Jacqueline Julia Fish Byrd, 93, of Paducah, passed away on October 22, 2020, at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center at Lourdes. Jackie was born on October 10, 1927, at the Mason’s Hospital in Murray. She graduated in the Class of 1945 from E. W. Grove High School, Paris, Tennessee; attended Rhodes College (Southwestern), Memphis, Tennessee; graduated from the University of Kentucky; and received a master’s degree from Murray State University. Jackie taught math, history, and science at Clark Elementary, Brazelton Jr. High School, Heath High School, and Reidland High School. For several years, she was a bookkeeper for her husband’s law practice.
Her full obituary can be found on the Paducah Sun website.