Malcolm Marshall

Malcolm Marshall, 71, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012, at his residence. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2012, at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Faith, 5701 Highway 277 South, with Rudy Fambrough officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery, directed by Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at a visitation from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2012, at the funeral home.

Malcolm was born on December 15, 1940 in San Marcos, Texas. He was a loving husband, Dad, and PaPaw. Malcolm loved woodworking, fishing, and was an avid reader, but most of all he loved his family. Malcolm had worked in the warehouse for a wholesale plumbing company and was also a member of Crescent Heights Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents, Jack and Hazel Rogers.

Survivors include his wife, Helon Marshall of Abilene; two sons, James Hanke of Abilene and Joseph Hanke and wife, Nikki, of Maine; five daughters, Kathy Middleton and husband, Jeral, of Hawley, Teresa Elmore and husband, Henry, Margaret Wilkerson, Beverly Sartor and husband, George, and Kathy Herd, all of Abilene; one brother, James Rogers and wife, Louise, of Panhandle, Texas; three sisters, Wanda Caddell and husband, Larry, of Springtown, Texas, Yvonne Lang and husband, Keith, of Glencove, Texas, and Sharon Scott of Hawley, Texas; fourteen grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Kidney Foundation, 1802 Pine St., Abilene, Texas 79601 or to the American Diabetes Association, 1701 North Beauregard, Alexandria, Virginia, 22311.