Monnie Mae Abbott, 78

TODDVILLE - Monnie Mae Abbott, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009, in the Mallard Bay Care Center, Cambridge. She was 78. She was born at Robbins on Dec. 6, 1930 and was a daughter of the late Ollie and Rosie Abbott Mills. She attended schools in Dorchester County. On April 12, 1952 she was married to William Parks Abbott Sr. Mr. Abbott passed away on Oct. 6, 1987. She was a homemaker for most of her life. Mrs. Abbott was a member of the Lakes & Straits Volunteer Fire Company and Cambridge Lodge No. 1211 Ladies of the Moose. She enjoyed dancing, spending time with her family and listening to country and gospel music. Mrs. Abbott had been in failing health for several years, and had been a resident at the Mallard Bay Care Center for the past three months, where she passed away early Saturday morning. Besides her parents and her husband, Mrs. Abbott was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Elizabeth Newcomb; a step-daughter, Ramona Lankford; and a step-son, William Parks Abbott Jr. Survivors include 10 children, Shirley Hicks of Cambridge, Carolyn Simmons of Toddville, Barbara Willey and her husband Carl Willey of Wingate, Marie Dryden of Cambridge, Harvey Abbott Sr. of Cambridge, Maryland Spies and her husband Elmer Spies of Cambridge, Parks Junior Abbott of Toddville, James Abbott of Manchester, Tenn., Mary Diane Jones and her husband James Jones of Cambridge, and Wylie E. Abbott and his wife Beverly Abbott of Cambridge; 24 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by 6 step-children, Betty Hastings of Cambridge, Mae Fitzhugh of Cambridge, Lottie King of Cambridge, Joy Jackson of Cambridge, Harold Abbott of Cambridge, and Loretta Dibble of Cambridge; two sisters, Lillian Warfield of Cambridge, and Gloria Jean Thomas of Cambridge; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at the Wesley Church at Andrews, with the Rev. Linda Jones and the Rev. Lavone Chester officiating. Interment will follow in the adjoining churchyard. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wesley Church, c/o Mr. Lee Hughes, 2612 Shane Circle, Cambridge, MD 21613. Pallbearers will be Harvey Abbott Sr., James Abbott, Parks Junior Abbott, Wylie Abbott, Junior Morgan and James Jones. Honorary bearers will be Frankie Warner and Billy Wingate Jr.