Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Paris, Tennessee

Cora 'Nell' Steinmetz

Cora 'Nell' Steinmetz

Jun 7, 2013

No service is scheduled at this time. Survived by a son: Brian Moore, Anchorage, AK; sisters: Barbara (Dwight) Basham, Buchanan, TN, Shirley Ruddle, Fulton, KY; grandchildren: Nicholas, Joshua and Breanna Moore; step-daughters: Glenda Moore, Dresden, TN, Beverly Moore, Louisiana; nephews: Rob (Diane) Basham, Springville, TN, Matthew Basham, Paris, TN; great-niece: Bailey Basham, Paris, TN; cousins: Gussie and Charles Turner, James...

Danny Ray Page

Danny Ray Page

Jun 6, 2013

Memorial service 12:00PM Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Chris Young and Bro. Brad Moon officiating. Visitation 11:00AM Saturday until service time. Survived by his wife: Rita Evelyn Scarbrough Page, Buchanan; Mother: Pearl Nash Page, Bumpus Mills, TN; sons: Curtis Levi Page Springville, Daniel Riley (Heather) Page, Paris; sisters: Regina Page, Nashville, Donna Partin, Dover; grandchildren: Dreyvan Page, Audrey...

Charles Foster

Charles Foster

Jun 5, 2013

Memorial service 2:30PM Thursday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Rev. Troy Woodruff officiating. Survived by sisters: Mary (Bobby) Olive, Paris, Ann (Charlie) Woods, Columbus, OH; brothers: Thomas (Janie) Foster, Paris, Leo Foster, Paris; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins from Columbus,OH to Racine, WI; special friends: Patricia Gardner, friends at the Salvation Army and many friends of the court...

Elizabeth Perry Brown

Elizabeth Perry Brown

Jun 1, 2013

Funeral service 2:00PM Wednesday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Joe Page, West Wood Pentecostal Church officiating, burial will follow at Bevil Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Dakota Allen, Roy Somerville, Paul Allen, Ricky Teague, Bert Pierce, Bobo Baker. Visitation 10:00AM Wednesday until service time. Survived by her husband: Justin Brown, Paris; mother: Robbie Conner Perry; daughters: Hannah Marie Brown,...

Edward A. Wetzel

Edward A. Wetzel

May 22, 2013

Funeral service 12:00PM Saturday at the North Fork Baptist Church with Bro. Dwight Mercer officiating, burial will follow at Good Hope Cemetery in Gibson County, TN. Named as pallbearers are Phil Skaggs, Mile' Todorovich, Gary Downey, Bob Docherty, Wayne Moore and Benny Waggoner. Visitation 10:00AM until service time Saturday at North Fork Baptist Church. He was born in South Milwaukee,...

George Wilson

George Wilson

May 21, 2013

Graveside service 11:00AM Thursday at Bird's Creek Cemetery with Dr. Rob Martin of First United Methodist Church officiating. No visitation is scheduled prior to the service. Born in Smithland, KY to the late Harry Winford and Georga Tipton Wilson. He married Beulah Cecil Douglass Wilson, she preceded May 13, 1991. Survived by nephews: Harry Wade (Barbara) Wilson, Seattle, WA, Larry...

Dorothy Mae Nash

Dorothy Mae Nash

May 21, 2013

Funeral service 2:00PM Friday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Douglas Nash, her husband, Bro. Jerry Nash, her son and Bro. Tom Winchester of Union Friendship Baptist Church officiating, burial will follow at Olive Branch Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Jeremy Powers, Troy Rutland, Cody Stewart, Ricky Nash, Joe Pat Moody and Donald Bennett. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Thursday and...

J. T. Burton

J. T. Burton

May 19, 2013

Funeral service 11:00AM Tuesday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Rhodes of Puryear Baptist Church officiating, burial will follow at Puryear City Cemetery. Masonic Lodge members of Buchanan Lodge #772 will serve as pallbearers. Visitation 4:00 - 7:00PM Monday and after 9:30AM Tuesday. He was born in Puryear to the late John Tom and Jessie Orr Morris Burton. On...

Marion Lee Dawson

Marion Lee Dawson

May 18, 2013

No service scheduled at this time. Born in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Wilmer and Margaret Tydings Lee. On January 10, 1947 she married Patrick Dawson, he survives in Paris. Survived by daughters: Margaret Jones, Paris, Christine Espinosa, Paris; son: Patrick Dawson, Jr., Wilmington, NC; ten grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. Preceded by a daughter: Catherine Garrison.

William R. Dennis

William R. Dennis

May 16, 2013

Service to be held at a later date. Born in Enfield, IL to the late William E. and Bessie Hosick Dennis. On May 5, 1968 he married Hilda Jimerson Dennis, she preceded September 15, 2006. Survived by step-daughters: Margaret (Ron) Kennedy, Whitlock, TN, Joyce (Gary) Dobrick, Irvine, CA; step-son: Billy (Gayle) Blackburn, Puryear, TN; brother: Gene Dennis, Morton, IL; four...

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...

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