, Jr.,Pastor Walter Maurice Abbott, Jr., former Church Ministries Director for the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, fell asleep in Christ on March 7, 2013 in Atlanta, Ga. Abbott was born Jan. 19, 1928 to Walter and Verna Abbott in Flomaton, Ala. He graduated from Southern Missionary College (now Southern Adventist University) in 1952.Shortly after graduation he married Dorothy Dortch on Sept. 7, 1952 and had two children, Sheree and Jeff.Survivors are, his wife, Dorothy Abbott; daughter, Sheree Denise (Kenneth) Hutchinson, of Jackson, Tenn.; son, Jeffery Scott (Jane) Abbott, of Ringgold, Ga.; three grandsons, Jeffery Scott (Karen) Abbott II, William Frederick Hutchinson, Drake Elliott Abbott; and three step-grandchildren, Anna (Graysen) Ballard, Amy Phillips, Phil Phillips; three great-grandsons, Parker and Bennett Ballard, Mason Davis Abbott.Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 12, at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Pastors Allan Williamson and Rick Esterline, officiating. Interment will be in the Collegedale Memorial Park Cemetery, College Drive, Collegedale, TN. Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort with the family and view the memorial tribute. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Southern Adventist University in memory of W. Maurice Abbott, Jr. 4881 Taylor Circle Collegedale, TN 37315. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, March 11, at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421