Mrs. Frances Genese Reid (Joiner), age 77, of Murray, Kentucky, passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025.

Mrs. Reid was born on September 15, 1948, in Paducah, Kentucky to the late Arthur Joiner and Louise (Cumbee) Joiner. She was a school teacher for 32 years at Murray Elementary School before retiring in 2008. She was also a devoted Christian and a member of University Church of Christ.

Genese earned her undergraduate degree in education and post-graduate degrees from Murray State University. As a school teacher, she touched the lives of so many students over her many decades as an educator; many of whom kept in touch with her even as they grew into adults and had children of their own. She not only taught so many to read and write, but showed them Christ’s love through her own action

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