The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky, 16 Aug 1955, Tue • Page 1
W. H. Lancaster, Retired Southern Engineer Dies
Walter Haines Lancaster, 72, of 211 East Broadway, an engineer for the Southern Railway System for 47 years before he retired in Sept. 1952. died at 2:15 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home. He had been ill for three years.
Born Aug. 17, 1882, at Glenmary, Tenn., Mr. Lancaster came -to Danville in 1909 and had lived here ever since. He Was a member of First Christian Church and of all local Masonic bodies, also of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, in which he served as secretary-treasurer for 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Litton Lancaster; two daughters, Mrs. Frank Edwards,Danville; and Mrs. Roy Martin, Little Rock, Ark. ; one son, Max Lancaster, Somerset; four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Strunk, Stearns; Mrs. Holiis Lewallen, Glcnmary, Tenn.; Mrs. Mary Hemphill, Ethridge. Tenn., and Mrs. Freeman Newport, Burning, ham, Ala., a brother, Howard Lancaster, Chattanooga. Tenn., and six grandsons.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Stith funeral home, with the Rev Ben E. Watson, minister of a Christian Church in Lexington, officiating. Burial, will be to Bellevue Cemetery.
The body will remain at the funeral parlors until time to leave for the cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
W. H. Lancaster, Retired Southern Engineer Dies
Walter Haines Lancaster, 72, of 211 East Broadway, an engineer for the Southern Railway System for 47 years before he retired in Sept. 1952. died at 2:15 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home. He had been ill for three years.
Born Aug. 17, 1882, at Glenmary, Tenn., Mr. Lancaster came -to Danville in 1909 and had lived here ever since. He Was a member of First Christian Church and of all local Masonic bodies, also of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, in which he served as secretary-treasurer for 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Litton Lancaster; two daughters, Mrs. Frank Edwards,Danville; and Mrs. Roy Martin, Little Rock, Ark. ; one son, Max Lancaster, Somerset; four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Strunk, Stearns; Mrs. Holiis Lewallen, Glcnmary, Tenn.; Mrs. Mary Hemphill, Ethridge. Tenn., and Mrs. Freeman Newport, Burning, ham, Ala., a brother, Howard Lancaster, Chattanooga. Tenn., and six grandsons.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Stith funeral home, with the Rev Ben E. Watson, minister of a Christian Church in Lexington, officiating. Burial, will be to Bellevue Cemetery.
The body will remain at the funeral parlors until time to leave for the cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Kentucky, 16 Aug 1955, Tue • Page 1
W. H. Lancaster, Retired Southern Engineer Dies
Walter Haines Lancaster, 72, of 211 East Broadway, an engineer for the Southern Railway System for 47 years before he retired in Sept. 1952. died at 2:15 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home. He had been ill for three years.
Born Aug. 17, 1882, at Glenmary, Tenn., Mr. Lancaster came -to Danville in 1909 and had lived here ever since. He Was a member of First Christian Church and of all local Masonic bodies, also of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, in which he served as secretary-treasurer for 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Litton Lancaster; two daughters, Mrs. Frank Edwards,Danville; and Mrs. Roy Martin, Little Rock, Ark. ; one son, Max Lancaster, Somerset; four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Strunk, Stearns; Mrs. Holiis Lewallen, Glcnmary, Tenn.; Mrs. Mary Hemphill, Ethridge. Tenn., and Mrs. Freeman Newport, Burning, ham, Ala., a brother, Howard Lancaster, Chattanooga. Tenn., and six grandsons.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Stith funeral home, with the Rev Ben E. Watson, minister of a Christian Church in Lexington, officiating. Burial, will be to Bellevue Cemetery.
The body will remain at the funeral parlors until time to leave for the cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
W. H. Lancaster, Retired Southern Engineer Dies
Walter Haines Lancaster, 72, of 211 East Broadway, an engineer for the Southern Railway System for 47 years before he retired in Sept. 1952. died at 2:15 o'clock Monday afternoon at his home. He had been ill for three years.
Born Aug. 17, 1882, at Glenmary, Tenn., Mr. Lancaster came -to Danville in 1909 and had lived here ever since. He Was a member of First Christian Church and of all local Masonic bodies, also of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, in which he served as secretary-treasurer for 15 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Litton Lancaster; two daughters, Mrs. Frank Edwards,Danville; and Mrs. Roy Martin, Little Rock, Ark. ; one son, Max Lancaster, Somerset; four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Strunk, Stearns; Mrs. Holiis Lewallen, Glcnmary, Tenn.; Mrs. Mary Hemphill, Ethridge. Tenn., and Mrs. Freeman Newport, Burning, ham, Ala., a brother, Howard Lancaster, Chattanooga. Tenn., and six grandsons.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Stith funeral home, with the Rev Ben E. Watson, minister of a Christian Church in Lexington, officiating. Burial, will be to Bellevue Cemetery.
The body will remain at the funeral parlors until time to leave for the cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
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