ELSIE ABEL

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Elsie Mae Abel, 77, of Olive Branch died Monday, May 11, 1998, at Meridian Manor Nursing Home in Mounds.

She was born March 15, 1921, in Alexander County, daughter of Jasper Elijah and Mary Lee Plyler Dunn. She married John Wesley Abel, who died in 1983.

Survivors include a daughter, Vicki Foster of San Antonio, Texas; a sister, Dallzey Dillman of Olive Branch; a brother, Milford Dunn of Memphis, Tenn.; and an adopted sister, Lil Criswell of Olive Branch.

She was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms after noon Wednesday.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Verlee Eaker officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.