Historical Report
FCS Agents and Administrators
Who Have Served Kentucky
Updated: June 2013
PURCHASE
BALLARD COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Lucy Belle Settle May 15, 1918-March 5, 1921
Mary Joe Crook 1921-May 7, 1922
Laura Mae Seward 1923
Lula Holmes 1928
Mabel McKinsey April 3, 1928-December 1928
Dora Duncan 1929
No Agent January 7, 1930-January 7,1936
Mary Lou Jackson Sanford 1936-1940
Maria Jane Meshew Watts 1940- November 1942
Susan Word Davies December 1942 - September 1943
Angie McNutt Howard September 1943-1945
Brooks Walker 1947-September 1954
Betty Hamilton Heller May 1955-1957
Martha Ann Randolph November 1958-December 1960
Charlene Wilson February 1961- June 6, 1964
Frances Hanes Hammonds 1964- May 1968
Mildred W. Potts June 10, 1968-January 31, 1994
Belinda J. Bryant September 1, 1994-August 23, 1998
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Stephanie Carter 1999-2000
Debbie Colvin - Temple 7/1/2000 – present
PURCHASE
CALLOWAY COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Mrs. George P. Hatton 1920
Rheda W. Oury 1925
Rachel Rowland Wallace 1940-1955
Mary Anna Batts (Assistant) 1954
Barletta Wrather 1955-1976
Jean Cloar 1976-1991
Karen Hicks 1991-93
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Jane H. Steely 1994-2005
LaDawn Hale 2005- present
PURCHASE
CARLISLE COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Martha Fondaw Adams August 1, 1946 - September 30, 1949
Maxine Garrigan Griffin January 1, 1950 - November 30, 1958
Ellen Rives Ridgeway August 1, 1959 - July 31, 1963
Maxine Garrigan Griffin 1964-1970
Sue Heltsley Frazier August 1, 1970 - October 10, 1977
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1998)
Carol Vinyard March 27, 1978- October 31, 2006
Sara E. Bogle June 18, 2007-Present
PURCHASE
FULTON COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
M. P. Durham (Emergency Agent) 1917-1918
Margaret Wilson 1918-1920
Mary Jo Vandenburg 1920-1920
Ann Ruble Orr 1920-1922
No Agent 1922-1928
Myrtle Jackson 1928-1930
Mill Alda Henning 1930-1932
Anna Culton 1933-1936
Catherine Culton Thompson 1936-1944
Margaret Howard Adams 1944-1947
Bertha McLeod 1948-1964
Anna Culton Thompson 1965-1967
Catherine Culton Thompson 1967-1975
Judy Hetterman Wilson 1975-1994
Lauren Walters 1995-1996
County Extension agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Debra Taylor 1997-1999
Sara Bogle 6/1/2000 – 06/07
Lindsey Duke 11/12/07 – 2008
Amy Tyler 2009-2011
Melissa Goodman 2011 - Present
PURCHASE
GRAVES COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Miss Ashbrook 1918-1920
Margaret Bird July 1, 1920-August 16, 1921
Ida Hagman October 10, 1921-November 30, 1928
Annie B. Priest (Asst. HE) June 5, 1923-September 5, 1923
Eula Conner June 15, 1926-January 31, 1928
Florence Cobb Bennett January 12, 1928-December 31, 1937
Gladys Fisher November 1, 1937-August 31, 1938
Loretta Markham Wyatt March 1, 1937-March 31, 1942
Myra Nell Cherry October 1, 1946-November 25, 1946
Christine Barlow July 1, 1941-January 31, 1946
Claudia Weinman January 15, 1946-November 15, 1947
Mae E. Felts McDonald November 17, 1947-March 31, 1949
Laverne B. Hixson July 1, 1949-December 31, 1954
Irma Hamilton September 10, 1953-August 31, 1970
Dauveen Martin Roper (Asst. HE) October 18, 1954-January 30, 1987
Phyllis Youngblood July 11, 1988-1997
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Virginia Langford 1998-Present
PURCHASE
