TITLE:  John E. (Gene) Abbott

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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ABBOTT, John Eugene 
(1897-1952) Keowee Courier, Funeral services for John E. (Gene) Abbott,
former Seneca resident who succumbed Friday in Bexley, Ohio, were held
Tuesday afternoon at Oconee Memorial Park. The Rev. Clyde Plexico, the 
Rev. R. W. McKinney, and the Rev. Paul Hayes officiated. Pall-bearers 
were C. E. Barker, E. E. Abbott, H. D. Biemann, Ralph Pike, J. B. Todd,
and Joe Moody. Members of the Lewis Blanchett Post of the American 
Legion from Walhalla directed military rites. Mr. Abbott was a native 
of Oconee county, the son of the late John W. and Lou White Abbott. He
had lived in Ohio for a number of years. A veteran of World War I and 
a member of the Methodist church at Columbus, Ohio, he was a retired 
railway conductor. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Grace Smith 
Abbott; one daugher, Carol Ann Abbott; one adopted daughter, Annabell 
Abbott, all of Bexley, Ohio; five sisters, Mrs. Toccoa A. Lee, Mrs. 
Addie A. Colley, Mrs. Charlie Davis, Mrs. Burt Gillespie all of 
Walhalla, Mrs. H. C. Whitten of Spartanburg; one brother, Glenn D. 
Abbott of Walhalla died July 18, 1949. Contributed by: 
Susan Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com



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