Personal Life
Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 15, 1914.
Abrams married Julia Berthe Harvey (1915–2003) in 1936. Julia Abrams founded the Army group of Arlington Ladies and devoted a great deal of her time to humanitarian causes.
The Abrams had three sons and three daughters. All three sons became Army general officers: retired Brigadier General Creighton Williams Abrams III, retired Army General John Nelson Abrams and Major General Robert Bruce Abrams. Daughters Noel Bradley, Jeanne Daley and Elizabeth Doyle all married Army officers.
Creighton died of lung cancer in Washington D.C. after being re-admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he previously had a cancerous lung removed.
Abrams is buried with his wife in Section 21 of Arlington National Cemetery. Julia Abrams was 87 when she died from congestive heart failure and emphysema on Jan 31, 2003 in Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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