Sister Agatha Beaven

Date of Birth: November 16, 1886
Date of Death: October 8, 1971
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 32

The daughter of Charles and Sarah Neel Beaven, Mary Myrtle was born Nov. 16, 1886, in Morganfield, Ky. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy for two years then entered the novitiate. Three months later on May 5, 1914, Mary Myrtle received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Agatha. Sister Agatha completed her high school…

Sister Athanasius Powell

Date of Birth: March 11, 1900
Date of Death: October 6, 1971
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 31

Born on March 11, 1900, in Calvary, Ky., Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Mary Thomas Powell. She attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy in the years 1910-1916. When Bettie finished the ninth grade, she entered the novitiate on July 16, 1916. She received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Athanasius on October 24,…

Sister Gabriel Hayden

Date of Birth: February 16, 1892
Date of Death: September 24, 1971
Age at Death: 79 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 9

Mary Lillian, born Feb. 16, 1892, in Owensboro, Ky., was the daughter of Henry and Frances Clark Hayden. She entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph at the age of 18. After a 25-day postulancy, she received the Ursuline habit on August 30, 1910. Mary Lillian was given the name Sister Gabriella. Somewhere through the…

Sister Mary Edward Pope

Date of Birth: August 18, 1892
Date of Death: April 11, 1971
Age at Death: 78 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 32

Born Aug. 18, 1892, in Owensboro, Ky., Anna Belle was the daughter of James Hamilton and Emma Lancaster Pope. Her father was the descendant of Hamilton Pope, one of the first settlers of Louisville, and her mother from the Lancaster family of Maryland, by way of Nelson County. James Hamilton Pope’s family numbered 13 children,…

Sister Theophane Floyd

Date of Birth: April 6, 1896
Date of Death: February 3, 1971
Age at Death: 74 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 38

The daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Peak Floyd of Rome, Ky., Anna Belle was born April 6, 1896, the seventh child in a family of 12 children. She attended St. Martin School in Rome where she excelled in reading and grammar. Anna Belle felt the call to religious life and entered the novitiate at Mount…

Sister Constantia Payne

Date of Birth: July 4, 1901
Date of Death: November 21, 1970
Age at Death: 69 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 33

Born in Knottsville, Ky., on Independence Day 1901, Bertha was the daughter of Thomas and Susan Montgomery Payne. She received her early education at St. Lawrence School. At the age of 18, Bertha entered the novitiate at Mount Saint Joseph. Following a postulancy of eight months, she received the Ursuline habit and the name Sister Constantia…

Sister Gonzaga Cotter

Date of Birth: June 21, 1890
Date of Death: September 16, 1970
Age at Death: 80 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 13

Born June 21, 1890, at Cedar Hill, Tenn., Annie was the daughter of John and Mary Jane Crouch Cotter and was one of eight children. Annie attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy during the school year of 1907-1908. She returned home to Tennessee for Christmas that year and responding to the call to religious life, she…

Sister Angelica Sisk

Date of Birth: March 10, 1899
Date of Death: August 12, 1970
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row B, No. 31

Born at Mortons Gap, Ky., on March 10, 1899, Juanita was the daughter of Thomas Hansby and Henrietta Morgan Sisk. Juanita was a teenager when her mother died and the family members were taken by relatives who placed the three youngest girls at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in 1913. The family was not Catholic but…

Sister Mary Frederick Redmond

Date of Birth: April 28, 1889
Date of Death: June 20, 1970
Age at Death: 81 years
Marker Location: Row B No. 38

Born April 28, 1889, in Flaherty, Ky., Mary Catherine was one of the six children of James Valentine and Anna Cordelia Brown Redmond. After her mother’s death, her father married his sister‑in‑law, Harriet, who raised the family. Following Harriet’s death, he married Beatrice Tuell. There were five children from that marriage. Mary Catherine attended the…

Sister Charles Emaline Clements

Date of Birth: August 12, 1903
Date of Death: April 21, 1970
Age at Death: 66 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 34

Born in St. Vincent, Kentucky, on August 12, 1903, Louise was the daughter of Charles and Mary Emma Payne Clements. She was one of seven children. Louise, like her older sisters, attended grade and high school at St. Vincent. In 1919, she enrolled as a sophomore at Mount Saint Joseph Academy. The first year, she…