Retired Maser Sgt. Abner Milton

TUSCALOOSA Retired Master Sgt. Abner Milton, age 59, of Tuscaloosa, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at Hospice of West Alabama. Services will be 12 noon Friday, March 23, 2012, at Daystar Family Church in Northport with Pastor Leon Lee of Church of Judah International officiating. Burial with military honors provided by the U.S. Army will follow in Cedar Oak Memorial Park with Van Hoose & Steele Funeral Home & Cremation Services directing. Visitation will be Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home. The body will lie in state one hour prior to services at the church.He was preceded in death by his parents, Abner Hal Milton and Lou Helen Milton.Survivors include his wife, Annette Ivory Milton of Tuscaloosa; three sons, Michael Jermaine Atkins of Eutaw and Abner Jamel Milton and Amarus Javall Milton of Tuscaloosa; two daughters, Marilyn Maria Atkins of Eutaw and Shenique Monique Milton of Northport; three brothers, Leroy Crenshaw (Bessie) of Springfield, Mass., Robert Milton (Mattie) of Tuscaloosa, and McArthur Milton (Susie) of Forkland; one sister, Mary Florence Jones of Tuscaloosa; two grandchildren, Jamal Rashad Atkins and Jamarcus Dashad Atkins of Eutaw; a very special aunt, Mary Helen Colvin of Eutaw; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Frank Ivory Sr. and Mattie Mae Ivory of Tuscaloosa; brother-in-law, Frank Ivory Jr. (Barbara) of Tuscaloosa; two sisters-in-law, Evangelist Gloria Ann Finley and Jeannette Stevenson of Tuscaloosa; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.