GRAVES COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY IS NOW WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS, AS WELL AS RENEWAL OF PAST MEMBERS.... THOSE WHO WISH TO JOIN MAY FIND AN APPLICATION UNDER THE USEFUL LINKS TAB ABOVE.... OR YOU MAY PICK UP AN APPLICATION IN THE GENEALOGY ROOM OF THE GRAVES COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

 

 

Graves County Genealogical Society

Meets 2nd Monday Each Month

Graves County Public Library

FRONT MEETING ROOM UNLESS ANNOUNCED OTHERWISE

Beginning January 2025 the New Meeting Time will be 5:30 pm 

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

 

The November meeting of the Graves County Genealogical Society will feature as guess speaker Mr. Joe Kimble, Commander of the American Legion Post #26. Mr. Kimble will present a program on the historic Harmon Park of Mayfield.

He will explain the recent improvments at the park and will showcase the addition of sereral memorial monuments new to the park.

 

The program will be held 5:30 p.m., Monday, Novemer 10th, at the Mayfield-Graves County Public Library, 601 North 17th Street. Membership is not required to attend but is welcomed with a minimal $12.00 annual fee. 

Light snacks will be provided followed by a brief business meeting.

 

Members will make a decision on the location for the upcoming annual  Christmas Dinner and accept nominations for a slate of new officers for 2026. 

 

Bill Foy Obituary

Mr. Jerry "Bill" Max Foy age 84 of Mayfield, KY passed away at 3:25 PM Thursday, August 7, 2025 at the Baptist Health Hospital in Paducah, KY.

He retired from AC Spark Plug in Flint, MI as an electrician after 30 years of service. He was a member of the Sons of the Confederacy; and was a veteran of the United States Military where he serves in the Army Security Agency for 4 years- including time spent in Vietnam.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years- Berdie Foy; his daughter- Kathleen Puckett of Michigan; grandsons- Brian (Morgan) Puckett of Michigan, and Tyler (Katelyn) Puckett of Michigan; his great-grandson- Hudson James Puckett; brothers- Dale (Paula) Foy of Texas and Larry Foy of Mayfield, KY; sister- Shellie Bradshaw of Murray, KY; and several nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents- Lone Foy and Signa Bruce Foy; a daughter- Kristina Daum; brothers- Herschel Foy, Kenneth Foy, Gene Foy, and Norman Foy; sisters- Helen Sadler, Mildred Peal, Faye Bowsher, and Ovaleen Charles; and his son-in-laws- Nicki Joe Puckett and Charles Daum.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM Monday, August 11, 2025 at the Brown Funeral Home in Mayfield, KY with Bro. Dennis Zimmer officiating. Burial will follow in the Lynnville Baptist Cemetery where the American Legion Post #26 will conduct military rites. Visitation will be held from 5:00PM until 8:00PM on Sunday, August 10, 2025 at the Brown Funeral Home in Mayfield, KY.

 

 

 

 

Now available for purchase is Lochridge and Kindred Families of the Jackson Purchase recently completed by William Wells of Mayfield.  The publication can be purchased at The Good News Shoppe locally for $40.00, or can be mailed (plus shipping charges) by requesting a copy @ debanddot1@att.net.  His compilation includes the surnames Anderson, Boone, Chappell, Emerson, Frost, Hurt, Pryor and Seay; as well as Wells and Morgan families of Cumberland County, Kentucky.

 

John Davis now has available for purchase reprints of his first history book of Mayfield, Kentucky.

"Mayfield - As I Recall" By John Davis.

They may be purchased at Mayfield-Graves County Public Library. Also personally from John Davis himself.

 

 

 

Graves County Library Location

601 N 17th St.

Mayfield, KY 42066