Carol Lynn Richards, age 54, passed away on Friday, October 11, 2013, at her residence in Abilene, TX. She was born on February 6, 1959, in Abilene, TX to Harold and Dorothy Richards. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at Community Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, 1443 North 2nd, Abilene. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park Cemetery, directed by Community Memorial Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at a visitation 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. She will be dearly missed by her family.