LEWIS, Russell Albert - Putnam

Russell Albert Lewis, 63, a resident of this place for the past 36 years died Sunday morning. He was a veteran railroad telegrapher. He was born in Pulaski Co., Kentucky October 6, 1874, the son of James and Martha Smith Lewis. He married on October 19, 1904 to Miss. Stella Meacham. Surviving in addition to the widow are his mother, and a daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Sparks, Indianapolis; three brothers; O.E., Roachdale, Fred, Burnside, Kentucky, Ernest, Oakdale, Tennessee, three sisters; Mrs. Effie Perkins, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Charles Roberts, Somerset, Kentucky and Mrs. Grace Denny, Burnside, Kentucky. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon with burial at Roachdale cemetery   --- thanks so much to Marilyn Walker for sharing her Roachdale Times obituary collection - greatly appreciated!