Obituary

Connell, Joe Elsemere

Services for Joe Connell, 45, of Abernathy will be at 10 a.m. today at First Baptist Church here with the Rev. Lloyd Riddle, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Royce Jennings, pastor of County Line Baptist Church.

Burial will be in Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Chambers Funeral Home of Abernathy.

Connell died about 5 a.m. Sunday in an accident near Del Rio on U.S. 90.

The County Line native had lived in the Abernathy area all his life. He was an insurance underwriter, president of the Abernathy Booster Club and a member of County Line Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Connell of Abernathy; two sons, a daughter; two sisters and a brother.