Past Board Members

Former members of the Library Board of Trustees

Drew Griffith

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2024 - January 2025
Appointing Authority: Mayor Craig Smith and the Paris City Council

Maggie Garver

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2022 - December, 2024
Appointing Authority: Mayor Craig Smith and the Paris City Council

Bruce Young

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2016 - 2023

Virginia English

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2015 - 2018

George Griffin

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2012 - 2023

Griffin held the office of board president when he resigned in 2023.

Ryan Fehrmann

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2015

Aaron Rhoads

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2015

Amy McGilvery

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2009 - 2015

Greg McHenry

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2008 - 2017

Beth Graham

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2007 - 2008

Mary Taylor

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2006 - 2016

Sharon Farris

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2005 - 2016

Manju Brading

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2004 - 2006

Roxanne Michels

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2004 - 2023

Michels proudly served on the board for nearly 20 years and continues to visit the library.

Merle Clark

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2003 - 2009

Michelle Bibo Vaughn

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2003 - 2005

Steven Grast

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2002 - 2007

Jerry Cockcroft

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2002 - 2010

Mary Ann Tucker

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2001 - 2012

John Gardner

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 2001 - 2002

Virginia Zimmerly

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1999 - 2006

Nancy Roberts

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1994 - 2001

Robert "Bob" Gibson

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1983 - 2001

Gibson died in February 2001. Gibson was also a Rotarian, and the Paris Rotary donated money to repair the smaller meeting room and rename it in…

Charles Hand

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1982 - 2009

Margaret Giesler

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1982 - 2009

Giesler continues her work supporting the library as a Friend of Paris Library.

Louise Sunkel

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1979 - 1983

Anne Jennings

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1979 - 1980

Marilyn Ingalls

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1978 - 2004

Donald E. Ruff

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1978 - 2003

Ruff died in July 2003.

Marian Belt Mattingly

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1976 - 1978

Mrs. Chris Sprague

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1976 - 1978

Chester P. Sutton

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1975 - 1999

Mrs. Pat Patton

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1974 - 1975

J. Edgar Frazier

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1973 - 1982

Nancy Boyer

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1970 - 1978

Margaret Moor

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1969 - 1969

Mary Moss

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1966 - 2001

Moss died in December 2001

Ernestine Jenison

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1961 - 1994

Jenison died in September 1994.

Violet Blume

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1960 - 1976

Sue Spicer

Position: Former Board Member, Head Librarian, and Staff Member
Term: Board Member 1959 Head Librarian Sept. 1969 - 1982

Mrs. Spicer is perhaps best remembered for how quiet the library was during her tenure. She resigned from the board to join the library staff.Moved…

Hobart V. Deffenbaugh

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1958 - 1973

Margaret Lou Andrews

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1957 -1966

Elizabeth Huston

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1956 - 1959

James Stanfield

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1955 - 1969

Joan Glick

Position: Board Member
Term: 1955 - 1979

Sam W. Arbuckle

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1954 - 1957

Earl Anderson

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1953 - 1978

Rev. Paul Francis

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1948 - 1953

Mary Ida Riedell

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1948 - 2002

Mary Ida Riedell is Paris Carnegie's longest-serving board member. For 54 years, she served the library and the people of Paris. Riedell served on the…

Neva Lycan

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1945 - 1961

Helen Redman

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1943 - 1953

Frank C. VanSellar

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1935 - 1948

VanSeller died September 1948.

Riley McClain

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1931 - 1935

Rev. Francis Hartwick

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1929 - 1954

W.F. Leath

Position: Former Board Member
Term: Before 1931 - 1929

R.S. Dyas

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1927 (approx) - 1931

Rev. JJ Cronin

Position: Former Board Member
Term: Term ended in 1929

John Moss

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1928 - 1955

Moss was superintendent of schools in Paris.

Dr. Nettie Murphy Dorris

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1927 - 1948

Dr. Dorris was one of the first female doctors in Paris.

Mrs. Tatt Link Jones

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1927 - 1955

F.A. Feare

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1924 - 1927

Dr. Charles S. Laughlin

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1924 - 1927

Belle Rudy

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1924 - 1927

Christy Vance

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1924 - 1927

J.J. Stevenson

Position: Former Board Member
Term: Some time around 1924

Jessie T. Foley

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1923 - 1944

Foley died December 1944.

Lena Jones

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1921 - 1957

Katherine Bishop

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1918 - 1923 and 1925 - 1950

Bishop was the daughter of the original Head Librarian, Jane E. Bishop.

Annie B. Laughlin

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1918 - 1943

Laughlin was married to Dr. E.O. Laughlin, who served on the original library board.

T.C. McCord

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1912 - Before 1929

Mrs. V.M. Scott

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1912 - Before 1929

Mrs. McFarren Davis

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1911 - 1929

Frank A. Cook

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1910 - before 1929

Emma McNutt

Position: Stand in Board Member
Term: 1909 - 1910

McNutt was a temporary board member, filling in for her late husband, Bruce McNutt.

Bruce McNutt

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1905 (approx) - 1909

McNutt held his position until he died in 1909, after which his wife, Emma McNutt, agreed to continue in his place until 1910.

Mary E. Musselman

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1905 - after 1923 but before 1929

Mary E. Musselman (nee Squire)was born in September 1860 in Indiana. Musselman married Dr. James Thompson Musselman on January 31, 1884. Both husband…

Ada Colson

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1902 - ?

Mrs. Verde Dundas

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1902 - ?

Dr. George H. Hunt

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1902 - ?

According to US Census data, Dr. Hunt was born in Davenport, England, on January 30, 1859. Dr. Hunt immigrated to the United States in 1875. He became…

William J. Hunter

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1902 - ?

Dr. E.O. Laughlin

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1902 - ?

Dr. Laughlin was on the original board for the Paris Carnegie Public Library, and his wife, Annie B. Laughlin, served on the board from 1918 to 1943.

Dr. J.T. Musselman

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1902 - 1905

James Thompson Musselman was born in Ohio on March 9, 1854. Dr. Musselman married Mary E. Squire on January 31, 1884.
Both husband and wife served…

Frank T. O'Hair

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1902 - ?

O'Hair was a native of Edgar County. He graduated from DePauw University and became a lawyer upon graduation.

J.E. Parrish

Position: Former Board Member and First Board President
Term: 1902 - ?

Parrish was appointed president of the first board before the library was built.

R.G. Sutherland

Position: Former Board Member
Term: 1902 - ?

Sutherland also served on the School Board.