Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Hourigan said Lyons was cleaning out a pond on the farm with a scraper attached to his tractor. When Lyons started driving up the bank of the pond, the tractor turned over backward and crushed him, Hourigan said.
For many years Lyons and his wife have used the tractor to travel about five miles every Sunday from their home to Shakertown. Lyons drove the tractor and his wife rode in a small attached trailer. At Shakertown they boarded a bus for a 15-mile trip to Lexington to attend church, then they returned home by bus and tractor every Sunday night. Neighbors said he sometimes drove from his farm to Harrodsburg--12 miles each way--to attend revival meetings.
The body is at the Alexander and Royalty Funeral Home.
A native of Henry County he had lived in Frankfort most of his life. He lived at 274 E. Main St.
Until his retirement in 1937, he was a rural mail carrier. Shortly after retiring, he was employed by the State Journal as county circulation manager, a position he held until his illness. Thompson was a member of the Elks Club and of the First Christian Church, in which he served for many years on the administrative board.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles Knadler, St.Matthews and Mrs. Fred Lisanby, Georgetown; a son, Morris Thompson, Frankfort; a sister Miss Annie Thompson, and a brother, Jesse Thompson, both of Frankfort; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be conducted in the First Christian Church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon by the Rev. John Chenault, pastor of the church. Interment will follow in the Family lot in the Frankfort Cemetery. The body is at Rogers Funeral Home.
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 Beulah Franks |
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