Hatley estate set for auction to benefit Murray State

CLAY, Ky. — The Bill and Louise Hatley Estate will sell 295+/- acres of farmland and two homes near Clay (Webster County), with proceeds going to the Murray State University Foundation in order to establish the Bill & Louise Hatley Endowed Scholarship to benefit students at Murray State in engineering technology and technical education programs.

The real estate will be sold at auction in 10 tracts on Sept. 20. The farm, consisting of row crop farmland and timberland, has two homes, a large lake and lots of blacktop road frontage. Dr. (Bob) Jackson, president of the Murray State University Foundation working with Jason Hawkins, president of First United Bank and Trust and trustee of the Hatley Trust, engaged Kurtz Auction & Realty to conduct the auction.

Louise Hatley, a longtime employee of West Kentucky Bank and supporter of the community, was the widow of Billy Hatley, a vocational educator in Hopkins and surrounding counties, for 41 years. He was a 1958 alumnus of Murray State University with a degree in industrial education and technology.  He passed away in 2009, and Louise, in 2017.

Kurtz, a real estate auction firm covering mid-America since 1945, will be represented by Amy Whistle, CAI, auctioneer and a 14-year veteran in the real estate auction business. The public auction will be on the property south of Clay and will include farm machinery and other items. To learn more, call 800-264-1204 or email amy@kurtzauction.com