George L. Abernathy

MR. GEORGE L. ABERNATHY, 76 , OF DALTON, WENT HOME, TO BE WITH HIS FATHER GOD, WHO HAS BLESSED HIM ALL THE DAYS OF HIS LIFE.
HE WAS BORN IN WHITFIELD COUNTY, JULY 16, 1929, SON OF THE LATE
WILLIAM J. AND NOLA GIBSON ABERNATHY AND WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS, LEE ABERNATHY AND CARL ABERNATHY;
SISTER, ANNIE NEIGHBORS AND HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, RUBY WILLIAMS. HE SERVED 4 YEARS IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS A JET MECHANIC DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 112 AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE HONOR GUARD.
GEORGE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST FOR OVER 46 YEARS, WHERE HE SERVED AS AN ELDER, MINISTRY LEADER AND AS A DEACON. HE WAS A PART-TIME MINISTER, SERVING CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN NORTH GEORGIA IN THE 60’S AND 70’S INCLUDING FULL TIME AT HILLCREST IN TUNNEL HILL, GA. HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH L. A. LEE CO., BROWN PRINTING CO. AND GREGORY PRINTING CO. FOR OVER 50 YEARS. IN RETIREMENT HE WORKED WITH HAMPTON INN IN DALTON AS A HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATE AND SERVED 24 YEARS AS A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER WITH HAMILTON MEDICAL CENTER. HE LOVED PEOPLE WITH A PASSION AND LOVED SERVING AND BEING WITH THEM.
GEORGE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF 56 YEARS, YVONNE WILLIAMS ABERNATHY OF DALTON; SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, SHANE AND ANN ABERNATHY OF DALTON; DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, SUSAN AND RON RALSTON OF CALHOUN, GA.; GRANDCHILDREN, SAMUEL MURPHREE OF NASHVILLE, TN., BENJAMIN RALSTON, HANNAH ROSE RALSTON AND DANIEL RALSTON ALL OF CALHOUN, MATTHEW ABERNATHY AND LEE ABERNATHY BOTH OF DALTON; BROTHER, FRANK
ABERNATHY OF DALTON; SISTER, LOUISE BURTON OF DALTON; SISTERS-IN-LAW AND BROTHERS-IN-LAW, SALLY AND WINK JONES, FEARBY ABERNATHY ALL OF DALTON, BOB AND DONNA WILLIAMS OF
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. NIECES AND NEPHEWS ALSO SURVIVE.
SERVICES WILL BE WEDNESDAY AT 2 P.M. FROM THE CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST WITH RONNIE MISSILDINE, ROSS JORDAN AND DANNY ROGERS OFFICIATING.
BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN WHITFIELD MEMORIAL GARDENS
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE CHURCH, 515 NORTH TIBBS ROAD, FROM 10 A.M. TIL THE FUNERAL HOUR AT 2
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, GEORGE REQUESTED MEMORIALS BE MADE TO CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST BUILDING FUND, P.O. BOX 1201, DALTON, GA.30722-1201. WORDS OF COMFORT MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY AT www.lovefuneralhomega.com. LOVE FUNERAL HOME, 1402 NORTH THORNTON AVE, DALTON IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.