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Walter Maurice Abbott Jr.

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Walter Maurice Abbott Jr.

Birth
Flomaton, Escambia County, Alabama, USA
Death
7 Mar 2013 (aged 85)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Collegedale, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Obituary
March 11, 2013
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Pastor Walter Maurice Abbott, Jr., former Church Ministries Director for the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, fell asleep in Christ on March 7, 2013 in Atlanta, GA.

Abbott was born January 19, 1928 to Walter and Verna Abbott in Flomaton, AL. He graduated from Southern Missionary College (now Southern Adventist University) in 1952.

Shortly after graduation he married Dorothy Dortch on September 7, 1952 and had two children, Sheree and Jeff.

Survivors are, his wife, Dorothy Abbott; daughter, Sheree Denise (Kenneth) Hutchinson, of Jackson, TN; son, Jeffery Scott (Jane) Abbott, of Ringgold, GA; three grandsons, Jeffery Scott (Karen) Abbott II, William Frederick Hutchinson, Drake Elliott Abbott; and three step-grandchildren, Anna (Graysen) Ballard, Amy Phillips, Phil Phillips; three great-grandsons, Parker and Bennett Ballard, Mason Davis Abbott.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Pastors Allan Williamson and Rick Esterline, officiating.

Interment will be in the Collegedale Memorial Park Cemetery, College Drive, Collegedale, TN.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Southern Adventist University in memory of W. Maurice Abbott, Jr. 4881 Taylor Circle Collegedale, TN 37315.

The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, March 11, 2013 at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN.
Obituary
March 11, 2013
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Pastor Walter Maurice Abbott, Jr., former Church Ministries Director for the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, fell asleep in Christ on March 7, 2013 in Atlanta, GA.

Abbott was born January 19, 1928 to Walter and Verna Abbott in Flomaton, AL. He graduated from Southern Missionary College (now Southern Adventist University) in 1952.

Shortly after graduation he married Dorothy Dortch on September 7, 1952 and had two children, Sheree and Jeff.

Survivors are, his wife, Dorothy Abbott; daughter, Sheree Denise (Kenneth) Hutchinson, of Jackson, TN; son, Jeffery Scott (Jane) Abbott, of Ringgold, GA; three grandsons, Jeffery Scott (Karen) Abbott II, William Frederick Hutchinson, Drake Elliott Abbott; and three step-grandchildren, Anna (Graysen) Ballard, Amy Phillips, Phil Phillips; three great-grandsons, Parker and Bennett Ballard, Mason Davis Abbott.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Pastors Allan Williamson and Rick Esterline, officiating.

Interment will be in the Collegedale Memorial Park Cemetery, College Drive, Collegedale, TN.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Southern Adventist University in memory of W. Maurice Abbott, Jr. 4881 Taylor Circle Collegedale, TN 37315.

The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, March 11, 2013 at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN.


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