HICKMAN COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Louise McGill Craig 1929-1934
Anna Culton Thompson 1932-1935
Katherine Culton Thompson 1935-1937
Jessie Wilson Ringo 1937-1942
Hattie Bethea 1937-1942
Augusta Ray Merryman 1943-1947
Amelia Mason Samuels 1947-1948
Edwina Jones Bordeau O'Hara 1949-1954
Katherine Wilson Mays 1953-1967
Marianna Graves Batts 1954-1958
Maxine Garrigan Griffin 1958-1982
Deborah Hall Samples 1983-1989
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Phyllis Choate Simmons 1989-2006
Melissa Goodman 2006-Present
PURCHASE
MCCRACKEN COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Allie Cop Lander 1915-1917
Mrs. Lyle 1917-1921
Ida Moore 1922-1925
Zilpa F. Bruce 1925-1930
Mabel McKinsey 19?? - 1932
Anna Thompson 1932 -1932 (6 months)
Alda Henning 1932-1944
Marietta Smith 1945-1946
Sadie W. Pulliam 1946-1950
Florence C. Bennett 1950-1964
Juanita R. Amonett 1964-1992
Valerie Holland 1993-April 30, 1998
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Belinda J. Bryant August 24, 1998- 2004
Denise Wooley 2005- Present
PURCHASE
MARSHALL COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Loretta Markham (Wyatt) 1937-1938
Ann Garrigan (Nagel) 1947-1949
Sunshine Colley 1950-1967
Birmah H. Gammel (Associate) 1954-1955
Nancy Thompson (Apprentice) June 1, 1957-August 31, 1957
Pat Curtsinger August 1, 1967-1998
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Vicki Wynn 1998-Present
PENNYRILE
CALDWELL COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Nancy B. Scrugham (Nancy S. Beck) February 11, 1936-June 30, 1946
Wilma Vandiver September 1, 1945-August 31, 1954
Marietta Dossett September 1, 1954-June 30, 1955
Norma Davis (Norma Marshall) September 1, 1955-April 30, 1959
Nona Akridge August 1, 1959-June 30, 1960
Anna Hornsby (Anna Miller) November 1, 1960-February 22, 1994
Susan Holladay August, 1994-November 30, 1995
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Christine Rivera 1996-October 2007
Courtney Heatherly 2008-2011
Ashley White January 1, 2013
Assistant to Home Economics Agents
Barbara Oliver 1950-November 15, 1950
Maxine Garrigan Griffin No date provided
Mary Morgan July 1, 1951-August 31, 1951
Norma Davis July 1, 1952-November 3, 1953
Emma Maxfield September 1, 1953-December 31, 1953
Patricia Martin April 19, 1956-August 31, 1959
Anne Wolfe July 1, 1958-August 23, 1958
Judith Black August 25, 1958-October 31, 1958
Elaine Moyers September 30, 1964-November 1, 1964
PENNYRILE
CHRISTIAN COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Mollie Poston (African Am. Agent – summer only) 1914
Julia Melton (African Am. Agent – summer only) 1914
Eloise Nelson Graves 1914-1918
Mary Effe Means 1918-1919
Madge Bennett 1922-1923
Fannie Ellis Cocke 1923-1925
Mattie Hodges Jones 1925-1927
Ruby Miller Barlow Bradley 1927-1929
Frances Weise Fleming 1929-1941
Rachel Davis Hopkins 1937-1972
Mary Ellen Murray Lilly 1941-1959
Isobel Crutchfield 1959-1986
Assistant Home Economics Agents
Ann Culton 1929-??
Richie Stevenson
Mary Louise Scott
Elanor Whittinghill
Mattie Sue Bettersworth
Camille Hedges
Cornelia Croft
Rachel Rowlan
Mary Elizabeth Meador
Mary Ellen Murray ??-1942
Betty Mitchell 1941-??
Ievla Bagby
Geraldine Larmon
May Felts
Amelia Mason
Brooks Walker
Nancy Pile
Eloise Ridley
Sue Langley
Carrie South
Barbara Oliver
Geneva Powell
Betty Hamilton
Dimple Flowers ??-1954
Patricia Martin 1956
Ann Wolfe, Phyliss Sandefur 1957
Dixie Grugin 1957-1959
Mary Helen Marshall 1962 - ?
