Monnie Mae Abbott

Monnie Mae Abbott, 78 of Toddville, passed away at the Mallard Bay Care Center in Cambridge on Saturday June 13, 2009. She was born at Robbins on December 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 October 6, 1987. She was a homemaker for most of her life. Mrs. Abbott was a member of the Lakes & Straits 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 she had been a resident at the Mallard Bay Care Center for the past 3 months where she passed away early Saturday morning.

Dorchester

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, Tennessee, Mary Diane Jones and her husband James Jones of Cambridge, Wylie E. Abbott and his wife Beverly Abbott of Cambridge, 24 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren 3 great great grandchildren, She is also survived by 6 Step children Betty Hasting of Cambridge, Mae Fitzhugh of Cambridge, Lottie King of Cambridge, Joy Jackson of Cambridge, Harold Abbott of Cambridge, Loretta Dibble of Cambridge, two sisters Lillian Warfield of Cambridge and Gloria Jean Thomas of Cambridge and several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents and her husband, Mrs. Abbott is preceded in death by a sister Mary Elizabeth Newcomb, a step daughter Ramona Lankford and a step son William Parks Abbott, Jr.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 PM 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 7:00 to 9:00 PM 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, Park Junior Abbott, Wylie Abbott, Junior Morgan and James Jones. Honorary bearers will be Frankie Warner and Billy Wingate, Jr.