Obituaries

Clifford Percy Abbott, 89, of Bonham, TX, passed away on November 1, 2025 in Sherman, TX.

Visitation will be 1:00 pm Saturday, November 15 at Bonham LDS Chapel, 1540 Hwy 78 South, Bonham, TX. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, November 15, 2025 at Bonham LDS Chapel with Elder Clifford Jacob Abbott officiating. Burial will follow at Abbott Acres Family Cemetery, Ivanhoe, TX. Arrangements are by Dannel Funeral Home.

Cliff was born in the family home in Ridgedale, Idaho on July 16, 1936 to Jacob Clifford Abbott and Percilla Archibald Abbott. He went to school in Brigham City, Utah and Malad, Idaho. He married Cherol Jane Davis on December 7, 1954 in Virginia, Idaho. He worked as a land title abstractor at Utah Savings & Trust, a grocery store clerk for IGA and Albertsons, and a sales representative for General Mills for over 25 years.

He was an active member of the LDS church, serving as Elder’s Quorum President, Young Men’s President, Ward Clerk, High Priest Group Leader and as a Scoutmaster, encouraging the young men to earn their Eagle Scout rank.

He and his wife served faithfully in the Idaho Falls, Logan, and Dallas temples and served as proselyting missionaries in the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Mission in Olean, New York. He was a Little League Baseball Coach for several years and was named Coach of the Year after his team won the Championship game with no errors committed in the game.

Cliff is preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, brothers Henry and Kenneth, grandson Gary Shane Wright, granddaughter Megan Mary Hulse, nephews Rocky and Rory Payne, brother-in-law Dennis Payne, sister-in-law Nancy Abbott, and many uncles, aunts, and cousins.

Cliff is survived by his wife, Cherol Jane Davis Abbott, daughter Janette (Gary) Wright, daughter Lori Ann (James) Herrick, son Clifford Lee (Dana) Abbott, son Kent Davis (Lisa) Abbott, daughter Mary Cherie (Jared) Hulse, sister Marie Payne and brother Gary Abbott, 33 surviving grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Gary Wright, Jim Herrick, Jared Hulse, Jared Wright. Ryan Wright, Christian Herrick, Nicholas Herrick, Jake Abbott, Cody Abbott and Tyler
Abbott.

Honorary Pallbearers are Skye Herrick.

The family of Clifford Abbott wishes to extend our sincere thanks to the many doctors, nurses, and staff at Sherman Medical Center and Carrus Hospital and Hospice staff for the kind and loving care they extended to our husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather in his last days.