Kate Elizabeth Sewell Abernathy was born October 3, 1924 in Selmer, Tennessee the daughter of the late William and Mary Hardin Sewell. Mrs. Abernathy was a Registered Nurse.She departed this life on June 18, 2006 in Germantown, Tennessee at the age of 81 Years, 8 Months, 15 Days.Mrs. Abernathy is survived by a daughter, Paula McLarty of Olive Branch, Mississippi, and a sister, Jimmie Sewell Atkins of Houston, Texas.She is preceded in death by her husband Paul Hayes Abernathy and her parents, William and Mary Hardin Sewell.