Sally Greer Porter 1966-1968
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Marsha O. Parker 1986 - March 1, 2013
Tiffany Bolinger April 15, 2013
PENNYRILE
CRITTENDEN COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Mary Thurman Fridy 1947-1952
Norma L. Davis 1952-1955
Edwina Bordeau O'Hara 1955-1983
Nona Adridge 1961-1962
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Nancy D. Hunt 1984-Present
PENNYRILE
HOPKINS COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Dora May Duncan 1930-1933
Ruth Etheridge 1934-1936
Ruth Harrelson 1937-1943
Laverne Burnett 1944-1946
Lucille Warren 1946
Ruth Harrelson 1947-1949
Isobel Crutchfield 1949-1959
Lois McClure 1959-1962
Jo Ann Pierce 1962-1992
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Nancy Kelley 1995-Present
PENNYRILE
LIVINGSTON COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Frances Cline 1917-1929
Kathleen Vance 1950
Emma Maxfield 1955-1971
Patricia Wheeler 1971-1973
Karen Ramage 1973-November 1, 1994
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (1/1/1999)
Annie Kingston June 19, 1995- January 1, 2013
PENNYRILE
LYON COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Francis Grey White (Utley) October, 1946-December, 1948
Mae Kathryn Blackford Whittington 1949-May 14, 1955
Lydia Ann Bell April 1, 1955-1957
Robert Hicks 1957-January, 1960
Prisicilla L. Hatler July, 1960-1971
Glinda Tutt 1972-August, 1974
Karen Behm December, 1974-July, 1976
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Laura W. Wilson October 5, 1976-2011
Angie York October 1, 2012
PENNYRILE
MUHLENBERG COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Iris Boggess Wiseman 1914-1918
Helena Turner Weisbecker 1919-1921
Cora Lee Wood 1921-1923
Sally Coleman Poole 1924
Zilpha Foster Bruce 1924-1925
Beatrice Moller Anderson 1925-1928
Alma Moore 1928-1943
Ella Landrum 1943-1944
Roberts Sanderson Luckett 1945-1946
Sue Myers Young 1946-1947
Jessie Dawson 1947-1968
Kay Sanders Grise 1969-1975
Judy Hartman 1975-1979
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Carolyn Ham 1979-January 2005
Laura Holt 2005- Present
County Extension Agent for Fine Arts
Cora Hughes January 17, 2013
PENNYRILE
TODD COUNTY
Extension Agent for Home Economics
Carolyn Graham Klenger ??
Mary Meadors Harrell ??
Patty Mason 1948-1973
Mary Joyce Grider Davis 1973-1974
Jennifer Berschet Klee 1974-1979
Scarlett Cherry Davis Edmunds 1979-1984
Alisa Thompson Toon 1984-1988
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Jill Butler Harris 1988-Present
PENNYRILE
TRIGG COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Eleanor Whitinghill 1935-1954
Martha Raby 1954-1955
Patty Martin 1956-1959
Judy Black Jolly 1959-1961
Ann Thompson 1962-1963
Marinell Myers 1962-1964
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Elaine Clift 1964-1/2006
Brandi Bynum Cope 1/2007-2/2008
Cecelia Hostilo 2009-present
GREEN RIVER
DAVIESS COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Minnie Worthington February 11, 1914-1922
Lula Coleman (African Am. Agent – summer only) 1914
Octavia Evans 1919-1924
Helen White 1924-1935
Venice Lovelady 1936-1941
Katherine Calloway 1946-1949
Kitty Bess Dodson 1950-1969
Ida Jo Burg 1969-1979
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Martha W. Lee 1979-2003
Ashlee R Rzyczychi 2004-2007
Christy Ramey December 2007- March 4, 2013
GREEN RIVER
HANCOCK COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Judith Rowland October, 1946-December, 1949
JoNell Acton February, 1951-May, 1954
Imogene Black June, 1954-August, 1955
Edna Barnes January, 1956-July, 1962
Norma Jo Boggs August, 1962-July, 1963
Bobbie Gail Pullen August, 1963-August, 1965
Trudy Hagan December, 1965-June, 1967
Kay Hall August, 1967-August, 1973
Susan Strickler January, 1974-December, 1975
Donnia Wesley February, 1976-October, 1986
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Kay Hall July, 1987- 2005
Katie Englert March 1, 2006-2010
GREEN RIVER
HENDERSON COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Margaret D. Jones 1914
Susan Gatewood Weaver March, 1915-October, 1916
Susan Gatewood Weaver March, 1918-December, 1919
Grace L. Grazier March, 1920-August, 1920
Martha Golson October, 1920-November, 1920
Maidia Beckerdite June, 1921-September, 1922
Maidia Beckerdite March, 1923-April 1923
Mary Marks May 1923-July 1923
Anna Streed October, 1923-June, 1928
Isadora Williams September, 1928-December, 1930
Pearl Hook November, 1930-December, 1935
Ruth Taylor February, 1936-September 1938
Leone Gillett August, 1938-February, 1947
Opal Avant February, 1947-September, 1949
Mamie Pfrangle September, 1949-April, 1950
Ruth Harralson April, 1950-July, 1952
Rebecca Johnston July, 1952-November, 1955
Eugenia Donahue July, 1957-May, 1959
Jane Jones Gilchrist May, 1959-February, 1966
Shirley Lynn Nall February, 1966-June, 1968
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Thelma Johnson (County & Area) November, 1946-August, 1957
Thelma Johnson (County & Area) August, 1958-July, 1970
Isabella Williams August, 1957-August, 1958
Beulah Nichols 1955-1956
Beulah Nichols (Area Extension Agent) July, 1970-July, 1974
Myra Braden September, 1974-19??
