Paris, TN Obituaries

Jun 5, 2013

The funeral service for Mable Louise Matlock of the Henry County portion of McKenzie will be at 2 p.m. Saturday  June 8, 2013 at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Matthew Lucio will officiate. Burial will be in Old Union Primitive Baptist Cemetery at Henry. Chosen as pallbearers are Kevin Seratt, George Freeman, John Buffalo, Brian Freeman, Buddy Tate, Marion Jones. Visitation will be...

Jun 3, 2013

Retired Walmart department head Ruthie Lee Nance, 93, died Monday, June 3, 2013, at Regional Hospital in Jackson. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Larry Dukes and Mike Burney will officiate. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery between Como and Cottage Grove. Named as pallbearers are Christopher Hines, Art Highland, Jerry Taylor, Billy...

Jun 1, 2013

The funeral for longtime heavy equipment operator Thomas Frank Doughty of Paris will be at noon Wednesday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Johnny Farmer will officiate. The body will be cremated after the service, with his remains to be buried in Lew Beach Cemetery in New York state. Chosen as pallbearers are Louis Flexer, Patrick Dudney, Jack Anderson, Deon Mountain, James...

Jun 1, 2013

J.R. Hayes Construction employee Joseph Andrew Varneke Jr., 62, of Paris died Saturday, June 1, 2013, at Henry County Medical Center. His wife, Mildred Theresa “Terry” Krell Varneke, survives. They were married on Nov. 19, 1979. The body was cremated. No service or visitation is planned. Ridgeway Funeral Home handled arrangements. Born May 30, 1951, in Weehawken, N.J., he was...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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(); } } }); });

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....

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...

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...

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.

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.,...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....