James Christopher Abernathy

James 'Jiggs' Christopher Abernathy, 70, of Cleveland.

Mr. Abernathy passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at Autumn

Breeze Nursing Home in Marietta following an extended illness.

Funeral services are scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 2011,

at the chapel of Alexander Funeral Home with the Rev. Dave

Fortner officiating. Burial will follow at Chattahoochee United

Methodist Church Cemetery.

Born in White County on Oct. 4, 1940, he was the son of the late

Ned Abernathy and Carrie Addis Abernathy.

Mr. Abernathy was a lifelong resident of White County, a member

of Union Baptist Church and had worked in the textile industry at

Riegel and Mt. Vernon Mills.

Survivors include his brother and sister-in-law, Sidney and Ovaline

Abernathy of Calhoun; his sister and brother-in-law, Sybil and

Morris Biggers of Cleveland; and sisters-in-law, Mamie Abernathy of Clarkesville and Elizabeth Abernathy of Cleveland.

The family will receive friends at Alexander Funeral Home, 2721

Highway 129 South, Cleveland, from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 15.

Flowers will be acknowledged, or memorials may be made to Chattahoochee

United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Harold McCay, 329

Clayton Road, Helen, GA 30545.

Online condolences to the family may be sent at www.alexander-

funeral.com.