Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Paris, Tennessee

Paul Crawford

Paul Crawford

May 12, 2013

Funeral service 2:00PM Tuesday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Tony Michael, Pastor of Jolley Springs Baptist Church officiating, burial will follow at Olive Branch Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Jimmy Wynn, Jackie Madden, Gary Casey, Danny Dawson, Robert Summers and Stanley Timms. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Monday and after 12:00 Noon Tuesday. He was born in Henry County to...

George Webb, Jr.

George Webb, Jr.

May 10, 2013

Graveside service 2:00PM Wednesday at Bevil Cemetery with Wilbur Farmer officiating. Named as pallbearers are Thomas Tayloe, George Tayloe, Michael Tayloe, Crystal Tayloe, Alice Tayloe and Tony Johnson. Visitation 12:00 - 1:30PM Wednesday. He was born in Paris to the late George Webb, Sr. and Orine Markham Webb. Survived by a daughter: Holly (Felipe) Paredes, Detroit, MI; sister: Lou Ella...

Marie Creamer

Marie Creamer

May 8, 2013

Funeral service 2:00PM Friday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Virgil Bishop of Mount Sinai Baptist Church officiating, burial will follow at Bevil Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Mike Glover, Tim McBride, Larry Geurin, Charles Lee, Sr. and Charles Lee, Jr. with Zack Stone and John Stone as honorary pallbearers. Visitation 12:00PM until service time Friday. She was born in...

John Harville

John Harville

May 7, 2013

Funeral service 10:00AM Friday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Roger Graham of the Henry Church of Christ and Bro. Rex Buford of the Como Church of Christ officiating, burial will follow at Palestine Cemetery. Visitation 4:00 - 7:00PM Thursday and after 9:00AM Friday. He was born in Alcorn County, MS to the late Johnny and Dora Newcomb Harville. On...

Thomas William Meadows

Thomas William Meadows

May 5, 2013

Funeral service 3:00PM Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Bobby Campbell of Central Point Baptist Church officiating, burial will follow at VanDyke Grove Cemetery. Visitation 12:00PM Saturday until service time. He was born in Sophia, West Virginia to the late Steven and Mary Furrow Meadows. He married Carolyn J. Stapleton Meadows March 10, 1960, she is preceded. Survived by...

Jean Sloas

Jean Sloas

May 5, 2013

Funeral service 11:00AM Saturday at Buchanan Baptist Church with Bro. Jack Criswell officiating, burial will follow at Bethel Cemetery in Buchanan. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Friday at McEvoy Funeral Home. She was born in Chicago, IL to the late Eugene B. and Anna A. Willard. On June 15, 1956 she married Ralph Clay Sloas, he preceded September 16, 2009. Survived...

Peggy Swayne Tucker

Peggy Swayne Tucker

May 1, 2013

Funeral service 11:00AM Friday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Randy Stephens of Sulphur Well Church of Christ officiating, burial will follow at Sulphur Well Cemetery. Visitation 5:00 - 8:00PM Thursday and after 9:00AM Friday. She was born in Henry County to the late Homer Thomas and Winnie Kendall Swayne. On Decmeber 20, 1982 she married Richard A. Tucker, he...

George Bevier

George Bevier

Apr 29, 2013

Funeral service 2:00PM Thursday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Robert Copeland of Mt. Zion Baptist Church officiating with burial to follow at Rogers Cemetery in Puryear, TN. Serving as pallbearers will be Paul Neal, Billy Dale Clayton, David Alsup, Michael Plano, Jimmy Tubbs and Alan Knowles. Visitation 3:00 - 6:00PM Wednesday and after 9:00AM Thursday. He was born in...

Edward Arnold Townsend

Edward Arnold Townsend

Apr 27, 2013

Memorial service 2:00PM Tuesday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Fred Shackelford of Springhill Baptist Church and Bro. Paul Veazey of Paris officiating. Visitation 1:00PM Tuesday until time of service. He was the son of the late Ned Bostick "N.B." and Beulah Lee Arnold Townsend. On December 16, 1961 he married Marion Phelps Townsend, she survives in Paris. Survived by...

Virgil Augustus Easley

Virgil Augustus Easley

Apr 25, 2013

Funeral service 2:00PM Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. James Smith of Poplar Grove United Methodist Church officiating, burial will follow at Elkhorn Cemetery. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Friday and after 10:00AM Saturday. He was born in the Elkhorn Community of Henry County to the late Gus Washington and Mattie Kendall Easley. On January 9, 1954 he married Gladys...

