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After graduation from medical school, Abraham interned in [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]]. Thereafter, on receipt of a draft notice for the [[Vietnam War]], he enlisted as a captain and military doctor in the [[United States Air Force]], [[Strategic Air Command]]. He remained stateside, mostly in [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]], across the Red River from [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]], and for his work treating military personnel returning from Vietnam with allergies received the Air Force Commendation Medal.
After graduation from medical school, Abraham interned in [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]]. Thereafter, on receipt of a draft notice for the [[Vietnam War]], he enlisted as a captain and military doctor in the [[United States Air Force]], [[Strategic Air Command]]. He remained stateside, mostly in [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]], across the Red River from [[Shreveport]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]], and for his work treating military personnel returning from Vietnam with allergies received the Air Force Commendation Medal.
Until 2001, Abraham had operated an allergy clinic in Canadian for thirty-five years.<ref>"News, Sniffles, Sneezes, and Aches," ''Southern Methodist University Daily Campu,'' November 10, 2004.</ref>
Until 2001, Abraham had operated an allergy clinic in Canadian for thirty-five years.<ref>"News, Sniffles, Sneezes, and Aches," ''Southern Methodist University Daily Campus,'' November 10, 2004.</ref>
Abraham is married to the former Therese Browne (born 1936), a native of Mount Airy in eastern [[North Carolina]]. The couple married c. 1964 in the Mount Air Catholic Church, which the Browne family helped to build with [[granite]] from their own quarry. Like her father-in-law, Therese Abraham is a former mayor of Canadian, having served from 1981 to 1991.<ref name=heraldtribune/><ref>"City elects first woman mayor" ''Canadian Record,'' April 9, 1981, p. 6.</ref> The Abrahams have three sons, all residing in Hemphill County, Eddie Christopher Abraham, a cattle rancher; Salem Abraham, a futures trader with offices in the Moody Building in Canadian, and Jason Abraham, a horse rancher.
Abraham is married to the former Therese Browne (born 1936), a native of Mount Airy in eastern [[North Carolina]]. The couple married c. 1964 in the Mount Air Catholic Church, which the Browne family helped to build with [[granite]] from their own quarry. Like her father-in-law, Therese Abraham is a former mayor of Canadian, having served from 1981 to 1991.<ref name=heraldtribune/><ref>"City elects first woman mayor" ''Canadian Record,'' April 9, 1981, p. 6.</ref> The Abrahams have three sons, all residing in Hemphill County, Eddie Christopher Abraham, a cattle rancher; Salem Abraham, a futures trader with offices in the Moody Building in Canadian, and Jason Abraham, a horse rancher.