TITLE:  Mary Margaret Hayes Abbott

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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ABBOTT, Mary Margaret Hayes
Mary Margaret Hayes Abbott (Oct 1862 to 1946) Keowee Courier Funeral 
Services Held For Mrs. Margaret Abbott Funeral services were conducted 
Tuesday afternoon from the East Side Baptist church in Liberty for 
Mrs. Margaret Hayes Abbott, 83, a native of Oconee County and the 
widow of the late Rev. W. T. Abbott. She died at the home of a 
daughter in Liberty Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Abbott was born and reared 
in Oconee county, the daughter of the late Re. Hamilton N. Hayes and 
Martha Snipes Hayes. She has been active in civic and church affairs 
all her life. Servicers were conducted by the Rev. Robert Wheeler, The 
Rev. Preston Garrett, and the Dr. C. E. Scarborough. Burial followed 
in West View cemetery, and her grandsons served as pallbearers. The 
honorary escort was composed of A. E. Stokes, J. T. Medlock, Cleo 
Watson, Claud Burriss, J. R. Balles, Early Gunter, E. S. McCall, J. E. 
Vaughn, J. D. Bolden, John Sullivan, J. P. James, Sam Shirley, Dr. P. 
E. Swords, Dr. W. T. Kitchen, and deacons of East Side Baptist church.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. J. H. Moore and Mrs. G. T. James, 
of Liberty, and Mrs. C. D. Gillespie and Mrs. E. M. Cooper, of Seneca. 
Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com 



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