Jane Snow Sykes

Jane Snow Sykes

Apr 23, 2013

Funeral service 10:00AM Thursday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Ron Davidson of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Association officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Tony Bowers, Spencer Bowers, Teddy Kenworthy, Brad Barnes, Brad Willoughby and Brady Bratton. Serving as honorary pallbearers are Bobby Sykes, Joe Snow, Bill Snow, Eddie Snow and Billy Grooms. Visitation 4:00 -...

Jimmie Fayne Kemp, Sr.

Jimmie Fayne Kemp, Sr.

Apr 21, 2013

Graveside service 1:00PM Tuesday at Caledonia Cemetery, McKenzie, TN with Bro. Ed Long, Union Primitive Baptist Church officiating. Visitation 10:00 - 12:00PM Tuesday at McEvoy Funeral Home. Named as pallbearers are Cory Baucum, Marion Jones, Dennis Updyke, Chris Laws, Nicholas Kemp, Emily Leech. Ronald Drumheller will serve as honorary pallbearer. He was born in Gleason, TN to the late James...

Rubye Mae Turner

Rubye Mae Turner

Apr 20, 2013

Funeral service 2:00PM Monday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Steve Whitworth of New Hope United Methodist Church officiating with burial to follow at New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery in Carroll County, TN. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren will serve as pallbearers with members of New Hope United Methodist Church serving as honorary pallbearers. She was born in Pleasant Hill...

Billy Joe Adams

Billy Joe Adams

Apr 18, 2013

Memorial graveside service 11:00AM Tuesday at Roselawn Memory Garden with Gary S. Collier officiating. No visitation is scheduled. He was born in Whitlock, TN to the late H. Gustan and Sue B. Claxton Adams. On December 22, 1951 he married Janice Brummitt Adams, she survives in Paris. Survived by a son: Michael D. Adams, Paris; son-in-law: Ronnie G. Boyd, Paris;...

H. Ansil Boals

H. Ansil Boals

Apr 17, 2013

Graveside service 11:00AM Monday at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg, TN with Bro. Jeremy Ballinger of Dyersburg officiating. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be the Members of the men's Bible Class at First Baptist Church in Paris and the Members of the Paris Lion's Club. Visitation 4:00 - 7:00PM Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home in Paris with a Memorial Visitation 9:30...

Shirley Lankford

Shirley Lankford

Apr 10, 2013

Funeral service 12:00 P.M. at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Bobby Campbell officiating. Burial will follow at Henry Cemetery. Pallbearers to be family members. Visitation 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home. She was born on August 9, 1927 in Gallaway, TN to the late J.S. Gooch and Bertie Robinson Gooch. On December 23, 1948 she married...

Mabel Evelyn Mccoy

Mabel Evelyn Mccoy

Apr 10, 2013

Funeral service 11:00 A.M. Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. John Sutton officiating. Burial will follow at Henry Cemetery. Pallbearers to be family members. Visitation 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. prior to service. She was born in Palano, MS to the late J.S. Gooch and Bertie Robertson Gooch. On November 14, 1936 she married Ralph D. McCoy who preceded...

William 'Bill' A. Cotton Jr.

William 'Bill' A. Cotton Jr.

Apr 6, 2013

Funeral service 2:00 P.M. Monday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Randy Stephens officiating. Burial will follow at Bethesda Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Wayne Cotton, Jared Cotton, Greg Cotton, Alton Cotton, Robert Holcomb and Horace Holcomb. Visitation 12:00-2:00 P.M. Monday at McEvoy Funeral Home prior to service at 2:00 P.M. He was born in Perry County, TN to the late...

Frances Foust

Frances Foust

Apr 3, 2013

Funeral service 10:00AM Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Mark McSwain officiating, burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Her family and friends will serve as pallbearers and her great-grandchildren will serve as honorary. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Friday and after 9:00AM Saturday. She was born in Mansfield (Henry County), TN to the late Marian Francis and Oma...

Earline Capps Morris

Earline Capps Morris

Apr 1, 2013

Funeral service 1:00PM Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Rex Buford, Gary S. Collier and Bro. Ed Howard officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery. Her sons and grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Friday and after 10:00AM Saturday. She was born in Greenfield, TN to the late Loren Lafayette "Bill" and Euna Mae Jenkins Capps....

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