Crawfordsville Journal Review, 4-May-1959, 10: 2- Ruben W. Nance, Fountain County Farmer,
Is Dead- COVINGTON- Ruben W. Nance, 64-year-old Fountain County farmer, died of a heart
ailment at 5:45 a.m. Sunday in Veterans Hospital at Danville, Ill. He had been ill a week.
He was a son of L. N. and Sudie Nance and was born Aug. 15, 1894, in Glasgow, Ky. He was
married March 27, 1920, to Bessie Gladys Stevens. She died July 15, 1944. Surviving are
three sons, all in the U.S. Army, Robert at Ft. Sill, Okla., Gene at Ft. Lewis, Wash., and
Paul W., in Korea; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Fowler of Waveland; seven grandchildren and a
brother, Edmond Nance of Danville, Ill. Mr. Nance had lived in Fountain County 50 years.
He was a World War I veteran, serving in the Army. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home. Rev. Alfred Vancile will officiate and
interment will be in the Murray Cemetery three miles east of Mellott. Friends
may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday.