James Rogers Lane, Sr., 77, of Lexington, husband of 57 years to Jane Melvin Lane, died Sun. Sept 3, 2000. He retired after 20 years as a letter carrier with the US Postal Service. He was born in Nicholasville , son of the late Harry Douglas and Fannie Matthew Lane. Mr. Lane was a member of Hunter Presbyterian Church and the Big Elm Country Club, and he served with the Army Air Corps during WWII. Survivors in additon to his wife include 2 sons, James Rogers Lane, Jr., (Karen) of West Carrolton, Ohio, Michael Douglas Lane, (Judy) of Lexington; a brother, Edgar Allen Lane ( Willema) of Lexington, 6 grandsons, 2 granddaughters and 2 great grandsons. He was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Cleo Lane Smith, of Winston Salem, NC. Funeral Services were held at 10 am on Weds. at WR Milward Mortuary-Southland with the Rev. Gary Brooks and Dr. Troy Esinger officiating. Burial followed in Lexington Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 2312 Alexandria Drive, Lexington, Ky 40505 or to the Hunter Presbyterian Church, 109 Rosemont Garden, Lexington, 40503.
Jessamine Journal, September 7, 2000
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LANEY, WILLIAM JOSEPH
William Joseph Laney, owner and operator of radio station WNVL-1250 AM and a former city commissioner, died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 56. Mr. Laney was named Outstanding Citizen in October by the Jessamine County Chamber of Commerce. He had served as city commissioner and city manager and was also a past president of the chamber of commerce.
Lexington Herald-Leader, June 3, 1995
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LEACH, SERGUIS WAYNE
Serguis Wayne Leach, a Nicholasville businessman and sports enthusiast, died yesterday at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington after a long illness. He was 71. Leach, who founded Leach Insurance Agency in Nicholasville in 1949, was a former state tennis champion, a former professional baseball player, and at one time played basketball for the University of Kentucky under coach Adolph Rupp. In later years, he also enjoyed playing golf. He remained active in sports until he became ill.
Lexington Herald-Leader, Jan. 18, 1986
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LEAVELL, THOS. T.
Thos. T. Leavell died at his home in Wilmore, Saturday morning, of paralysis. The deceased was born in Garrard County in 1844. He moved to Fayette County in 1869. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Anna Thorne, of Fayette County, who died leaving three children. Mr. Leavell's second wife was Miss Love Corman, who survives with one child, He had been a resident of Jessamine County for twenty-six years. He was a Confederate veteran and served under Gen. John Morgan during the civil war. The deceased leaves four children, Mrs. Matt Mayes, Springfield, Ky (Rest of obit unreadable)
LEE, MANUEL
Manuel Lee, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Lee, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lexington, last Friday, Feb. 1 (1935) following an operation for appendicitis. Besides his parents, he is survived by the following sisters and brothers: Robert, Henry, Roscoe, Theodore, Gladys, Rose and Edward.(Rest of obit unreadable)
LEWIS, JOHN
John Lewis, of Jessamine County. Died April 3, 1799, “at the Havanna.”
Kentucky Obituaries
LITTRELL, MINNIE BURGIN
Minnie Burgin Littrell, 87, the widow of Steve Lewis Littrell of Locust Heights in Nicholasville, died Dec 12, 2000. The daughter of the late William Thomas and Amedia Jane Murphy Burgin. She was a member of the Church of God and New Covenant Church of Nicholasville. She is survived by a daughter Rosie Jean Patterson and husband Eugene; a son, Joe M. and wife Nancy; 3 brothers, Chester, James, and Thomas Burgin, all of Nicholasville; 6 Grandchildren; 13 Great Grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at Betts and West with the Rev. John Keyton officiating. Burial followed at Maple Grove Cemetery. Bearers were Jeffery and Matthew Patterson, Mike and Stephen Littrell, Dudley Smith and Ronnie Burgin. Contributions may be made to Jessamine Co. Hospice.
Jessamine Journal, Dec. 21, 2000
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LLOYD, JOE ALBERT
Joe Albert Lloyd, pastor of Logana Baptist Church since 1965, died yesterday at the Veterans Affairs Hospital off Cooper Drive in Lexington. He was 59.
