Lena B. Bridges
IRON STATION — Lena Abernethy Durham Bynum Bridges, 82, formerly of 2136 Magnolia Grove Road, died Oct. 15, 2000, at Cardinal Health Care, Lincolnton.
She was a native of Mecklenburg County, daughter of the late George Robert Sr. and Grace Mae Phillips Abernethy, wife of the late Lorenzo L. Durham Sr., Claude P. Bynum and Albert Bridges, graduate of Wake Forest University and Meredith College where she received her teaching credentials, taught at Halls High School, Sampson County, Sharon School, Oakhurst School, Charlotte; after retirement was a substitute teacher in Lincolnton, member of North Carolina State Teacher’s Association, Alexis Baptist Church, former member of First Baptist Church, Charlotte
SURVIVORS: Son, Lorenzo L. Durham Jr., the home; stepdaughter, Carolyn Bynum Alexander, Hamlet; brothers and sisters-in-law, G.R. and Virginia Abernethy, Mt. Olive, Clarence and Gloria Abernethy, Houston, Texas; sisters and brother-in-law, Mildred A. Kerbaugh, Raleigh, Vernell A. Stevens, Warsaw, Jim W. Ruse, Tustin, Calif.; grandchildren, Tommy Alexander, Wilmington, Terry Alexander, New York City, Melissa A. Ewing, Hamlet; three great-grandchildren; six nieces; five nephews; nine great-nieces and nephews; great-great-nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Sarah Ann Abernethy Ruse; infant sisters, Virginia Mae and Margaret Abernethy; brothers-in-law, Lynn Kerbaugh, Judge Henry L. Stevens III
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Thursday, Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Gastonia, Rev. Malcolm Ivey
VISITATION: After service, at cemetery; other times at the home, 2136 Magnolia Grove Road
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont
IRON STATION — Lena Abernethy Durham Bynum Bridges, 82, formerly of 2136 Magnolia Grove Road, died Oct. 15, 2000, at Cardinal Health Care, Lincolnton.
She was a native of Mecklenburg County, daughter of the late George Robert Sr. and Grace Mae Phillips Abernethy, wife of the late Lorenzo L. Durham Sr., Claude P. Bynum and Albert Bridges, graduate of Wake Forest University and Meredith College where she received her teaching credentials, taught at Halls High School, Sampson County, Sharon School, Oakhurst School, Charlotte; after retirement was a substitute teacher in Lincolnton, member of North Carolina State Teacher’s Association, Alexis Baptist Church, former member of First Baptist Church, Charlotte
SURVIVORS: Son, Lorenzo L. Durham Jr., the home; stepdaughter, Carolyn Bynum Alexander, Hamlet; brothers and sisters-in-law, G.R. and Virginia Abernethy, Mt. Olive, Clarence and Gloria Abernethy, Houston, Texas; sisters and brother-in-law, Mildred A. Kerbaugh, Raleigh, Vernell A. Stevens, Warsaw, Jim W. Ruse, Tustin, Calif.; grandchildren, Tommy Alexander, Wilmington, Terry Alexander, New York City, Melissa A. Ewing, Hamlet; three great-grandchildren; six nieces; five nephews; nine great-nieces and nephews; great-great-nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Sarah Ann Abernethy Ruse; infant sisters, Virginia Mae and Margaret Abernethy; brothers-in-law, Lynn Kerbaugh, Judge Henry L. Stevens III
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Thursday, Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Gastonia, Rev. Malcolm Ivey
VISITATION: After service, at cemetery; other times at the home, 2136 Magnolia Grove Road
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont
Lena B. Bridges
IRON STATION — Lena Abernethy Durham Bynum Bridges, 82, formerly of 2136 Magnolia Grove Road, died Oct. 15, 2000, at Cardinal Health Care, Lincolnton.
She was a native of Mecklenburg County, daughter of the late George Robert Sr. and Grace Mae Phillips Abernethy, wife of the late Lorenzo L. Durham Sr., Claude P. Bynum and Albert Bridges, graduate of Wake Forest University and Meredith College where she received her teaching credentials, taught at Halls High School, Sampson County, Sharon School, Oakhurst School, Charlotte; after retirement was a substitute teacher in Lincolnton, member of North Carolina State Teacher’s Association, Alexis Baptist Church, former member of First Baptist Church, Charlotte
SURVIVORS: Son, Lorenzo L. Durham Jr., the home; stepdaughter, Carolyn Bynum Alexander, Hamlet; brothers and sisters-in-law, G.R. and Virginia Abernethy, Mt. Olive, Clarence and Gloria Abernethy, Houston, Texas; sisters and brother-in-law, Mildred A. Kerbaugh, Raleigh, Vernell A. Stevens, Warsaw, Jim W. Ruse, Tustin, Calif.; grandchildren, Tommy Alexander, Wilmington, Terry Alexander, New York City, Melissa A. Ewing, Hamlet; three great-grandchildren; six nieces; five nephews; nine great-nieces and nephews; great-great-nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Sarah Ann Abernethy Ruse; infant sisters, Virginia Mae and Margaret Abernethy; brothers-in-law, Lynn Kerbaugh, Judge Henry L. Stevens III
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Thursday, Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Gastonia, Rev. Malcolm Ivey
VISITATION: After service, at cemetery; other times at the home, 2136 Magnolia Grove Road
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont
IRON STATION — Lena Abernethy Durham Bynum Bridges, 82, formerly of 2136 Magnolia Grove Road, died Oct. 15, 2000, at Cardinal Health Care, Lincolnton.
She was a native of Mecklenburg County, daughter of the late George Robert Sr. and Grace Mae Phillips Abernethy, wife of the late Lorenzo L. Durham Sr., Claude P. Bynum and Albert Bridges, graduate of Wake Forest University and Meredith College where she received her teaching credentials, taught at Halls High School, Sampson County, Sharon School, Oakhurst School, Charlotte; after retirement was a substitute teacher in Lincolnton, member of North Carolina State Teacher’s Association, Alexis Baptist Church, former member of First Baptist Church, Charlotte
SURVIVORS: Son, Lorenzo L. Durham Jr., the home; stepdaughter, Carolyn Bynum Alexander, Hamlet; brothers and sisters-in-law, G.R. and Virginia Abernethy, Mt. Olive, Clarence and Gloria Abernethy, Houston, Texas; sisters and brother-in-law, Mildred A. Kerbaugh, Raleigh, Vernell A. Stevens, Warsaw, Jim W. Ruse, Tustin, Calif.; grandchildren, Tommy Alexander, Wilmington, Terry Alexander, New York City, Melissa A. Ewing, Hamlet; three great-grandchildren; six nieces; five nephews; nine great-nieces and nephews; great-great-nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Sarah Ann Abernethy Ruse; infant sisters, Virginia Mae and Margaret Abernethy; brothers-in-law, Lynn Kerbaugh, Judge Henry L. Stevens III
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Thursday, Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Gastonia, Rev. Malcolm Ivey
VISITATION: After service, at cemetery; other times at the home, 2136 Magnolia Grove Road
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont
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