1964. In 1965, the University of Kentucky honored him with a Centennial Award and inducted him into its Hall of Distinguished Alumni. He died February 7, 1970, in Richmond, Kentucky, and is buried in Richmond Cemetery. References Citations Sources Further reading External links Biography at Between the Rivers 1896 births 1970 deaths American male journalists 20th-century American journalists United States Army personnel of World War I Central Methodist University alumni Editors of Kentucky newspapers Democratic Party governors of Kentucky Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky People from Anderson County, Kentucky People from Elizabethtown, Kentucky People from Lyon County, Kentucky People from Madison County, Kentucky United States Department of Labor officials United States Army officers University of Kentucky alumni 20th-century American politicians American United Methodists Southern Methodists 20th-century Methodists