A native of Clark County, he was the son of the late Jasper and Linnie Willoughby Abner. He was former owner/operator of Abner Wholesale and a member and deacon of New Hope Baptist Church.
Additional survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Wanda Lucille and Cecil Brandenburg, Winchester; three sons and two daughters-in-law, John Lewis Abner, Winchester; Randall J. and Patricia Abner and Mike and Gayle Varner, Winchester; 14 grandchildren, Shannon Johnson, Michael K. Johnson, Stephen Dale Birch, Charles Lewis Birch, Timothy Wayne Johnson, Christopher B. Johnson, Stephanie J. Edwards, Melissa Varner, Lisa Varner, William Varner, John Farris, Annie Farris, Julia Farris and Brenda Wright, numerous great-grandchildren, three sisters, Gladys Griffith, Juanita Adams and Lorine Rader and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Hope Baptist Church, 5835 Lexington Road, by Rev. Otis Leon Greer. Burial will be in Winchester Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be James Maines Jr., George S. Maines, Joseph M. Maines, Earl Maines, John E. Maines and Ray Adams.
Friends may call 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at Scobee Funeral Home.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to New Hope Baptist Church Building Fund or Hospice East, 407 Shoppers Drive, Winchester, Ky. 40391.
A native of Clark County, he was the son of the late Jasper and Linnie Willoughby Abner. He was former owner/operator of Abner Wholesale and a member and deacon of New Hope Baptist Church.
Additional survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Wanda Lucille and Cecil Brandenburg, Winchester; three sons and two daughters-in-law, John Lewis Abner, Winchester; Randall J. and Patricia Abner and Mike and Gayle Varner, Winchester; 14 grandchildren, Shannon Johnson, Michael K. Johnson, Stephen Dale Birch, Charles Lewis Birch, Timothy Wayne Johnson, Christopher B. Johnson, Stephanie J. Edwards, Melissa Varner, Lisa Varner, William Varner, John Farris, Annie Farris, Julia Farris and Brenda Wright, numerous great-grandchildren, three sisters, Gladys Griffith, Juanita Adams and Lorine Rader and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Hope Baptist Church, 5835 Lexington Road, by Rev. Otis Leon Greer. Burial will be in Winchester Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be James Maines Jr., George S. Maines, Joseph M. Maines, Earl Maines, John E. Maines and Ray Adams.
Friends may call 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at Scobee Funeral Home.
Memorials may take the form of contributions to New Hope Baptist Church Building Fund or Hospice East, 407 Shoppers Drive, Winchester, Ky. 40391.
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