January 23, 1939 ~ February 6, 2011
George D. Abney, 72, of Knob Lick, died Sunday, February 06, 2011 at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital. He was the son of the late William Frank Abney and Vera Rachael Trammell Abney. He was the pastor of God’s House Church in Knob Lick.
He is survived by his wife Mary Chapman Abney; four sons: Donald Abney, Wayne Abney, Russell Abney and his wife Brenda, and Billy Abney and his wife Debbie; one daughter: Lisa Abney Wheat and her husband Marcell; one foster daughter: Hester May Likens and her husband Ottis; two brothers: Felix Abney of Mt. Sterling, Ohio and Ralph Lee Abney of Smiths Grove, KY; three sisters: Josie Morgan of Glasgow, Martha Buckner of Arizona and Leota Williams of Davenport, Oklahoma; seventeen grandchildren; four foster grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Lighthouse Church on Highway 1846 in Horse Cave with burial in the Church Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2:00 P.M. Tuesday at the Lighthouse Church.