Norman Bon-Durant KENT

1909 - 1959  (49 years)

• Name	Norman Bon-Durant KENT  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	10 Dec 1909  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Aug 1959  [3]
  Burial	Abt 12 Aug 1959	Riverview Cemetery/Richmond, Virginia, USA   [3]
  		KENT, Norman Bon-Durant
  Person ID	I4101	Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Hazel Irene ABSHIRE,   b. 26 Oct 1923, Mount Hope, Fayette, West Virginia, USA d. 22 Jul 2013, Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	15 Nov 1958	Petersburg, Fauquier, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Stephen B. KENT
  Family ID	F1465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 15 Nov 1958 - Petersburg, Fauquier, Virginia, USA Burial - Abt 12 Aug 1959 - Riverview Cemetery/Richmond, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S1237] Obituary of Mabel P. ABSHIRE. Mabel P. Abshire MT. HOPE - Mrs. Mabel Perry Abshire, 86, died Sunday, Jan. 14, at 11:55 p.m., in a Hilltop care center following a long illness. Born May 23, 1903, at Mt. Hope, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Doshia White Perry. Mrs. Abshire was a former employee of the Kroger Company, member of the Mt. Hope Christian Church and the Winola Chapter No. 59 Order of the Easter Star at Mt. Hope. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Abshire in 1944; a son, Ashby Abshire in 1979; seven brothers and four sisters. Survivors include two sons, Charles J. (Jim) Abshire of Uniontown, Ohio and Lewis R. (Tommy) Abshire of Pontiac [sic], Md; two daughters, Muriel Deal and Hazel Kent, both of Mt. Hope; a sister, Sally Davis of Athens, Ga.; 12 grand-children and 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel in Mt. Hope with the Rev. Larry E. Hatfield officiating. Burial will be in the High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill. Friends may call Wednesday from noon until time of the services. Any donations of sympathy may be made to the Mt. Hope Christian Church or the Mt. Hope Library. [S1245] Obituary of Hazel Irene KENT, (Name: Register-Herald; Location: Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, USA; Date: 24 Jul 2013;). HAZEL IRENE ABSHIRE KENT Hazel Irene "Cissie" Abshire Kent, 89, of Beckley, formerly of Mount Hope, died at her home on Monday, July 22, 2013. Born October 26, 1923, at Mount Hope, she was the daughter of the late George A. and Mabel Perry Abshire. She married Norman Bon-Durant Kent on November 15, 1958 in Petersburg, Virginia. Hazel was a retired employee of the Fayette County Board of Education as a custodian at Mount Hope Elementary School. She was a member of the Mount Hope Christian Church and the Winolia Chapter No. 59, Order of the Eastern Star, Mount Hope. She was preceded in death by her sister, Muriel Deal and two brothers, Ashby Abshire and Lewis “Tommy” Abshire. Survivors include her son, Stephen B. Kent and his wife, Michele; two grandsons, Stephen J. Kent and Logan Kent; one brother, Charles “Jim” Abshire; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Nancy Martin, Della Cole and John Creed. Graveside rites will be 2 p.m. Friday, July 26, 2013, at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity with Minister Dennis Kinzer officiating. Burial will follow. Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope. [S1246] Riverview Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia, USA), Grave Markers. NORMAN BONDURANT KENT DECEMBER 10, 1909 AUGUST 9, 1959