Abilene Whitley

Published 12:00 am Friday, May 4, 2012

Oct. 14, 1932 – April 26, 2012

FERRIDAY — Services for Abilene Whitley, 79, of Ferriday, who died Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Heritage Manor Health and Rehab Center in Ferriday, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Doty Road Church of God in Ferriday with the Rev. Simeon Greene officiating.

Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.

Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Ms. Whitley was born Oct. 14, 1932, in Eva, La., the daughter of Ed and Pearly Lewis Whitley.

Survivors include one daughter, Eva Smith and husband, Eldon, of Hephzibah, Ga.; one brother, Amos Whitley and wife, Cora, of Tacoma, Wash.; two sisters, Juanita Chism of Flint, Mich., and Emma Jackson and husband, Carl, of Ferriday; five grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Online condolences may be sent to www.concordiafuneralhomeinc.com.