Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:  Abbott, Richard Allen, 1948
Wednesday, August 23, 2000

Submitted by:  burtwyat@ctesc.net  (Frederica Wyatt)
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Junction Eagle, April 8, 1948
Used with permission.

           R. A. Abbott Funeral Servies Held April 5th

  Funeral Services for Richard Allen (Dick) Abbott, 40, who died 
Monday, April 5, in a Midland hospital from injuries sustained when 
a horse fell on him on a ranch where he was employed near Midland, 
were held the following day in the funeral home chapel with the 
Methodist minister officiating.  Burial was made in Midland.
  Abbott's horse fell and was dragged over him by another horse 
which Abbott had roped.  He had worked as a cowboy on various 
ranches in the Midland vicinity since leaving Junction 15 years 
ago.  A son of Mrs. S. F. Abbott and the late Mr. Abbott, he was 
born in Palo Pinto County, July 28, 1907.
  Survivors include the widow and two sons, Tom and Jim of Midland, 
the mother and two brothers, Guy and Arthur, all of Junction, and 
4 sisters.  Mrs. Ira Stevenson of San Angelo, Miss Velma Abbott, 
Dallas, and Mrs. Ed Hawkins and Mrs. Mae Elledge, Ozona.
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