Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....IRWIN, Robert Lee September 26, 1963
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Breckinridge County Herald-News, Hardinsburg, Ky., Friday, October 4, 1963
OBITUARY   Page 6
     Robert L. IRWIN, age 88, of Hardinsburg, died on Thursday, September 26, 
1963.  He is survived by:
two sons:
William IRWIN of Hardinsburg, Ky
Robert IRWIN of Louisville, Ky (Jefferson County)
one daughter:
Miss Peggy IRWIN of Louisville, Ky
     Graveside services were held on Saturday, September 28, 1963 at New 
Bethel.  Dowell Funeral Home in Hardinsburg, in charge of arrangements.
PALLBEARERS:
Leo McCOY
Wilber SMITH
Albert TURCOTT
William IRWIN, JR.
Golden WHEATLEY
Jimmie POTTS, Jr.
     

     

     


Additional Comments:
#0259 New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, located 5 miles north of Hardinsburg on
New Bethel--Stephensport 
Road, off Highway 259 in Breckinridge County, Ky.

IRWIN, Robert Lee "Lee"  05 Aug 1880 -- 26 Sept 1963  Single tombstone
husband of #1- Lea (nee IRWIN)
husband of #2- Bessie SNYDER
son of William IRWIN & Sarah RUTLEDGE
have his marriage record to first wife
have his obituary

IRWIN, Lea  29 Jan 1886 -- 16 Aug 1915
1st wife of Robert Lee IRWIN
daughter of George W. IRWIN & Lettie E. SWEIGERT
have her obituary
She has two tombstones: one double stone with her name and dates with a space for
her husband.
dates: 29 Jan 1886 -- 16 Aug 1915; and a single stone: with just year dates.
She is buried at South Mound Cemetery in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana

Robert Lee IRWIN & Lea IRWIN IRWIN had one son:
William Washington IRWIN

Indiana Marriages, 1810 - 2001 (Ancestry.com)
GROOM: Robert Lee IRWIN, born Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
son of William IRWIN & Sarah RUTLEDGE
a resident of New Castle, Indiana
BRIDE: Lee IRWIN, born New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
daughter of: George W. IRWIN & Lettie E. SWEIGERT
a resident of New Castle, Indiana
Married on October 3, 1906 in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana

(Found on the Find-A-Grave website.  Contributor: Angels A-Far) Ancestry.com
New Castle Daily Courier Newspaper, New Castle, Indiana; Published on August 16,
1915
     Mrs. Lee (should be Lea) IRWIN, age 29, wife of Lee IRWIN, living north of this
city on the Mt. Summit 
Road, died this morning at 1'oclock after a few days' illness from acute indigestion
and appendicitis.  She 
was first stricken last Wednesday.  She is survived by her husband and 3 year old
daughter (should be 2 year 
old son).
     The funeral will be held at the home at 2'oclock Wednesday afternoon and
interment will take place at 
Southmound.

THEIR SON IS ALSO HERE AT NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY:
IRWIN, William Washington  10 May 1913 -- 07 Jan 1988
husband of Fannie Mae SMITH
son of Robert Lee IRWIN & Lea IRWIN IRWIN
have his obituary; unknown if he has a tombstone

IRWIN, Fannie Mae  08 Jan 1910 -- 30 Jul 2003
wife of William Washington IRWIN
daughter of Christopher Jeremiah "Meyer" SMITH & Iva TUCKER
have her obituary; unknown if she has a tombstone

All IRWINS buried here are related.
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Second wife of Robert Lee IRWIN:
IRWIN, Bessie SNYDER of Breckinridge County  15 Feb 1896 -- 28 Feb 1974 in Jefferson
County, Ky
Bessie lived in Louisville, along with their two children
I believe Bessie & Robert divorced.  She was not listed as a survivor in his
obituary in 1963.
Unknown where Besse is buried
Their two children:
Robert Lee IRWIN, Jr.
Nancye Margaret "Peggy" IRWIN, believe she never married
Peggy Russell 
                       

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