RICHARD LEE "TEX" ABEL
~ BORN ~
MONDAY, 12 JANUARY 1942
~ DIED ~
SUNDAY, 26 MARCH 2000
Aged 58 Years, 3 Months, 14 Days
"Let Us Cross That River To Rest Beneith The Shade Of The Trees."
Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson - 10 May 1863
Richard Lee "Tex" Abel of Dumfries died Sunday, 26 March 2000 at Potomac Hopsital.
He was a lifelong resident of Dumfries and was one of the original Members of the Prince William County Police. He started with the Sheriff's Office and retired from the Prince William County Police Department in 1997 with a combined Police Service of 32 years. He was a Member of The Fraternal Order of Police, The Police Association, American Legion, The Blue Knights #12 and the Matthew Fontaine Maury Camp #1722 Sons of Confederate Veterans in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Compatriot Richard Lee "Tex" Abel was burried on Wednesday, 29 March 2000 at 12 noon in the Abel Family Cemetery which adjoins the Quantico National Cemetery.
"The Lord Is My Strength And My Shield; My Heart Trusted In Him, And I Am Helped, Therefore My Heart Greatly Rejoiceth: And With My Song Will I Praise Him."
Psalms 28:7
" 'Lest Us Not Forget, For They Then Shall Be Lost And Forgotten To Time...
He Shall Be Remembered."
~ Deo Vindice ~
