Cora
Lee
Abercrombie
formerly Tomkins
Born in Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Franklin Tompkins
and Martha Ada (Cassell) Tompkins
Sister of
Joseph Fred Tompkins
Wife of
Robert Harrison Abercrombie
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1930s - 2010s)]
Died
at age 89
in Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America
Profile last modified
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Biography
Cora was born in 1914. She passed away in 2004.[1]
- OBITUARY
The Greenville News (SC) - Friday, April 23, 2004, Page 6B
CENTRAL, SC - Cora T. Abercrombie, 89, widow of Robert H. Abercrombie, died Thursday, April 22, 2004, at Cannon Memorial Hospital.
A native of Pickens, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Martha Cassell Tompkins. She was a homemaker and was a member of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church.
Surviving are sons, Robert E. "Gene" Abercrombie and wife, Pauline, of Pickens, Charles Abercrombie and wife, Shirley, of Pickens and Joe Abercrombie and wife, Willene, of Central; a brother, George Tompkins, of Six Mile; nine grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Elton Abercrombie, and a daughter, Martha Stone.
Funeral services will be Saturday, April 24, 2004, at 2 p.m. in the Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home chapel. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the ALS Association, 1425-113 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, NC 27610.
Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central-Clemson Commons, is assisting the family with arrangements.
- Cora Lee Abercrombie in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Cora Lee Abercrombie Gender: Female Birth Date: 30 Dec 1914 Birth Place: Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America Death Date: 22 Apr 2004 Death Place: Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America Cemetery: Memory Gardens [2] Burial or Cremation Place: Clemson, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America
- Father: David Franklin Tompkins
- Spouse: Amos Mitchell Sheriff
- Children listed
- Fred Elton Abercrombie
- Bobby Joe Abercrombie
- Martha Emma Stone
- Robert Eugene Abercrombie
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cora by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cora:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cora by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cora:
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~0.78%
Marshall Moss
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A811342 [compare], Ancestry member Marshall_Moss
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Melissa McPheeters :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LS3193846 [compare]
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