THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, September 13, 1994 TAG: 9409130271
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B10 EDITION: FINAL
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John Morton Abbitt Jr., 62, of the 900 block of West Princess Anne Road, vice president and trust officer of Nationsbank, died Sept. 12, 1994, in a local hospital.
Mr. Abbitt was born in Norfolk and was a member, and former member of the vestry and senior warden, of The Church of the Good Shepherd in Norfolk. Mr. Abbitt was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute. Mr. Abbitt received his law degree from Washington and Lee University and was a member of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association. He was a member of the Virginia Club, Harbor Club, Cedar Point Club, Norfolk Yacht and Country Club; Norfolk German Club, Pyramid Club and Tidewater Estate Planning Council.
Survivors include his wife, Anne Alfriend Abbitt of Norfolk; his mother, Elizabeth Harris Abbitt of Norfolk; four sons, John Morton Abbitt III of Norfolk, Robert Bolling Abbitt of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., Jeffery Alfriend Abbitt of Virginia Beach, James Blair Abbitt of Norfolk; and six grandchildren, John Morton Abbitt IV; Rosemary Patricia Abbitt, Mariel Florence Abbitt, Anne-Randolph Wood, Sarah Catherine Abbitt and Joel Thomas Abbitt.
A graveside service will be conducted on Sept. 14, 1994, at 2 p.m. in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, by the Rev. Ross Wright. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk Chapel, is handling arrangements.
Memorial donations may be made to the Church of The Good Shepherd, 1520 North Shore Road, Norfolk, Va. 23505, or Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, 601 Children's Lane, Norfolk, Va. 23507.
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