The Hickman County Public Library encourages gifts, bequests and memorial gifts to the library. A large portion of our operating budget comes from these types of donations. Large donors are honored with a plaque at the library or other appropriate recognition.

Benefactors have included:

• Pearl Forrester Flick
• Mary Stanfill
• Hunt McClannahan
• Franklin Nix
• The Gannett Foundation
• The Levi Foundation
• The Charlie Thompson Memorial Fund
• Lillie Bogle

The library keeps a selection of books suitable for memorials which may be purchased and placed in the library in memory or in honor of individuals. Books may also be purchased elsewhere and donated to the library. These books include a bookplate with the name of the honoree and the giver.

Recent memorial books at Hickman County Public Library:

• African American Heritage Hymnal in memory of Pearl Allen Bryant
• The Blue Willow Inn Cookbook in memory of Mrs. Jewel Beasley
• Newcomb'a Wildflower Guide in memory of Mrs. Faye Carothers
• Andrew Jackson - His Life and Times in memory of Tom Lambert
• Southern Dogs and Their People in memory of George Gregory
• Christmas Gifts of Good Taste in memory of Helen Shepard
• Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook in memory of Flora Helen King
• The Civil War Catalog in memory of Marvin Foster Ferguson
• Caillebotte and HIs Garden at Yerres in memory of Ruth Prince
• A Day in the Life of America in memory of Donnie Shelton