Walter “Gene” Horton was a wonderful husband, of 53 years to Kay Horton, and a dedicated father to his 3 daughters. He was also an attentive and loving grandfather to his 10 grandchildren. He served his country in both the Marines and Air Force and then spent his career in the computer industry.
Upon his retirement in 1999, he spent his time with his family. His last grandchild, Sarah Mei Horton, came home from China in 2007 as a Special Needs Heart Baby and had two open-heart surgeries. Gene Horton also had open-heart surgery in 1996. He and Sarah Mei often discussed their shared “zipper” scar from their open-heart surgeries.
In memory of his love of his grandchildren and his generous nature, we are setting up this fund to bring home more children to loving Christian families..
To DONATE BY MAIL, please make out the check to ABBA Fund (do not write the family name on the physical check, which will invalidate the charitable aspect of your gift ... instead either print out this page to send with it or include a separate note to request that we preference your gift toward the family profiled on this page) -- then mail your check and preference request to:
ABBA Fund, PO BOX 868049, Plano, TX 75086-8049
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**AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION FROM ABBA FUND ABOUT YOUR DONATION**
Using the online form on this page automatically submits a request to preference your gift to the family profiled on this page as part of ABBA Fund’s Christian Family Adoption Grant Fund. ABBA Fund administers this fund and maintains full control and administration of all donated funds. We also strive to honor our donor’s preference requests in accordance with IRS and Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) guidelines.
The IRS allows donors to state a preference of how their contribution is used and request that the gift support a particular family — and it allows the charitable organization (ABBA Fund) to fully consider that request as long as the donor understands and acknowledges for charitably given tax-deductible gifts that the ultimate authority regarding the disposition of your gift is at the discretion of the charitable organization. By using this online form, or other method described above, you are acknowledging an understanding of those IRS guidelines.