Bremen - Mrs. Rilda Lee Abbott, 52, died at Hopkins County Hospital Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6:15 p.m. She was born in Muhlenberg County Oct. 14, 1925 and was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist church.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jane Miller of Bremen Route 1 and Mrs. Janice K. Devine of Greenville; parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Wilcox of Bremen Route 1; six brothers, James, Billy, Wesley and Jerry of Bremen Route 1, Bobby Gene of Madisonville, Charlie of Richland.
Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tucker Funeral Home by the Rev. Archie Oliver with burial in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.
Mrs. Benjie Gossett's mother dies in Rumsey
Rumsey - Mrs. Minnie Abrams, 69, died at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1, at the home of her son, Gurden Abrams, Rumsey, after a long illness.
She was the widow of the late Louis Abrams. Mrs. Abrams was born in 1890 in Ohio County and has lived most of her life in McLean County. She was a member of the Shutts Chapel Methodist Church.
Survivors include three daughters, Miss Iva Lou Abrams, Rumsey, Mrs. Benjie Gossett, Graham, Mrs. R.V. Love, Rumsey; five sons, Gurden Abrams, James Abrams, Edward Abrams, all of Rumsey, Roy Abrams, Island, and Ulis T. Abrams, Princeton, Ind.; 20 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; one sister, Mrs. Flora Coin, Island.
Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Poplar Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Robert T. Nall, pastor of the Pack Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Poplar Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Ernest Adler, 80, Dies Aug. 17
Dunmor - Mrs. Ernest Adler, 80, of Dunmor Route 1, died Sunday, Aug. 17 at her residence.
The former Gladys Gillock, she was the daughter of John Emory and Ellen Paxton Gillock and was born Dec. 18, 1894, in Warren County. She was married to the late Ernest (Buck) Adler and was a member of Pleasant Union General Baptist Church.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19 at Wiley's Chapel Methodist Church, with the Rev. Willie Blake officiating. Burial was in Wiley's Chapel Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, Chester Paul Adler and Randall Adler, of Dunmor Route 1; daughter, Mrs. Louise Vincent of Graham Route 1; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Ulrich of Mt. Washington, Mrs. Kate Chatman of Greenfield, Ind. and Mrs. Ethel Gaddle of Louisville; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Updated February 22, 2025.