Helen Aileen Williams Abernethy, 97, of Valdese went to her Heavenly home on Monday August 27, 2018 at her residence after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Abernethy was born April 16, 1921 in Burke County, a daughter of the late Loy Ivey and Willie Emma Arney Williams. Helen was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church of Valdese, the Valdese Music Club and the DAR. She was a 1938 graduate of the Old Rock School and also from the Queens Business College. She retired as a bookkeeper for a number of local businesses and will be known for her role as a substitute teacher in the Burke County Schools.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John Ballew Abernethy,Sr., sister, Lucile Williams a daughter Mary Ellen Frye, and granddaughter, Katy Cox.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday August 30, 2018 at the First United Methodist Church of Valdese with Rev. Jim King and Rev. April Abernethy officiating. Interment will follow in the Burke Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 3:00 P.M. Thursday in the parlor of the First United Methodist Church , Valdese.
Mrs. Abernethy was born April 16, 1921 in Burke County, a daughter of the late Loy Ivey and Willie Emma Arney Williams. Helen was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church of Valdese, the Valdese Music Club and the DAR. She was a 1938 graduate of the Old Rock School and also from the Queens Business College. She retired as a bookkeeper for a number of local businesses and will be known for her role as a substitute teacher in the Burke County Schools.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John Ballew Abernethy,Sr., sister, Lucile Williams a daughter Mary Ellen Frye, and granddaughter, Katy Cox.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday August 30, 2018 at the First United Methodist Church of Valdese with Rev. Jim King and Rev. April Abernethy officiating. Interment will follow in the Burke Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 3:00 P.M. Thursday in the parlor of the First United Methodist Church , Valdese.
Helen Aileen Williams Abernethy, 97, of Valdese went to her Heavenly home on Monday August 27, 2018 at her residence after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Abernethy was born April 16, 1921 in Burke County, a daughter of the late Loy Ivey and Willie Emma Arney Williams. Helen was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church of Valdese, the Valdese Music Club and the DAR. She was a 1938 graduate of the Old Rock School and also from the Queens Business College. She retired as a bookkeeper for a number of local businesses and will be known for her role as a substitute teacher in the Burke County Schools.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John Ballew Abernethy,Sr., sister, Lucile Williams a daughter Mary Ellen Frye, and granddaughter, Katy Cox.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday August 30, 2018 at the First United Methodist Church of Valdese with Rev. Jim King and Rev. April Abernethy officiating. Interment will follow in the Burke Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 3:00 P.M. Thursday in the parlor of the First United Methodist Church , Valdese.
Mrs. Abernethy was born April 16, 1921 in Burke County, a daughter of the late Loy Ivey and Willie Emma Arney Williams. Helen was a faithful member of the First United Methodist Church of Valdese, the Valdese Music Club and the DAR. She was a 1938 graduate of the Old Rock School and also from the Queens Business College. She retired as a bookkeeper for a number of local businesses and will be known for her role as a substitute teacher in the Burke County Schools.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John Ballew Abernethy,Sr., sister, Lucile Williams a daughter Mary Ellen Frye, and granddaughter, Katy Cox.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday August 30, 2018 at the First United Methodist Church of Valdese with Rev. Jim King and Rev. April Abernethy officiating. Interment will follow in the Burke Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 3:00 P.M. Thursday in the parlor of the First United Methodist Church , Valdese.
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