TITLE: Florence Rankin Abbott SOURCE: The Keowee Courier SUBMITTED BY: Susan Brock-Booker FORMATTED BY: Kim Grissom, Jun 2003 *********************************************************************** Abbott, Florence Rankin (1892-1966) Keowee Courier Mrs. Florence Rankin Abbott, 72, of Seneca, wife of L. D. Abbott Sr., died at Oconee Memorial Hospital Thursday after an illness of several days. Native of Oconee county, daughter of the late William E. and Annette Kelly Rankin, she lived in the Tamassee area during her youth and in the Seneca area for the past 50 years and was a member of Seneca Presbyterian Church. Surviving in addition to her husband are four sons, John W. Abbott of Seneca, Wallace W. Abbott of Morristown, Tenn., Dr. Louis H. Abbott of Seneca and Clarence A. Abbott of Athens, Ga.; a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn A. Bryson of Richmond, Va.; a brother, Walter Rankin of Seneca and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at Seneca Presbyterian Church by Rev. J. Allen Johnson. Burial was in Mountain View cemetery. Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com *********************************************************************************************** NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commerical individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. *********************************************************************************************** The USGenWeb project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.