Obituaries:  Dr. E. B. Abington, Sabine Parish       A-152
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 18, 1980
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Dr. E. B. Abington

  Funeral services for Dr. E. B. Abington, 76, of West Memphis,
Ark., were recently held. Dr. Abington passed away on Thursday,
Sept. 24.

  Dr. Abington was born and raised in Many, and was ordained into
the ministry at the Baptist Church at Fort Jessup, of which he
was a member.

  He pastored at the Trinity Baptist Church in Lake Charles many
years, and was closely affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist
Convention.

  Dr. Abington later moved to West Memphis, Ark., and became the
pastor of the First Baptist Church in West Memphis, until his
retirement.

  Dr. Abington is survived by his widow, Mary Abington; two sons,
Bobby Abington, and Jimmy Abington; one daughter, Mary Catherine
Abington; one sister, Katherine Abington; two brothers, Doug
Abington of Many, and Ray Abington of Pine Bluff, Ark.;
grandchildren and nieces and nephews.