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Submitted: 9/18/20 • Approved: 9/18/20 • Last Updated: 9/21/20 • R352921-G352921-S3
Robert V. “Bidd”
August 26, 1914-November 26, 1998
Helen B. Mahon
January 9, 1919-November 24, 2015
Married December 1, 1934
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Photo, courtesy of Kay Marshall
*Obituary for Helen
Helen B. Totty passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2015 in Flatonia, TX, where she had lived since March of 2008 and was cared for by her daughter Carol. Visitation for family and friends will be held at 4:00 pm Sunday, November 29th at Abell Funeral Home in Abernathy. Rev. Mike O'Donnell will officiate the private family services. Burial will follow in the Abernathy IOOF Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, TX.
Helen was born to Charles and Alice Mahon on January 9, 1919. She married Robert Totty in Mangum, Oklahoma on December 1, 1934. He preceded her in death in 1998. She was a graduate of Isabel Powell Beauty College and owned and operated a beauty salon in Abernathy for many years. Helen also belonged to the Lubbock Chapter of ABW, Rebekah Lodge and First Baptist Church in Abernathy.
She was preceded in death by her son Flavil Totty, her daughter Treva Totty and one granddaughter Jiminey Owens. She is survived by two daughters, Evelyn Daugherty of Plainfield, IN and Carol Littlefield Jowett of Flatonia, TX, 6 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and11 great-great grandchildren. Memorials are suggested to the Abernathy First Baptist Church, 411 Seventh Street, Abernathy, TX 79311. www.abellfuneralhome.com
*Obituary for Robert
Services for Robert Vaile Totty, 84, of Abernathy will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the Abernathy First Baptist Church with the Rev. Mike Wilcox, pastor, and the Rev. Dennis Teeters, pastor of Lamesa First Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home.
He died Thursday, Nov. 26 1998, at his residence.
He was born Aug. 26, 1914, in Beckam County, Okla., and married Helen Mahon on Dec. 1, 1934, in Mangum, Okla.
He was a 51-year member of the Independent Order Of Oddfellows. He also was a member of the First Baptist Church and was a retired farmer.
He was preceded in death by one son, Flavil Wayne Totty; one daughter, Treva Faye Totty; and one grandchild, Jiminey Rachelle Owens.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Evelyn Vaile Daugherty of Indianapolis and Carol Delane Kramer of Houston; two brothers, Norvel Totty of Springdale, Ark., and Waymon Totty of Oracle, Ariz.; six grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Source: Abell Funeral Home.
Contributed on 9/18/20 by neldapat
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