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John Miller Abney Sr.

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John Miller Abney Sr.

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13 Nov 2003 (aged 79)
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Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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ABNEY, JOHN MILLER SR.
Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) - Friday, November 14, 2003
John Miller Abney Sr., a retired bus driver, died Thursday at Slidell Memorial Hospital. He was 79. Mr. Abney was a lifelong resident of Slidell. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Slidell. He graduated from Slidell High School. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a former bus driver with the St. Tammany Parish school system and proprietor of Abney's Furniture Store. He was a member and past Master of Slidell Lodge No. 311 F. & A.M., Pontchartrain Chapter No. 68, Royal Arch Masons and Slidell Council No. 48. Survivors include his wife, Jo Ellen Harding Abney; a son, John M. Abney Jr. of Houston; a daughter, Cheryl Abney Shepherd; three sisters, Annie A. Rogers, Dorothy A. Tanner and Noelie A. Vivian of Purvis, Miss.; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd. West, Slidell. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

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Jennifer Jarrell Myers Yates
ABNEY, JOHN MILLER SR.
Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) - Friday, November 14, 2003
John Miller Abney Sr., a retired bus driver, died Thursday at Slidell Memorial Hospital. He was 79. Mr. Abney was a lifelong resident of Slidell. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Slidell. He graduated from Slidell High School. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a former bus driver with the St. Tammany Parish school system and proprietor of Abney's Furniture Store. He was a member and past Master of Slidell Lodge No. 311 F. & A.M., Pontchartrain Chapter No. 68, Royal Arch Masons and Slidell Council No. 48. Survivors include his wife, Jo Ellen Harding Abney; a son, John M. Abney Jr. of Houston; a daughter, Cheryl Abney Shepherd; three sisters, Annie A. Rogers, Dorothy A. Tanner and Noelie A. Vivian of Purvis, Miss.; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Honaker Funeral Home, 1751 Gause Blvd. West, Slidell. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

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Jennifer Jarrell Myers Yates

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  • Created by: Bobby
  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141166950/john_miller-abney: accessed ), memorial page for John Miller Abney Sr. (28 Dec 1923–13 Nov 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141166950, citing Forest Lawn Cemetery, Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Bobby (contributor 46487983).