9 Jul 1886, p 3 -
DEATHS
Of abscess of the liver, which resulted in blood poisoning, Mrs. Elizabeth P. James breathed her last at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning at her home in Crab Orchard, aged 45 years. She was the wife of Mr. Geo. W. James, the sister of Hon. Font Fox Bobbitt and the mother of four sorrowing children. A member of the Baptist Church many years she died firm in the faith and willing to answer His summons to a better life. Rev. C. C. Green, assisted by Rev. J. M. Bruce, conducted the funeral services at the Baptist church in the presence of a vast assembly of friends and then the remains were interred in the cemetery on the hill.
16 Jul 1886, p 2 -
IN MEMORIAM.
After a most painful illness of five weeks duration, Mrs. Lizzie P. James, wife of G. W. James, departed this life July 6th. The deceased was born at Dallas, Pulaski county, Ky., June 19th, 1841, and was scarcely in the prime of life. Her father was Major John Bobbitt, who emigrated from the State of Virginia to Kentucky and married the widow Hays, daughter of Thomas Stigall, Esq. She was of ancestors somewhat remarkable on both sides. The Stigalls were noted for their love of money and the acquisition of property and the Bobbitts for their mechanical skill, attainments in letters and the valor displayed in the army of Northern Virginia in defense of the "Lost Cause." I have been informed by an ex Confederate soldier now living in this county that one whole company of General Lee's army was composed of her relatives. She was educated at Crab Orchard and Danville and at eighteen was considered one of the most beautiful women in Lincoln county. She leaves five children to lament her irreparable loss. All of them are exceedingly bright and intelligent and some of them the most talented and brilliant in Kentucky.
