OBIT: Rev. Leonard J. RAMSEY, 1949, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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LEONARD J. RAMSEY

  The Rev. Leonard J. Ramsey, aged 60, pastor of the First Baptist Church of 
Painesville, Ohio, since January 1943, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 10 
a.m. June 7, at his home in the manse, 21 E. Washington St.
  Ill for several days he had continued his work delivering the sermon at the 
morning worship hour Sunday at his Church.
  Rev. Mr. Ramsey instituted the week day religious education program in 
Painesville which functioned successfully in that area for some time.  He was 
one of the five men who organized the Akron-Ashtabula summer camp for young 
people.  This $40,000 project, on a site on Lake Erie at Conneaut, was started 
two years ago and still is in the process of completion.  It was used for summer 
camping for the first time last year.
  A native of South Carolina, Rev. Ramsey attended Dorland Institute, Hot 
Springs, N.C., Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn., and Carson-Newman College, 
Jefferson City, Tenn., from which he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree.  He 
then studied at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, where he earned his Bachelor 
of Divinity degree.
  Several years of graduate work followed, including studies at University of 
Pittsburgh, Columbia University and other institutions.
  He held three pastorates before coming to Painesville, having served in 
Pittsburgh, Pa., for seven years, New Philadelphia, O., eight years, and most 
recently Mount Vernon, seven years.  He is past president of both the 
Pennsylvania and Ohio Pastors conferences, and now is a trustee of the Ohio 
Baptist Convention.  He also has served on the faculty of the Young Peoples' 
Summer Assembly.
  Mrs. Ramsey is the former Miss Etha Younkin, daughter of J. C. Younkin of 
Confluence.  She and Rev. Mr. Ramsey were married in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1924.
  Besides his academic education, Rev. Mr. Ramsey had a brilliant musical 
background, and his entire family is gifted and well-educated in this line.  He 
was an accomplished pianist and was highly-trained also in voice.  He modestly 
used his talents mainly for the enjoyment of himself and his family.
  Surviving him besides his wife are three sons, William J., Painesville, 
Richard J. and Donald Roger at home, and three brothers, Claude, Crowl and 
Milton, all of South Carolina.

Meyersdale Republican, June 16, 1949