Dora May Finbow Abel
Mrs. Dora May Finbow Abel, age 81, of Steelsburg, VA passed away Friday December 24, 2004 in a Richlands, VA hospital following a brief illness. Born in Ipswich, England, she was the daughter of the late Horace W. & Margaret Finbow. She was a professional seamstress in England and served in the British Ladies Land Army during WW II. She married her husband of 59 years Otis J. Abel on August 18, 1945 and moved to Tazewell Co., VA a couple of years later. She became an American citizen in 1974 and was a member of the Steelsburg United Methodist Church and a past member of the Steelsburg Homemakers Club.
Mrs. Abel is survived by her husband Otis J. Abel
One daughter Karen A. Webb & husband Roger of Claypool Hill, VA
One son David Wayne Abel & wife Robin of Burke's Garden, VA
One brother Horace William Finbow & wife Audrey of Ipswich, England
Nieces Glennis Fisk & Susan Finbow, Nephews Gary Finbow & David Finbow all of Ipswich, England
Close relatives John & Rose Godfrey of Ipswich, England
Special Friends Gary, Narcie & Butch Knepper, Sandra Helton Anderson, and a host of friends and neighbors also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora May Abel will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday December 28, 2004 in the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff, VA with Rev. Carl Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens Cemetery at Claypool Hill, VA. Pallbearers will be Gary Knepper, Gary (Butch) Knepper II, Lawrence Davis, Don Smith, Louie Barrett & Lawrence Arnold. Honorary Pallbearers will be Burt E. Brown, Ronnie Gilbert & Jimmy Maggard.
The Family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff, VA from 6-9 P.M. Monday.
Mrs. Dora May Finbow Abel, age 81, of Steelsburg, VA passed away Friday December 24, 2004 in a Richlands, VA hospital following a brief illness. Born in Ipswich, England, she was the daughter of the late Horace W. & Margaret Finbow. She was a professional seamstress in England and served in the British Ladies Land Army during WW II. She married her husband of 59 years Otis J. Abel on August 18, 1945 and moved to Tazewell Co., VA a couple of years later. She became an American citizen in 1974 and was a member of the Steelsburg United Methodist Church and a past member of the Steelsburg Homemakers Club.
Mrs. Abel is survived by her husband Otis J. Abel
One daughter Karen A. Webb & husband Roger of Claypool Hill, VA
One son David Wayne Abel & wife Robin of Burke's Garden, VA
One brother Horace William Finbow & wife Audrey of Ipswich, England
Nieces Glennis Fisk & Susan Finbow, Nephews Gary Finbow & David Finbow all of Ipswich, England
Close relatives John & Rose Godfrey of Ipswich, England
Special Friends Gary, Narcie & Butch Knepper, Sandra Helton Anderson, and a host of friends and neighbors also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora May Abel will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday December 28, 2004 in the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff, VA with Rev. Carl Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens Cemetery at Claypool Hill, VA. Pallbearers will be Gary Knepper, Gary (Butch) Knepper II, Lawrence Davis, Don Smith, Louie Barrett & Lawrence Arnold. Honorary Pallbearers will be Burt E. Brown, Ronnie Gilbert & Jimmy Maggard.
The Family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff, VA from 6-9 P.M. Monday.
Dora May Finbow Abel
Mrs. Dora May Finbow Abel, age 81, of Steelsburg, VA passed away Friday December 24, 2004 in a Richlands, VA hospital following a brief illness. Born in Ipswich, England, she was the daughter of the late Horace W. & Margaret Finbow. She was a professional seamstress in England and served in the British Ladies Land Army during WW II. She married her husband of 59 years Otis J. Abel on August 18, 1945 and moved to Tazewell Co., VA a couple of years later. She became an American citizen in 1974 and was a member of the Steelsburg United Methodist Church and a past member of the Steelsburg Homemakers Club.
Mrs. Abel is survived by her husband Otis J. Abel
One daughter Karen A. Webb & husband Roger of Claypool Hill, VA
One son David Wayne Abel & wife Robin of Burke's Garden, VA
One brother Horace William Finbow & wife Audrey of Ipswich, England
Nieces Glennis Fisk & Susan Finbow, Nephews Gary Finbow & David Finbow all of Ipswich, England
Close relatives John & Rose Godfrey of Ipswich, England
Special Friends Gary, Narcie & Butch Knepper, Sandra Helton Anderson, and a host of friends and neighbors also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora May Abel will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday December 28, 2004 in the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff, VA with Rev. Carl Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens Cemetery at Claypool Hill, VA. Pallbearers will be Gary Knepper, Gary (Butch) Knepper II, Lawrence Davis, Don Smith, Louie Barrett & Lawrence Arnold. Honorary Pallbearers will be Burt E. Brown, Ronnie Gilbert & Jimmy Maggard.
The Family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff, VA from 6-9 P.M. Monday.
Mrs. Dora May Finbow Abel, age 81, of Steelsburg, VA passed away Friday December 24, 2004 in a Richlands, VA hospital following a brief illness. Born in Ipswich, England, she was the daughter of the late Horace W. & Margaret Finbow. She was a professional seamstress in England and served in the British Ladies Land Army during WW II. She married her husband of 59 years Otis J. Abel on August 18, 1945 and moved to Tazewell Co., VA a couple of years later. She became an American citizen in 1974 and was a member of the Steelsburg United Methodist Church and a past member of the Steelsburg Homemakers Club.
Mrs. Abel is survived by her husband Otis J. Abel
One daughter Karen A. Webb & husband Roger of Claypool Hill, VA
One son David Wayne Abel & wife Robin of Burke's Garden, VA
One brother Horace William Finbow & wife Audrey of Ipswich, England
Nieces Glennis Fisk & Susan Finbow, Nephews Gary Finbow & David Finbow all of Ipswich, England
Close relatives John & Rose Godfrey of Ipswich, England
Special Friends Gary, Narcie & Butch Knepper, Sandra Helton Anderson, and a host of friends and neighbors also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora May Abel will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday December 28, 2004 in the Singleton Funeral Service Chapel in Cedar Bluff, VA with Rev. Carl Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens Cemetery at Claypool Hill, VA. Pallbearers will be Gary Knepper, Gary (Butch) Knepper II, Lawrence Davis, Don Smith, Louie Barrett & Lawrence Arnold. Honorary Pallbearers will be Burt E. Brown, Ronnie Gilbert & Jimmy Maggard.
The Family will receive friends at the Singleton Funeral Service in Cedar Bluff, VA from 6-9 P.M. Monday.
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