Obituaries
Paris, TN Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Paris, Tennessee area
Peggy Caldwell
May 31, 2013
Retired printer and restaurant owner Peggy Ann Caldwell, 78, of Paris died Friday, May 31, 2013, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Roger Banks will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Cemetery. Chosen as pallbearers are Terry, Mikey and Tony Knott and Ricky, Dane and Jeremy Caldwell. Visitation will...
Mabron Foust
May 31, 2013
The funeral service for retired Henry County Highway Department general foreman and former car salesman Mabron Foust of Paris was scheduled at 2 p.m. today at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Trent Bullock, Jimmy Williams and Jerry MeCaskey were to officiate. Burial was to follow in Memorial Cemetery. Named as pallbearers were Garrett and Will Foust, Austin Buffington, Scott Stookey and Tyler...
Trevios Easley
May 28, 2013
The funeral for Trevios LaSean Easley will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Mike Burney will officiate. Burial will follow in Olive Branch Cemetery between Como and Cottage Grove. Named as pallbearers are Charles Mullins, Charlie “Chuck” Nored II, Steve Thompsonand Chris Nored. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday and after 9 a.m. Monday. Easley, 9, died...
John Underwood
May 27, 2013
Retired West Tennessee educator, John Riley Underwood, died May 27, 2013, at Morningside Assisted Living. Visitation will be from 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, with the funeral to follow at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Puryear City Cemetery. Dr. Joe Culumber, nephew from Seattle, Washington, and retired Dean of Theology at Greenville College...
Jerry Pearson
May 27, 2013
Burial will follow the service at New Liberty Cemetery near Paris Landing, TN will Police Honors to be held at cemetery. A full obituary will be posted later. $(document).ready(function(){ flowplayer("vidplyr1", "/tools/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.1.2.swf", { clip: { autoPlay: false, onStart: function(clip) { stopBGMusic(); } } }); });
Anita Pierce
May 27, 2013
Retired Deluxe Check Printers typesetter Anita Joy Pierce, 83, of Paris died Monday, May 27, 2013, at Plumley Rehabilitation Center in Paris. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Ridgeway Funeral Home in Paris. There will then be a graveside service at 2 p.m. Thursday in Millers Chapel Cemetery in Dyersburg, with David Alan Jackson officiating both services....
Robert Collins
May 27, 2013
Robert “Shag” Collins, 63, of Paris died Monday, May 27, 2013, at the Veterans Hospital in Nashville.
Visitation will be from noon Saturday until the service at 2 p.m. at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Methodist Episcopal Cemetery in Paris.
Collins was born June 13, 1949, to...
Jimmy Ray
May 25, 2013
Former Puryear Police Chief Jimmy Cornelious Ray, 70, of Puryear died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Chad Lamb will officiate. Burial will be in Puryear City Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Born April 16, 1943, in Brownsville, he was a son of the late Albert Cornelious Ray and Wilma Dee Jackson Ray. Ray was...

Albertine Geurin
May 24, 2013
Mrs. Geurin was the widow of Raymond "Ray" Geurin. They were married Oct. 12, 1943. She is survived by two daughters: Wanda Hamm of Paris and Judy Belyew of Big Sandy. She leaves one son: Malcolm Geurin of Camden. Burial will be in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Springville, TN. A complete obituary will be posted later.
Ruby Harrison
May 21, 2013
Homemaker and former factory worker Ruby Dell Harrison, 79, of Paris died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at her residence. She was married on May 18, 1952, to John Harrison, who survives. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Edmund Long will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Garden. Chosen as pallbearers are Adam W.,...
Mary Jameson
May 21, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Jameson, 87, of Buchanan died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. She was married on Aug. 11, 1951, to William “Bill” Jameson, who survives. A graveside service is scheduled at 2 p.m. Friday in Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Terre Haute, Ind. A memorial service is planned later at First Presbyterian Church in Paris, where she...
Dorothy Sinclair
May 14, 2013
Dorothy “Neda” Sinclair, 87, of Springville died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at her home overlooking "Her" Kentucky Lake where she had owned property since 1955 and was the last of the original land owners of Lake Hill Beach Estates. She died surrounded by the love and laughter of her children. She was a retired Paris Social Security office processor. The funeral service...
Mae Harris
May 12, 2013
Mae Harris age 83 of Centerville,OH, formerly of Paris, Tn, Loving and devoted wife of 65 years to William J "Bill" Harris and Wonderful, caring mother to Larry and Daryl Harris died Sunday May 12, 2013 at Southview Hospital in Dayton, OH. Mae was born December 13, 1929, in Paris, TN to Alvin and Ruth Williams Shankle who preceded in death....
Jeanne Black
May 11, 2013
Jeanne P. Black, 78, of Paris died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at her residence. She was married on July 22, 1952, to Lyman Black, who survives. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, where she was a member. Trent Bullock and Larry Simmons will officiate. Burial will be Memorial Cemetery. Chosen as pallbearers are Joe...
Joseph Davis
May 3, 2013
Joseph Elroy Davis, age 84, of Buchanan, Tenn., died Friday, May 3, 2013, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn. He was married April 1, 1964 to Betty Roney Davis and she survives. He was a self employed Commercial Fisherman for many years and served as a Medic in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He is also survived Two Daughters, Peggy...
Dawn Crawford
May 2, 2013
Dawn Marie Roberts Crawford, age 38, of Mayfield, Ky., died Thursday, May 2, 2013, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church in Mayfield, KY. She enjoyed bingo and dancing. She was the daughter of Jean Roberts of Mayfield, KY and Robert Furwa of Michigan. She is also survived by her Daughter-Kimberly Roberts of Murray, Ky....
Billy Parker
Apr 30, 2013
Longtime timber worker and driver Billy Ray Parker, 63, of Mayfield died Monday, April 29, 2013, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Local survivors are a son, Michael (Sharon) Krezinski; two sisters: Peggy Taylor and Betty Hutchenson; and a brother: Bennie Joe Parker, all of Paris. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Chad Kennedy...
Orville Douglas
Apr 29, 2013
The funeral service for retired district and creamery plant manager Orville “Doug” Darby Douglas of Buchanan will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church in McKenzie, where he was a member. Dan Grisham will officiate. Burial will be in Pound Family Cemetery at Buchanan. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Douglas, 96,...

James "Jim" Krug
Apr 18, 2013
Retired Rockford, Ill., Burrall Machine Shop employee James Edward Krug, 66, of Buchanan died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Henry County Medical Center. His wife, Cindy Valenick Krug, survives. They were married on July 2, 1988. His body was cremated. A memorial service, with military rites, is scheduled at 3 p.m. Saturday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Visitation will be two...