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Lester David Abernethy, 66, of Hickory, died Sunday evening in an area hospital following five years of declining health.
A retired employee of Drexel Enterprises and a World War II veteran, he was born May 17, 1915, in Catawba County, a son of the late John and Julia Lafone Abernethy.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Hickory Funeral Home by the Reverend Feather.
A military graveside rite will be conducted by American Legion Post 48.
Surviving are his Wife, Monnie Hicks Abernethy; a stepdaughter, a stepson, a brother, a sister and three step-grandchildren.
--Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, North Carolina), Monday, May 3, 1982; Page 10.
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Lester David Abernethy, 66, of Hickory, died Sunday evening in an area hospital following five years of declining health.
A retired employee of Drexel Enterprises and a World War II veteran, he was born May 17, 1915, in Catawba County, a son of the late John and Julia Lafone Abernethy.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Hickory Funeral Home by the Reverend Feather.
A military graveside rite will be conducted by American Legion Post 48.
Surviving are his Wife, Monnie Hicks Abernethy; a stepdaughter, a stepson, a brother, a sister and three step-grandchildren.
--Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, North Carolina), Monday, May 3, 1982; Page 10.
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