Mr. Thomas M. "Tom" Abell, age 74 of Lebanon, KY, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2013 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. He was born on April 7, 1939 in Marion County, KY. Mr. Abell was the retired owner and operator of Abell Oil Company, and a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Patterson Abell; parents, Fowler Athanasius and Anna Spalding Abell; brother, James Mark Abell; sister, Cecilia Abell; grandson, Thomas Brandon Abell.

Survivors include three sons, Joe (Julie) Abell, of Stafford, VA, Eugene (Dana) Abell, of Lebanon, KY, Jamie (Stephanie) Abell, of Lebanon, KY; two daughters, Sissy (Joe Marion) Blandford, of St. Frances, KY, Wanda (Ray) Meade, of Ashland, KY; three brothers, Pat Abell, of Lebanon, KY, Lawrence Abell, of Lebanon, KY, Fowler Abell, of Lebanon, KY; three sisters, Mary Lou Milner, of Georgia, Sheila Williams, of Louisville, KY, Libby Barlow, of Lebanon, KY. Also surviving are thirteen grandchildren.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 22, 2013 at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Interment to follow in the chuch cemetery.


Visitations will be held after 4:00 p.m. Sunday at Bosley Funeral Home. A prayer service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Sunday evening by Deacon Joseph R. Dant.