She and Cecil Samuel Abernathy were married Aug. 21, 1948. He died Oct. 29, 1986.
Mrs. Abernathy retired as a seamstress from a hat factory, then worked with the "Experienced Workers" at Bollinger County Library, Head Start, Nutrition Center, East Missouri Action Agency and Woodland School.
She was a member of First Open Bible Church in Pontiac, MI.
Survivors include a son, Michael Abernathy of Marble Hill, MO; six daughters, Barbara Stone of Lake Orion, MI; Mary Pruchnicki of Lake Worth, FL; Martha Swords of Pontiac, MI; Jackie Thiele and Vickie Abernathy of Marble Hill, MO; Diane Rhodes of Atlanta, GA; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Debra Kay; one brother George; and three sisters Christine, Patsy, and Loetta.
The funeral is Saturday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, with the Rev. Gene Robbins and one of her grandsons, Jerry Stone officiating. Burial in McGee Cemetery at Glenallen, MO.
CAPE GIRARDEAU (MO) SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN, 31/Aug/2006 & genealogy
She and Cecil Samuel Abernathy were married Aug. 21, 1948. He died Oct. 29, 1986.
Mrs. Abernathy retired as a seamstress from a hat factory, then worked with the "Experienced Workers" at Bollinger County Library, Head Start, Nutrition Center, East Missouri Action Agency and Woodland School.
She was a member of First Open Bible Church in Pontiac, MI.
Survivors include a son, Michael Abernathy of Marble Hill, MO; six daughters, Barbara Stone of Lake Orion, MI; Mary Pruchnicki of Lake Worth, FL; Martha Swords of Pontiac, MI; Jackie Thiele and Vickie Abernathy of Marble Hill, MO; Diane Rhodes of Atlanta, GA; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Debra Kay; one brother George; and three sisters Christine, Patsy, and Loetta.
The funeral is Saturday at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, with the Rev. Gene Robbins and one of her grandsons, Jerry Stone officiating. Burial in McGee Cemetery at Glenallen, MO.
CAPE GIRARDEAU (MO) SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN, 31/Aug/2006 & genealogy
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