Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries




Obituary of Ransom P. Varnell 
  (Mar 26, 1942 - Jul 14, 2007, buried at Wortham City Cemetery)
  
Mexia Daily News newspaper


George Alton Abbott
Mar 26, 1942 - Jul 14, 2007

George Alton Abbott, 65, of Wortham, died Saturday, July 14, 2007, at his
residence. He was born on March 26, 1942, in Corsicana. Mr. Abbott was a retired
oil field worker with Brown Oil & Gas Company.

Visitation was on Sunday evening, July 15, 2007, from 6 until 8 o’clock in 
Porter Chapel at Wortham.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, July 16, 2007, at 2 o’clock in 
Porter Chapel-Wortham. Officiating was Mr. Billy Ridge. Burial was in Wortham 
Cemetery.

Mr. Abbott was preceded in death by his parents, Russell and Winona Abbott, and
by a sister, Margaret Lambert.

Surviving are his wife, Esther (Meme) Abbott of Wortham; two daughters and sons-
in-law, Tauna and Duane Beard, Sr., of Wortham, Gina and Don Cargile of 
Groesbeck; a sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Bill Herrick of Burleson; and 
brother and sister-in-law, Russell C. and Kathy Abbott of Killeen; six 
grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one on the way; many nieces and 
nephews.

Pallbearers were George T. Abbott, Duane Edward Beard, Jr., Bill Herrick, Lanny 
Finley, Larry Beldin and Darrell Ridge.