The next meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society is 10:30 AM, Saturday, July 19, 2014, in Paducah at Baptist Health Paducah, 2501 Kentucky Avenue. The meeting is in Conference Room A/B on the first floor of Doctor’s Building 2. Our speakers are Ed and Meagan Musselman who have purchased and are renovating the old Coca Cola plant in Paducah and turning the building into multi-purpose commercial space. The plant was built in 1939 and is an excellent example of Art Deco architecture. Since 2013, it has been listed on the National register. The Musselmans will give a brief tour afterwards.…

Quarterly Meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society Saturday, April 26 2014, 10:30 AM District Courtroom, Graves County Courthouse, Mayfield KY Present:  Bob and Kate Lochte, Sid Easley,  Jim Gantt, Bill and Jo Wells, Sandy and Marvin Downing,  Jud and Faye Fortenbery, Charles and Alma Blair, Lonnie Maness, Marion Claybrook, John E.L. Robertson, and Dieter Ullrich. Others: Graves County Circuit Judge Deborah Crooks, Andy Lucy who is the Pretrial Officer, Pretrial Office of the Graves County Courts Ann Salmon who plans to join JPHS.  Greg Miller, a former JPHS member and President, and Bruce Dobyns, a new member who is…