Lemuel Abrams
April 26, 2022 at 7:59 p.m.
Lemuel Abrams, age 81, of Laurel, passed away Tuesday, April 12, at Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center in Carmel, where he had been admitted earlier that day for surgery.
He was born April 25, 1940, in McKee, Kentucky, the son of Ruffie and Bertha Day Abrams.
On Dec. 26, 1958, he was married in Laurel to Etta Louise Gerrian. Mrs. Abrams passed away on Oct. 31, 2008.
He had been employed at Design & Manufacturing for 40 years; he owned and operated the Long Branch Tavern in Laurel.
Survivors include two daughters, Lugena Mc-Queen of Brookville and Teresa (Don) Scothorn of Burlington, Kentucky; a son, Randy (Sandy) Abrams of Rushville; five grandchildren; twenty great-grand-children; two brothers, Jon Wayne (Melody) Abrams and Jerry Abrams, all of Laurel; four sisters, Lutisha Jackson of Everton, Phyllis (James) Wells of Phoenix-, Martha Wicker of Conners-ville and Laverne (Bill) French of Laurel; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Lemuel Kevin Abrams; his parents; a sister, Marie Fields; and four brothers, Lonnie, Sr., Herschel, Herbert and Lermon Abrams.
Funeral services were conducted by Reverend Chuck Gerrian on Tuesday, April 19, at Miller, Moster, Robbins Funeral Home, where friends visited until the time of service. Burial was in Laurel North Cemetery.
Online condolences may be made anytime at millermosterrobbins.com.
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Lemuel Abrams, age 81, of Laurel, passed away Tuesday, April 12, at Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center in Carmel, where he had been admitted earlier that day for surgery.
He was born April 25, 1940, in McKee, Kentucky, the son of Ruffie and Bertha Day Abrams.
On Dec. 26, 1958, he was married in Laurel to Etta Louise Gerrian. Mrs. Abrams passed away on Oct. 31, 2008.
He had been employed at Design & Manufacturing for 40 years; he owned and operated the Long Branch Tavern in Laurel.
Survivors include two daughters, Lugena Mc-Queen of Brookville and Teresa (Don) Scothorn of Burlington, Kentucky; a son, Randy (Sandy) Abrams of Rushville; five grandchildren; twenty great-grand-children; two brothers, Jon Wayne (Melody) Abrams and Jerry Abrams, all of Laurel; four sisters, Lutisha Jackson of Everton, Phyllis (James) Wells of Phoenix-, Martha Wicker of Conners-ville and Laverne (Bill) French of Laurel; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Lemuel Kevin Abrams; his parents; a sister, Marie Fields; and four brothers, Lonnie, Sr., Herschel, Herbert and Lermon Abrams.
Funeral services were conducted by Reverend Chuck Gerrian on Tuesday, April 19, at Miller, Moster, Robbins Funeral Home, where friends visited until the time of service. Burial was in Laurel North Cemetery.
Online condolences may be made anytime at millermosterrobbins.com.
(Paid obituary)