A heart attack proved fatal last Saturday to Dr. Luther Bach, 62, one of four noted Breathitt County brother-physicians, at his farm, Green Acres, near Florence. He had practiced medicine in Bellevue and Newport for more than 30, years after practicing at Jackson for many years.

Funeral services were held yesterday in the Florence Baptist Church and interment was in the Lexington Cemetery.

One of four sons of Hiram Bach of Noctor, each of whom became physicians, Dr. Luther was well known to many residents of Breathitt County, where he practiced his profession for several years, after serving with the Medical Corps in World War I.

Two of his brothers also practiced here, Dr. Wilgus Bach, operating the Bach Hospital, the building now the men's dormitory at Lees College, until his death in 1936; and Dr. Arthur Bach, being a general practitioner and operator of the Bach Drug Store here, before moving his practice to Lexington, where he died in 1952.

The fourth brother, Dr. Bert Bach, resides at Whitesburg, where he has practiced medicine for many years.

Dr. Luther attended Berea College and Eastern State Teachers College, before graduating from the College of Medicine at the University of Louisville; and did graduate work at Harvard, Northwestern Reserve, and Ohio State universities. For a period following military service, during the first World War, he served with the U. S. Public Health Service in the Panama Canal Zone.

After leaving Jackson he practiced for about 20 years at Bellevue, then opened an office at Newport, where he specialized in heart ailments and diabetes.

Throughout the years, after leaving Jackson, he maintained a vital interest in his native county, being a liberal contributor and ardent worker in church matters here, and with his brothers, built the Bach Memorial Chapel at Noctor on the family farm. He was also instrumental in the founding and maintenance of Magoffin Baptist Institute at Mt. Valley, this county.

He was a fellow of the American College of Physicians; a member of the Licking Valley Medical Association; Breathitt Lodge, F. & A. M.; and Oleika Shrine Temple, Lexington. He was a member and deacon of the Florence Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Linnie Bach, Florence; two sons, Dr. Lysle Bach, Louisville, and Byron Bach, Florence; a daughter, Miss Jean Bach, missionary with the Baptist Foreign Mission in Nigeria, South Africa; a sister, Mrs. Edith Henry, Hazard; and his brother, Dr. Bert Bach, Whitesburg.