Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....CART, Noel Merton March 10, 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com July 26, 2017, 1:18 am Breckinridge County Herald News, Friday, March 18, 1960 Obituary on page 1, along with a photo of Mr. CART CART FUNERAL SUNDAY Noel Merton CART, age 58, of Owensboro, Ky, died Thursday March 10, 1960 at Doyle Yard Office of the L. & N. Railroad where he was a clerk. He was born in Lodiburg in Breckinridge County, was a telegraph operator for the railroad for several years. Then he operated a grocery in Irvington, and after selling this business, he went to Owensboro and returned to a position with the railroad. He was a former member of the Breckinridge County Board of Education, a Deacon of the Irvington Baptist Church, and a charter member of the Irvington Rotary Club. The body rested at the Owensboro Funeral Home until Sunday afternoon when it was removed to the Irvington Baptist Church for the funeral. Officiating was the Reverend J. D. HERNDON, a former pastor of the Buena Vista Baptist Church of which Mr. CART was a member and worker. Burial was at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Irvington. ACTIVE PALLBEARERS: D. W. WILSON Hoover NEAL J. E. BRISTOW T. P. CLARK W. W. NELSON Bill GULLETT HONORARY PALLBEARERS: William L. CLARK Eldred CLARK, Jr. Brook COLEMAN Jack REDMON W. R. PARKS Harold BOLIN George M. WILSON Russell DURBIN G. D. LYDDAN W. B. WINN J. D. TOBIN C. A. VAN LAHR L. L. TRENT, Sr. Mr. CART was twice married. First to Miss Ruby PAYNE, who died several years ago. Later he married Mrs. Margaret DeVORE PARKS. Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. Margaret D. CART one son: Robert CART, Kingston, New York one daughter: Mrs. Ray RIDDLE, Waco, Texas one step-daughter: Miss Peggy PARKS, attending the University of Kentucky two brothers: Eldred CART, Louisville, Ky. Lewis CART, Hopkinsville, Ky. Additional Comments: The Breckinridge County Cemetery Book, Vol. one, has Noel and Ruby listed with a tombstone with errors made evidently when the tombstone was copied. Listed as being born in 1801, I believe born 1902 is correct for Noel. Ruby born 1801 also, which should be born 1901. Cedar Hill Cemetery, Irvington CART, Noel Merton August 27, 1801 -- March 10, 1960 Ruby Esterly PAYNE November 8, 1801 -- September 2, 1949 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/c/cart5974gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/