William Anderson LaBach, 74, attorney at law, died of cancer Oct. 28 in Georgetown.
The son of Mary (Anderson) and James Parker LaBach, he was born Dec. 29, 1938 in Lexington. A graduate of Henry Clay High School and Transylvania University, he received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Dr. LaBach completed a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ and then held faculty positions in mathematics at Northwestern and Florida State Universities. Having decided to make a career change, Dr. LaBach earned a J.D. (law) degree and an M.A. in history from the University of Kentucky. He practiced law in Fayette and Scott Counties from 1975 until his death, specializing in civil and criminal litigation. He is the author of two books on law and the Supreme Court, “The Supreme Court Fails Its First Test: Chisholm v. Georgia” and “America Wrestles with Race and Civil Rights: Dred Scott, Brown and Boumediene.”
Bill descended from many well-known Kentuckians, including Statesman Henry Clay, Railroad Entrepreneur C.D. Chenault, Senator James Brown and Judge Watts Parker. This may partially explain his great interest in history and genealogy. But Dr. LaBach never felt defined by his past. He was always interested in accomplishing new things on his own.
Mr. LaBach’s many interests included gardening and genealogy. He served as president of the Lexington Rose Society, the Kentucky Genealogical Society and as a national officer of the Society of Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge. He was a life member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution and the Jamestowne Society.
-omitted survivors
Visitation will be 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home on East Main St. in Lexington.
Services will be Tuesday, Nov. 5 at noon at Kerr Brothers, 463 East Main Street, Lexington.
-Obituaries on New-Graphic.com/ October 31, 2013
Bill's Contributor Page.
The son of Mary (Anderson) and James Parker LaBach, he was born Dec. 29, 1938 in Lexington. A graduate of Henry Clay High School and Transylvania University, he received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Dr. LaBach completed a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ and then held faculty positions in mathematics at Northwestern and Florida State Universities. Having decided to make a career change, Dr. LaBach earned a J.D. (law) degree and an M.A. in history from the University of Kentucky. He practiced law in Fayette and Scott Counties from 1975 until his death, specializing in civil and criminal litigation. He is the author of two books on law and the Supreme Court, “The Supreme Court Fails Its First Test: Chisholm v. Georgia” and “America Wrestles with Race and Civil Rights: Dred Scott, Brown and Boumediene.”
Bill descended from many well-known Kentuckians, including Statesman Henry Clay, Railroad Entrepreneur C.D. Chenault, Senator James Brown and Judge Watts Parker. This may partially explain his great interest in history and genealogy. But Dr. LaBach never felt defined by his past. He was always interested in accomplishing new things on his own.
Mr. LaBach’s many interests included gardening and genealogy. He served as president of the Lexington Rose Society, the Kentucky Genealogical Society and as a national officer of the Society of Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge. He was a life member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution and the Jamestowne Society.
-omitted survivors
Visitation will be 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home on East Main St. in Lexington.
Services will be Tuesday, Nov. 5 at noon at Kerr Brothers, 463 East Main Street, Lexington.
-Obituaries on New-Graphic.com/ October 31, 2013
Bill's Contributor Page.
William Anderson LaBach, 74, attorney at law, died of cancer Oct. 28 in Georgetown.
The son of Mary (Anderson) and James Parker LaBach, he was born Dec. 29, 1938 in Lexington. A graduate of Henry Clay High School and Transylvania University, he received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Dr. LaBach completed a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ and then held faculty positions in mathematics at Northwestern and Florida State Universities. Having decided to make a career change, Dr. LaBach earned a J.D. (law) degree and an M.A. in history from the University of Kentucky. He practiced law in Fayette and Scott Counties from 1975 until his death, specializing in civil and criminal litigation. He is the author of two books on law and the Supreme Court, “The Supreme Court Fails Its First Test: Chisholm v. Georgia” and “America Wrestles with Race and Civil Rights: Dred Scott, Brown and Boumediene.”
Bill descended from many well-known Kentuckians, including Statesman Henry Clay, Railroad Entrepreneur C.D. Chenault, Senator James Brown and Judge Watts Parker. This may partially explain his great interest in history and genealogy. But Dr. LaBach never felt defined by his past. He was always interested in accomplishing new things on his own.
Mr. LaBach’s many interests included gardening and genealogy. He served as president of the Lexington Rose Society, the Kentucky Genealogical Society and as a national officer of the Society of Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge. He was a life member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution and the Jamestowne Society.
-omitted survivors
Visitation will be 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home on East Main St. in Lexington.
Services will be Tuesday, Nov. 5 at noon at Kerr Brothers, 463 East Main Street, Lexington.
-Obituaries on New-Graphic.com/ October 31, 2013
Bill's Contributor Page.
The son of Mary (Anderson) and James Parker LaBach, he was born Dec. 29, 1938 in Lexington. A graduate of Henry Clay High School and Transylvania University, he received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
Dr. LaBach completed a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ and then held faculty positions in mathematics at Northwestern and Florida State Universities. Having decided to make a career change, Dr. LaBach earned a J.D. (law) degree and an M.A. in history from the University of Kentucky. He practiced law in Fayette and Scott Counties from 1975 until his death, specializing in civil and criminal litigation. He is the author of two books on law and the Supreme Court, “The Supreme Court Fails Its First Test: Chisholm v. Georgia” and “America Wrestles with Race and Civil Rights: Dred Scott, Brown and Boumediene.”
Bill descended from many well-known Kentuckians, including Statesman Henry Clay, Railroad Entrepreneur C.D. Chenault, Senator James Brown and Judge Watts Parker. This may partially explain his great interest in history and genealogy. But Dr. LaBach never felt defined by his past. He was always interested in accomplishing new things on his own.
Mr. LaBach’s many interests included gardening and genealogy. He served as president of the Lexington Rose Society, the Kentucky Genealogical Society and as a national officer of the Society of Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge. He was a life member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution and the Jamestowne Society.
-omitted survivors
Visitation will be 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 4 at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home on East Main St. in Lexington.
Services will be Tuesday, Nov. 5 at noon at Kerr Brothers, 463 East Main Street, Lexington.
-Obituaries on New-Graphic.com/ October 31, 2013
Bill's Contributor Page.
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