TITLE:  Abraham Habersham

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette, July 24, 2001

SUBMITTED BY: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED BY: Kim Grissom, July 2001

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Abraham Habersham
RIDGELAND - Abraham Habersham, 89, of Ridgeland died Monday, July 23, 
2001, at St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah. Allen Funeral Home, Ridgeland
, is in charge. (The Beaufort Gazette July 24, 2001)


Abraham Habersham 
Deacon Abraham Habersham, 89, of Camden, N.J., husband of Mother 
Fannie Little Habersham, died Monday, July 23, 2001, in St. Joseph 
Hospital, Savannah. Viewing will be from 1 to 8 p.m. today in Allen 
Funeral Home, Coosawhatchie. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in 
Chapel On the Hill Holiness Church, Coosawhatchie with burial in 
Ferebeeville Cemetery, Switzerland, Ridgeland. Mr. Habersham was born 
Feb. 18, 1912, in Jasper County, a son of Samuel and Anna Young 
Habersham. He was educated in the Jasper County public schools. He 
entered the U.S. Army in 1944. He moved to Camden, N.J., where he 
became an agriculture supervisor and worked as a landscaper for many 
years. He lived in New Jersey until 1972. He returned to Ridgeland 
where he became an active member at Chapel on the Hill Holiness Church,
Coosawhatchie and he became chairman and senior deacon serving with 
distinction for a number of years. He was preceded in death by his 
wife of 48 years, Elizabeth Simmons Habersham. Survivors include his 
wife of Camden, N.J.; a daughter, Shirley Ann McCray; two sons, Jerome 
C. Habersham and the Rev. Levon Habersham, both of Ridgeland; a sister,
Geneva Witter of Brentwood, N.Y.; seven stepdaughters, Evelyn Williams,
Pearl Curtis and Bonita Aide of Camden, Yolanda Melvins of Philadelphia
, Barbara Little of Lindenwood, N.J., Narma and Tersita Little of 
Collingswood, N.J.; four stepsons, Richard Little of Philadelphia, 
O'Dell Little of Myrtle Beach, and Julius Edward Jr. and Earl Little, 
both of Camden; 41 grandchildren, 79 great-grandchildren and seven 
great-great-grandchildren. (The Beaufort Gazette July 27, 2001)
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