Henry Lloyd and Kathleen Ezell Herndon -- Farmer and Homemaker

 

Henry Lloyd Herndon was born on August 9, 1912 in Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the second of five children born to Chester Anderson Herndon and Daisy Adeline Calhoun Herndon.  Chester was a farmer and both he and Daisy were natives of Trigg County.  Henry was a descendant of Simco Bridges. 

Henry’s siblings were Annie Lois Herndon, born in 1911; Luby Earl Herndon, born in 1914 and married Allene Brown; Roberta Herndon, born in 1915 and married Orvil Herschel Calhoun; and Lola Gleen Herndon, born in 1918 and married Harlon Edward Maddox.

Henry or “Buck” as he was known grew up in rural Trigg County and attended Ross School and later Lower Donaldson School.

On September 26, 1938 he married Mary Kathleen Ezell in Benton, Kentucky.  Kathleen was only 15 years old so they had eloped.  Kathleen was born on May 10, 1923 in Trigg County, the only child of Wilford Jett Ezell and Mattie Earl Sumner Ezell.  Wilford was a farmer and both he and Mattie were natives of Trigg County.  Kathleen was a descendant of Perry Thomas.

Buck and Kathleen lived in Trigg County their entire lives.  They settled in the South Union community where Buck worked primarily as a farmer.  He also worked at Felix Carr’s Sawmill, Cedar Bluff Stone Company and at the Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation.  During the time that the Barkley Lake reservoir was being cleared, he worked with the company that moved cemeteries out of the area.  Kathleen was a homemaker.

Kathleen and Buck were the parents of five children, Doris Rhea Herndon, born in 1940 and married Jasper Joe Hayes; Polly Ann Herndon, born in 1943 and married Billy Eugene Thomas; Blanche Earl Herndon, stillborn in 1945; Wilford Lloyd Herndon, born in 1946 and married Thelma Ruth Calhoun; and Gwenna Kay Herndon, born in 1959 and married Ricky Alan Settle.

Buck died on April 4, 1992 at the age of 79 at the Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.  He was buried in the McIntosh Cemetery in Trigg County.  Kathleen died on October 9, 2005 at the age of 82 at the Trigg County Hospital in Cadiz.  She was buried in the McIntosh Cemetery next to her husband.

Buck and Kathleen tombstone

LINEAGE:  (Henry Lloyd Herndon was the son of Chester Anderson and Daisy Adeline Calhoun Herndon.  Daisy was the first child of William Archibald “Bill” and Peachie Ann Bridges Calhoun.  Peachie was the seventh child of Simco N. and Emeline Martin Bridges.  Simco was the fourth child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges.  William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)

(Mary Kathleen Ezell was the first child of Wilford Jett and Matie Earl Sumner Ezell.  Wilford was the first child of Carl Hugh and Betsy Jane Coleman Ezell.  Betsy was the first child of Felix Grundy and Martha Jane Noel Coleman.  Felix was the fifth child of Alfred Boyd and Alpha Thomas Coleman.  Alpha was the second child of Perry and Elizabeth Josephine Bridges Thomas.  Perry was the third child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.