Paris, TN Obituaries

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...

Jul 8, 2013

The funeral service for electrician John Robert Barker of Buchanan will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Named as pallbearers are Todd French, Pat Sarabia, Barry Bryan, Dorris Evans, Daniel Stephenson and Norman Hancock. Michael Lloyd Barker will be an honorary pallbearer. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday and after...

Jul 5, 2013

Burial will follow in the Sanders Chapel Cemetery in Obion County.

Jul 4, 2013

Roy N. “Fozz” Foster, age 66, of Hollow Rock, TN., died Thursday, July  4, 2013, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn. He was a Certified Auto Body Mechanic and  Retired Maintenance Supervisor of Carroll Co. E911 Dept. He was the son of the late Marvin Foster and the late Annie Cumie Cook Foster. He is survived by: Daughter-Lecrisha (Paul) Brinkley...

Jul 3, 2013

The funeral service for former Henry Countian Susie Emma Myers of Burleson, Texas, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery between Como and Cottage Grove. Visitation will be after 10 a.m. Tuesday. Brown, Owens and Brumley Funeral Directors in Fort Worth, Texas, handled arrangements there. Myers, 82, died Wednesday, July...

Jul 2, 2013

Jun 30, 2013

The funeral service for Kenlake Foods employee Robert "Bobby" Michael Kirstein of Paris will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Joey Collins will officiate. Entombment will be in Rose Lawn Mausoleum. Chosen as pallbearers are Tim Witherspoon, David Phillips, Timmy Kirstein, Josh Morris, Cory Wetherington and Andy Blazer. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and after 10...

Jun 24, 2013

The funeral service for retired Paris police officer Andrew Mitchell “Andy” Bass of Paris will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. James “Sonny” Poe will officiate. Cremation will follow the service. Honorary pallbearers will be active and retired officers of the Paris Police Department and Henry County Sheriff’s Department. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and after...

Jun 23, 2013

A graveside service is planned at 10 a.m. Thursday in Hillcrest Memorial Park for Lakeway Animal Clinic veterinarian technician Janet Wood of Paris. Mike Burney will officiate. Chosen as pallbearers are Jeff, Ricky, Micky and Jacky Crouch. Loral Burke will be an honorary pallbearer. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Wood, 61, died Sunday, June 23,...

Jun 22, 2013

Darwin Robert Werz, 66, of Buchanan died Saturday, June 22, 2013, at Paris Health Care Center. He was a Retired Yellow Freight mechanic and driver. His wife, Margaret Lucille “Peggy” Manley Werz, survives.  They were married on April 16, 1965. His body was cremated. A celebration of life is planned from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the Paris Landing Senior Citizen Center....

Jun 14, 2013

Jack Rufe Hays, age 82, of Paris, Tenn., died Friday, June 14, 2013, at Paris Healthcare & Rehab Center in Paris, Tenn. He was married February 2, 1955 to Bettie Reed Hays and she survives. He was a member of Springhill Baptist Church and a  U.S. Airforce Veteran of Korean War. He then worked at J.R. Hayes Construction and Retired as...

Jun 13, 2013

The funeral for retired National Guard shop foreman Glenn Dean Page of Paris will be at 2 p.m. Saturday June 15, 2013 at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Dennis Irby and the Rev. Gary Don Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Bevil Cemetery. Chosen as pallbearers are Johnny Scott, Gary Lynn Beecham, Brian Williams, Bobby and Edward Bethune, Jimmy and Matthew...