Visitation will be 12:00-2:00pm, Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Funeral services will follow at 2:00pm in the funeral home chapel with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens.
He was born Wednesday, May 2, 1928, a son of the late James L. Abernathy, Sr. and Margaret Tabor "Dollie" Abernathy.
Mr. Abernathy was a faithful member of Eastside Baptist Church in Pearl and retired from Knox Glass/Glass Containers.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Zelda Herrington Abernathy; daughter, Sheila Wedgeworth and husband Steve; sons, Larry Abernathy and wife Ann and David Abernathy and wife Denise; sisters, Gloria Jean Roberson, Cleida Gayle Plumley and Rita Kay Harris; brothers, Robert and Kenneth Abernathy; 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Eastside Baptist Church, 3464 Patterson Dr., Pearl, MS 39208.
