Mr. Abels was a former resident of Kosciusko, MS; and a resident of Biloxi, MS. He was retired from the military, serving in the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps, and was a veteran of Vietnam. He received the Meritorious Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Longevity Service Award Ribbon, NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Overseas Ribbon Long Tour and Short Tour, Training Ribbon, Vietnam Service Medal, RVN Campaign Medal and RVN Gallantry Cross with Palm. He was retired from foreign services.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Abels of Biloxi, MS; three daughters, Alicia Ables of Biloxi, MS; Andrea Carrizo of Gulfport, MS; and Theresa Abels of Atlanta, GA; and four brothers, Sidney Abels, Charles K. Ables, Joel Allen Ables, and Juston L. Ables, all of Kosciusko, MS.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS.
A service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home chapel.
Burial in Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko, MS.
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Mr. Abels was a former resident of Kosciusko, MS; and a resident of Biloxi, MS. He was retired from the military, serving in the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps, and was a veteran of Vietnam. He received the Meritorious Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, Longevity Service Award Ribbon, NCO Professional Military Education Graduate Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Overseas Ribbon Long Tour and Short Tour, Training Ribbon, Vietnam Service Medal, RVN Campaign Medal and RVN Gallantry Cross with Palm. He was retired from foreign services.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Abels of Biloxi, MS; three daughters, Alicia Ables of Biloxi, MS; Andrea Carrizo of Gulfport, MS; and Theresa Abels of Atlanta, GA; and four brothers, Sidney Abels, Charles K. Ables, Joel Allen Ables, and Juston L. Ables, all of Kosciusko, MS.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Jordan Funeral Home in Kosciusko, MS.
A service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home chapel.
Burial in Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko, MS.
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Family Members
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Horace Eugene Ables
1929–1977
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Martha Adelle Ables Campbell
1930–1996
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Mavis Christine Abels Rawson
1933–2001
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Edgar Sherman Abels
1934–1997
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Ernest Troy Ables
1937–1992
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James Lewis Ables
1939–1977
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Sidney Floyd Abels
1943–2021
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Kathryn Wayne Ables Proctor
1945–1992
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Charles Kenneth Ables
1947–2003
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Joel Allen Abels
1949–2002
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