Old Macedonia Cemetery

Linford and Ethel Abernathy
Ethel and Linford Abernathy


NOTES:

Linford Abernathy, son of John Starling Abernathy and Mary Gravitt; husband of Ethel Abernathy.

Ethel Burilla Abernathy, daughter of Elihue Tinsley Abernathy and Nancy “Nannie” Elizabeth Young, wife of Linford Abernathy, former wife of David Lee Moss.

Linford A. Abernathy

The Herald Tribune (Cartersville, Georgia) February 18, 1971

Linford A. Abernathy, of Cartersville, Route 2, died Sunday following an extended illness.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Herman Howell, Cartersville; a step-daughter, Mrs. H.R. Berry, Chattanooga; nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Monday at 3 PM from the Center Baptist Church with the Rev. Nat Abernathy and the Rev. Rowland Lee officiating. Interment was in the old Macedonia Cemetery.

Mr. Abernathy, 75, was a native of Bartow County and was a retired State Highway Department employee.

Notes on wife’s name:
Ethel Burilla Abernathy (maiden was Abernathy)

Notes on daughters’ names:
Hazel Abernathy (Mrs. Herman Howell)
Zoe-Miller Moss (Mrs. H.R. Berry)

 

Ethel Abernathy Moss Abernathy

Herald Tribune (Cartersville, Georgia) — March 03, 1977

Mrs. Ethel A. Abernathy, 86, of Center Road, died in a local nursing home Monday night after a long illness.
She was a member of Center Baptist Church and was the widow of the late L.A. Abernathy.
Survivors include two daughters; Mrs. Zoe-Miller Berry, Chattanooga; and Mrs. Hazel Howell, Cartersville; two sisters, Mrs. Jewell Leekstra, Rome; and Mrs. Julie Gentry, Pine Log; nine grandchildren.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Center Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene Hubbard and the Rev. Roland Lee officiating. Interment was in the old Macedonia Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Odie, Lucius and James Pope; Odie, Melvin and Buck Abernathy.

NOTE: Ethel was the daughter of Elihue Tinsley Abernathy and Nancy “Nannie” Elizabeth Young.
She was first married to David Lee Moss. They had two children: Mary Louise Moss and Zoe-Miller Moss.
Her second husband was Linford A. Abernathy. They had three children Hazel Abernathy, Horace and Elihue T. (E.T.). (Both sons died as infants.)

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