Abiliene Reporter News
March 26, 2006

A.E. "Buddy" Killion, Sr. 

HAMLIN- A.E. "Buddy" Killion, Sr., 87, died Friday, March 24, 2006, at his
residence. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 27, 2006, at Adams
Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be 10:00 Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at Guiceland
Cemetery, south of Palestine, directed by Adams Funeral Home. 
 
Born December 15, 1918, in Slocum, Buddy was the son of the late William Andrew
and Laura Ethel (Davis) Killion. He graduated from Elkhart High School in 1936
and was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during WWII. Buddy married Ruby
Rogers October 22, 1939, in Fairfield. She preceded him in death June 28, 2003.
Buddy owned and operated A.E. Killion Tank Trucking for many years. He was a
member of the Masonic Lodge and Central Baptist Church. 

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, A.E. "Buddy" and Judy Killion,
Jr. of Hamlin; two daughters and son-in-laws, Peggy and Thomas Welch, and
Delores and Jimmy Beasley, all of Hamlin; one sister, Anita Rodensey of
Houston; six grandchildren, Valayne Welch, James Beasley, Rechel Ferguson,
Patricia Jackson, Cortney Killion, and Kevin Killion; and five
great-grandchildren. 

ADAMS FUNERAL HOME / HAMLIN, TEXAS