Frances Hammonds 6/25/68-6/30/01
Janice M. Dougan 2/11/02 – 2007
Amanda Hardy 2008-Present
GREEN RIVER
MCLEAN COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Mary Lynne Daugherty July 1, 1923-September 30, 1925
Hazel Vincent February 1, 1926-August 31, 1930
Dorothy Threlkeld September 1, 1930-August 31, 1931
(Assistant Dorothy Threlkeld) July 10, 1930-August 31, 1930
Mildred Roberts Nall August 1, 1937-July 31, 1945
Nina Height Bennett June 15, 1945-June 30, 1953
Barbara A. Oliver Ford July 1, 1953-July 31, 1956
Mary E. Brizendine September 1, 1956-March 31, 1961
Mary E. Brizendine (Assistant) July 1, 1956-August 31, 1956
Martha Nell McCarley Jordan November 1, 1962-March 18, 1966
Freda Dale Ellis (Area Extension Agent) June 1, 1966-March 4, 1969
Pamela Diane Fortner (Area Extension Agent) January 27, 1969-June 12, 1969
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Margaret Davenport Scott June 23, 1969-June 2005
Amanda Hardy 2005-2008
Amber Meeks 2009-Present
GREEN RIVER
OHIO COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Marcy D. Stewart 1941-1942
Louise Nunnelley 1942-1944
Thelma K. Streeter 1945-1968
Judy Wakefield 1968-1971
Ellen Hester 1971-1975
Nancy Sheeter Sheeley 1975-1976
Gail Ammonett Pickard 1976-1981
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Judy Burns 1981-2010
Tiffany Calvert January 1, 2013
GREEN RIVER
UNION COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Jane Letcher 1918-1919
Bernadette Kellar 1920-1921
Julia Trigg Stewart 1922
Eloise Kirkman 1925-1926
Dixie Lee Lewis 1930-1932
Sadie Wilgus (Pulliam) 1933-1938
Larue Nance (Underwood) 1939-1941
Dorothy Hill Hamory 1942-1943
Helen Stevens 1944-1954
Emma Lou Johnson 1955-1960
Emma Lou Stockton 1961-1965
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Linda Young 1968-2008
Melanie T. Bealmear 2/14/2005-Present
GREEN RIVER
WEBSTER COUNTY
County Extension Agent for Home Economics
Mattie Sue Bettersworth Young March 1, 1937-November 30, 1938
Camille B. Hedges December 1, 1938-November 30, 1939
Mary Jordon Odor Morris September 1, 1940-October 31, 1957
Delores J. Moyers Holloman October 1, 1958-July 5, 1960
Laura E. Heddleson January 2, 1961-June 30, 1970
Jane Slack July 1, 1971-October 31, 1973
Nancy A. Jones January 1, 1974-January 31, 1992
County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences (Effective 1/1/1999)
Myra Braden February 15, 1993 –January 2008
Whitney Dodson 2009 – June 30, 2013
Katherine Alexander August 20, 2013 - present
Assistant Home Economics Agents in Training
Marjorie S. Higginson April 9, 1945-August 25, 1945
Lucille E. Warren July 1, 1946-August 15, 1946
Isobel Crutchfield November 14, 1949-May 15, 1959
Kitty Bess Dodson June 1, 1959-August 31, 1950
Mary L. Steele (Saunook) September 1, 1952-December 31, 1952
Jacqueline Shoulders (Rogers) July 1, 1953-November 30, 1953