Abbie Pool Jimerson

Funeral services for Abbie Pool Jimerson, 94, of Henderson, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark Headrick officiating. Interment will be in Strong Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home in Henderson, Texas.Abbie Irene Pool Jimerson was born April 17, 1916 to Eva and Bishop Pool and was raised in the Oakland Community just east of Henderson. She married Elwood Jimerson and they were together for 40 years until his death in 1976. They raised one son, David, on their farm off of the Nacogdoches Highway. Abbie was an excellent seamstress and worked for Fitchenes Manufacturing for 35 years. She also loved quilting with a group of friends and made many beautiful quilts. She was active in the First Freewill Baptist Church most of her adult life and loved giving rides to church to all who needed them, especially children. Abbie had a sharp wit and loved to tell stories about growing up in the country, and she always tried to find the humor in every situation.Family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at the funeral home.She was preceded in death by: husband, Elwood Jimerson; son, David Elwood Jimerson; brothers and sisters-in-law, Willis and Rebecca Pool, Ruben and Lucille Pool, Cecil and Nanny Myrtle Pool; sisters and brothers-in-law, Lois and Evera Copeland, Jewel and Dennis Rushton, and Ruel and Grady Sanders.Survivors include: daughter-in-law, Vivian Jimerson of Henderson; sister, Willie Goodrich of Henderson; grandchildren, Micheal Jimerson and wife Mona, and Michelle Cooper and husband Ronald, both of the Oakland Community; great-grandchildren, David Elwood Jimerson and Taylor David Cooper of the Oakland Community, and Joshua Gloor of Kilgore; great-great-grandchild, Waylon Gloor two very special nieces, Mary Holt of Henderson and Karen Belgard of Carrollton; and a host of other nieces, nephews, family and friends.Pallbearers will be James Copeland, Jerry Pool, Ronald Cooper, Bill Burns, Tommy Jimerson, and Doyle Benson. Honorary pallbearers will be Don Copeland, Charles Pool, Tommy Benson, and Jerry Moore.Condolences may be made at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Abbie Pool Jimerson

April 17, 1916 - March 21, 2011