Ralph David Abernathy Sr (1926 - 1990)

Born 11 Mar 1926 in Linden, Marengo Couty, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Juanita Odessa (Jones) Abernathy — married 31 Aug 1952 in Alabama, United States

Died 17 Apr 1990 at age 64 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Ralph Abernathy Sr is Notable.

Platoon Sergeant Ralph Abernathy Sr served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 1944
Unit(s):
Service ended:

Ralph was a Freemason, Prince Hall Affiliated

Ralph David Abernathy Sr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He collaborated with Martin Luther King to create the Montgomery Improvement Association which led to the Montgomery bus boycott. He also co-founded and was an executive board member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He also served as an advisory committee member of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE).

During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Army, and rose to the rank of Platoon Sergeant before being discharged.

enrolled at Alabama State University using the benefits from the G.I. Bill, which he earned with his service.

The son of William and Lou Ivery (Bell) Abernathy, he married Juanita Odessa Jones on 31 August 1945 in Alabama.^[1]

Children

1. Ralph David Abernathy Jr.
2. Juandalynn Ralpheda
3. Donzaleigh Avis
4. Ralph David Abernathy III
5. Kwame Luthuli Abernathy

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q216-XBV4 : 15 November 2020), Ralph David Abernathy and Juanita Odessa Jones, 31 Aug 1952; citing Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,892,845.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3JVL-XPZ : accessed 31 December 2020), David Abernathy, Election Precinct 18 Jacksons Store, Marengo, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm . Image: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R4C-9FH?cc=1810731&wc=QZF9-6GY%3A648803601%2C650906601%2C650931901%2C1589282428 : 8 December 2015), Alabama > Marengo > Jacksons Store > ED 28 > image 12 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1PZ-TZC : 6 February 2020), David Abernathy in household of Will Abernathy, Election Precinct 18, Marengo, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46-31, sheet 4A, line 15, family 45, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 58.
• "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4SY-NY4 : 24 December 2014), Ralph D Abernathy, 17 Apr 1990; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Fulton, Georgia, certificate number 017572, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3ZC-22R : 4 December 2020), Ralph D Abernathy, 17 Apr 1990; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8YC-2YH : 5 December 2014), Ralph D Abernathy, enlisted 12 Aug 1944, Ft Benning, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7L-2CNF : accessed 10 March 2021), Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, Georgia, United States, 18 Apr 1990; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The, born-digital text.

• wikipedia:Ralph Abernathy

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8533/ralph-david-abernathy : accessed 08 January 2022), memorial page for Rev Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (11 Mar 1926–17 Apr 1990), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8533, citing Lincoln Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave .