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Peggy Lou 'Nanny' Scott

Peggy Lou 'Nanny' Scott

Jul 5, 2012

Funeral service 10:00 AM Saturday at Point Pleasant Baptist Church with Bro. Larry Duke officiating, burial will follow in the church cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Jacob Scott, Aaron Knopf, Brett Feauto, Zach Scott, Nick Anderson and Phillip Prestininzi. Visitation 2:00 - 8:00 PM Friday at McEvoy Funeral Home and after 9:00 AM Saturday at Point Pleasant Church. She...

Linda Key Riggins

Linda Key Riggins

Jun 30, 2012

Graveside service 10:00 AM Tuesday at Walker Cemetery with Bro. Richard Dakin of First Church of the Nazarene officiating. Visitation 9:00 - 9:45 AM Tuesday. Survived by a sister: Dorothy (Aubrey) Hunt, Springville, TN; several nieces and nephews and special friends: Mark and Pat Largent. Preceded by sisters: Betty Jo Ross and Georgia Beckwith. Linda was a member of the...

Marguerite E. 'Marg' Stevens

Marguerite E. 'Marg' Stevens

Jun 29, 2012

Graveside service 10:00 AM Monday at Maplewood Cemetery with Dr. Rob Martin of First United Methodist Church officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be Mike Snyder, Joey Lackey, Michael Jenkins, Joseph R. Lowe, Robert McGaughey and Pete Lancaster. Visitation 4:00 - 7:00 PM Sunday at McEvoy Funeral Home. She was born in Chicopee, Kansas to the late Peter Edward and Josephine...

Byron H. Owen

Byron H. Owen

Jun 28, 2012

Funeral service 2:00 PM Sunday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Maley Davidson, Nelson Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Bro. David Alan Jackson, Cottage Grove Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Larry Woodard, Jack Woodard, Kevin Owen, Mike Owen and Steve Jackson. Visitation 4:00 - 7:00 PM Saturday and after...

Roy Chester Randall

Roy Chester Randall

Jun 28, 2012

Memorial service 1:00 PM Saturday July 14, 2012 at the Point Pleasant Baptist Church with Bro. Larry Dukes and Bro. Jimmy Allison officiating, burial will follow at the Point Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. He was born in Crested Butte, Colorado to the late Louis Clenton and Beneta Brownell Randall. He married Irene Sanders Randall August 1941, she preceded March 10,...

Johnny S. Gaddy

Johnny S. Gaddy

Jun 23, 2012

Graveside service for Johnny Gaddy was held Monday at 10:30 AM at Walker Cemetery with Latricia Trull officiating. Burial followed the service. Mr. Gaddy was born in Henry County to the late Freeman Odell Gaddy and Ruby Lee Snyder Gaddy. He is survived by his sister Scarlett (Rex) Gore of Puryear, TN; niece: Cindy (James) Green of Deluth, GA; and...

Jewell B. Melton, Jr.

Jewell B. Melton, Jr.

Jun 18, 2012

Funeral service with full Military Honors will be held at 12:00 Noon Friday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Paul Setlech officiating. Honorary pallbearers are: Richard Routon, Sam Lemonds, Phillip Williams, Harry Cowan, Roland Parkhill, Doug Taylor, Dewey Ealey, Bill Oliver and Johnny Hutcherson. Visitation Thursday 4:00 - 7:00PM and after 10:00AM Friday. He was born in Paris to the late...

Carol Powell

Carol Powell

Jun 15, 2012

Memorial service 2:00 PM Thursday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Tom Andrews officiating. Visitation 1:00 - 2:00 PM Thursday. Mrs. Powell was born in Bethesda, Ohio to the late Cletus Paul and Myrtle Mae Shepherd Keylor. On September 1, 1957 she married Stanley Powell, he preceded January 3, 2000. She is survived by daughters: Sandra Rayburn, Springville, Shannon Powell,...

Lewis L. Jackson

Lewis L. Jackson

Jun 13, 2012

Funeral service 11:00AM Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Trent Bullock and Bro. Scott Shepherd of First Baptist Church, Military Honors and burial to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers: Harold B. Jackson, Jr., Jerry Maddox, Bobby Joe Perry, Chris Skeen, Phillip Maxwell and Chip Hutson, honorary pallbearers: First Baptist Church Men's Bible Class. visitation 5:00...

