Mary Lynn Moreland Abernathy

Mary Lynn Moreland Abernathy, 73, of Vernon, Texas, died on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 in Vernon, Texas.Services will be Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel with graveside services at Wilbarger Memorial Park to follow. Offi ciating will be Rev. Brooks Kimmey.Lynn was born on Monday, Oct. 6, 1947, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of the late Bobby Joe Moreland and the late Mary Smith Moreland. She married Larry Abernathy on Aug. 30, 1969, in Tulsa. She was a graduate of Nathan Hale High School in Tulsa, and Oklahoma State University with a degree in education. Lynn was an elementary school teacher for 20 years. She taught four years in Houston, Texas, then sixteen years in second grade at Central Elementary School in Vernon. Lynn was a member of the First Baptist Church of Vernon, Texas.Lynn is survived by her husband Larry, their three children: Stacy Abernathy Jackson and husband Jeffrey (Lindale, Texas), Lyle Abernathy and wife Megan (Vernon), Leigh Abernathy (Dallas, Texas), and three grandchildren: Mark Jackson, Luke Jackson, and Maggie Jackson. She is also survived by a brother, Bob Moreland, and wife Leslie (Leawood, Kansas). Memorials can be made to the Hospice of Wichita Falls, P.O. Box 4804, Wichita Falls, Texas 76308.Online condolences may be made to the family at www.sullivanfuneralhomevernon.comMary