Teresa Purcell Abner

Teresa Purcell Abner, age 63, of Paris, departed this life on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Teresa was born in Mason County, Kentucky on January 12, 1963, the daughter of the late Wilma Marie Williamson and Clifton C. “Tom” Purcell, Sr, was a graduate of Paris High School as well as having received her accounting degree from the University of Kentucky. She worked over twenty years as an office assistant at Trane Company, was the best mom to her two children having attended and led many of their school and community events during their teen years, and found her place of contentment to be outdoors, having played softball in her younger years, and fishing as she grew older. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, James Thomas Purcell, and two sisters, Sheryl Dawn “Sherri” Leggett, and Virginia Mae “Ginny” Gray.
Surviving is a son, John (DeDe) Abner; and a daughter Brittany Abner (Zach Wilson). Also surviving is a brother, Cliff (Susan) Purcell, Jr.; a sister Alice Amburgey; ex-husband and father of her children, Calvin Abner; as well as nieces and nephews, Cynthia Brunco, Bobby Gray, Thomas Gray, Pamela Gray, Heather Duffey, Amy Poole, Jason Purcell, Colby Purcell, Rocky Amburgey, Brandy Amburgey; many great nieces and great nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.
The visitation for Teresa Purcell Abner was at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at Hinton-Turner Funeral Home with the funeral service beginning at 1:00 p.m. Interment followed in Paris Cemetery with casket bearers being Bobby Gray, Thomas Gray, Rocky Amburgey, Zach Wilson, John Abner, and Calvin Abner.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 2167, Lexington, Kentucky 40588. www.hintonturner.com