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 Theresa Marie Wilkerson

Date of Birth: May 16, 1920
Date of Death: July 27, 2009
Age at Death: 89 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 56

Mary Louise, the first child and only daughter of James Wallace and Earmena Catherine Hay Wilkerson, was born May 16, 1920, in Owensboro, Ky. Her father was a telegraph operator and her mother stayed at home to raise her daughter and the five brothers that came along later —Thomas Carl, James Wallace, Gerald Martin, Robert…

Sister Theresa Margaret Hite

Date of Birth: April 15, 1915
Date of Death: May 4, 2009
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row H plot 47

A little girl, with beautiful blue eyes and red hair, was born on April 15, 1915, to Robert and Margaret Hite of Owensboro, Ky. They named her Mary Frances. She was the sixth of eight children which included Edward, who became Franciscan Brother Benedict, Buelah Mae, Walter, who died of flu as an infant, William…

Sister Theresa Ann Legeay

Date of Birth: April 5, 1925
Date of Death: September 2, 1996
Age at Death: 71 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 2

Suzanne, one of six children (three of whom died in childhood) of August and Theresa Kirchoff Legeay, Paducah, Ky., was born April 5, 1925. Her faith journey began at St. Francis de Sales Church on April 19. Her father died when Suzanne was only 5 years old. Her mother worked to support the family, Suzanne’s…

Sister Therese Martin Mattingly

Date of Birth: March 12, 1907
Date of Death: October 20, 2001
Age at Death: 94 years
Marker Location: Row I No. 47

On March 12, 1907, during a terrible electrical storm, Mary Alice was born in Loretto, Ky., to Hugh Bernard and Mary Lila Lyon Mattingly, the second of five children. She began her faith journey with baptism on March 17, 1907, at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Soon after this, the family moved from Loretto to…

Sister Thomas Ann Thompson

Date of Birth: September 8, 1903
Date of Death: January 14, 1990
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row G No. 46

Thelma was tenth in the family of 12 children, born September 8, 1903, to Thomas and Anna Florence Ballard Thompson of Holy Cross, Ky. Her formal education began in the one‑room Clarktown School. When the Ursuline Sisters opened a school at Holy Cross, Thelma was one of their first fifth grade pupils. At the age…

Sister Thomas James Peake

Date of Birth: March 17, 1905
Date of Death: December 30, 1989
Age at Death: 84 years
Marker Location: Row H, No. 37

One of the nine children born to Boone and Madeline Greenwell Peake, Mary Cecilia was born March 17, 1905, in New Haven, Ky. Her formal education began at St. Catherine School in New Haven where she was taught by the Sisters of Loretto. Mary Cecilia also received her high school education at St. Catherine School,…

Sister Thomas Marie Davis

Date of Birth: February 17, 1906
Date of Death: April 24, 1940
Age at Death: 34 years
Marker Location: Row C No. 2

Catherine was born February 17, 1906, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Spalding Davis of Owensboro, Ky. Her parents came to Owensboro from Marion County and were members of St. Stephen parish. Catherine was welcomed into the family by a brother and two older sisters, Winifred and Marie. She was six years old when her…

Sister Thomasine Mattingly

Date of Birth: November 6, 1899
Date of Death: April 20, 1993
Age at Death: 93 years
Marker Location: Row F No. 47

Born November 6, 1899, in St. Mary, Ky., Mary Teresa was one of twin daughters born to Thomas and Mary Mattingly. At the age of 3, both twins had pneumonia, which proved fatal for Mary Alethia. Schooling for Mary Teresa began at Birk’s Spring School near Loretto. Her elementary education continued at St. Charles School,…

Sister Tresine Clark

Date of Birth: May 31, 1909
Date of Death: November 19, 1995
Age at Death: 86 years
Marker Location: Row H No. 41

Mary Lucille was born May 31, 1909, in Uniontown, Ky., to Robert S. and Mary Lillie Pike Clark. Her faith life began with her baptism on July 14, 1909. Her father died in November 1911. To earn a livelihood for herself and small daughter, Mary Lillie took the job as housekeeper for the pastor. Lucille…