TITLE:  Ethel Elizabeth Abbott

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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ABBOTT, Ethel Fincannon 
(1885-1959) Keowee Courier, Mrs. Ethel Elizabeth Abbott, 74, beloved 
Seneca matron and member of a prominent Oconee county family, died 
Friday at her residence following an extended illness. A native and 
lifelong resident of Seneca, Mrs. Abbott was a daughter of the late 
Ike D. and Llewellen Stribling Fincannon. For more than 25 years she 
was employed bu Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and for 
a number of years operated the Finnhart Inn at her home. Mrs. Abbott 
was the only woman ever to hold a position on the Seneca town council, 
having served several years in that capacity. She was nored throughout 
the area for her devotion to the sick and needy. As long as health 
permitted she was actively engaged in the civic and religious affairs 
of the town. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and of 
the Presbyterian church, where she was active in various phases of 
church and Sunday school work. Her husband, Plumer Abbott, preceded 
her to the grave a number of years ago. She was the last surviving 
member of her immediate family, but leaves a number of nieces and 
nephews and one sister-in-law, Mrs. C. E. Fincannon, of Lynchburg, Va. 
Final rites were held from the graveside in Mt. View cemetery Saturday,
with the Rev. R. R. Craig officiating. Pallbearers: Bill Bolt, Bill 
Hunnicutt, Bowen Nimmons, Jerry Fedder, Frank Pruitt, and W. C. Leroy. 
Brown Funeral Home was in charge. Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, 
sbrockbooker@aol.com



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