Chambers Co. AL - OBIT: Rev. Nathan Hubert Abernethy Submitted by Mary Abernathy Meyer REV. NATHAN HUBERT ABERNETHY (1880-1949), METHODIST DISTRICT SUPT. I have in my possession an original newspaper clipping of the obituary for my uncle, Rev. N. H. Abernethy, who was born in Chambers County near Buffalo on September 29, 1882. On December 8, 1912 he married Sara Haskell Betts in Birmingham (Jefferson Co.) AL. He died January 26, 1949 while serving as district superintendent for the Jasper (Walker Co.) district of the Methodist Church. He spelled his surname "AbernEthy" while my father and all the other Abernathys I know (except his sons) spell it "AbernAthy." I do not know from what newspaper this obituary was taken. It reads: REV. ABERNETHY SERVICES TODAY: RITES HELD FOR METHODIST SUPT. JASPER, Jan. 19 (Special)--Final rites will be said this afternoon in Jasper First Methodist Church at 2 p.m. for the Rev. N. H. Abernethy, 66, Jasper district superintndent of the Methodist Church, who died Monday night. The body will lie in state from noon until time for the service. Rev. Abernethy died in Walker County Hospital due to a heart condition. He entered the hospital Jan. 14. He had been district superintndent nearly four years and six yars ago was pastor of Fairfield Methodist Church. He had been pastor of the Eleventh Street Methodist Church in Gadsden and held other pastorates. Officiating at the service will be Bishop Clare Purcell, of Birmingham, and Rev. Edwin Branscomb, of the First Methodist Church, Jasper. Burial will be in Oakhill Cemetery. Surviving are the widow; four sons, Bubert [misprint for Hubert], Hoyt, John and David, the latter two students at the University of Albama; two brothers, Thomas Nelson and Robert Abernethy, the former of Bessemer Rt. 5 and the latter of Marbury, Ala.; and a sister, Mrs. L. B. Sorrell, of Birmingham. Honorary pallbearers will be the ministers of the Jasper and North Alabama districts. Active pallbearers will be th Rev. Wallace Lovett, Winfield; Rev. J. L. Wheeler, Jasper; Rev. Robert Buggs, Cordova; Rev. Ben F. Tingle, Bessemer; Rev. Nelson Guthrie, West End; Rev. O. K. Lamb, Tuscaloosa; Dr. Paul S. Halet, Jasper, and Rev. A. L. Archibald, Huntsville. *** Rev. Abernethy's widow Sara survived him more than 30 years. His parents were John Thomas Abernathy b May 31, 1854 in Chambers County, Alabama, who worked at Leverett's old mill, and Dorthula Nelson Cole b June 5, 1854 in Chambers Co., AL. John's parents were James William Thomas Abernathy and Frances Joanna Creed. Dorthula's parents were David Lawson Cole and Nancy Rasberry Vineyard. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Abernathy Meyer ====================================================================