29 Dec. 1960
Miller Co. Autogram
CHARLES M. ABBETT, MILLER COUNTY PROBATE JUDGE,
DIES DECEMBER 26, 1960
Judge Charles Monroe Abbett, judge of the probate court and ex-officio magistrate of Miller County, died Monday at Still-Hildroth Hospital in Macon where he had been a patient 10 days.
Judge Abbett, 72, had been in declining health since last spring and suffered a stroke around Thanksgiving.
The judge was a familiar figure in the county courthouse at Tuscumbia. He served as circuit clerk for eight years, being first elected in 1922.
In 1938 he was elected probate judge of Miller County, an office which he continued to hold at the time of his death. He was last elected to a four year term in 1958. Since 1946, he had also served as ex-officio magistrate, following the adoption of Missouri's new constitution providing for this.
Judge Abbett was born Feb. 4, 1888 at Tuscumbia, the son of Eli and Susie (Foster) Abbett. His first wife, Bertha Amelia (Bartlemey) Abbett, died Aug. 12, 1955. On Aug. 26, 1959, he was married to Mrs. Eliza Abbett who survives at the family home in Tuscumbia.
Also surviving are two brothers, Ernest Abbett of Lake Ozark, and Herman Abbett of Tuscumbia; five sisters, Alma Craven of Eldon, Barcie Curry and Ruby Martin of Tuscumbia, Cleo Malberg of Granite City, Illinois, and Ella Sooter of Ulman; and one grand daughter, Pattie Abbett.
His son, Raymond Abbett, was electocuted in 1952 when he came in contact with a power line after an auto accident near Etterville.
Funeral services for Judge Abbett were held at 1 p. m. Wednesday at the Mt. Zion Church. The Rev. Mark Sooter officiated. Burial was in the Tuscumbia cemetery under the direction of Phillips Funeral Home of Eldon.