TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr.: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - March 13, 1999
Deceased Name: TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr.
TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr., 75, of Gulfport, formerly of Memphis and Tupelo, died of cancer Feb. 21 at his home. Services were Feb. 24 at Mississippi City United Methodist Church in Gulfport, where he was a member, with burial in Biloxi National Cemetery. Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport had charge. He was a World War II right wing gunner on the bomber Homing Pigeon in the 533rd Squadron, 381st Bombing Group of the Eighth Army-Air Force. He was shot down and became a German prisoner of war until 1945. He was a member of Scottish Rite. Mr. Abernathy, the husband of Mary E. Abernathy, also leaves a daughter, Sylvia G. Davenport of Gulfport; a son, James W. Abernathy of Slidell, La.; six sisters, Dorothy V. Bartlett of Pascagoula, Sarah E. Goebel of St. Louis, Grace McKee of Apollo Beach, Fla., and Marjorie Przestrzelski and Francis Dillard, both of Memphis; four brothers, C. Cecil Abernathy of La Mirada, Calif., and Charles W. Abernathy, Raymond Abernathy and Donald Abernathy, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mississippi City United Methodist Church in Gulfport.
Edition: First
Page: B3
1999 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
Military Information: SMSGT, US AIR FORCE
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - March 13, 1999
Deceased Name: TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr.
TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr., 75, of Gulfport, formerly of Memphis and Tupelo, died of cancer Feb. 21 at his home. Services were Feb. 24 at Mississippi City United Methodist Church in Gulfport, where he was a member, with burial in Biloxi National Cemetery. Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport had charge. He was a World War II right wing gunner on the bomber Homing Pigeon in the 533rd Squadron, 381st Bombing Group of the Eighth Army-Air Force. He was shot down and became a German prisoner of war until 1945. He was a member of Scottish Rite. Mr. Abernathy, the husband of Mary E. Abernathy, also leaves a daughter, Sylvia G. Davenport of Gulfport; a son, James W. Abernathy of Slidell, La.; six sisters, Dorothy V. Bartlett of Pascagoula, Sarah E. Goebel of St. Louis, Grace McKee of Apollo Beach, Fla., and Marjorie Przestrzelski and Francis Dillard, both of Memphis; four brothers, C. Cecil Abernathy of La Mirada, Calif., and Charles W. Abernathy, Raymond Abernathy and Donald Abernathy, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mississippi City United Methodist Church in Gulfport.
Edition: First
Page: B3
1999 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
Military Information: SMSGT, US AIR FORCE
TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr.: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - March 13, 1999
Deceased Name: TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr.
TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr., 75, of Gulfport, formerly of Memphis and Tupelo, died of cancer Feb. 21 at his home. Services were Feb. 24 at Mississippi City United Methodist Church in Gulfport, where he was a member, with burial in Biloxi National Cemetery. Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport had charge. He was a World War II right wing gunner on the bomber Homing Pigeon in the 533rd Squadron, 381st Bombing Group of the Eighth Army-Air Force. He was shot down and became a German prisoner of war until 1945. He was a member of Scottish Rite. Mr. Abernathy, the husband of Mary E. Abernathy, also leaves a daughter, Sylvia G. Davenport of Gulfport; a son, James W. Abernathy of Slidell, La.; six sisters, Dorothy V. Bartlett of Pascagoula, Sarah E. Goebel of St. Louis, Grace McKee of Apollo Beach, Fla., and Marjorie Przestrzelski and Francis Dillard, both of Memphis; four brothers, C. Cecil Abernathy of La Mirada, Calif., and Charles W. Abernathy, Raymond Abernathy and Donald Abernathy, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mississippi City United Methodist Church in Gulfport.
Edition: First
Page: B3
1999 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
Military Information: SMSGT, US AIR FORCE
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) - March 13, 1999
Deceased Name: TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr.
TUPELO - Walter Hayes Abernathy Jr., 75, of Gulfport, formerly of Memphis and Tupelo, died of cancer Feb. 21 at his home. Services were Feb. 24 at Mississippi City United Methodist Church in Gulfport, where he was a member, with burial in Biloxi National Cemetery. Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport had charge. He was a World War II right wing gunner on the bomber Homing Pigeon in the 533rd Squadron, 381st Bombing Group of the Eighth Army-Air Force. He was shot down and became a German prisoner of war until 1945. He was a member of Scottish Rite. Mr. Abernathy, the husband of Mary E. Abernathy, also leaves a daughter, Sylvia G. Davenport of Gulfport; a son, James W. Abernathy of Slidell, La.; six sisters, Dorothy V. Bartlett of Pascagoula, Sarah E. Goebel of St. Louis, Grace McKee of Apollo Beach, Fla., and Marjorie Przestrzelski and Francis Dillard, both of Memphis; four brothers, C. Cecil Abernathy of La Mirada, Calif., and Charles W. Abernathy, Raymond Abernathy and Donald Abernathy, all of Memphis, and three grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mississippi City United Methodist Church in Gulfport.
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Page: B3
1999 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
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