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[Newspaper] Publication: The Muncie Evening Press Muncie, IN, United States |
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McAbee Funeral To Be Wednesday
Funeral rites for Col. Philip W. McAbee, 68, Muncie industrialist who died unexpectedly at Knoxville, Tenn., Sunday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Meeks mortuary. Former business associates will serve as pallbearers. The Reverend C. Russell Moodey of the Grace Episcopal Church will officiate, with interment following in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary Tuesday evening or any time before the services Wednesday. Flowers are to be omitted. Pallbearers for Col. McAbee will be W. P. Zimmerman, M. K. Holmes, C. H. Smith, C. H. Alexander, Robert Pershing, John Maken [sic] Macken, Earl Hiatt, and Harold Eastus. Col. McAbee was former president of the Hemingray Glass Company, retiring in 1933. |
| Keywords: | Hemingray |
| Researcher notes: | Philip McAbee was the husband of Carroll Hemingray, daughter of Ralph Hemingray. McAbee served as president of the Hemingray Glass Company from 1920 to 1933 when the company was bought by Owens - Illinois. |
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| Researcher: | Roger Lucas / Bob Stahr |
| Date completed: | December 5, 2004 by: Glenn Drummond; |