Obituaries:  Douglas Crews Abington, Sabine Parish       A-152
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 20, 1980
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Douglas Crews Abington

  Douglas Crews Abington, a native of Sabine Parish, died Sunday,
March 16, at his Baton Rouge residence, following a lengthy
illness.

  He was a 1941 graduate of Many High School, and a 149 graduate
of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.

  Survivors include his widow, Mary Levee Abington of Baton Rouge;
his father, Douglas C. Abington of Many; two daughters, Beth
Abington, and Camille Abington Harrington, both of Lafayette; two
sons, Stephen Douglas Abington, and Rodney C. Abington, both of
Baton Rouge; a sister, Mrs. Kerlin Sutton of Natchitoches; and a
brother, Leonard (Pete) Abington of Many.

  Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Monday, March 17, at the
Rabenhorst Funeral Home in Baton Rouge, with the Rev. Tommy
French, and the Rev. Perry Webb officiating. Services were also
held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 18, at the First Baptist Church
of Many, with the Rev. Boll Rose, and Dr. Rod Smith officiating.

  Burial was in the Many Cemetery, under the direction of the
Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Pallbearers were Mayor W. T. Hanna Jr. of Shreveport, Bob McNair
of Houston, Tex., Buddy Dees of Many, John (Red) Dees of
Ferriday, Tom Fore Phillips of Baton Rouge, Jack McDonald of
Baton Rouge, Buck Anderson of DeRidder, and Charles McDuff of
Lafayette.

  Serving as honorary pallbearers were Leon Mirchell, Bud Wright,
J. S. Pickett Sr., Dr. Charley B. Tramel, Mike Pearson, Clinton
Davis, and Cliff Massingill, all of Many, Cary Johnson, and
Curtis Gullett of Natchitoches, Buddy Skelly of New Orleans, and
Steven Levee, and Ross Levee, both of Mandeville.