Mrs. Evelyn Jeffries Abbott, age 96, died Sunday, March 8, 2009, at her residence near Lyons.
She was born in Phenix City, Ala., to the late William Arthur and Harriett Parker Jeffries. She was a longtime resident of Phenix City, a 1932 graduate of Central High School in Phenix City, retired after 27 years as assistant to the clerk of the Russell County Commissioners and is a retired Alabama state employee.
She was a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church of Phenix City, attended the English Eddy Presbyterian Church for 16 years in the English Eddy Community, past president of the Phenix City Shrinettes and was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Wilson K. Abbott; three sisters, Lucille Duke, Clara Hibler and Gertha Slaughter.
Mrs. Abbott is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Joel Burch of Statesboro; one son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Linda Abbott of Lyons; four grandchildren, Laura Evelyn Burch of Phenix City, Jason S. Burch of Statesboro, Christy A. and Kemp Toomer of Reidsville and Will K. Abbott of Reidsville; one great-granddaughter, Ansleigh Toomer; nieces and nephews, Ann Webber, Beverly Newsome, Mary Evelyn Rhodes, Roy Hutto and George Slaughter; and special caregivers, Linda Denmark and Jackie Bryant.
The funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Jeffries Abbott will be held Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 11 a.m. in Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memory Gardens in Phenix City.
The family received friends at the Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home on Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. and will receive friends on Wednesday evening at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City from 6-8 p.m.
Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia is in charge of arrangements. Statesboro Herald, March 11, 2009 Sign the Legacy online guestbook at www.statesboroherald.com. Published in Statesboro Herald on March 11, 2009
She was born in Phenix City, Ala., to the late William Arthur and Harriett Parker Jeffries. She was a longtime resident of Phenix City, a 1932 graduate of Central High School in Phenix City, retired after 27 years as assistant to the clerk of the Russell County Commissioners and is a retired Alabama state employee.
She was a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church of Phenix City, attended the English Eddy Presbyterian Church for 16 years in the English Eddy Community, past president of the Phenix City Shrinettes and was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Wilson K. Abbott; three sisters, Lucille Duke, Clara Hibler and Gertha Slaughter.
Mrs. Abbott is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Joel Burch of Statesboro; one son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Linda Abbott of Lyons; four grandchildren, Laura Evelyn Burch of Phenix City, Jason S. Burch of Statesboro, Christy A. and Kemp Toomer of Reidsville and Will K. Abbott of Reidsville; one great-granddaughter, Ansleigh Toomer; nieces and nephews, Ann Webber, Beverly Newsome, Mary Evelyn Rhodes, Roy Hutto and George Slaughter; and special caregivers, Linda Denmark and Jackie Bryant.
The funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Jeffries Abbott will be held Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 11 a.m. in Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memory Gardens in Phenix City.
The family received friends at the Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home on Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. and will receive friends on Wednesday evening at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City from 6-8 p.m.
Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia is in charge of arrangements. Statesboro Herald, March 11, 2009 Sign the Legacy online guestbook at www.statesboroherald.com. Published in Statesboro Herald on March 11, 2009
Mrs. Evelyn Jeffries Abbott, age 96, died Sunday, March 8, 2009, at her residence near Lyons.
She was born in Phenix City, Ala., to the late William Arthur and Harriett Parker Jeffries. She was a longtime resident of Phenix City, a 1932 graduate of Central High School in Phenix City, retired after 27 years as assistant to the clerk of the Russell County Commissioners and is a retired Alabama state employee.
She was a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church of Phenix City, attended the English Eddy Presbyterian Church for 16 years in the English Eddy Community, past president of the Phenix City Shrinettes and was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Wilson K. Abbott; three sisters, Lucille Duke, Clara Hibler and Gertha Slaughter.
Mrs. Abbott is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Joel Burch of Statesboro; one son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Linda Abbott of Lyons; four grandchildren, Laura Evelyn Burch of Phenix City, Jason S. Burch of Statesboro, Christy A. and Kemp Toomer of Reidsville and Will K. Abbott of Reidsville; one great-granddaughter, Ansleigh Toomer; nieces and nephews, Ann Webber, Beverly Newsome, Mary Evelyn Rhodes, Roy Hutto and George Slaughter; and special caregivers, Linda Denmark and Jackie Bryant.
The funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Jeffries Abbott will be held Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 11 a.m. in Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memory Gardens in Phenix City.
The family received friends at the Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home on Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. and will receive friends on Wednesday evening at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City from 6-8 p.m.
Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia is in charge of arrangements. Statesboro Herald, March 11, 2009 Sign the Legacy online guestbook at www.statesboroherald.com. Published in Statesboro Herald on March 11, 2009
She was born in Phenix City, Ala., to the late William Arthur and Harriett Parker Jeffries. She was a longtime resident of Phenix City, a 1932 graduate of Central High School in Phenix City, retired after 27 years as assistant to the clerk of the Russell County Commissioners and is a retired Alabama state employee.
She was a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church of Phenix City, attended the English Eddy Presbyterian Church for 16 years in the English Eddy Community, past president of the Phenix City Shrinettes and was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Wilson K. Abbott; three sisters, Lucille Duke, Clara Hibler and Gertha Slaughter.
Mrs. Abbott is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Joel Burch of Statesboro; one son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Linda Abbott of Lyons; four grandchildren, Laura Evelyn Burch of Phenix City, Jason S. Burch of Statesboro, Christy A. and Kemp Toomer of Reidsville and Will K. Abbott of Reidsville; one great-granddaughter, Ansleigh Toomer; nieces and nephews, Ann Webber, Beverly Newsome, Mary Evelyn Rhodes, Roy Hutto and George Slaughter; and special caregivers, Linda Denmark and Jackie Bryant.
The funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Jeffries Abbott will be held Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 11 a.m. in Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memory Gardens in Phenix City.
The family received friends at the Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home on Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. and will receive friends on Wednesday evening at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City from 6-8 p.m.
Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia is in charge of arrangements. Statesboro Herald, March 11, 2009 Sign the Legacy online guestbook at www.statesboroherald.com. Published in Statesboro Herald on March 11, 2009
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