Crawfordsville Journal Review 11-Oct-1963 5:5- Mrs.
Abernathy Succumbs At 81; Services Sunday- COVINGTON- Mrs. Florence Abernathy,
81, died at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Rudisill Nursing Home here after an illness
of three years. She had been a patient at the nursing home since March 28,
1962. Born Jan. 26, 1882 in Fountain County, she was a daughter of Joseph and
Joanna Booe Keller. She married Lucky Abernathy Sept. 13, 1905. He died March
12, 1960. Mrs. Abernathy was a life-long resident of Fountain County and was a
member of Cooper’s Chapel UB Church. Surviving are six sons, Manford, David,
Stephen and Ora, all of near Veedersburg, Kenneth of near Covington, and Dale
of San Francisco, Calif.; six daughters, Mrs. Oma Coldwell of Danville, Ill.
Miss Gladys Keller of Covington, Mrs. Irene Wittenmyer of Bloomingdale, Mrs.
Geraldine Riley of near Frankfort, Mrs. Helen Furr of Mellott and Mrs. Sylvia
Coffing of near Covington; three brothers, John Keller of Mendon, Mich., Harvey
keller of near Attica and Clyde Keller of Yeddo; 47 grandchildren, 51
great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in
death by a brother and a sister. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at
Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home here with Rev. Alfred Dobbs and Rev. Thomas
Stapp officiating. Burial will be in Cooper’s Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home after 4:30 p.m. Saturday.