Source: “The Stewart-Houston Times” Newspaper, a weekly newspaper of Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee

Date of Newspaper: Tuesday, September 7, 1954
Page: Front Page

Name: Lela Bell (Hancock) Shemwell
Age: 81
Born: Date not listed, born in Trigg County, Kentucky
Died: August 30, 1954 in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky
Funeral: September 1, 1954 with Milligan & Ridgeway Funeral Home in Stewart County, Tennessee
Burial: Flat Lick Cemetery
Parents: James H. Hancock and Minerva (McClain) Hancock
Deceased Spouse: Dr. J. W. Shemwell
Surviving Children: Mrs. Gradie Walker
Surviving Siblings: Mrs. Georgia Crane

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