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