Crystal Louise Skipper Hughes Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, January 16th with Graveside Services Sunday, January 17th at 3:00 p.m. Services provided by Heartland Funeral and Cremation Service, Early, Texas. By request of the family, please wear masks and observe social distancing while attending. Crystal Louise Hughes was born on June 25, 1925, the only child of John and Olive (Cates) Skipper in Paint Rock, TX. She moved with her parents to Goldthwaite, TX at the age of four. She graduated from Goldthwaite High School and then moved to Brownwood, TX to attend Howard Payne College. While standing in the registration line at Howard Payne College, she met her future...

Bernice Kobel of Brownwood, formerly of San Angelo, passed away December 15, 2020 in Brownwood, Texas. She was born to Edward and Adela (Niehues) Hoelscher on September 18, 1929 in Barclay, Texas, Falls County. She attended school at Barclay until the family moved to West Texas in the 1940s. She graduated from St. Joseph's High School in Rowena, Texas in 1946. After graduation she worked at Nelson's Dress Shop and San Angelo National Bank. She married Paul L. Kobel, Jr. February 7, 1953 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Olfen, Texas and was a dedicated Air Force wife. She moved with her husband and family to Mississippi, Libya, Virginia, Hawaii and Texas. They had 6 children. Bernice...

Richard T. Sharpe, 80, passed away after a brief illness Monday, November 30, 2020. He was born September 9, 1940, in Weatherford, Texas. He was the only son of Roy and Lottie Sharpe. He graduated from Weatherford High School in 1958, Texas Tech in 1962, and Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at SMU in 1968. He was married to Cherry Shaw on August 2, 1965. Richard began his banking career in 1962 as Vice-President of the First National Bank Weatherford. In 1965, he moved to Brownwood and became the executive Vice-President of the First National Bank Brownwood. In 1971, he became the President and CEO of Coleman County State Bank and returned to Brownwood in 1972, becoming the...

Richard T. Sharpe, 80, of Brownwood, Texas, passed away after a brief illness Monday, November 30, 2020. He was born September 9, 1940, in Weatherford, Texas. He was the only son of Roy and Lottie Sharpe. He was married to Cherry Shaw on August 2, 1963. Services will be Sunday, December 6, 2020, at 2:00 P.M. at First Baptist Church in Brownwood under the care of Heartland Funeral Home. Interment will be held at the Indian Creek Cemetery.

On Friday, November 27, 2020 Brandon Minica, a loving father, son, brother, nephew, cousin, uncle, and grandson, passed away at the age of 41. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, December 4, 2020, in the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at Salt Creek Cemetery officiated by Heath Henry. Brandon was born September 21, 1979 in Goldthwaite Texas. He lived in Early Texas and attended Early school K-12th. He was active in football, Theater Arts, track, and FFA. Brandon worked for the City of Early the summers of his Junior and Senior year. He graduated Early High School in 1998. Brandon attended Cisco Junior College and joined the US Air Force in 2001. He...

John Wiley Finney, Jr, of Weslaco, Texas passed away November 24, 2020 in Rising Star, Texas after an extended illness. His family was by his side as he slipped peacefully into God's arms. Wiley was born April 3, 1936 in Scottsboro, Alabama. He worked on the family farm before enrolling at Auburn University, graduating with a degree in Agriculture. He married the love of his life, Peggy Marie Green Finney, and soon had a son, John Wiley Finney, III. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a tank gunner. He entered on duty with the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an Inspector at the Port of Entry in Laredo, Texas and soon transferred to the U.S. Customs Service. After rising through the...

Lawrence Pederson, 86, of Brownwood, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020. A Memorial service is planned for 2:00 PM, Monday, November 23, 2020 at the New Dawn Fellowship Church, 2110 E 10th St, Odessa, TX 79761 with Wally Schiwart officiating. Larry was born in Cory, Colorado, May 16, 1934 to Howard and Augusta Pederson. He was in ROTC during high school and graduated high school. Larry served in the US Army. He frequented a diner in Independence Missouri where he became smitten with the young lady cooking hamburgers and making milkshakes. She was the owner's daughter and he soon married the love of his life, Audrey Pederson July 30, 1954. Larry and Audrey were blessed with 5...

