CHILDERSBURG - Funeral service for Timothy Ralph Abbott, 63, will be Thursday, September 22, 2011, 11 a.m. at Vincent Revival Center with the Revs. William Rayfield, Richard Bledsoe and Luke Morris officiating. Mr. Abbott will lie in state 10-11 at the church. Burial will be in Old Childersburg. Mr. Abbott passed away September 18, 2011 in Sylacauga. He is preceded in death by his brothers, Floyd Abbott and Robert Earl Abbott, and parents, Robert Edgar and Helen Abbott. He was a member of Vincent Revival Center and a avid pilot and inventor. He loved working with his hands. He was the founder of Abbott Gauges Inc. He also spent most of his life in Talladega County and loved his family, wife and children, grand children, nieces and nephews. He was married in 1967, and graduated from Childersburg High School. Survivors are his wife, Rosie Abbott of Childersburg, AL; sons, Eric Farrell Abbott of Winterboro and Darrin Wade (Christi) Abbott Sr. of Sylacauga, AL; daughter, Sharon (Chuck) Carter of Winterboro; brothers, Curtis Abbott of Texas, Jimmy Abbott of Harpersville, Terry Abbott of Vincent, and Neal Abbott of Sylacauga; sisters, Patricia Horne of Clay County and Glenda Jo Hanner of Harpersville, AL; grandchildren, Cass Leonard, Darrin Abbott Jr., Shelby and Evan Carter, Seth and Gavin Abbott; great grandchild, Janie Abbott. Visitation will be Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 5:30-8 p.m. At Curtis and Son Childersburg Chapel. Pallbearers will be Shelby Brasher, J.C. Burgess, Ray Lett, Jamie Edwards, Don Wilson and David Dunlap. Honary pallbearers will be Ed Christie and Leon Carpenter. The Family will accept flowers or donations to American Cancer Society or St. Jude research. Condolences may be offered at www.curtisandsonfunerals.com Curtis and Son Funeral Home will direct the service.