OBIT: Pastor E. C. Stevens, Jefferson Co., Ky?

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Transcribed by: Pat45324@aol.com
Date: 5 Nov 2000
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Donated by Marion Small (smallrichm@aol.com) from "Aunt Mary's Scrapbook.

Pastor E.C. Stevens dies after auto wreck.

Dr. E.C. Stevens, 68, Baptist pastor and leader here for 35 years, was injured 
fatallly at 9:a.m., yesterday when his automobile overturned five miles south of 
Lietchfiled, Ky.

Dr. Stevens, retired pastor of Clifton Baptist Church was taken to Kentucky Baptist 
Hospital here, but was dead upon arrival.  He had left his home here, 187 Vernon, at 
5:30 a.m., to go to his farm at Beaver Dam.

Apparently falls asleep.  The Rev. Lester Roach, pastor of Caneyville Baptist church, 
who was notified at the request of Dr. Stevens, said Dr. Stevens told him he 
apparently fell asleep while driving.  The car left U.S. 62, ran about 70 yards along 
the shoulder, hit a culvert, and overturned.

Dr. Stevens suffered several fractured ribs and shock, according to Deputy Coroner 
William Kammerer.  Mr. Roach helped give oxygen to Dr. Stevens on the way to the 
hospital.

Dr. Stevens was driving a car presented to him by his congregation at the time of his 
retirement several months ago.

Helped Found Boys Estate - He was a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 
and a member of Long Run Baptist Association of Louisville and Jefferson County.  He 
was one of the founders and a member of the advisory board of Kentucky Boys Estate, 
Westport Road.

Survivors are a twin brother, Dr. Chester D. Stevens, Hazard Ky., and a sister, Dr. 
Winona Jones, of the faculty of Transylvania College, Lexington.

The body is at Herbert Cralle Funeral Home.


Transcribed by: Pat45324@aol.com
Date: 5 Nov 2000
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Donated by Marion Small (smallrichm@aol.com) from "Aunt Mary's Scrapbook.

Stevens, Rev. E. Cecil, suddenly Monday morning, September 17, 1951. Survived by a 
brother Rev. C.D. Stevens of Hazard Ky., and a sister, Dr. Winoa Stevens Jones of 
Lexington, Ky.  Remains at Herbert C. Cralle Funeral Home, Frankfort and Peterson Ave. 
 Funeral from the Cliffton Baptist Church, Wednesday at 2 p.m.  Interment in Cave Hill 
Cem.