ALCORN, John - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Covington - John C. Alcorn, 85, retired Fountain County farmer, died at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday at his home on Rt. 2 Covington. He had been in ill health two years. A son of John H. and Mary Alcorn, he was born in Jackson County, Kentucky, March 9, 1877. He was wed to Mary Frances Wolfe in 1898. She died in 1933. He was married Feb. 10, 1945 to Lillie Mae Lamb, who survives. Also surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Sally Brothers of Danville, Ind., Mrs. Elizabeth Combs of Independence, Kan., Mrs. Nellie May Hall of Rt. 2, Covington and Mrs. Rose Morehouse of Danville, Ill., and 19 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Several children preceded Mr. Alcorn in death. He had lived in the Foster community the last 18 years. Prior to that he resided in Blount Township, Vermillion County, Illinois, near Danville. Mr. Alcorn was a member of the Baptist Church. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. EST Friday at the Bodine and Shelby Funeral Home in Covington, with Rev. Bertha Knox officiating and interment in Songer Cemetery at Tilton, Ill. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday.