Mrs. Nevada H. Abernathy, 87, of 517 Cassville Road, died in a local hospital Sunday, February 21, 1982, following an extended illness.

She was a native of Bartow County and was a daughter of the late Bob and Liddie A. Howell.  She was a member of the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church and was a housewife.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Hugh Sanford of Cartersville and Mrs. John W. Waits of Emerson; four sons, Odie, Melvin, DeWitt and Oliver Abernathy, all of Cartersville; 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Elihue R. Abernathy, in 1954.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 23, at the Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church on Canton Highway with Elder Wayne Peters and Elder W.D. Howell officiating.  Interment will be in the Old Macedonia Cemetery.  Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

[NOTES: Daughter of Robert Howell and Liddie Abernathy.]