On Saturday, January 26th, the Jackson Purchase Historical Society hosted a lecture about Murray native Theodore Roosevelt Mason (T.R.M) Howard  at the Wrather Museum Auditorium on the campus of Murray State University.  The event was the Society’s celebration of the 175th anniversary of the city of Murray’s incorporation. The lecture was a joint presentation, given by David T. Beito, a professor of history at the University of Alabama, and Linda Royster Beito, a professor of social sciences at Stillman College.  Linda Beito began the lecture by documenting Howard’s early life, including his influencers and the relationships he developed in Murray. …

David Heathcott to speak on “Hal Allison, the USS Oklahoma, and Pearl Harbor” David Heathcott, a docent leader at the Discovery Park of America in Union City, Tennessee, will be the featured speaker at the March 2 meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society. The meeting will be held at the Graves County Public Library, 601 North 17th Street, Mayfield, KY beginning at 10:30 am. Heathcott’s talk is the second talk in the JPHS’s 2019 program.   On December 7, 1941, Fireman 2nd Class Hal Jake Allison became one of 2,403 American deaths incurred during the Japanese attack on Pearl…