Memorial based on the grave marker; the obituary published in the Mobile Register (Mobile, Alabama) January 16, 1975, page 61; and the College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery.
Mobile Register January 16, 1975, page 61
MR. HARRY ABSTON - A native of Chunchula, Ala., resident of Mobile, Ala., passed at the Singing River Hospital, January 10, 1975. His remains will lie in state at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, No. 11 Thursday evening January 16, from 5 p.m. until funeral hour Friday, January 17, at 2 p.m., the Rev. J.B. Weaver will officiate. Interment will follow in the Plateau Cemetery. He is survived by his devoted wife, Mrs. Hattie Abston; mother, Mrs. Estelle Abston; five sons, Willie Abston, Mobile, Ala., Harry Abston, Jr., Delaware, Herman and Larry Abston, Mobile, Ala.; one daughter; two devoted stepchildren, Willie and Doris Paige; six sisters, Miss Dessie Abston, Mobile, Ala., Mrs. Lula Bell and Mrs. Annie Reddix, Biloxi, Miss., Mrs. Ruby Gamble, Harrington, Del., Mrs. Lizzie Graham, Milford, Del.; three brothers, Nathaniel Abston, Biloxi, Miss., Clarence Abston, Philadelphia, Pa., Andrew Abston; mother-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Koen; four sisters-in-law; five brothers-in-law; four grandchildren; a number of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Azalea Funeral Home, 352 State Street at Claiborne has charge of arrangements.
Grave plot location note: The grave location is based on the College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery. The cemetery map they created uses the "ID# for GIS" as the location ID. This information is only for the OLD section, and not those buried in the new section.
A copy of this database & map is on file with the Mobile Public Library - Local History & Genealogy, Mobile, Alabama and at the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail (DFFAAHT) website https://www.dffaaht.org.
Mobile Register January 16, 1975, page 61
MR. HARRY ABSTON - A native of Chunchula, Ala., resident of Mobile, Ala., passed at the Singing River Hospital, January 10, 1975. His remains will lie in state at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, No. 11 Thursday evening January 16, from 5 p.m. until funeral hour Friday, January 17, at 2 p.m., the Rev. J.B. Weaver will officiate. Interment will follow in the Plateau Cemetery. He is survived by his devoted wife, Mrs. Hattie Abston; mother, Mrs. Estelle Abston; five sons, Willie Abston, Mobile, Ala., Harry Abston, Jr., Delaware, Herman and Larry Abston, Mobile, Ala.; one daughter; two devoted stepchildren, Willie and Doris Paige; six sisters, Miss Dessie Abston, Mobile, Ala., Mrs. Lula Bell and Mrs. Annie Reddix, Biloxi, Miss., Mrs. Ruby Gamble, Harrington, Del., Mrs. Lizzie Graham, Milford, Del.; three brothers, Nathaniel Abston, Biloxi, Miss., Clarence Abston, Philadelphia, Pa., Andrew Abston; mother-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Koen; four sisters-in-law; five brothers-in-law; four grandchildren; a number of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Azalea Funeral Home, 352 State Street at Claiborne has charge of arrangements.
Grave plot location note: The grave location is based on the College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery. The cemetery map they created uses the "ID# for GIS" as the location ID. This information is only for the OLD section, and not those buried in the new section.
A copy of this database & map is on file with the Mobile Public Library - Local History & Genealogy, Mobile, Alabama and at the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail (DFFAAHT) website https://www.dffaaht.org.
Memorial based on the grave marker; the obituary published in the Mobile Register (Mobile, Alabama) January 16, 1975, page 61; and the College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery.
Mobile Register January 16, 1975, page 61
MR. HARRY ABSTON - A native of Chunchula, Ala., resident of Mobile, Ala., passed at the Singing River Hospital, January 10, 1975. His remains will lie in state at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, No. 11 Thursday evening January 16, from 5 p.m. until funeral hour Friday, January 17, at 2 p.m., the Rev. J.B. Weaver will officiate. Interment will follow in the Plateau Cemetery. He is survived by his devoted wife, Mrs. Hattie Abston; mother, Mrs. Estelle Abston; five sons, Willie Abston, Mobile, Ala., Harry Abston, Jr., Delaware, Herman and Larry Abston, Mobile, Ala.; one daughter; two devoted stepchildren, Willie and Doris Paige; six sisters, Miss Dessie Abston, Mobile, Ala., Mrs. Lula Bell and Mrs. Annie Reddix, Biloxi, Miss., Mrs. Ruby Gamble, Harrington, Del., Mrs. Lizzie Graham, Milford, Del.; three brothers, Nathaniel Abston, Biloxi, Miss., Clarence Abston, Philadelphia, Pa., Andrew Abston; mother-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Koen; four sisters-in-law; five brothers-in-law; four grandchildren; a number of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Azalea Funeral Home, 352 State Street at Claiborne has charge of arrangements.
Grave plot location note: The grave location is based on the College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery. The cemetery map they created uses the "ID# for GIS" as the location ID. This information is only for the OLD section, and not those buried in the new section.
A copy of this database & map is on file with the Mobile Public Library - Local History & Genealogy, Mobile, Alabama and at the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail (DFFAAHT) website https://www.dffaaht.org.
Mobile Register January 16, 1975, page 61
MR. HARRY ABSTON - A native of Chunchula, Ala., resident of Mobile, Ala., passed at the Singing River Hospital, January 10, 1975. His remains will lie in state at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, No. 11 Thursday evening January 16, from 5 p.m. until funeral hour Friday, January 17, at 2 p.m., the Rev. J.B. Weaver will officiate. Interment will follow in the Plateau Cemetery. He is survived by his devoted wife, Mrs. Hattie Abston; mother, Mrs. Estelle Abston; five sons, Willie Abston, Mobile, Ala., Harry Abston, Jr., Delaware, Herman and Larry Abston, Mobile, Ala.; one daughter; two devoted stepchildren, Willie and Doris Paige; six sisters, Miss Dessie Abston, Mobile, Ala., Mrs. Lula Bell and Mrs. Annie Reddix, Biloxi, Miss., Mrs. Ruby Gamble, Harrington, Del., Mrs. Lizzie Graham, Milford, Del.; three brothers, Nathaniel Abston, Biloxi, Miss., Clarence Abston, Philadelphia, Pa., Andrew Abston; mother-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Koen; four sisters-in-law; five brothers-in-law; four grandchildren; a number of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Azalea Funeral Home, 352 State Street at Claiborne has charge of arrangements.
Grave plot location note: The grave location is based on the College of William and Mary's Africatown Archaeological Project 2010 research database of graves in the Old Plateau Cemetery. The cemetery map they created uses the "ID# for GIS" as the location ID. This information is only for the OLD section, and not those buried in the new section.
A copy of this database & map is on file with the Mobile Public Library - Local History & Genealogy, Mobile, Alabama and at the Dora Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail (DFFAAHT) website https://www.dffaaht.org.
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