Kentucky Humanities' Legacy Society recognizes individuals who notify us that they have included Kentucky Humanities in their estate plans or other deferred gift instruments such as annuities, trusts, property, life insurance, and IRAs.
Making a gift through a will is the most highly used planned giving option. You may leave a percentage, specific amount, or residual. Please speak with your legal counsel about how to honor your philanthropic wishes through your will or bequest.
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If you have already included Kentucky Humanities in your plans, it would be our honor to begin recognizing you.
For more information about how to make a planned gift, or to inform us of your intentions to do so, please contact Kay Madrick at kay.madrick@uky.edu or (859) 257-5932.
Florence “Flossie” Wesley Rhinehart had a way of sharing the beauty she saw around her. She needed no particular reason to brighten a day. Flossie loved language, stories, and poetry, and she listened to ours as if they were treasures. She had such a witty way with words – transforming the trailer one lived in to a “mobile cottage” and a yard sale became a “lawn market.”
A Georgetown College and University of Kentucky graduate, Flossie saw the adventure in everything, in every day, and in every minute. She loved her community and everyone in it. She was an ambassador, a welcomer, a host, and a quiet friend for Georgetown. She referred to the people of Georgetown as “the best people on earth.”
In 1968, Florence married Joe Parker Rhinehart, a native of Webster, North Carolina. The two met in Montgomery, Maryland, where Joe taught English and journalism and Flossie, mathematics. After retiring from teaching, the couple resided in both of their hometowns — Georgetown, Kentucky and Webster, North Carolina. They involved themselves deeply in the civic and cultural activities of their communities. Each adopted the other’s alma mater, and they developed a passion for the causes important to each other. Joe became an integral part of the Georgetown community, and Flossie, of Webster.
Georgetown has been deeply enriched by the contributions of Joe Rhinehart. He signed on as food writer for the Georgetown News-Graphic. He won the Food Writers Association of America’s second-place award for his weekly column.
An enterprising member of the Scott County Historical Society, Mr. Rhinehart chaired the committee formed to publish an academic history of Scott County during Kentucky’s and Scott County’s bicentennial. The project grew from the concept of creating a narrative history to establishing an exhibit of Scott County history to creating a permanent museum. His work with the museum and academic history project brought his abilities to the attention of Kentucky Humanities, which welcomed him as a board member in 1995.
Mr. Rhinehart loves to host afternoon tea parties, an annual Derby party, and an annual Epiphany party, always using photographs of his beloved Kentucky for his invitations.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Rhinehart counted Kentucky Humanities as a friend. Before she died, Mrs. Rhinehart transferred the deed to her Georgetown home to Kentucky Humanities.
We are thankful for the continuous friendship and generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Rhinehart and are thankful for all that they have provided to Kentucky Humanities. In 2001, we named our endowment, established for the long-term financial stability of Kentucky Humanities, the Florence S. Rhinehart Endowment.