Courier Journal Obit: SWITCHMAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK Frank M. Lemons, 52 years old, 4338 South Third Street, a switchman for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, died unexpectedly at 7:55 o'clock Tuesday night while attending a meeting of the officers of the Surburban Social Club at the Surburban Masonic Hall, 3001 South Third Street. Deputy Coroner Joseph P. Beck said death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Lemons is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Coates Lemons; his mother, Mrs. Fannie Mathews; a stepson, Chester Coates; two stepdaughters, Miss Sarah Coates and Miss Gladys Coates, and a brother, John Lemons. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the residence. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery.

KY Death Index: FRANK M LEMONS Date 330411 Age 052 Place JEFFN Volume 019 Cert 09180
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Claudia Gattshall notes: In the burial records of Resthaven Memorial Park in Louisville, KY; Bessie's name is recorded as: Thomas, Bessie B. Lemmons. In her husband's (Frank Lemmons) obituary she was listed as having the maiden name of Green.

Her surviving spouse or nearest kin information is recorded as: C. C. Coates and W. G. Thomas. This was recorded in the Resthaven Memorial Park burial records.

Her death certificate shows she is married to a Mr. Willard L. Thomas. They resided at 1039 Queen Avenue in Louisville, Ky. This Mr. Thomas was also the informant for Bessie's death certificate.

She is buried at Resthaven Memorial Park in Louisville, KY.

MRS. BESSIE LEMMONS THOMAS, age 49 died at 5:22 p.m. Sunday at her home, 1039 Queen. Surviving are her husband, Willard L. Thomas; a son, Chester C. Coates; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Rose and Mrs. Gladys Wilkinson; two brothers, B. B. Green, Campbellsville, and D. O. Green; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Lee, Greensburg and Mrs. Elizabeth Nevins, Selina, Tenn., and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the residence. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery.

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