Mr. Kent McSwain Gamlin age 79, of Paris, TN passed away December 9, 2016. His funeral service will be 1:00 P.M., Monday, December 12, 2016 at McEvoy Funeral Home with Gary Collier officiating; burial will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Sunday at McEvoy Funeral Home and after 11:00 A.M. on Monday. Pallbearers are named as Shannon, Brandon, and Hunter Bethune, Chuck Wade, Jordan Beddies, Mike Pettie; Honorary: Jimmy Sellers and Roy Buggs Pierpoint.
Born August 12, 1937 in Henry County, Tennessee to the late John Dorris Gamlin and Mary Eva McSwain Gamlin.
Mr. Kent is survived by daughter; Lisa Gamlin (Mike) Beddies, Paris, Tennessee; sons; Lane Gamlin, Paris, Tennessee; Lance Gamlin, Nashville, Tennessee; grandchildren; Ben Perry, Arianna Gamlin, Reese Gamlin and Rhett Gamlin; great-grandchildren; Isabella and Eva Perry; brother; Gary (Jackie) Gamlin, Puryear, Tennessee; niece; Amy Evans.
Mr. Gamlin worked and retired from CSX Railroad as a Conductor. He was a member of the Moose and Elks Lodges of Paris and was a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals Fan.
SERVICES
Funeral Service
Monday, December 12, 2016
1:00 PM
McEvoy Funeral Home, Inc.
507 West Washington Street
Paris, Tennessee 38242