DAVID M. MINOR DIES AT AGE 89; FUNERAL FRIDAY

David Martin Minor, a retired Jefferson county farmer, died at 6:30 a.m. today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gerald Williams, 1609 Pace Avenue. He was 89 years, nine months and seven days of age.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the East Salem Baptist Church and burial will be in the nearby cemetery. The body will remain at the Pulley Funeral Home, where friends may call after 10 a.m. Thursday.

Mr. Minor was born in Jefferson county January 12, 1866, the son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Beal) Minor.

On May 10, 1891 he was married in Jefferson County, to Martha Susan Lisenby, who survives. On last May 10th he and Mrs. Minor observed their 64th wedding anniversary.

Mr. Minor had been in failing health since suffering a hip fracture five years ago.

Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Robert H. of Beech Grove, Ind.: two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Smith and Mrs. Maisye Williams of Mt. Vernon; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Della Mulvaney of Mt. Vernon.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Date of Death: October 19, 1955
Submitted by: Lori Lisenby Leonard