Janet Linn Abner

Janet Linn Abner, 62, of Big Spring, Texas, passed away Sept. 23, 2021, surrounded by family and friends in Big Spring, Texas.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel. Family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Heritage Museum, 510 Scurry St., Big Spring, Texas.

Janet was born Sept. 11, 1959, in Houston, Texas, to Betty Petty and Roy Loftin.

Janet married Richard Abner on Nov. 7, 1982. They had two amazing daughters, Chelsea and Katlin.

She graduated from Forsan High School in 1979 and worked at the Big Spring State Hospital for many years and drove back and forth to Odessa pursuing her bachelors and master’s degrees in psychology from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. She obtained her degrees and was a Psychologist.

Janet, Rich and the girls were involved with softball in every aspect of the game. As the girls grew more competitive in the sport you would find them on the road every week to a tournament all over the state. This love for sports was a center of their lives all the way through high school and in college. It was always softball for Chelsea and for Katy it grew into volleyball, softball and pole vaulting. That competitive spirit was a driving force for many years. Once the girls graduated, Janet and Rich decided they were better friends and went their separate ways.

Once the girls graduated, she started her second career as a Behavior/Life skills Special Education Teacher for Coahoma, ISD. Her students became her life then. She worked so hard to make sure that they have every opportunity just like everyone else. They had a program where the students would