Lula Montess Bailey was born on 10. Mar. 1903 at Adair County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of
Robert Sidney Bailey and
Mary Ellen Conover. Lula Montess Bailey married
James Ivan Cabbell a 1924. Lula Montess Bailey resided at at Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky, in 1954. She resided at at Sano Route, Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky, in Jan. 1980. She died on 16. Jan. 1980 at Taylor County Hospital, Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, at age 76. She was buried at Freedom Church Cemetery, Adair County, Kentucky. Her obituary from Adair Newspaper publlished Jan. 17, 1980 reads in part:
Mrs. Lula Cabbell, age 76 years of Sano Route, Columbia, Kentucky, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 1980 at 9:55 p. m. at the Taylor County Hospital after an illness. She was the daughter of the late Sid and Mary Ellen Conover Bailey of Adair County and the widow of the late James Ivan Cabbell who preceded her in death on December 30, 1969. Mrs. Cabbell is survived by one daughter, Miss Janet Cabbell of Sano Route, Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. willie Overstreet, Sano Route, Columbia and Mrs. Sam Murrell, St. Joseph, Illinois; three nephews, Darrell Overstreet, Columbia, Orville Bailey, Russell Springs, and Jerry Murrell, St. Joseph, Illinois. Mrs. Cabbell was a member of the Clear Springs United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, January 18, 1980 at 10 a. m. at the Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with Reverend John Shepherd of Glasgow officiating. Interment in the Freedom Cemetery. Pallbearers will be James Green, Lilburn Roy, Edwin Bryant, Bill Cooley, Paul W. Bryant, and James Burton.