Ernest A. "Ernie" Flowers, Sr., age 65, passed away Sunday June 7,2015 at his residence in Mansfield. Funeral service 11:00AM Wednesday June 10, 2015 at McEvoy Funeral Home, his brother Joseph Flowers will officiate and burial will follow at Haymes Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are Mac Caldwell, Dwayne Crews, Roger Clendenin, Telly Muzzall, Howard Muzzall and Jimmy Tosh. Skip Carothers, Jack Norwood and Tommy Pettit will serve as honorary pallbearers. Visitation 4:00 - 7:00PM Tuesday and after 9:00AM Wednesday. He was born in Mansfield to the late William Robert Flowers, Sr and Kathryn Louise Bowden Flowers. On July 26, 1994 he married Linda Lankford Flowers, she survives. Survived by a daughter: Shannon Louise (Michael) Ritter, Sr., Henderson, KY; sisters: Edith Joyce Williamson, Brentwood, Betty Ann D'Auria, Scottsboro, AL, Merry Lee Barfield, Huntsville, AL, Judith Kay Flowers, Nashville, Nancy Lorene Flowers, Athens, GA, Dixie Melinda Flowers, Niceville, FL; brothers: Jack Thomas Flowers, Section, AL, William Robert Flowers,Jr., Cottage Grove, James Randell Flowers, Memphis, Ronald Joseph Flowers, Sarasota, FL; grandchildren: Tristan Allen Ritter and Aeyden Michael Ritter. Preceded by a son: Ernest "Allen" Flowers, Jr., April 7, 2000. Ernie graduated from Henry High School in 1967 and attended Memphis State University. He had a lengthy tenure in the corporate world before retiring from Crane Plumbing in 2006, returning to Henry County to pursue his love of farming an ranching. Memorials may be made to: Henry County Helping Hand, P.O. Box 22, Paris, TN 38242.