Paris, TN Obituaries

Aug 14, 2013

Cremation will follow the service.

Aug 13, 2013

The funeral for former Paris resident and college recruiter Kevin Ray Flood of Gleason will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Tommie Dicus will officiate. Cremation will follow the service. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday and after 11 a.m. Friday. Flood, 44, died Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, at Henry County Medical Center. His wife, Carolyn Middleton...

Aug 12, 2013

Former City of Bartlett mechanic William Thomas McDaniel, 60, of Henry died Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at his residence. His wife, Judy E. Marshall, survives. They were married on July 30, 1990. His body was cremated. A graveside memorial service is scheduled at 2 p.m. Saturday in Bevil Cemetery. No visitation is planned. Ridgeway Funeral Home handled arrangements. Born Sept....

Aug 8, 2013

The funeral service for State Farm Insurance Agent Bernice Velez Hart of Paris, will be at First Church of the Nazarene, 4220 Hwy 218 Bypass at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 11, 2013. Rev. Barry Hart, brother-in-law, will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens. Named as pallbearers are Sammy Rodriguez; Jason Corbitt; Josh, Matt, and Nathan Hart;...

Aug 2, 2013

James Michael Coley, age 56, of Gleason, Tenn., died Friday, August  2, 2013, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn.  He married Sheryl Patrice Bowman Coley November 4, 2000 she survives. Member of Adams Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Dresden.  Lifetime member of the Diabled American Veterans. He was an ordained evangelist and founded Saved By The Blood Ministries. Owned and operated...

Jul 29, 2013

Marjorie Geurin Milton of Paris died Monday, July 29, 2013, at Paris Health Care Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at LeDon Chapel.  Leon Ridgeway and Larry Simmons will officiate. Burial will follow in Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and after noon Thursday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Chosen as pallbearers are Matt Hayes, Brian Tusa,...

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

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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...