Paris, TN Obituaries

Aug 31, 2013

Henry County native and retired Martin Manufacturing employee Eva Jean West, 92, of Dresden died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at her residence. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Larry Clark will officiate. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery between Como and Cottage Grove. Named as pallbearers are Andrew, Randy, Gray and Curtis Nolan...

Aug 31, 2013

A graveside memorial service was planned at 10:30 a.m. today in Memorial Cemetery for retired quality inspector Janet L. Sandora of Springville. Family and friends served as pallbearers. Sandora, 73, died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at her residence. She was married on June 10, 1961, to Richard Wayne Sandora, who survives. Born July 12, 1940, in Alexis, Ill., she was...

Aug 31, 2013

The funeral service for Paris native and assisted living and hospital administrative assistant Carol Hutson Fayette of Dickson was at 11 a.m. Monday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Burial followed in Bethel Cemetery at Buchanan. Chosen as pallbearers were Syd, Seth, Tommy, Chip, Jamie, Chris and Joey Hutson and Kerry Hinson. Fayette, 71, died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at the home...

Aug 26, 2013

The funeral service for retired Holley carburetor plant employee Jessie V. Davidson of Paris will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Mike Burney will officiate. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Named as pallbearers are Doug Paschall, Alan Wall, Tommy Davidson, J.C. Williams, Charles Garner and William Lee. Visitation will be after 1 p.m. Friday. Davidson,...

Aug 26, 2013

A memorial service for retired self-employed businessman Earl J. French of Paris will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ridgeway Funeral Home. Jimmy Allison will officiate. Visitation will be after noon Saturday. French, 79, died Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. His body was cremated. His wife, Chloe Ann Brewer French, survives. They were married on...

Aug 26, 2013

The funeral service for Naomi Jamison Roberts of Paris will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Paris. The Revs. Joseph A. Geary and Robert D. Martin will officiate. A graveside service is scheduled at 10 a.m. Thursday in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Salem, Mo. Chosen as pallbearers are Todd Bell, Wesley and Brently Barrow and...

Aug 24, 2013

Betty Jean Sanders Swor, age 79, of Springville, Tenn., died Saturday, August 24, 2013, at Life Care Center of Bruceton in Bruceton, Tenn. She was  Married to Horace Swor August 6, 1955 and he preceded in death October 13, 2009.    Member of Spring Creek Baptist Church.  She formerly worked as a nurse for Dr. Chesmore and formerly at Holley Carburetor Plant. She was...

Aug 23, 2013

Graveside services for Letha E. Milton of Millington, Tennessee, will be held August 27th, 2013 at Hillcrest cemetery in Paris, Tennessee. Bro. M. O. Eckel will officiate the ceremony. Mrs. Milton died at 11:50 a.m. on August 23rd, 2013, at Millington Healthcare Center, Millington, Tennessee. Mrs. Milton was born September 14, 1912, in Monroe County, MO.  She was the daughter of...

Aug 19, 2013

Jessie Marie Thomas, 76, of Puryear, Tennessee died Monday, August 19, 2013 in Murray-Callaway County Hospital after a brief illness. She was born March 8, 1937 in Carter County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Ed and Sarah Hutchinson.  She was a homemaker who loved to garden and loved her cats.  She was a member of the Buchanan United Methodist Church. Jessie...

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