Shelby Grace McKillip was born to her parents Cherrie and Ken McKillip in Brownwood, on May 20, 1996, and the world became a better place. A celebration of life will take place on Saturday, October 24th, 2020 at 11 am, on the hill of Lake Cisco Christian Camp. Please dress casually and bring your lawn chairs. Shelby was born and raised in Brownwood and graduated from Abilene Christian University in 2019. Shelby worked in the advertising and public relations industry and lived to use her God-given talents to create and dream and help others. Her life and heart were full of Christ. Shelby strived to have a life centered around what Christ would want her to be. Some of her favorite...

Robert William Stewart ("Stew" as he was known to his loved ones) passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020 in Port Orange, Florida at the age of 80. Visitation will be from 4:00 - 6:00pm on Wednesday, September 30th at Heartland Funeral Home in Early, Texas, followed by a private Celebration of Life. A graveside service for the family will be held at 9:00 a.m., on Friday, October 2, 2020 at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Stew was born August 14, 1940 in Georgetown, South Carolina. He graduated from Palatka High School in Palatka, Florida. After graduation he joined the Air Force and served for eight years, the majority of which he served as a Morse Code...

Jerry Russel Giles or Abe Giles as everybody knew him, 88, of Brownwood, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2020. A visitation will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Heartland Funeral Home Friday, September 25, 2020 and a graveside service will be at 11:00 AM, Saturday, September 26, 2020 in the Crews Cemetery, Runnells County. There will be a gathering after the graveside at the Giles lake house on lake Brownwood. Abe Giles was born February 3, 1932 at the Giles Ranch in Winters, Texas to John Malcom and Florence Giles. He graduated from Novice High School and was drafted into the US Army. Abe served in the Korean war and returned to the Giles Ranch where he farmed and ranched. Abe was...

Irene (Ellis) Ashcraft, age 94, of Brownwood, formally of Gainesville, Texas passed away at Redstone Park Friday, September 18, 2020. Graveside services were held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 20, at Mukewater Cemetery near Bangs under the direction of Heartland Funeral Home of Early. Rick Justice, pastor at Rocky Creek Baptist Church will conduct the services. Irene was born March 23, 1926 in Santa Anna, Texas to John Henry Ellis, Sr. and Maddie Knight Ellis. She was the youngest of several children. Irene graduated from Santa Anna High School. She lived in the Santa Anna area until 1960 when she moved to Sanger, Texas and worked as a secretary for the school system. On November 1,...

Valorie Dianne (Johnston) Noe, 67 of Brownwood, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2020. A come-and-go visitation from 2:00 to 4:00 PM will be held at the Austin Avenue Church of Christ, Sunday, August 2, 2020. Valorie was born August 8, 1952 in Abilene, Texas to Bill and Betty Johnston. She graduated from Odessa Permian High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Abilene Christian University. Valorie married James "Jim" Noe on July 28, 1973 and began a life together that blessed them with 2 children. Valorie was an incredibly detailed and active homemaker, fueled by her love for her family and any number of friends from all seasons of her life, past...

Mac Kiser was born on June 17, 1926, in Brady, Texas, the second oldest of eleven children born to George Ross and Myrtle Lillian Adams Kiser. In 1943, at the age of 17, Mac joined the U. S. Navy to serve his country during World War II. On June 11, 1948, Mac married Joyce Bernice Duffy in Andrews, Texas. Mac worked in the oilfield over 48 years in and around Crane and Odessa before retiring. He resided for the last 12 years in the Owens community in Brown County. Mac is survived by his children, Charles and Nancy Curtis of Henderson, Loretta Bronstein of May, and Jackie and Maria Kiser of Corpus Christi. Three stepsons Tony Mathews of Austin, Bryan and Loretta Thompson of Early, and...

A graveside funeral service for Shirley Ann Sharp, age 78, of Bangs, will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, May 17, 2020, in the Bangs Cemetery Pavilion under the direction Heartland Funeral and Cremation Service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday evening from 6:00 until 8:00. Shirley passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 in Brownwood of natural causes, after a lengthy illness. Shirley was born on February 12, 1942 in Brownwood to Melvin and Verniece Stovall. She married Albert Sharp in May of 1967. She retired from GTE after 29 years of service and then traveled with Albert on his truck all across the country. Shirley is survived by her sisters, Judy Eoff of...

