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Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 4A: Pine Mountain Settlement School History – Creech Family
Series 09: Biography – Community, Guests and Visitors<\/h5>\n
\"WILLIAM

0056b P. Roettinger Album. “‘Old Mr. Man’, Uncle William and Lizzie.” [Philip Roettinger at left holding walking stick and plants, Elisabeth Roettinger in center holding plants, William Creech at right holding hat in hand.] [roe_056b.jpg]<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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TAGS:<\/strong> William Creech, Ethel de Long Zande, Aunt Sal Creech, Louisville, KY, Evelyn K. Wells, Angela Melville, death, cancer, funerals, hospitals, founding fathers, founding families, Harlan County, KY, disease in Appalachia, Creech family <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UNCLE WILLIAM CREECH The Death Of<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The following letters gather information regarding the illness (cancer) and subsequent death of William Creech<\/a>, a founding father of the Pine Mountain Settlement School. The two main accounts are written by co-director of the School, Ethel de Long Zande<\/a>, and by Evelyn K. Wells<\/a>, secretarial staff at the School and later a key member of the Board of Trustees of the School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a last attempt to prolong the life of Uncle William, he was transported by train from Pine Mountain to Louisville, Kentucky, where expert medical care could be found. The following letters trace the decision to take him to Louisville, his treatment, his decline and, ultimately, his death in the Louisville hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following his death, Uncle William was returned to Pine Mountain to be buried in the family cemetery just a short distance from the School. His funeral did not follow the tradition that was prevalent in the community that included a rapid burial and then a “funeralizing<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The account of Uncle William’s funeral by Evelyn K. Wells covers the community reaction to the death of its much-loved member. Her letter details the funeral, the attendees, and comments on the formalities of Appalachian mountain funerals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GALLERY contains images of the original letters and their accompanying transcriptions. The Gallery is followed by digital transcriptions of the letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LETTER INVENTORY<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

001-004<\/strong> [zande_e_corr_1918_05_18_001-004]. Zande Correspondence, May 18, 1918. Ethel de Long Zande Correspondence, four handwritten pages.
005<\/strong> [zande_e_corr_1918_05_18_001-005]. Transcription, one page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

001-004<\/strong> [zande_e_corr_1918_05_nd_001-004]. Wells Correspondence. May 1918. Evelyn K. Wells Correspondence, four handwritten pages.
005-006<\/strong> [zande_e_corr_1918_05_nd_005-006]. Transcription, two pages.

[See below for digital transcriptions of these letters.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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