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Evelyn Abney
Visitation: Thursday, August 6, 2009 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM WEST & PARRISH & PEDIGO FUNERAL HOME 105 North Montgomery Street Spencer, IN 47460 Visitation: Friday, August 7, 2009 8:30 AM until 10:30 AM WEST & PARRISH & PEDIGO FUNERAL HOME 105 North Montgomery Street Spencer, IN 47460 Service: Friday, August 7, 2009 10:30 AM WEST & PARRISH & PEDIGO FUNERAL HOME 105 North Montgomery Street Spencer, IN 47460	VIEW/SEND CONDOLENCES
WEST & PARRISH & PEDIGO FUNERAL HOME 105 N. MONTGOMERY ST. SPENCER, IN 47460 812-829-2791 812-829-8812 (FAX) Evelyn Abney, 84, of Spencer, passed away Friday, July 31, 2009 at Owen Valley Health Campus. She was born in Halderman, Kentucky on July 6, 1925 to Samuel and Pearl (Withrow) Bowen. Mrs. Abney was a homemaker she also taught Sunday school and played the piano at churches that her husband pastured at in Gosport, Patricksburg and Eastern Kentucky District of the Nazarene Church. She attended the Spencer Church of the Nazarene for many years and was a member of the Newberry Church of the Nazarene. Mrs. Abney is survived by her husband of 62 years, Rev. Melvin Abney; three sons, Harrison Abney of Spencer, Jonathan (Cathy)Abney of Ashland, KY, and Randel (Julia)Abney of Kokomo; a daughter, Lillian (Rev. William) Pursell of Spencer; three brothers, Samuel Bowen of Burlington, KY, Gene Bowen of Spencer, and Jimmy Bowen of Bloomfield ; four sisters , Bobbie Chandler of Indianapolis, Reba Lehman of Covington, KY, Sharon Campbell of Farmersburg, and Karen Yarnell of Fairland, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She is preceded in death by her parents, a brother, George Bowen and a sister, Dorothy Harding. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, August 7, 2009 at West & Parrish & Pedigo Funeral Home in Spencer. Rev. David Warren will officiate with burial to follow at Chambersville Cemetery in Owen County. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m., Thursday and 8:30 a.m. until time of service on Friday.