US EditionFlags at Half-Staff After Martha Layne Collins' Death
Kentucky honors its first and only female governor, who brought Toyota’s first U.S. plant to Scott County, now employing over 9,000 workers, Governor Beshear said.
- On Saturday, Governor Andy Beshear ordered flags at all state office buildings lowered to half-staff to honor former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins, who died at age 88.
- Collins, a trailblazer in Kentucky politics, was the commonwealth's first and only woman governor and served as lieutenant governor before leading as the 56th governor.
- Toyota's Kentucky plant now employs more than 9,000 workers and generated more than $11 billion in investment after initially envisioning 3,000 workers and about $400 million, credited to Martha Layne Collins in Scott County.
- Beshear directed flags at all state office buildings to remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of interment, and his office encouraged individuals, businesses and organizations to join the tribute via the governor's website.
- Across Kentucky, leaders praised Collins' persistence, with Tom Prather saying `She believed absolutely on the ability of the Kentucky workforce. She knew Kentuckians could do anything with the right training and the right incentive. And she set out to prove that repeatedly` and George Lusby noting `It would have been easy for Martha Layne to have given up on it. She stayed with it` despite tough negotiations.
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Former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins remembered for bringing Toyota to Georgetown
People in Georgetown and Scott County are remembering former Governor Martha Layne Collins, who died Saturday at the age of 88. She is credited with the difficult task of bringing Toyota to the area, a move that forever changed Scott County."It changed the whole thinking in Scott County," said former Judge-Executive George Lusby.On May 5, 1986, Toyota broke ground in Georgetown for the first wholly owned Toyota manufacturing plant in the U.S. an…
Beshear orders flags to half-staff in honor of former Gov. Martha Layne Collins - WNKY News 40 Television
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear is ordering flags to half-staff in honor of a former Kentucky governor. On Saturday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the death of former Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins. According to the governor’s office, Collins was the 56th governor of the Commonwealth and its only woman governor. Collins served in that role from 1983 to 1987. Before her time as governor, officials say Collins served as lieutenant governor fr…
Flags Half-Staff Following Death Of Former Governor Collins
Governor Andy Beshear is asking all flags at state office buildings be lowered to half-staff this week, in honor of the late former Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins — who died over the weekend. She was 88 years old. Collins was the 56th governor of Kentucky and is still its only woman to serve in the position. Prior to becoming governor in 1983, she served as lieutenant governor from 1979 until 1983. Beshear called Collins “a powerhouse” a…
Beshear orders flags to half-staff in honor of former Gov. Collins
Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, died on Saturday at the age of 88. In her honor, Governor Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff until…
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