Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Gordon Abney, Jr.

Gordon (Uncle Junior) Abney, Jr. 87, of Fairfield, died Sunday, January 29, 2012 
at his residence. Services and burial will be in Fultondale, Alabama under the 
direction of Walker Chapel Funeral Home and Memorial Park. A memorial service 
will be held at a later date at Cedar Grove RV Park in Fairfield. Local 
arrangements were by Capps Memorial Chapel. 

Mr. Abney was born October 15, 1924 in Saryton, Alabama to parents Gordon Abney, 
Sr. and Rosa Lee Easter Abney. He had been a Fairfield resident for nine years. 
He was a WWII veteran having served in the U.S. Navy. During his life Mr. Abney 
worked as a coal miner; a heavy equipment mechanic; an 18 wheeler driver; and a 
crane operator. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife 
Jewel Abney; a son, Michael Gordon Abney; a sister, Margie Abney Tusa. 

Survivors include five children, Chelita Abney Freeman; Mary Dianna Davis; Marion 
Jo Brentley; and Woodrow Wayne Abney; all of Georgia; Malinda Sue Bailey of 
Porter, TX. Twenty grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; his caretakers, a 
niece, Cereda L. Johnson of Fairfield and William Bain, Sr. of Fairfield; numerous 
nieces and nephews. 

GRAVESIDE SERVICES
Friday February 3, 2012, 2:00 p.m. at Walker Chapel Cemetery in Fultondale, 
Alabama.