Lexington Herald-Leader, March 16, 1992
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LOCKRIDGE, BILLY
Services for former Nicholasville Mayor Billy Lockridge will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Guyn, Kurtz, Hager & Cundiff Funeral Home. Mr. Lockridge died Saturday at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington. He was 70.
Lexington Herald-Leader, June 11, 1991
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LOGAN, LUCY RILEY
Mrs. Lucy Riley Logan, one of Jessamine’s oldest and most lovable women, died Monday night, Dec. 14, 1914, at her home on West Third Street, after a lingering illness resulting from having fallen and broke her hip. She was born in Logana neighborhood in 1829 and lived in Jessamine County all her life. Mrs. Logan was, before her marriage to the late Jas. B. Logan, Miss Lucy Riley Arnold, daughter of David and Maria Tapp Arnold. (rest of obit unreadable)
LOWERY, CHARLES NEDDY
Charles Neddy Lowery, 50, the husband of Tina Ward Lowery, died April 25. He was the son of the late Rice and Verna Davis Lowery. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a sister, Rose Brooks and a nephew, Michael Brooks. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Jessamine Journal, May 2, 2002
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LOWREY, DR. JOHN C.
Dr. John C. Lowrey, one of Woodford County’s oldest and most respected citizens died at his home in Troy, Friday afternoon, Nov. 10, 1911, of the infirmities of old age, having atttained the age of eighty years. Dr. Lowrey was of Scotch-Irish parentage and was born in Jessamine County, Oct. 28, 1831. He had practiced his profession for the past fifty years in Woodford and Jessamine counties. A man of most decided energy, industry and resolute nature, his life was blessed. He was married to Miss Jane Guyn, of Troy. He was a loyal churchman, a staunch Presbyterian, and an elder in the church for more than half a century, a zealous worker and a generous and willing contributor to all the calls of the church and public welfare; a man public-spirited and advanced in his ideas and zeal for education, a devoted husband and father, a trusted and valued physician, and a devout consecrated christian. He had been a veritable power for good in the community in which he lived and his life is one to be emulated; it can be well said that the world is better for his having lived in it. He was, for many years, president of the Woodford County Medical Association and in all the relations of life he was ever the courtly, kindly gentleman of the old school. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Robert G. Lowrey, of Lexington, and Samuel C. Lowrey, of La Grange, Texas. Funeral services were held at the late residence of the deceased, at Troy, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. L. Cockerham, followed by interment in the Ebenezer burying ground.
LOWRY, ANNA BELLE
Anna Belle Lowry, aged three years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Lowry, of West Broadway, died Monday, Sept. 6, 1909 and the remains were interred in Maple Grove cemetery Tuesday. The child had been ill for some time.
LOWRY, COLEMAN
Coleman Lowry, 68, of 131 Hideaway Cove in Lancaster, the husband of Sally Miller Lowry, died at the VA Medical Center in Lexington, Thursday Sept 7, 2000. The son of the late Elbert “Tug” and Mammie Puckett Lowry, he was a retired salesman and a member of St. Luke Catholic Church. He had also served in the Air Force. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three children, Mark Lowry and his wife, Rebecca of Dallas, Edward Lowry, also of Dallas, Patricia Dulaney and her husband Mike of Calif.; 2 sisters, Ann Bedson and her husband Don of Cincinnati, Eva L. McDaniel and her husband James of Nicholasville; 3 brothers, Ray Lowry and his wife Laura of Tenn., Martin Lowry and his wife, Ann of Nicholasville, John Robert Lowry and his wife Linda also of Nicholasville; 4 grandchildren, Abby Dulaney, Brant Dulaney, Cate Lowry, Cameron Lowry; a special nephew, Michael Godbey and his wife Angie; and many other nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Dorothy Godbey and Mary Jean Ritchie. Funeral services were held at 10 am last Monday at St. Luke Catholic Church with Father William Bush and the Rev. Jim Harrison officiating. Burial followed in Camp Nelson National Cemetery. Arrangements were made by Hager and Cundiff Funeral Home.
