Paris, TN Obituaries

Jul 28, 2013

Services for Elwanda Sue Grainger Singleton, 70, of Paris will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Gerald Scott will officiate. Burial will follow in Poplar Grove Cemetery near Springville. Grandsons and other family members will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and after 9 a.m. Wednesday. Singleton died Sunday, July 28, 2013, at...

Jul 27, 2013

Edna Throgmorton Phelps peacefully met the Lord at the home of her daughter, Emily, July 27, 2013 in Memphis.  She was 88, and long time resident of Paris, TN.      She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was married May 21, 1945 to Edgar Phelps and he preceded her in death March 28, 2013.   She was a member of...

Jul 27, 2013

Martha Crosswy Owens Story died July 27, 2013, at age 92.  She was born in a classic white Victorian house with a semicircular columned porch at 611 North Poplar Street, Paris, Tennessee, on October 8, 1920, the youngest child and only daughter of John Anderson and Bertha Robbins Crosswy. She had two brothers Paul and Earl Crosswy, 10 and 8 years...

Jul 24, 2013

The funeral service for longtime factory worker and grocery store owner and operator Trenton “Sleepy” Ward of Paris will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Pam Hughes will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Garden. Family members will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday and after 9 a.m. Saturday. Ward, 86, died...

Jul 22, 2013

Jul 21, 2013

Jul 18, 2013

Retired school teacher Thomas Bryan Morris, 82, of Buchanan died Thursday, July 18, 2013, at Paris Health Care Center. His wife, Cathy Crutcher Morris, survives. They were married on Nov. 22, 1953. His funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Buchanan United Methodist Church, where he was a member. The Rev. Latricia Trull will officiate. Burial will follow in...

Jul 18, 2013

Paris native Julie Wallace Seymore, 53, of Allegan, Mich., died Thursday, July 18, 2013, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., after a brief illness. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ridgeway Funeral Home, with Alan Trull officiating. Burial will be in Bethesda Cemetery. Chosen as pallbearers are Ron Keele, Johnny and Tommy Moody, Tommy Anderson, Tommy...

Jul 17, 2013

The funeral service for homemaker and retired school system food manager Ethel Naomi Chilcutt of Buchanan was planned at 10 a.m. today at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Roger Burke and Priestly Scott were to officiate. Burial was to follow in Mount Zion Cemetery at Buchanan. Chosen as pallbearers are Ed Wheatley  Doug and Don Durst, Mark Scott, Jerry Crouch and Kenneth Holt....

Jul 17, 2013

A graveside service for former bar owner, factory worker and cook Sherry Louise Harper of Paris will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Bevil Cemetery. Tommie Dicus will officiate. Named as pallbearers are Jacob Henson, Tyler and Devin Harper, Blake and Austin Williams and Jerry Dale Gilbert. Honorary pallbearers will be Jerry Lee Hudgins and Issac Williams. Visitation will be...

Jul 16, 2013

A graveside service for Ivaleen Smith of Paris was scheduled at 1 p.m. today in Henry County Tabernacle Cemetery, south of Paris. Dwight Turner officiated. Grandsons were chosen as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Carl and Mary Wright and Fred and Betty Ruth Wheatley. Visitation was from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. today at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Smith, 92, of Paris died Tuesday,...

Jul 16, 2013

Big Sandy native and homemaker Ree Russell, 93, of Eldorado, Ill., died Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Fountain View Nursing Home in Eldorado. A graveside service is planned at 3 p.m. Thursday in Poplar Grove Cemetery at Springville. Joe Walker Sr. will officiate. No visitation is scheduled. Ridgeway Funeral Home is in charge. Born Nov. 6, 1919, in Big Sandy,...

Jul 14, 2013

The funeral service for former Covington Motor Co. car salesman James Edward Hall of Paris will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Jimmy Allison will officiate. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Named as pallbearers are Andy and Eddie Daigle, Joseph McClure, Chris Wissel, Brian Hall and John Poe. Mac McCurdy will be an honorary pallbearer....

Jul 14, 2013

The funeral service for retired Henry County Highway Department bridge foreman Charles William Grooms of the Whitlock community will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Mike Schroeder and David Alan Jackson will officiate. Burial will be in Walker Cemetery. Selected as pallbearers are Keith, Tony, Gary and Scott Grooms, Jason Schroeder, Brian Solowey, Danny Freeman and Stacey...

Jul 14, 2013

A memorial service, with Masonic rites, is planned at noon Saturday at Ridgeway Funeral Home for retired project engineer Leo H. Collins of Paris. Honorary pallbearers will be special friends and neighbors. Visitation will be after 10 a.m. Saturday. Collins, 84, died Sunday, July 14, 2013, at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville. His wife of 62 years, Faye Smith Collins,...

Jul 14, 2013

The funeral for retired used car dealership co-owner J.T. Dale of Puryear will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. John W. Dale and Jason Hart will officiate. Burial will be in Puryear City Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Larry Brannon, Gene Schrader, Rex Galloway, David Varner, Don Durst and Tommy Dan Story. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m....

Jul 11, 2013

The funeral service for lifelong farmer Ben Henry Nanney Sr. of Paris will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shady Grove Baptist Church, where he was a member. Jack Criswell will officiate. Burial will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery. Chosen as pallbearers are Chuckie Cissell, Glenn and Jason Nanney, Frankie Nance, Stacey Nored and Leon Rogers. Honorary pallbearers will be...

Jul 11, 2013

Beatrice Veltman Cook, age 82, of Paris, Tenn., died Thursday, July 11, 2013, at Hillview Community Living Center in Dresden, Tenn. She was Married July 21, 1951 to Otha Claude Cook and he preceded in death July 3, 1999. She was a Baptist and Formerly worked at Dreshu; Salant & Salant and Paris Fashions in Paris, TN. She was the...

Jul 10, 2013

Jul 9, 2013

Former picture framer Craig Woods Gold, 64, of Paris died Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at his residence. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Mitch Fiscus will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be after 11 a.m. Friday. Born July 25, 1948, in Atlanta, he was a son of the late...