The Rev. E.A. RAMSEY, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, died at Excelsior Springs, Mo., January 13 [1898]. He had been pastor of that church for six years. He was 47 years old and was a native of Tennessee. His birthplace was Sweetwater, near Knoxville. His theological education was received at the Union Theological Seminary, then at Hampton-Sidney, Va. He was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Murfreesboro for nine years before coming to Memphis. He was a member of the educational committee of the Southern Presbyterian Church as the time of his death. He was for a while a member of the committee on foreign missions.
Source: Memphis Daily Appeal, January 2, 1899, page 2