STEPHENSON, ABNER W.

Surnames:  STEPHENSON, HAGEMEIER, PARHAM.

THE MOODY COURIER
Moody, Texas

Feb 7, 1985

  ABNER W. (PAT) STEPHENSON

    
   Abner William (Pat) Stephenson, 62, of Belton, died Thursday afternoon of an apparent heart attack near Moody.
   Services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Heartfield Funeral Chapel in Belton with the Rev. Lloyd Hagemeier officiating. Burial was in Bellwood Cemetery.
   Mr. Stephenson was born Apr. 7, 1922 in Eddy, the son of Caska and Ethel Eddins Stephenson Sr. He was a graduate of Bruceville-Eddy High School and married the former Dorothy Parham at the Eddy Methodist Church on June 6, 1942.
   Mr. Stephenson was a retired employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company where he had worked for 32 years. He was a 20-year member of the Optimist Club. He served in the Air Force during World War II and during the Korean conflict. He had lived in Belton for the past two years.
   Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; a daughter, Patra Stephenson of Belton; a son, Craig R. Stephenson of Temple; one sister, Ida Madge Stephenson of Temple; and one brother, Caska W. Stephenson of Kerrville.
   The family has designated the Seventh Street United Methodist Church of Temple for memorials.

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