Rounding out the obituaries I posted a week or so ago, I found my great-grandmother Sally B. Alexander's obituary in the Lexington Gazette.  It was in the 25 Feb 1920 issue.  Not very newsy. Her death certificate says she died of chronic interstitial nephritis, a.k.a., kidney disease.  So I guess she was not a victim of influenza or pneumonia as were the other deaths in the county.

Last weekend I visited my cousin Jim Alexander and found this picture of his barn. It is dated October 1942.  We noticed several things about the picture.  First, there is a pile of straw on the left hand side, which is typical of how straw was piled in that day.  Second, there is very little vegetation around the barn.  And, third, there is a tree in the field behind the barn that isn't there today.

Speaking of today, this is the barn as of last Saturday.  You can still see the same basic structure.  And the building in the foreground is still there.  But a milking parlor has been added, as well as several silos.  And there is a extension on the lower left of the barn.  Also, there are lots of weeds growing between the fence in the foreground and the barn. The creek that is more noticeable in the top picture is still there.  And, while the log fence posts have been replaced by metal stakes, the fencepost could be the remains of the one in the top picture.

By the way, for my friends who travel I-81, it is located to the right of this picture.  You can see this complex from I-81 north just before exit 300 at Fairfield.  It isn't as visible southbound, but is opposite the rest area that is just south of exit 300.