Doris Aline Abraham

Doris Aline Abraham passed from this life on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, at 8:30 in the morning at her home in Marshall. Services for Mrs. Abraham, 86, will be Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at 10 a.m. at the Colonial Chapel of Sullivan Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Colonial Gardens Cemetery. Officiating will be Chaplain Arnold Shrewsbury. Mrs. Abraham was born Oct. 23, 1923, in Vicksburg, Miss., to John Michael Moses Sr., and Aline Moses. On April 20, 1947, Mrs. Abraham married the love of her life Edward Abraham, a union that lasted 51 years. Mrs. Abraham worked along side her husband in their family grocery store, Abraham's Food Town. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, where she served as an elder and was very active in the Women of the Church. Mrs. Abraham was a devoted and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by three sons, one daughter and three daughters-in-law, Brian and Peggy Abraham, Bruce and Glennda Abraham, Brenda Abraham and Bill and Kathleen Abraham, all of Marshall; nine grandchildren, Link Abraham and wife Amy of Stonewall, La., Amanda Abraham, Ashley Abraham, Mary Carol Abraham, Kyle Abraham, Laynie Abraham, and Mia Abraham, all of Marshall, Chuck Abraham of Independence and Hannah Abraham of College Station; two great-grandchildren, Katie Abraham and Jackson Abraham of Stonewall, La.; one sister, Ann Sudeiha of Mobile, Ala.; three sisters-in-law, Dolly Moses of Vicksburg, Miss., Adrah Abraham of Marshall and Joy Haddad of El Paso; and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ed Abraham; her father, John Michael Moses Sr.; her mother, Aline Moses; and her two brothers, Albert Moses and John Moses. The family would like to thank Mrs. Abraham's caregivers, Diane Johnson, Riddie Jones, Linda Rider, and Pat McCowan for the loving care that was shown and administered. A special thank you to Dr. Robert Hernandez of Shreveport, La., for the wonderful care he provided. The family would also like to thank the caregivers from Heartsway Hospice of Longview for the care and concern shown to their mother and themselves, especially Susan, Kim, Stacey, Toby, Kari and Barbara. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be Link Abraham, Chuck Abraham, Kyle Abraham, Charles Abraham, Bobby Mike, Kenneth White, Jimmy Sudeiha, Otis Williams, Tommy Barkett, Johnny Barkett, Jack Hester, Fred Sudeiha and Fred Cameron. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Heartsway Hospice, 1306 Pine Tree Road, Longview, Tx. 75604 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, Tenn. 38105. Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, at Sullivan Funeral Home, 100 Travis Street in Marshall. On-line condolences may be made to www.sullivan-funeral home.com. Sullivan Funeral Home