 83, of Cross Plains, Texas passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Hendrick Hospice Care in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Victor Cemetery in De Leon, Texas with Eugene Dillard officiating. Tom was born on November 11, 1937 in Frankston, Texas to the late Robert...
Richard Lawson
Dec 28, 2020
Richard Lawson, 68, of Rising Star, Texas passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020 at Hendrick Medical Center-South in Abilene, Texas. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, December 30, at 10:00 AM at Pioneer Cemetery in Pioneer, Texas. Richard was born October 11, 1952 in Wink, Texas to the late Dwyt Sterling Lawson and Barbara Jean (Aaron) Lawson. Richard married...
John Pearson
Dec 25, 2020
John Melvin Pearson 95, from Cross Plains, TX went to his heavenly home on December 25, 2020. He was born in Tokeen, TX on September 18, 1925 to Key and Lucille Pearson. John enlisted in the Army and served our country during WWII. While in Austria he met and married Frieda Pearson in Vienna. After completing his time in the...
