TITLE:  Ennis E. Abbott

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:   Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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ABBOTT, Ennis E. 
(1895-1967) Keowee Courier, E. E. Abbott, 72, widely-known retired 
Walhalla businessman, died Wednesday morning at 7:45 following an 
extended illness. A native of Oconee county, son of the late J. S. and 
Josephine Julian Abbott, he was a merchandiser and distributor for 
Standard Oil Company for 42 years. He retired in 1965. He was active 
in civic and religious affairs here for many years. A charter member 
of the Walhalla Lions Club, he was also amember of the Lewis Blanchett 
Post of the American Legion, the Blue Ridge Masonic Lodge and the Last 
Man's Club. He was a veteran of World War I and served as a member of 
the steering committee which planned and staged Walhalla's Centennial 
Celebration in 1950. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of 
Walhalla where he served as a deacon and was a member of the Men's 
Sunday School Class. Mr. Abbott is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ada 
Duckworth Abbott; two daughters, Mrs. John J. (Mildred) Ward and Mrs. 
Harry O. (Evelyn) Bodiford; one brother, J. C. Abbott; and four 
grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 5 p. m. 
from the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Morgan Dukes and Dr. 
Eugene Mandrell officiating. Burial will be in Coneross cemetery. 
Pallbearers will be Cecil Dalton, T. J. Julian, Jimmy Abbott, Johnny 
Abbott, Robert L. Barker, Roy Duckworth, Jones Duckworth, and William 
West. The body is at Davenport Funeral Home and will placed int the 
church at 4 p. m. Thursday. The family will recieve visitors from 7 
to 9 p. m. Wednesday night at the residence on Westminster Highway. 
Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com



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