Sister Mary Damien Abell

Date of Birth: August 23, 1910
Date of Death: March 22, 2001
Age at Death: 90 years
Marker Location: Row D No. 55

Mildred, daughter of Henry Frank and Elizabeth Adelade Spalding Abell, was born August 23, 1910, near Elizabethtown, Ky. Mildred was next to the youngest of six children of her father’s second marriage. When Mildred was 3 years old, her mother died giving birth to a baby boy named Richard. The baby also died. Mildred’s formal education…

Sister Mary Lawrence Abell

Date of Birth: April 3, 1898
Date of Death: January 9, 1981
Age at Death: 82 years
Marker Location: Row E No. 30

Ella joined the family of Lawrence and Emma Luckett Abell on April 3, 1899, at Calvary, Ky., the eighth of nine children. The Abell family, pioneers from Maryland, was active in the history of the Catholic Church in the Rolling Fork territory from the time of its settlement in 1785. Ella attended Calvary Public School.…

Sister Mary Otho Abell

Date of Birth: March 30, 1901
Date of Death: April 26, 2000
Age at Death: 99 years
Marker Location: Row J No. 53

Mary William (Willie), ninth child of William Lawrence and Ann Emma Luckett Abell, was born March 30, 1901, at Calvary, Ky. Her faith journey began with baptism on April 10, at Holy Name of Mary Church. Willie’s formal education began at Calvary Public Elementary School in September 1907 where she completed the eighth grade. She…