Joan Mary Herndon

Mrs. Joan Mary Herndon, age 80, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at the Murray-Calloway County Hospital.
Mrs. Herndon was born on March 1, 1939, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to the late Mark T. McCafferty and Lucille Bukoski McCafferty. She worked at SafeGuard America until closing and then retired as an administrative assistant for McGee Pest Control. She was a member of the St. Leo Catholic Church in Murray, Kentucky.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by one daughter; Katherin Lee Herndon.
Survivors include her husband, Robert F. Herndon of Murray, Kentucky; to whom she married on May 11, 1959, in Roseville, Michigan; one daughter, Noreen Wade and husband Shane of Watervalley, Kentucky; two sons, Robert F. Herndon Jr. and wife Laura of Paducah, Kentucky and Mark F. Herndon and wife Bianca of Clarksville, Tennessee; eight grandchildren, Kristin Heimpel and husband Tony, Shawna Herndon, Reid Herndon, Colin Herndon, Katie Dobbs and husband Terry, Amanda Wilson and husband Erik, Casey Wade, and Eric Byrd; six great-grandchildren, Matthew Heimpel, Benjamin Heimpel, Anna Bella Merna, Roman Merna, Chole Dobbs, and Bella Wilson.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, February 29, 2020, at the Hicks Cemetery. Father Brandon Williams will officiate, and burial will follow.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the St. Leo Catholic Church Building Fund, 401 North 12th Street, Murray, Kentucky 42071.
Online condolences can be made at, www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.com