Obituary

Services for C.W. Froust, 85, of Abernathy, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2011, in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Cothrin officiating. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy, Texas.

Mr. Froust died Thursday, March 24, 2011, in Lubbock, Texas. He was born Aug. 26, 1925, in Pineville, La. He married Sharon Louise Morgan on Aug. 4, 1979, in Abernathy, Texas. He went to work for Baker Office Products, Lubbock, Texas, as a salesman in 1960, and continued working until his death. He loved country music, reading and history. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Marcile Suit.

He is survived by his wife, Sharon of Abernathy, TX; seven children, Beth Ethridge and husband Troy of Bedford, TX, Bryan Froust, Shannon Pettit and wife Vicki, all of Lubbock, TX, Bobby Morgan of San Antonio, TX, Shaneva Johnson of Austin, MN, Jerry Morgan and wife Miki of St. Louis, MO, and Cassandra Beck and Husband Howard of Lubbock, TX; 20 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.