MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY, Pulaski, GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

Dr. William David Abernathy

ABERNATHY, William David (Dr), 6/14/1854 - 7 Jan 1927, h/o Almeda G. Mitchell s/o Hartwell & Lucinda Meadows Abernathy OM-Unk


The Pulaski Record 12 Jan 1927
Dr. W. D. Abernathy died at his home here Friday after a prolonged illness. He was one of the leading physicians of the county for many years, having been a public health officer for thirty-four years. Surviving him are his wife and one son, Mitchell Abernathy.
Funeral services were held at the residence at two o'clock Saturday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. M. S. Kennedy of whose church he was a member. Burial was at Maplewood Cemetery. [b. 14 Jun 1854 d. 07 Jan 1927 s/o Hartwell and Lucinda Meadows Abernathy]
 

Almeda Mitchell Abernathy

ABERNATHY, Almeda Mitchell, (cir 1861) - 29 Nov 1939, Age abt 78, wife of Dr W.D. Mitchell, Pulaski, Giles County, Tn

The Pulaski (TN) Citizen 29 Nov 1939
Mrs. Almeda Mitchell Abernathy died about 9 o'clock Friday night at her home on South First Street after a paralytic stroke she suffered sometime Tuesday morning.
She was found that afternoon sitting on the floor, by Mrs. W. R. Crow, a neighbor, who assisted her to a bed. She was conscious, but later lapsed into a coma and never recovered.
Funeral rites were conducted for her by the Rev. J. K. Johnson at the Bennett-May and Company Funeral Home, Saturday afternoon, followed by burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. Abernathy was a member of the Presbyterian Church, the Homemakers Club and Daughters of the Confederacy and in younger years took active interest in civic affairs
and local charity plays and was an actress and mimic of more than ordinary ability. She was about 78 years of age and widow of Dr. W. D. Abernathy, for many years County
Health Officer, who abated the smallpox epidemic in Giles County many years ago. Mrs. Abernathy is survived by a son, Mitchell Abernathy. She will be missed by her friends.