Jessamine Journal, September 21, 2000
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LOWRY, MRS. ELEANOR ELIZABETH
The death angel called from her earthly home last Friday morning, Jan. 26, 1900, to a home “not made with hands, but eternal in the heavens,” Mrs. Eleanor Elizabeth Lowry, after an illness of a few weeks. She was the daughter of Harrison and Lucy Ann Daniel, and was born Aug. 27, 1832, within a few hundred yards of where she died. The deceased was married to Col. Melvin Lowry, May 1, 1856, and who died in November, 1887. To them were given nine children, eight sons and one daughter, only three of whom survive her, H. H. , W. D. and James Beck Lowry. Thirty-three years ago, Mrs. Lowry united with the Methodist church, South, under the pastorate of the late Rev. S. Noland. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Higgis Craig and Miss Katie Daniel, being the last of a family of eleven children. As a wife and mother, her life was most beautiful, making home the most attractive place for her children. One desire of her life was to have her boys possess a spotless character equal to her daughter, (who, in the bloom of womanhood, died in March, 1891,) and the Lord greatly blessed her in this noble effort, as the characters of the three boys will testify; as also the one who recently died. She was possessed with the power to make easy and happy all who visited her home and many counted it a privilege to go there. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. T. W. Watts, F. W. Noland and D. B. Cooper at the M. E. Church, South, Saturday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of friends. Rev. Noland paid a very high tribute to Mrs. Lowry, as a mother, wife and neighbor, and pointed to her life as one worthy of imitation. The interment took place at the Maple Grove cemetery.
LOWRY, GEORGE
George Lowry, of Fayette County, a native of Jessamine, who formerly lived at Catnip Hill, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 1910, at his home on the Downing -Wilson Pike, aged sixty-six years, of general debility and nervous affection. The funeral took place at the Lexington Cemetery chapel Monday afternoon, Elder H. L. Calhoun officiating. The pall bearers were Richard Cecil, Charles Cecil, Leslie Knight, Eldridge Cecil, J. L. Christopher and Joseph Burk. He leaves a wife, who was a Miss Cecil, and two grown daughters. Deceased was one of the gentlest and kindliest of men whose father was Nathaniel Lowry. He was a successful farmer.
LOWERY, LEWIS M.
Lewis M. Lowery, 71, a retired bus driver, died yesterday at Royal Manor Nursing Home in Nicholasville. Aaron Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which were incomplete last night.
Lexington Herald-Leader, June 3, 1985
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LOWRY, ROY
Roy Easley Lowry, 81, the husband of Alene Cobb Lowry, died May 16. He was the son of the late William Willard “Eff” and Daisy Chapman Lowry. Survivors include three children, Donnie Lowry, Sonya Gail Henry and Darlene Brock; two sisters, Katherine Baber and Marie Lowry. He was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. Burial was in the Cobb Cemetery.
Jessamine Journal, May 23, 2002
Contributed by Nancy Perry.
LOWRY, WM. C. SR.
Wm. C. Lowry, Sr., one of Jessamine largest land owners and best known farmers, died at his home near Wilmore, Sunday afternoon, of Bright's disease. He was the last of a family of eleven children. Mr. Lowry was born Jan. 15, 1821 and had given his entire life to farming. His wife, who was a Miss Neal, died in 1851 and their only child died at the age of fourteen years. He was a veteran of the Mexican war. The deceased was very popular and had many friends. The funeral services took place from the late residence Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by his pastor, Rev. E. O. Guerrant. (date of death not included, but obit was printed in a June, 1899 issue)
LYNE, JAMES H.
James H. Lyne, aged 57 years, died at his home on Richmond Avenue, Sunday, Sept. 12, 1915, about noon, after a lingering illness from congestion of the kidneys. Mr. Lyne was born in this county about a mile from town on the Lexington pike, and resided in this county most of his life with the exception of a few years spent at Nashville, Tenn. He had conducted a livery, feed and sale stable here for a number of years and was very successful. Deceased was a kind, christian gentleman, being a devoted husband and father, member of the Baptist church and K. of P. Lodge. He took considerable interest in public affairs and at the time of his death was a member of the City Board of Education. Besides his wife, he is survived by three children- two daughters, Misses Mary Ruth and Minnie Lyne, one son, James Lyne; a brother, Geo. W. Lyne; and a sister, Mrs. E. G. Connette, of Buffalo, N. Y. The stores were closed and the school dismissed during the funeral hour. Funeral services were held at the late residence Tuesday afternoon, Rev. E. W. Rice officiating. Jessamine Lodge, K. of P. had charge of the burial service at the grave in Maple Grove Cemetery.