History
Lone Oak almost became the site of the first McCracken County High School, which was founded in 1910 by Professor Joe Ragsdale. But, in the face of all kinds of odds, Professor Ragsdale founded the county school at Heath; at first students attended classes out of doors, under some trees. Lone Oak High School succeeded Kentucky Western School in 1919 in the white frame building that was remodeled and stuccoed after Ragsdale set up the county school at Heath. But Lone Oak High School continued in the old college building until it burned in the mid-1920s when Miles Meredith, still living in Paducah, was principal. The first Lone Oak High School (in the "college" building) had three rooms and a hall downstairs and four rooms upstairs. One room was used as a chapel. In it Lone Oak Methodist Church was organized; Mrs. Ava McKinney Sanderson (Mrs L. E. Sanderson) was a charter member. In 1928, recalls Mrs. McCarty, the first typing class came to Lone Oak. She was a freshman when the alma mater was written; "We are Loyal to You Lone Oak High." M. Randolph wrote it.
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