Lyda Maude Day
1873 - 1934 (60 years)
Generation: 1
1. Lyda Maude Day was born on 26 Feb 1873 in Brooksville, Bracken County, Kentucky; died on 20 Feb 1934 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 22 Feb 1934 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Notes:
Death Summons Mrs. Alexander
Widow of Former Bank President Succumbs To Pneumonia
Mrs. Lyda Maude Day Alexander, 69, widow of Younger Alexander, for a number of years president of the old Phoenix and Third National Bank and prominent in the business and civic life of the community, died at 9:15 o’clock Tuesday night at the Good Samaritan hospital following a brief illness of pneumonia.
She is survive y one daughter, Miss Margaret Louise Alexander; one son, Louis Alexander, and two grandchildren, Martha and Younger Alexander. Another son, Gayle Alexander, who was one-time state golf champion and one of the most popular young sportsmen in Kentucky, was killed in a motor accident in 1927 on the Winchester pike.
Mrs. Alexander was moved Sunday from her home, 703 Bullock Place, to the hospital. Her body today was taken to the family residence.
Mrs. Alexander who was widely admired, was born in Brooksville, the daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth Smarr Day, and was married to Mr. Alexander in 1891. In 1901 they came to Lexington where Mr. Alexander became prominent in the civic, business and club interests of the city. He headed the company that built the electric traction lines to Paris and Georgetown, became president of the old Third National Bank and was later president of the Phoenix and Third National Bank following the merger. He also organized a bank in Brooksville and was the owner of a large grain elevator there.
Mrs. Alexander’s funeral will be held at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon from the residence with Dr. Marion Nelson Waldrip, pastor of the First Methodist church, of which Mrs. Alexander was a member, officiating.
The pallbearers will be Samuel B. Walton, F.H. Wright, John H. Dickerson, J. Monroe Sellers, Rodes Arnspiger and Henry Corliss, Brooksville. Burial will be in the family lot in Lexington cemetery.
Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky. Wednesday, 21 February 1934.
Name:
daughter of Hiram Day and Elizabeth Smarr
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55677124/lyda-maude-alexanderLyda married Younger Alexander in 1891. Younger (son of Lewis Alexander and Mary Belle Crutcher) was born on 10 Feb 1869 in Kentucky; died on 14 Sep 1921 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 16 Sep 1921 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]