Abe Looney Tune was the son of William P. and Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Beckum Tune, both of Tennessee. His grandparents were Joshua and Rhoda Pickard Tune and Alexander and Phoebe Bailey Beckum. A letter written by his cousin John Frank Bailey in 1935 refers to him as Looney, son of Lizzie Beckum Tune. His father served the CSA with the Bigby Grays under the command of Col. Abraham McClellan Looney and I feel that's how our Abe Looney Tune got his name.

His Texas Death Certificate shows his mother as Elizabeth Looney, but this was either a mistake by her son-in-law Herschel Dee Bunch or the recorder of the record.

Looney married Annie Shull on January 2, 1881 in Maury County, Tennessee. Their children were Florence, Rex, Charley Brice, Myrtle, Gertrude, Eugenia, Clifford Long, Lucy Anna, Lylian, Edna M., Mabel and Lorene Tune.

He was mentioned in his mother's obituary:
"The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Tune, 82 years old, who died in Nacogdoches, arrived here Sunday night at the parlors of the Spalding Undertaking company, and were taken to the home of Mrs. Tune's son, A. L. Tune, living on West Main Street, where funeral services were conducted at 2 p. m. Monday by Reverend Dunn of the College Street Church of Christ. Interment took place in the city cemetery. Mrs. Tune is survived by four children, a son and three daughters: A. L. Tune, Waxahachie; Mrs. Jim Rogers, Fort Worth; Mrs. Jim Gibson, Waxahachie; and Mrs. Sherman Ogan, Cushing, Texas."

Looney's siblings were Rhoda, Malinda J., Sarah Elizabeth, Henry G., Elizabeth J. and Willie Tune.
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Obituary
Waxahachie Daily Light , P. 1
Wednesday, 13 March 1940
"Funeral services for Abe Looney Tune, 83, who died at his home, 1015 West Main Street, Tuesday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock, were held in the chapel of Rudolph Brothers Funeral Home here at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with Minister L. S. White, pastor of the College Street Church of Christ, in charge and Minister A. E. Walker of Waxahachie, officiating.
Music for the service was under the direction of D. E.F. Gough.
Interment was made in Waxahachie City Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Eulie Robnett, L. T. Grimes, Wilburn Nelson, Blair Kirk, Fred Bunch, A. D. Emerson, Frost Myers, Warren Culbertson, Rush Hickman and Robert Tune.
Mr. Tune had been seriously ill for the past two weeks, suffering with pneumonia.
He was born on Jan. 12, 1857, at Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. He moved to Ellis County sixty years ago and had lived in Waxahachie for the past twenty years. He was a retired farmer.
He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Annie Shull, Waxahachie; three sons, Rex Tune, Tulsa, Okla.; C. B. Tune, California and C. L. Tune, Ovilla; eight daughters, Mrs. Florence Pendley, Ovilla; Mrs. J. J. Isom, Corsicana; Mrs. P. S. Hendricks, Midlothian; Mrs. Rex Billingsley, Ovilla; Mrs. H. D. Bunch, Sterrett; Miss Lillian Tune, Waxahachie; Mrs. F. M. Jenkins, Waxahachie; Mrs. Mable Deal, California; 16 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Gibson, Waxahachie; and Mrs. Willie Rogers, Fort. Worth."

May you rest in peace.