This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Paxton, Hopkins, Bass, Lowe, Burriss, Workman Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17996/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Lela Pearl Paxton, daughter of the late James and Fanny Bass, died at 9:30. a. m. Wednesday, June 2, at the Jane Todd Crawford Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was 68 years of age. She was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church at the time of her death. She is survived by her husband, Ed Paxton; one son, James Paxton; one daughter. Mrs. Hollis Burriss, all of Greensburg. Other survivors are a brother, R. C. Bass, Greensburg; one sister, Mrs. Will Workman, Greensburg and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Bethlehem Baptist Church Friday June 4, (today) at 10:00 a. m., fast time. Burial will be in the Bethlehem Cemetery. Rev. Landon Hadley, Rev. Walter Swetnam and Rev. Cosby Dobson will officiate. Active pallbearers will be Boyce Beard, Floyd Lile, Olen Risen, Marvin Bass, Vester Workman and Roy Gupton. Honorary pallbearers will be Carl Murray, Omer Sullivan, Boyce Hudson, Ellis Coffey, John Hopkins, Vaughn Coffey, Tom Coffey, Everett G! upton, Volen McMahan and Roy Burris. Obituaries of Green Co. Ky., Vol. 2, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 170 1900 Green Co. Ky. Census; Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Exie, Green, Kentucky; Roll: T623 523; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 37. Ancestry.com Census Images; 102 / 102 James D. Bass, apr 1854, 46, married 19 years, KyKyKy; Fanny, wife, Feb 1863, 37, 8 live births, 7 living children, KyKyKy; Fanny A., dau, Jul 1884, 15, Ky; Willie J., son, Sep 1886, 13, Ky; Robert C., son, Jul 1890, 9, Ky; Laura E., dau, Nov 1893, 6, Ky; Lillie G., dau, Jun 1895, 4, Ky; Lelia P., dau, May 1898, 2, Ky; 1910 Ky., Miracode census index, ancestry.com James Bass; Enumeration District: 0040; Color: W; Age: 56; Birth Place: Kentucky; Visit: 0257; county: Green; Relation: Husband; Relatives: Wife Fannie 47, Kentucky; Son Conley 19, Kentucky; Daughter Lilly 15, Kentucky; Daughter Lela 14, Kentucky; Daughter Myrte 10, Kentucky; Daughter Elma 04, Kentucky; NR Cornelia Carter 52, Kentucky; 1 non-relative Kentucky Death Index, rootsweb PAXTON LELA P; age 68; death place GREEN; residence GREEN; death date 2 Jun 1965 HUDSON CEMETERY Located on Deacon Road 1/10 mile East of the intersection of Temperance Road and Clover Lick Road .2 mile west of KY 61, in the Rollingsburg Community of Green County, Ky. Transcribed by Bill Clark Paxton, Alfred E[dward "Ed"] Dec 22, 1892 - May 24, 1980 (son of Hugh Marion & Eliza Jane Liza Hopkins Paxton) WWI Paxton, Lela Pearl. May 10, 1897 - Jun 2, 1965 (Bass) (James D. & Frances "Fannie" Lowe Bass) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.