NELLIE ABBOTT

DEXTER -- Nellie Abbott, 91, of Corning, Ark., died Saturday, Dec. 18, 1999, at the Arkansas Methodist Hospital at Paragould.

She was born Nov. 23, 1908, in Ripley County, daughter of Charles Robert and Nora Gibson Hurt. She was first married to Louis Black in 1935. She and Frank Abbott were married in 1947. He died in May of 1973.

She was a former resident of Dexter. She was a home maker and had been a resident of Corning, Ark., for the past three years. She was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include a son, James R. Abbott of Advance; a daughter, Willena R. Krueger of Success, Ark.; a sister, Velma Kestner of Dudley; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by five brothers and a sister.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Rainey Funeral Home at Dexter.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel. The Rev. Gary Cooper will officiate, with burial to follow at the Dudley Cemetery.