Walter “Butch” Eugene Abernathy, 49, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014.
Butch worked 23 years at express lube in Winder on W. May Street. He was preceded in death by his father, Don Waldron.
Survivors include his wife of 33 years, Resa Abernathy; mother, Ethel Waldron; sons, Donald Abernathy and wife Wendy, Jarold Ray Abernathy and wife Katie, all of Athens; daughters, Kim Abernathy and Tasha Abernathy, all of Athens; brothers, Lamar Abernathy and wife Sandra, Maysville, Robert Waldron, Wayne Waldron, Tracy Waldron, all of Loganville, Tommy Waldron, Winder; sisters, Pastor Arlene Smith and husband Vernard, Jefferson, Tammy Hightower and husband Rex, Arcade, Sue Gazaway and Darlene Reeves, both of Commerce; 10 grandchildren; best buddy from school, Stevie House; and a host of other relatives.
Funeral services were held Friday, September 12, at Lawson Funeral Home. Pastor Arlene Smith officiated. Interment was in the Hoschton City Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements were by Lawson Funeral Home, Hoschton.
www.lawsonfuneralhome.org.