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Henderson Hero: PFC Parker Cleveland Yates 🇺🇸 On a quiet stretch in Section 1 of Fernwood Cemetery rests a soldier who never made it home alive. His name…
Henderson Hero at Bastogne: Pvt. Hardis J. Liggett (1922-1944) 🇺🇸 If you walk through Fernwood Cemetery and find the grave of Pvt. Hardis J. Liggett, you will notice…
Peter Lavialle Whelan (1916-1944) Peter Lavialle Whelan was one of Henderson’s promising young men whose life and future were cut short by World War II. Born on February…
Henderson Hero: PFC William G. Miller (1926 – 1945) 🇺🇸 Walk through Fernwood Cemetery and you will find a simple flat marble marker that reads: WILLIAM G. MILLERKentuckyPVT…
Henderson Hometown Hero: PFC John Frederick Wilkerson (1924-1945) In Section 22, Lot 1190 at Fernwood Cemetery rests one of Henderson’s own, a young man who left South Alvasia…
Lonnie Marynell (17 Aug 1896 – 21 Oct 1918) and George W. Marynell (7 Jun 1894 – 1 Dec 1918) were sons of Frank A. Marynell Sr (1857…
Frank “Hazel” Hayes was born 29 Aug 1922 to Curtis Hayes (1903 – 1947) and Della A. “Dellie” Ranes Hayes (1897 – 1956). Frank Hayes was living with…
Pvt. Joseph J. Belcher, 19, is Henderson’s first boy to have lost his life while in the armed service in connection with World War two. His body, along…
John Barter Davis was born 2 Sep 1847 in Virginia to John Davis and Mary Overton. John B Davis was a farmer and lived out in the county…
Herman L Paff was born 20 Jun 1895 to Fred C. Paff (1862 – 1927) Louise Vogel (1874 – 1943). Herman Paff was killed in action on 3…
Paul Douglas Gibson was born 11 July 1926 to William Earl Gibson (1900 – 1974) and Virginia Hatchett Lester Gibson (1900 – 1959). He was raised in Hebbardsville…
James Randolph Rash was born 9 Oct 1872 to Otway Watkins Rash and Sarah Elizabeth Robertson. He was a member of the first football team organized at Henderson…