This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Abbott, Weldon, Woods, Hall, Allen, Brown, Jackson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3530 Message Board Post: Vernell Abbott Oct. 28, 1934 - Nov. 21, 2005 Funeral services for Vernell Abbott, 71, of Bay City, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 26, 2005, at New Hope Baptist Church, Bay City, with the Rev. T.L. Richardson, eulogist. Burial will follow at Pleasant Green Cemetery in Hudgin’s Settlement. Visitation will be from 3 until 9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home chapel. She was born in Hudgin’s Settlement, October 28, 1934, to Ollie Abbott, Sr., and Lena Weldon Abbott, and passed away November 21, 2005, in Bay City, Texas. Survivors include: two daughters, Gwen Woods of Houston, and Wanda Hall of Lake Jackson; three sons, Eddie Allen, Jr. of Angleton, George Allen of Houston, and Charles Allen of Houston; two sisters, Johnnie Brown of Houston, and Blanche Jackson of Bay City; 16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three aunts; a former husband, Eddie Allen, Sr.; a host of nieces, nephew, other relatives and friends. Arrangements are with Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home, Bay City, Texas. Bay City Tribune November 23, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas