Obituaries
Paris, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Paris, Tennessee area
Ozane Bass
Aug 10, 2015
Allie Ozane Moody Bass, age 92 of Paris, TN, died Monday August 10, 2015 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN. She was born December 25, 1922 in Paris, TN to the late Andrew Mitchell Moody and the late Atchie Hancock Moody. Ozane married Harold Nolan Bass Sr. March 29, 1946 and he preceded in death July 3,...
Wanda Ward
Aug 3, 2015
Wanda Mae Ward, 79, of Paris, died Monday, April 21, 1936, in her home. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Point Pleasant Baptist Church. Ridgeway Funeral Home will handle arrangements. Larry Dukes will officiate. Pallbearers will be Michael and Jacob Ward, Norman Hegyi, Chad Edwards, Nathan Johns, and Marty Visser. Honorary pallbearers will be the ladies of...
Billie Reid
Aug 3, 2015
Billie Faye Reid, 82, of Paris, died Monday, August 3, 2015, at her home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Bobby Campbell and Jack Thacker will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Milan. Pallbearers will be family and friends. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, and from 9 a.m. until time...
David Brown
Jul 28, 2015
The Funeral service for David Ronald Brown, age 45, will be held Saturday August 1, 2015, at 1 p.m. at the Paris Convention Center with Victor E. Eskew officiating. Burial will follow in the Hillcrest Memorial Park. Along with his sister, David co-owned and operated Hulme Sporting Goods where he enjoyed working with his entire family. They celebrated 40 years of...
Billie Parish
Jul 23, 2015
Billie Parish, age 96, of Paris, Tenn., died Thursday, July 23, 2015, at Paris Healthcare & Rehab Center in Paris, Tenn. She was a member of Married Sept. 6, 1936 to Oscar Lee "O.L." Parish he died May 18, 1990. Member Maplewood Baptist Church and a former Sunday School Teacher. Bookkeeper for Parish Shell Service Station owned & operated by...
Baron Guttenberger
Jul 19, 2015
Baron Von Guttenberger, age 10, of Cottage Grove, Tenn., died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. He was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church. He just completed 5th Grade at Harrellson School and he enjoyed playing T-Ball with the Martin All-Ball League. He also loved movies, eating out, shopping, and loved his dog Lady....
Robert Mouton
Jul 19, 2015
Robert Lee Mouton, age 65, of Paris, Tenn., died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. He was Church of Christ and an Army veteran who served in Vietnam Era He enjoyed watching football, golf, and joy rides in his car. He was the son of the late Lawrence Mouton and the late Betty Dronet Mouton. He...
Nell Weaver
Jul 18, 2015
Nell Puryear Weaver, age 94, of Paris, Tenn., died Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Henry County Healthcare Center in Paris, Tenn. She married in January 26, 1943 to George W. Weaver he preceded in death July 9, 1992. Nell was a Church of Christ. She retired May 1, 1982 as a bookkeeper from the Board of Public Utilities. She was a...
John Polcyn
Jul 16, 2015
John A. Polcyn, age 86, of Paris, Tenn., died Thursday, July 16, 2015, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn. He married December 10, 1949 to Gladys Gertrude "Judy" Guidice Polcyn and she died March 15, 2010. John was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church. He retired after 23 years from the US Army and he was a Purple Heart recipient....
Billy Lamb
Jul 14, 2015
Billy Bert Lamb, age 70, of Puryear, Tenn., died Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at his residence in Puryear, Tenn. He was married June 12, 1965 to Margaret Ann Paschall Lamb and she survives. Billy was a member of North Fork Baptist Church. He retired in 2001 as a Supervisor for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Union City, TN after 34...
Louise Allison
Jul 12, 2015
Louise Crouch Allison, age 83, of Paris, Tenn., died Sunday, July 12, 2015, at her residence in Paris, Tenn. She was married Dec. 20, 1947 to J.C. Crouch and he preceded in death April 10, 2000. In May of 2002, she married Dorris Allison and he survives. She was a Member of Pleasant Hill Methodist Church. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting, making fried pies, cooking...
Jerry Hoofman
Jul 10, 2015
Jerry Hoofman, age 79, of Paris, Tenn., died Friday, July 10, 2015, at his residence in Paris, Tenn. Jerry married Virginia "Anne" Moody Hoofman October 1, 1955 and she preceded in death October 2, 2011. He was a member of Bethany Missionary Baptist Church. Jerry retired from CSX Railroad as a Brakeman after 30 years. He was also was the retired...
Pat Jones
Jul 10, 2015
Pat Jones, age 81, of Springville, Tenn., died Friday, July 10, 2015, at Murray Calloway Co. Hospital in Murray, Ky. Pat Married William Alden "Bill" Jones August 9, 1953 and he survives. She was Methodist and had worked as Treasurer for 17 years for the NHJ School Corporation in Indiana before moving to TN. She also worked as a Bank...
Judy Gates
Jul 8, 2015
Judith Ann “Judy” Gates, age 72, of Puryear, Tenn., died Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at her residence in Puryear, Tenn. She married James A. Gates and he survives. Judy was a member of Springville Church of Christ and she attended West Wood Pentecostal Church of God. She was a retired restaurant owner-operator for many years and most recently owned and operated the...
Harold Bass, Sr.
Jul 3, 2015
Harold Nolan Bass, Sr., age 88, of Paris, Tenn., died Friday, July 3, 2015, at Henry County Healthcare Center in Paris, TN. He married March 29, 1946 to Allie Ozane Moody Bass who survives. He was a member of Bethesda United Methodist Church, a WW II veteran and a Mason. He formerly worked at Midland Brake Co. & Holley Carburetor Plant....
Kenny Elkins
Jul 3, 2015
Kenny Elkins, age 63, died Friday July 3, 2015, at the St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN. He was born July 16, 1951, in Cleveland, Ohio, to the late Charles Layfette Elkins, Sr. and Ruby Smothers Elkins, who lives in Paris. Elkins was a brick layer, a member of Central Point Baptist Church and had served in the TN...
Mary Oliver
Jul 2, 2015
Mary Morris Oliver, age 86, of Paris, Tenn., died Thursday, July 2, 2015, at Paris Healthcare & Rehab Center in Paris, TN. She married July 1946 to Leon Oliver, who died October 26, 1987. She was member Eastwood Church of Christ and a homemaker. She was the daughter of the late William A. Morris and the late Gertrude Mohon Morris. She...

Julia Gillikin
Jun 27, 2015
Mary Julia Gillikin, age 104, longtime resident of Atlantic, NC, died Saturday, June 27, 2015, at Benchmark Healthcare of Puryear in Puryear, Tenn. Julia was married in 1929 to Benjamin Gillikin and he preceded in death in 1964. She had been a member of the Church of Christ since 1938. She was an active volunteer in Hospitals where she lived and she had...
Keith Jackson
Jun 26, 2015
Keith Jackson, age 74, of Paris, Tenn., died Friday, June 26, 2015, at Paris Healthcare & Rehab Center in Paris, Tenn. Keith was married to Betsy Bailey Jackson July 2, 1960 and she survives. He was a member of First Baptist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class. He farmed in his younger years in the Buchanan area for 24 years...