He was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery Mausoleum on January 6, 1948. He was 76 yrs 11 months and 4 days at his death. Married.
Wyatt Alexander Abbitt, 76, of 12 Kanawha Blvd., West, one of Charleston's pioneer and leading and building contractors, succumbed to a brief illness Saturday in a Charleston hospital.
With a record of nearly 40 years of business in Kanawha valley, Mr. Abbitt had constructed, either completely or in part, a large number of more prominent business building in Charleston.
The building on which Mr. Abbitt had been contractor include the Professional building, the Prichard Motor company building, the Worthy hotel, the first unit of the Holley hotel, the first unit of the St. Francis hospital, the Zimmerman building on Quarrier street, the Colonel garage, the Dominion building, the Morrison building, the Day and Night building, the Capital Theater building, the Newberry, Kresge, Woolworth, McCrory, and Silver's stores, the Sacred Heart Parochial School on Dunbar street and several apartment houses and duplex apartments in the Charleston area.
Mr. Abbitt was born Jan. 20, 1871, in Appomattox county, Virginia, the son of the late Charles A. and Elvira A. LeGrand Abbitt. He was a member of the Baptist Temple and the Fred O. Blue Bible Class and I. O. O. F. lodge No. 95. He formerly was a member of the Charleston Rotary Club.
His wife, Anna Belle Coleman Abbitt, died in Dec., 1915.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Vernon A. Jones of Middletown, O., and Mrs. Donald R. Cole of Charleston; two sons, W. Elliot Abbit, who was associated with his father in the contracting business, and T. Sgt. C. Andrew Abbitt of the army, who is stationed at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone; two sisters, Mrs. James A. Shelton of Charleston and Mrs. M. C. Kelley of Victoria, Va.; two brothers, Charles J. of Victoria and William B. of Washington, D. C.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The body is at Barlow mortuary.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Jan 3, 1948 Sat evening edition
Wyatt Alexander Abbitt, 76, of 12 Kanawha Blvd., West, one of Charleston's pioneer and leading and building contractors, succumbed to a brief illness Saturday in a Charleston hospital.
With a record of nearly 40 years of business in Kanawha valley, Mr. Abbitt had constructed, either completely or in part, a large number of more prominent business building in Charleston.
The building on which Mr. Abbitt had been contractor include the Professional building, the Prichard Motor company building, the Worthy hotel, the first unit of the Holley hotel, the first unit of the St. Francis hospital, the Zimmerman building on Quarrier street, the Colonel garage, the Dominion building, the Morrison building, the Day and Night building, the Capital Theater building, the Newberry, Kresge, Woolworth, McCrory, and Silver's stores, the Sacred Heart Parochial School on Dunbar street and several apartment houses and duplex apartments in the Charleston area.
Mr. Abbitt was born Jan. 20, 1871, in Appomattox county, Virginia, the son of the late Charles A. and Elvira A. LeGrand Abbitt. He was a member of the Baptist Temple and the Fred O. Blue Bible Class and I. O. O. F. lodge No. 95. He formerly was a member of the Charleston Rotary Club.
His wife, Anna Belle Coleman Abbitt, died in Dec., 1915.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Vernon A. Jones of Middletown, O., and Mrs. Donald R. Cole of Charleston; two sons, W. Elliot Abbit, who was associated with his father in the contracting business, and T. Sgt. C. Andrew Abbitt of the army, who is stationed at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone; two sisters, Mrs. James A. Shelton of Charleston and Mrs. M. C. Kelley of Victoria, Va.; two brothers, Charles J. of Victoria and William B. of Washington, D. C.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The body is at Barlow mortuary.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Jan 3, 1948 Sat evening edition
He was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery Mausoleum on January 6, 1948. He was 76 yrs 11 months and 4 days at his death. Married.
Wyatt Alexander Abbitt, 76, of 12 Kanawha Blvd., West, one of Charleston's pioneer and leading and building contractors, succumbed to a brief illness Saturday in a Charleston hospital.
With a record of nearly 40 years of business in Kanawha valley, Mr. Abbitt had constructed, either completely or in part, a large number of more prominent business building in Charleston.
The building on which Mr. Abbitt had been contractor include the Professional building, the Prichard Motor company building, the Worthy hotel, the first unit of the Holley hotel, the first unit of the St. Francis hospital, the Zimmerman building on Quarrier street, the Colonel garage, the Dominion building, the Morrison building, the Day and Night building, the Capital Theater building, the Newberry, Kresge, Woolworth, McCrory, and Silver's stores, the Sacred Heart Parochial School on Dunbar street and several apartment houses and duplex apartments in the Charleston area.
Mr. Abbitt was born Jan. 20, 1871, in Appomattox county, Virginia, the son of the late Charles A. and Elvira A. LeGrand Abbitt. He was a member of the Baptist Temple and the Fred O. Blue Bible Class and I. O. O. F. lodge No. 95. He formerly was a member of the Charleston Rotary Club.
His wife, Anna Belle Coleman Abbitt, died in Dec., 1915.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Vernon A. Jones of Middletown, O., and Mrs. Donald R. Cole of Charleston; two sons, W. Elliot Abbit, who was associated with his father in the contracting business, and T. Sgt. C. Andrew Abbitt of the army, who is stationed at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone; two sisters, Mrs. James A. Shelton of Charleston and Mrs. M. C. Kelley of Victoria, Va.; two brothers, Charles J. of Victoria and William B. of Washington, D. C.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The body is at Barlow mortuary.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Jan 3, 1948 Sat evening edition
Wyatt Alexander Abbitt, 76, of 12 Kanawha Blvd., West, one of Charleston's pioneer and leading and building contractors, succumbed to a brief illness Saturday in a Charleston hospital.
With a record of nearly 40 years of business in Kanawha valley, Mr. Abbitt had constructed, either completely or in part, a large number of more prominent business building in Charleston.
The building on which Mr. Abbitt had been contractor include the Professional building, the Prichard Motor company building, the Worthy hotel, the first unit of the Holley hotel, the first unit of the St. Francis hospital, the Zimmerman building on Quarrier street, the Colonel garage, the Dominion building, the Morrison building, the Day and Night building, the Capital Theater building, the Newberry, Kresge, Woolworth, McCrory, and Silver's stores, the Sacred Heart Parochial School on Dunbar street and several apartment houses and duplex apartments in the Charleston area.
Mr. Abbitt was born Jan. 20, 1871, in Appomattox county, Virginia, the son of the late Charles A. and Elvira A. LeGrand Abbitt. He was a member of the Baptist Temple and the Fred O. Blue Bible Class and I. O. O. F. lodge No. 95. He formerly was a member of the Charleston Rotary Club.
His wife, Anna Belle Coleman Abbitt, died in Dec., 1915.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Vernon A. Jones of Middletown, O., and Mrs. Donald R. Cole of Charleston; two sons, W. Elliot Abbit, who was associated with his father in the contracting business, and T. Sgt. C. Andrew Abbitt of the army, who is stationed at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone; two sisters, Mrs. James A. Shelton of Charleston and Mrs. M. C. Kelley of Victoria, Va.; two brothers, Charles J. of Victoria and William B. of Washington, D. C.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The body is at Barlow mortuary.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Jan 3, 1948 Sat evening edition
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