OBITUARY: Abner, Doll Drake - September 7, 1988
Lexington Herald-Leader - September 10,  1988

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Deceased Name: FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER DOLL DRAKE ABNER DIES 
Doll Drake Abner, who could trace her ancestry to English explorer Sir 
Francis Drake, died Wednesday at her home in Vada in Lee County. She 
was 95.  
Mrs. Abner had taught school in Wolfe and Lee counties and also served 
12 years on the Lee County Board of Education. She was postmistress at 
Vada for several years.   
In recent years she operated a farm in the historic Greys Bend section 
of Lee County, where she did much of the work herself. An expert gardener, 
Mrs. Abner's farm and garden exhibits often took first place at 
county agriculture fairs.  
Mrs. Abner was the widow of John Henry Abner.   
She is survived by two sons, former Lee County Sheriff Arthur Von 
Abner of Beattyville and Nola Thomas Abner of Morganton,  N.C.; two 
daughters, Rae Barnes of Clermont, Fla., and Mila Vern Abner of Vada;  
a brother, Dudley Drake of Beattyville; three sisters, Sallie Abner of  
Winchester, Letha Creech of Folerville, Mich., and Cindy Feltner of 
Hazard; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.  
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Union Church of Christ, Vada. 
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of services at the  church. 
Shackelford Funeral Home, Campton, is in charge of arrangements. 
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) 
Date: September  10, 1988
Edition: FINAL
Page: B11         

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