"A HISTORY OF THE DAVIESS-McLEAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IN KENTUCKY, 
1844-1943" by Wendell H. Rone.  Probably published in 1944 by 
Messenger Job Printing Co., Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky, pp. 315-316.  
Used by permission. [Jefferson]

JOSEPH SAMUEL FELIX, D.D.:  The particulars of this useful minister 
of the Gospel are meager.  He first saw the light of day in Woodford 
County, Kentucky, on August 19, 1851.  Early in life he united with 
the Hillesboro Church, in his native county, where he was licensed 
to preach in 1871.  He was ordained as pastor of the Augusta Church, 
Augusta, Kentucky, in 1872.  His pastorate with the Church lasted 
until 1884, when he resigned to accept the office of Vice President 
of Georgetown college.  After fifteen months of service to this 
school he resigned to accept the call to the First Baptist Church in 
Owensboro, Kentucky.  His pastorate in Owensboro covered the period 
from 1884 to 1890.  From there he served in the following pastorates: 
Lynchburg, Virginia, 1890-1894; First Church of Asheville, N. C., 
1895-1898; First Church of Shreveport, La., 1898-1901; and finally to 
the East Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., 1902.  Because of ill 
health he was forced to resign his pastorate there at the close of the 
year 1902.  He was only fifty-two years of age, but he finished his 
course and gently fell on sleep at Louisville, Ky., on December 15, 
1903.  He is buried in the Cave Hill cemetery at that place.
     Brother Felix exercised a rare ability in the pulpit and was 
successful in all of his pastorates.  After graduating from Georgetown 
College in 1871, he spent one year in the Southern Baptist Seminary.  
He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Bethel College and also 
studied for a short time at the Crozier Theological Seminary.  While 
in the Daviess County Association he preached the Annual Sermon before 
the body in the year 1887.

Felix
=
Woodford Augusta-Bracken Georgetown-Scott VA NC LA

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/jefferson/felix.js.txt