1920
Cleo
2008
Cleo Akin Abernathy
December 10, 1920 — October 21, 2008
Mrs. Cleo Akin Abernathy, age 87, a resident of Poplar Estates in Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at Maury Regional Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. Abernathy will be conducted Friday, October 24th at 10:00 AM in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Jim Hughes officiating. Burial will follow in the Polk Memorial Gardens.
The family will visit with friends on Thursday from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
The Maury County native was the daughter of the late Henderson and Katherine Thompson Akin and wife of the late John Abernathy. She was a teacher at Highland Elementary School and worked as a proof reader at the Florence Times
She is survived by her daughter: Kay Jimmy Farris of Thompson Station; grandchildren: Jennifer Ronnie Dees of Humble, TX, Keith Ashley Farris of Pearland, TX and Wesley Farris of Thompson Station; great grandchildren: Kelsey Farris, Jacob Farris and Megan Farris, all of Pearland, TX, Trey Dees, Farris Dees and Micah Dees, all of Humble, TX. She was preceded in death by a sister: Bobbye Savage.
Pallbearers will be Johnny Abernathy, Keith Farris, Ronnie Dees, Wesley Farris, Trey Dees, Jacob Farris, Micah Dees and John Savage.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 222 W. 7th Street, Columbia, TN 38401 or to Hospice of the Highland Rim, 1412 Trotwood Ave., Suite 5, Columbia, TN 38401
Funeral services for Mrs. Abernathy will be conducted Friday, October 24th at 10:00 AM in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Jim Hughes officiating. Burial will follow in the Polk Memorial Gardens.
The family will visit with friends on Thursday from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
The Maury County native was the daughter of the late Henderson and Katherine Thompson Akin and wife of the late John Abernathy. She was a teacher at Highland Elementary School and worked as a proof reader at the Florence Times
She is survived by her daughter: Kay Jimmy Farris of Thompson Station; grandchildren: Jennifer Ronnie Dees of Humble, TX, Keith Ashley Farris of Pearland, TX and Wesley Farris of Thompson Station; great grandchildren: Kelsey Farris, Jacob Farris and Megan Farris, all of Pearland, TX, Trey Dees, Farris Dees and Micah Dees, all of Humble, TX. She was preceded in death by a sister: Bobbye Savage.
Pallbearers will be Johnny Abernathy, Keith Farris, Ronnie Dees, Wesley Farris, Trey Dees, Jacob Farris, Micah Dees and John Savage.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 222 W. 7th Street, Columbia, TN 38401 or to Hospice of the Highland Rim, 1412 Trotwood Ave., Suite 5, Columbia, TN 38401
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