TITLE:  James Sloan Abbott

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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ABBOTT, James Sloan
James Sloan Abbott (6-9-1871 to 9-24-1961) Keowee Courier Jim S. 
Abbott Dies Here Jim Sloan Abbott, 90, retired farmer, died at his 
home on the Walhalla-Westminster Highway Saturday following several 
months of declining health and three days of serious illness. Mr. 
Abbott was a lifelong resident of the Coneross section of Oconee 
county, a son of the late Rev. Wilburn Abbott and Louise Alexander 
Abbott, both pioneer residents of this area. He was the oldest living 
member of Coneross Baptist church. His wife, Mrs. Mary Josephine Julian
Abbott, died in July 1958. Surviving are two sons, J. C. Abbott and E. 
E. Abbott, both of Walhalla; six grandchildren and nine 
great-grandchildren; three brothers, Bert B. Abbott, of Seneca, and 
the Rev. H. T. Abbott of Springfield, Ill., and D. S. Abbott, Sr. of 
Seneca; three sisters, Mrs. Sallie Cox, of Walhalla, Miss Annie Abbott,
of Seneca, and Mrs. Mertie Isbell, of Seneca. Funeral services were 
held Sunday fro the chapel of Davenport Funeral Home with the Rev. W. 
S. Cromer, Jr. and Dr. N. Eugene Mandrell officiating. Burial followed 
in the Coneross Baptist church cemetery. Pallbearers: J. F. Bearden, 
W. D. Broome, J. D. Addis, John Powe, F. J. Smith and Lee Winchester. 
The escort of honor was the composed of J. B. Todd, Ansel Fricks, 
George M. Barnette, Jr., Calvin Westmoreland, N. H. Jenkins, Andrew 
Gillespie, J. E. Vaughn, Howard Shirley and members of the Men's Bible 
Class of Coneross Baptist Church. Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, 
sbrockbooker@aol.com



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