Title
Staff Sergeant James Austin Abernathy
Subject
World War II
United States Army
Description
Staff Sergeant James Austin Abernathy was killed in France on March 7, 1945, while serving with the 66th Reconnaissance Troop. Sgt. Abernathy was the son of Mrs. Ruby Abernathy of Tuscaloosa.
Sgt. Abernathy's family ran a Tuscaloosa grocery store named Abernathy's that would stay in business until 2000 (see the following article) https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nmk1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=66cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5683%2C324714.
Sgt. Abernathy's brother would later name his son after his brother, see this article: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aO4-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HE0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5459%2C6510289.
A photo of Sgt. Abernathy and that of his grave can be found at this site: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56349314/james-austin-abernathy.
Sgt. Abernathy's family ran a Tuscaloosa grocery store named Abernathy's that would stay in business until 2000 (see the following article) https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nmk1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=66cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5683%2C324714.
Sgt. Abernathy's brother would later name his son after his brother, see this article: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aO4-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HE0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5459%2C6510289.
A photo of Sgt. Abernathy and that of his grave can be found at this site: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56349314/james-austin-abernathy.
Source
Tuscaloosa News
Find A Grave
Publisher
Tuscaloosa News
Date
May 13, 1945
Contributor
Tuscaloosa Public Library
Type
Newspaper
Identifier
1285
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Newspaper