The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1912-12-13
Mrs. Sarah Yancey Wife Of Former
Beloved Pastor Oh The Local
Christian Church, Called
Suddenly To Her
Reward.

The Lexington Herald of Monday
contains the following account of the
sudden death of Mrs. Sarah Yancey,
which occurred at Glendale in Hardin
county Sunday morning.
Mrs. Yancey was the widow of the
late Rev. ]. w. Yancey, who was at
one time the pastor of the local Christian
Church. She had host of friends in
Lancaster who cherish fond recollection
of the interesting family and who
learned with deep regret of her sudden
demise
Mrs. Sarah X. Yancey. aged g. years
mother of City Attorney Hogan L.
Yancey, died at 4:30 Sunday morning
at Glendale, Hardin County, KY, just
before she was to return to her home
in Lexington.
Mrs Yancey's death was entirely
unexpected. She left Lexington Tues
day. apparently in fair health, although
she had not been in the best of health
since the death of her son, Worth
Yancey, about three months ago. She
went to Glendale, which is about fifty
miles south of Louisville, to deliver a
speech on the occasion of the regular
Christian Women's Board Of Mission
day celebration held there Saturday,
and expected to return to Lexington
last night.
In order to reach home Sunday night
she planned to leave Glendale about
6 o'clock Sunday morning.
She had retired feeling well, but
about 2:30 o'clock was attacked with
choking sensation and a physician
was summoned He did not think her
attack was serious, but while he was
preparing treatment she became worse.
and about a: 80 died, after an illness of
only about two hours. The ply stefan
diagnosed the case as one of angina
pectoris, and Mrs. Yancey, before she
became so seriously i'll attributed her
illness to the eating of some hickory
nuts.
Mrs. Yancey was one of the most
widely known and most intellectual
women in the State, and had been
engaged for many years as an impor-
tant factor in missionary work, espe-
cially of the C. w. B. NJ, of which she
was corresponding secretary for Ken
lucky, and also State Organizer3for the
C. w. B. M. Had she lived, she would
have celebrated her siXty-fourth birth
day January %.
She was the widow of the Rev.
Worth Yancey, formerly pastor of the
Broadway Christian church, of Louis
vile, who died about sixteen years
ago, and had lived in Lexington for
the last fourteen years. She was a
member of the Broadway Christian
church, in which she was an active
worker.
Mrs. Yancey was born at Williams
town, Grant County, KY, where her
two surviving brothers, ex-senator
Overton Hogan and Mr.. Eli Hogan,
still reside. Besides her two brothers,
she is survived by one son, City At
torney Hogan l.. Yancey, and one
daughter, Miss Leila Yancey, student
at Pennsylvania University.
The funeral will be held at 1870
o'clock Tuesday morning at the
Broadway Christian church, the Rev.
Mark Coils officiating. The names of
the assisting ministers and the pail
bearers will be announced later. In
terment will be in the family lot in
the Lexington cemetery.
The deepest sympathy goes out in
unstinted measure to the remaining
members of this interesting and widely
beloved family, on whom in recent
months death has laid so heavy a
hand"