TITLE:  Alfred Thompson Abbott

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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ABBOTT, Alfred Thompson
Alfred Thompson Abbott (10-25-1891 to Nov. 1971) Keowee Courier 
November 24, 1971 Oconee Native Dies Friday The Rev. Alfred Thompson 
Abbott, 80, ordained minister of the Assemblies of God, did at his 
residence, in Greenville Friday, after a brief period of declining 
health. Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late J. O. L. and 
Catherine Addis Abbott. For a number of years he had lived in 
Greenville. Rev. Abbott organized and was pastor of the First Assembly 
of God on Gridley St., from 1924 to 1930. He later served as pastor in
NC, SC, and Tenn. In recent years he has done interdenominational 
missionary work and wwas president of "God's Mission and Tours." He 
was a former pastor of the Mountain Rest Assembly of God near Walhalla.
His first wife was the late Mrs. Mary Price Abbott who died in 1950. 
Surviving are his second wife, Mrs. Rena Perry Abbott; five daughters, 
Mrs. Boyce G. Garrett, Mrs. Elsie Abbott Wilson, Mrs. Herbert Carroll 
and Mrs. William W. Vaughn all of Greenville and Mrs. Michael Struhur 
of Jacksonville, Fla.; one son, David A. Abbott of Charleston; one 
step-son, Rev. Carl E. Perry of Bishmarck(sic), ND; one sister, Mrs. 
Sophia Abbott Chadwick of Greenville, 22 grandchildren and 13 great 
grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Sunday from the chapel 
of the Thomas McAfee Funeral Home by the Rev. J. Edward Blount and Rev.
E. E. Brown. Burial was in the Welcome Baptist Church cemetery on 
White Horse Road. Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, 
sbrockbooker@aol.com


(Published Oct 2, 2001)
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