OBITS: Elizabeth Lewis Alexander, 1939, Bath Co., Kentucky ----------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by: From: "Darrell Warner" Date: Friday, October 19, 2001 12:02 PM ------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. **************************************************************************** Elizabeth Lewis Alexander Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, March 23, 1939 Prominent Woman Dies At Salt Lick Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis Alexander, 76 years old, widow of the late Dr. S. C. Alexander, passed away at her home at Salt Lick shortly after midnight Saturday morning, March 18, after a brief illness. While she had been declining in health for the past two years, Mrs. Alexander had not been critically ill, and was in her usual good spirits as late as Friday afternoon. Her death came unexpectedly and was a severe shock to her family and friends. A daughter of the late Dr. H. H. Lewis and Mrs. Melvina Moore Lewis, she came of an old and socially prominent Bath county family. Her father, a widely known physician of his day in this section of the state, was also a wealthy land owner. Her husband, also a widely known Bath county physician, passed away several years ago. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Eugene Stuart, Louisville; Mrs. W. A. Owen, Poseyville, Ind.; Misses Christine and Elizabeth Alexander, at home; one son, Clyde Alexander, former county judge of bath county, and two sisters, Mrs. Effie Cassity, of Demopolis, Ala., and Mrs. J. L. McCoy, of Lexington. Funeral services were held at her late residence at Salt Lick Sunday afternoon, March 19, at 3 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Henry S. Ficklin and the Rev. Howard Daulton. Interment was in the Lewis family graveyard at Salt Lick. Paul bearers were: active, C. H. Cheap, Claude Shrout, Travis Karrick, Dr. Audrey F. Ellington, T. B. Staggs, Garnett Chenault, Lewis McCoy and Ed Wright; honorary, W. J. Shouse, Chas. Crain, Hiram Kelsey, J. H. Maze, Clell McCarty, T. H. Perry, Preston Karrick, Van Y. Greene, Sherman Gullett, John Greene, Rolla Greene, Ben T. Wright, Dr. C. T. Jones, Dr. D. C. Dotson, Dr. O. T. Evans, Dr. F. P. Gudgell, Thomas J. Barnes, B. F. Wills, Ben Shrout, Walter Jones, W. R. Razor and Ed Fanning.