Services for Robert Lee Lancaster, 95, were held at the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Thursday at 2:00 p. m. with Rev. Robert Saywell officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction of Wylie Funeral Home.
Mr. Lancaster, a farmer, spent his life near Bath Springs. He was the son of the late Benjamin and Tennion Wells Lancaster. His wife Addie McClure Lancaster died several years ago. He was a member of the old Friendship Church of Christ. He died at 5:00 a. m. Wednesday after being seriously ill for three months.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Finis Boggan of Bath Springs and Julia F. Stephens of Detroit, Mich.; two sons, Curry Lancaster of Camden and Grady Lancaster of Bath Springs; 23 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren.