Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 9, 1994 TAG: 9402090172
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Medium
OBIT ANTHONY, REV. ABNER DONALD
ANTHONY, Rev. Abner Donald, 90, of Route 1, Bedford, passed away Sunday,
February 6, 1994, in the Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He was born April
20, 1903, in Bluefield, Virginia, a son of the late Penn Arthur Anthony Sr.
and Bunnie Mae Fuqua Anthony. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy
Ann Carson Anthony. He was a retired Baptist Minister, having been licensed at
the Central Baptist Church, Johnson City, Tennessee. He began his ministry by
supplying pulpits as a layman while playing professional baseball with the
Norfolk & Western Railroad, Virginia League, as a pitcher. He pastored several
churches in the states of Kentucky, Louisiana and Tennessee, and was also
Superintendent of Missions, Daviess-McLean Baptist Association, Owensboro,
Kentucky. He authored many church publications including Sunday School
Literature, Bible Study outline, W. M. U., Stewardship,
Love/Courtship/Marriage outlines, and other various subjects related to the
church and its work. He is survived by two daughters, Dorothy Ann Anthony
Jones, Jefferson City, Tennessee, Helen Louise ("Betsy") Anthony,
Charlottesville; a son, John Mark Anthony, Bedford; a sister, Florence Anthony
Martin, Roanoke; a brother, Robert D. Anthony, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; three
grandchildren, Michael Todd Jones, Jefferson City, Tennessee; Brooke Leigh
Anthony, Lisa Marie Anthony, both of Bedford. Funeral services will be
conducted from the graveside, Wednesday, February 9, 1994, at 2 p.m. from the
Timber Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, by the Rev. Clayton Riggs. In lieu of
flowers, donations be made to the Timber Ridge Baptist Church Building Fund or
the Bedford Lifesaving Crew. Arrangements by Updike Funeral Home, Bedford.
by CNB