Joseph Lawrence Head died at the Pewee Valley Hospital Sunday February 11, at 2 a.m.  He was taken sick Friday.  A physician was called and after hours of suffering and an operation was decided upon.  He was taken to the hospital at 10 p.m. Saturday night and passed away on the operating table.

Mr. Head was a son of Lawrence and Susan Head and was born April 15, 1868, near LaGrange and spent his entire life in and near LaGrange.  He had for many years been a member of the Christian Church.
On November 9, 1892 he married Miss Sammie Williams who survives him.  Surviving also are two daughters, Mrs. Al Hoffman of LaGrange and Mrs. J. H. Goggin of Chattanooga, Tenn.; two sons Warren Head of LaGrange and Lawrence Head of Cincinnati ; two sisters Miss Dora Head and Mrs. C. C. McRoberts and two brothers, J. M. Head and Charles Head, all of LaGrange.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 Tuesday morning at the Christian Church with Mr. C.C. Klingman in charge. There was a profusion of flowers.  Interment was in the Valley of Rest.  The pall bearers were Messrs. J. C. Haffler, Hall Ratcliff, L. H. Morgan, Wilder Overstreet, Lan Taylor, Flem Abbott, Robert Guthrie and R. H. Snyder.

Among those from a distance were Mrs. J. H. Goggin of Chattanooga Tenn.; Mr. Doc Williams of Smithfield;  Mr. Lawrence Head of Cincinnati;  Mrs. Robert Hansbrough, Miss Pearl Hansbrough, Miss Emma Julian, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Williams, all of Louisville.
(Joseph Lawrence Head b. April 15, 1868  d. February 11, 1934 ) 

SOURCE OF INFORMATION:  Submitted by Kathy Reeves, a relation to the deceased.