The Paducah Sun from Paducah, Kentucky

6-C THE PADUCAH SUN, PADUCAH, KY. DEATHS Attorney Joe Grace of Paducah is dead Joseph J. Grace, a former state legislator and prominent Paducah attorney, died at 7:50 p.m. Saturday at Western Baptist Hospital. He was 74.Mr. Grace had served as a state senator and as a member of the state House of Representatives as well as being a well-known lawyer. "Joe Grace was the finest criminal defense attorney in west Kentucky," said McCracken Commonwealth Attorney Mark Bryant. A native of Wickliffe, Mr. Grace was the son of the late Joseph and Anne Grace of Wickliffe.He moved to Paducah in 1946 and had practiced law here since then. He was a member of Broadway United Methodist Church, the Paducah Elks Lodge and the Paducah Kiwanis Club and was a past president of the McCracken County Bar Association. Mr. Grace is survived by his wife, Adine Langstaff Services for Mrs. Adine Corbett Langstaff, 84, Charleston Apartments, will be 3 p.m.Monday at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. Perry Burton an...