Harrison County MsArchives Obituaries.....Abarr, Mary November 5, 1910
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Biloxi Daily Herald on 7 Nov 1910
"MISS MARY ABARR PASSES AWAY"

"Miss Mary Abarr died at her home in Long Beach Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. 
Although in ill health for several years, her recent illness dated from June, 
when she sustained injuries from a fall which confined her to her room for four 
months and finally resulted in her death. Possessed of very strong will power 
she made a fight for recovery, never giving up, and engaged in her newspaper 
work almost up to the time of her death. Miss Abarr was born at White Chapel, 
Ill., September 10, 1852, and when a child moved with her parents to Old Mexico 
and then to Texas, where her girlhood was spent. She began newspaper work over 
thirty years ago, when the family moved to Memphis, where Miss Abarr began her 
career as a writer. Miss Abarr moved to the Gulf Coast in 1891, residing first 
at Pass Christian and afterwards purchasing a home and settling at Long Beach. 
Miss Abarr owned a farm north of Long Beach, on which she built a small church, 
known as 'Sunshine Church,' for the Woman's Home Mission Society of the 
Methodist Church, of which she was an ardent member. She was an active member of 
the circle of King's Daughters and a leader in charitable work. Her father died 
three years ago and she leaves as her only immediate relative her mother who is 
79 years of age. The funeral took place at three o'clock yesterday from the 
Methodist Church and the interment was in the Long Beach cemetery."

Additional Comments:
Mary Abarr was born on September 11, 1852 in Illinois.  She was the daughter of 
Richard Lafayette Abarr (1821-1907) and Nancy H. Abarr (1830-1914).

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