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He settled in downtown Paducah as an hourly employee at a plant with ties to the tobacco industry. He gained the nickname "Speedy" at work because of his speed with handling tobacco. Single and without known relatives, he befriended A. Z. Hamock, an African American who owned the city's only funeral home for blacks in the segregated city.
Yvan Serge Cournoyer (born November 22, 1943) is a Canadian former professional hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens for 16 seasons, from 1963–64 to 1978–79, winning 10 Stanley Cups.
Cournoyer is a surname of French Canadian origin, denoting someone who lived at a farm with a walnut tree. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Charle Cournoyer (born 1991), Canadian skater
The Paducah Sun is a daily newspaper in Paducah, Kentucky, owned by the family-run Paxton Media Group. The paper was formerly known as the Paducah Sun-Democrat. The publisher is Bill Evans. Matt Jones is the general manager. The Sun is the most-read newspaper in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase region. The newspaper's combined online and print ...
Ève Cournoyer, 43, Canadian singer-songwriter. [177] Prabuddha Dasgupta, 55, Indian fashion photographer, heart attack. [178] Alex Falconer, 72, Scottish politician, MEP for Mid Scotland and Fife (1984–1999). [179] Pedro Gasset, 88, Spanish Olympic field hockey player. [180] Jerry Grant, 77, American race car driver, liver failure and ...
Sportspeople from Paducah, Kentucky (1 C, 29 P) Pages in category "People from Paducah, Kentucky" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
Born in Paducah [50] John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911) US Supreme Court Justice [51] Born in Boyle County [51] Jimmy Higdon (born 1953) Current member of the Kentucky State Senate, former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, businessman [52] Born in Taylor County; resident of Lebanon in Marion County [52] Clayborne F. Jackson (1806 ...
The Confederate Monument in Paducah, located northwest of downtown Paducah, Kentucky is a historic monument located in Paducah's Oak Grove Cemetery. It was built in 1907 on behalf of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is a 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) granite obelisk. [2] Six Confederate war dead are buried by the monument. [3]