The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-01-05
Heart Disease WAS
Cause OF death
MR.. E. kEENE LANoHoRNE PASS
ED AWAY AT BIRMINGHAM,
ALABAMA.

The NEWS made very brief mention
last week of the death of Mr.. Keene
Langhorne, news of which reached us
just before going to press.
Mr.. Langhorne died in Birmingham,
Alabama, the next day after arriving
there. He became sick and was remoy-
ed from hotel to hospital. His death
was very unexpected, as he apparent
ly got better after going to the hospital.
The body was returned to the Lang
horne home at Richmond, Va, and the
burial took place on Saturday.
Mr.. Langnorne was in Louisa only
two weeks before his death. His wife.
who was Miss Sayde Reynolds, daugh-
ter of Rev. S. F. Reynolds, remained
here with her parents. expecting TO
join her husband in Birmingham after
the holidays. She and her brother, DR..
]. F. Reynolds. left on Thursday for
Richmond.
Mr.. Langhorne was 40 years old. He
was a genial, popular man, and sue :
cessful contractor. 1t was this line of
work that took him to Birmingham.
He came into the Big Sandy country q
few years ago in connection with ;he
construction of the c. & o. extension
in the upper Valley. He made friends
wherever he went and there are hund-
reds of persons in the Big Sandy VAL
ley who will deeply deplore his death.
Mrs. Langhorne who was one of Lou
isa's most worthy and attractive young
ladies', has the sympathy of all in her
deep grief. She is at her home in Vir-
ginia now, and her brother, DR.. j. FL.
Reynolds, is with her.
He was a son of c. d. LanghOrne, a
wealthy railroad contractor Of Virginia.
He has four sisters, who are famous
for their beauty. One is the wife Of
Charles Dana Gibson, the noted artist,
another is Mrs. William Waldorf As
tor, Of London. Another sister lives in
London, and the fourth one is Mrs.
Phillip Brooks, of Virginia. These, with
the father and one brother, comprise
the surviving members of the family.
When here recently Mr.. Langhorne
looked well and was congratulated by
friends upon this fact. Not long ago
he was in bad health and spent some
time in the west on this account.
Since writing the above we have re-
ceived a Birmingham paper from which
the following is taken:
E. Keene Langhorne, of Virginia, son
OF c. d. Langhorne, one of the most
prominent citizens of Richmond, died
at local infirmary yesterday morning
at $50 O'Clock after a brief illness of
heart disease, aged 40 years. He had
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas FL
lis at 1916 Iroquois-st. His wife, who
is in Kentucky with an invalid mother.
was to join him here, where they had
prepared to spend three months or
more.
On Wednesday night Mr.. Langhorne
complained of heart weakness, from
which he had been sufferer at inter-
walls. Realizing that his malady was
serious he had himself conveyed to the
infirmary, where his condition grew
rapidly worse in spite of constant med
ical attention.
The deceased had no children. He
was well known in Birmingham and a
few years ago spent some time here in
building a large section of the Louis
vile and Nashville double track be-
tween this city and Cullman. He had
a genial disposition and his spirit of
comradeship won him devoted friends
everywhere. His death will be widely
lamented.