Abbott Label founder passes away

Abbott spent his childhood in Chicago, Illinois, and following schooling and military service, he returned to Chicago and married Patricia Carol Flood in 1962. In 1969 the young family moved to Dallas, Texas for Jerry’s job.

Abbot purchased Metro Label Corporation in 1979, which is today the family-owned business Abbott Label. Jerry guided and built Metro Label Corporation into a well-known label manufacturing company in the US and gained recognition throughout the industry for the efficiency, profitability and innovative approach to quality and customer service on which the company was built.

Over the next 20 years, he would build not only one of the best label manufacturing companies in the country but also a legend that defined a generation of business. Jerry ran one of the first companies to offer overnight shipping. He would take cases of labels and buy them a bus ticket. Then he would call the customer and tell them the bus stop to be at and what time to pick up their product.

Abbott sold Metro Label Corporation in 1998 to an investment banking firm.

He is survived by wife of 55 years, Patricia Abbott, sons, John Louis Abbott and Craig Thomas Abbott, daughter Mary Patricia Sharon and spouse Chris, grandchildren and one great-grandchild, his brother Donald Abbott, his twin brother Larry Abbott, numerous nieces and nephews, countless friends, and many business associates.