Julia was born in LaFayette, Kentucky, snd at the age of eight she moved to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, with her parents, Edward LaFayette Weathers and Julia Purcell Weathers. Her father served as President of the First City Bank and Trust Company, and was President of the Kentucky Bankers Association, 1940- 1941. Julia attended Bethel College in Hopkinsville, and in 1928 became the bride of Joseph Miles Abell. The couple made their home in Houston from 1928 until they moved to Austin in 1983. Mr. Abell preceded her in death in 1987. As a resident of Houston for 55 years, Mrs. Abell was always active in projects for Catholic charities, including serving on boards and committees for the St. Anthony Retirement Home, and working for the establishment of a retirement home for priests of the Galveston/Houston Diocese. Like so many women of ``The Greatest Generation', she worked tirelessly with the Red Cross throughout World War II. Mrs. Abell is survived by two sons, Dr. Joseph Miles Abell, Jr. and his wife Mary of Austin, and Reverend Edward Weathers Abell of Houston; grandchildren, Joseph Miles Abell III and wife Melinda, David Weathers Abell, Catherine Abell Gleason and husband Tom, Julia Abell Merritt and husband Randy, John Graham Abell, James Edward Abell; and seven great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Joe, David, John, and James and her grandsons-in-law, Tom Gleason and Randy Merritt.
Published in Austin American-Statesman on December 22, 2003
Published in Austin American-Statesman on December 22, 2003
Julia was born in LaFayette, Kentucky, snd at the age of eight she moved to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, with her parents, Edward LaFayette Weathers and Julia Purcell Weathers. Her father served as President of the First City Bank and Trust Company, and was President of the Kentucky Bankers Association, 1940- 1941. Julia attended Bethel College in Hopkinsville, and in 1928 became the bride of Joseph Miles Abell. The couple made their home in Houston from 1928 until they moved to Austin in 1983. Mr. Abell preceded her in death in 1987. As a resident of Houston for 55 years, Mrs. Abell was always active in projects for Catholic charities, including serving on boards and committees for the St. Anthony Retirement Home, and working for the establishment of a retirement home for priests of the Galveston/Houston Diocese. Like so many women of ``The Greatest Generation', she worked tirelessly with the Red Cross throughout World War II. Mrs. Abell is survived by two sons, Dr. Joseph Miles Abell, Jr. and his wife Mary of Austin, and Reverend Edward Weathers Abell of Houston; grandchildren, Joseph Miles Abell III and wife Melinda, David Weathers Abell, Catherine Abell Gleason and husband Tom, Julia Abell Merritt and husband Randy, John Graham Abell, James Edward Abell; and seven great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Joe, David, John, and James and her grandsons-in-law, Tom Gleason and Randy Merritt.
Published in Austin American-Statesman on December 22, 2003
Published in Austin American-Statesman on December 22, 2003
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