Allie Fern Cheatham Smith went to be with the lord Sunday, May 10, 2020. She celebrated her 87th birthday in March, 2020. Fern was born March 1, 1933 at Eldorado, Texas to Richard E. Cheatham and Allie Velma Trotter Cheatham, one of four children. She attended school at Eldorado High School and graduated in 1951. She married Roy Brown Glasscock on September 10th, 1951 in San Angelo, Texas, a union that blessed them with two daughters - Teresa & Charlotte. Fern lived and worked hard to raise her two daughters in San Angelo, Texas. On April 27th, 1978 she married Monroe Smith and they were married until his death on January 08, 1999. Fern & Monroe lived at Rough Canyon at Lake...

Carolyn O'Barr Tunnell was born in San Angelo, March 14, 1934, to Justin Copeland & Ruth Mayfield O'Barr. She was the eldest of their two children and became a lifelong resident of Blanket in the 1950s. Carolyn attended San Angelo High School and was a proud member of the class of 1952. She attended church with her family as a kid at the Presbyterian Church in San Angelo. Carolyn is survived by her husband of 51 years, Gerald, her sons Steve & wife Crystal of Brownwood, Justin and wife Brandy of Blanket, a sister Ginnie Denis and husband Chico of San Angelo, her brother-in-law Delbert Tunnell and wife Brenda of Blanket and a sister-in-law Elaine Early and husband Lonnie of...

Susie Patterson Murray passed away March 23, 2020 at home in her husband's arms. She was born November 5, 1943 in Clinton, Oklahoma to James Matthew and Geneva Lee Patterson. Her body lies in state at the "Heartland Funeral Home" at 303 Early Blvd, Early, TX. There will be no visitation. She spent her younger years in western Oklahoma and southern California while her father served in World War II. Then she was in Muleshoe, TX for her elementary school days and then San Angelo for her teen years. In the late 1950's she married Maurice Dewayne Woodard and they had two children, Neva Suzanne and John Paul. They later divorced. In 1962 Susie, her two children and Susie's mother moved to...

Jaynel Eoff, beloved mother and grandmother, died on March 18, 2020 in Fort Worth after a brief illness. She was 79 years old. Jaynel was born in Rising Star on July 6, 1940 to Eula Talbot and Jack Edimston. Jaynel is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Kenneth Eoff, granddaughter Terra Bibb and brother Ray Edmiston. She leaves behind two sons Terry Eoff and wife Vickie of Grandbury; Toby Eoff and wife Sondra of Odessa, and a daughter, Tonya Dennard, of Coleman. Grandchildren, Clint Eoff of San Angelo, Luke Studdard of Allen, Chance Studdard of Allen, Dex Dennard of Brownwood, Dayton Dennard, Jerrod and Reece Eoff all of Odessa. Seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces...

Billy Mark Hoskinson, 89, of Lake Brownwood left this world on January 21, 2020. He closed his eyes here and opened them in heaven. A visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Friday, January 24, 2020 at Heartland Funeral Home, Early and the funeral service will be at 1:00 PM, Saturday, January 25, 2020 in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 201 FM 2273, May, TX 76857 with interment in Pleasant Valley cemetery. Bill was born April 4, 1930 in McGregor to William and Florence Hoskinson. He graduated high school from Aspermont ISD and served with the US Army. Bill married his beloved Patsy Ruth McGill in June of 1951 and they began a life together that blessed them with 5 children. ...

James R. Anderson age 79, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020 in Brownwood. A visitation will be held Sunday, January 12, 2020 from 5 to 7 PM at Heartland Funeral Home in Early. James was born on Wednesday, October 16, 1940 to John and Jewell Anderson in Brownfield, Texas. He grew up in Plains, Texas where he graduated from high school. James married Karen Faulkenberry on June 20, 1958 in Plains, where their union was blessed with 2 children. James was a Texas DPS officer for 10 years, and then went on to work in the oilfield as an electrician where he retired. He was a projectionist for movie theaters for over 30 years and loved going to the movies with his family. He also loved...

Age 92, went to be with his Lord on December 11, 2019, just two days before his 93rd birthday. Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Heartland Funeral Home Chapel at 303 Early Blvd, Early Texas 76802.