Marion Virginia Herrin Block

Marion Virginia Herrin Block

Jun 11, 2012

Memorial graveside service 11:00AM Friday at Poplar Grove Cemetery in Springville, TN with Pastor Christopher Rollins officiating. She was born in Elgin, IL to the late Edgar and Ruby Herrin. Survived by a daughter: Lori Jean Thomas and fiance' James Brown, Ocean Springs, MS; son: Steven Block, Gulfport, MS; sister: Jean Herrin, Paris, TN; uncle: Carl G. Helman, Portage, MI...

Lloyd Mikel Nutting

Lloyd Mikel Nutting

Jun 9, 2012

Funeral service 2:00PM Tuesday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Rex Buford of the Como Church of Christ officiating, burial will follow at Old Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are: Dan Seymore, Dalton Seymore, Garrett Seymore, Jake Baker, James Brotherton and Chad Parks. Visitation will be Tuesday beginning at 11:00AM until time of service. He was born...

Rose Marie Bomar Donegan Baxter

Rose Marie Bomar Donegan Baxter

Jun 6, 2012

Graveside service 1:00PM Friday at Manley's Chapel Church Cemetery. Pallbearers: Nick Jones, Jim Leetham, Mike Steele and Gary Steele; honorary pallbearers: Hayden Jones, Ethan Jones and Harrison Jones. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Thursday at McEvoy's. Survived by her daughters: Cindy (Mark) Jacobson, Cordova, Brenda McNevin, Paris; step-son: John (Kathleen) Baxter, Jr., Drummonds; grandchildren: Kristen (Nick) Jones and Taylor McNevin; step-grandchild:...

Katherine 'Kathy' Taylor

Katherine 'Kathy' Taylor

Jun 5, 2012

Funeral service 1:00 PM Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home, Bro. Joe Collins, New Life Baptist Church, Henry, TN and Bro. Brian Anderson, Metropolis, IL will officiate, burial will follow at Henry City Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are: Don Raymer, III, Jeremy D. Raymer, Kenny Caron, Marty Caron, Dwayne Bowden and Walter Buddy Bowden. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Friday and after...

Joyce Owen Morris

Joyce Owen Morris

May 26, 2012

Joyce Owen Morris, age 79 of Clarksville, passed away Saturday at Gateway Medical center in Clarksville, TN. Funeral service will be at McEvoy Funeral Home Monday at 2:00 PM conducted by Bro. Richard Perigo one of Jehovah's Witnesses South Congregation in Clarksville, TN. Burial will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park with family members serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from...

Dorothy Etheridge Harrelson

Dorothy Etheridge Harrelson

May 24, 2012

Dorothy Etheridge Harrelson age 86 of Paris and Puryear, TN passed away Thursday at the Methodist Residential Hospice in Germantown, TN. There will be a graveside service 3:00 PM Saturday at the Puryear City Cemetery with Bro. Mackie Gallimore officiating. Pallbearers will be Neely Owens, Mike Jenkins, Troy Jenkins, Kit Jenkins, John Etheridge and Spencer Etheridge. Visitation 1:00 2:30PM Saturday...

Jerry L. Howard

Jerry L. Howard

May 21, 2012

No service is scheduled at this time. He was born in East St. Louis, IL to the late Edward Granville and Ruby May Wilson Howard. On December 8, 1971 he married Myrtle Elizabeth Whitehead Howard, she preceded January 3, 2002. Survived by a son: Russell (Rhonda) Howard, Paris, TN; grandchildren: Dustin Lee Howard, AZ, Kayla Dotson, Jessica Underwood, both of...

G. Blake Gregory

G. Blake Gregory

May 19, 2012

Graveside service 11:00 AM Friday at Memorial Cemetery in Paris with Rev. Jenna Goggins officiating. Pallbearers: Mike Nickoles, Derek Hatcher, Eric Ingle, Chris Cowan and Henderson Hewes, honorary pallbearers: Andy Millstead and Bailey Hewes. Visitation 5:00 - 7:00 PM Thursday at McEvoy Funeral Home. Survived by his parents: Susan Elizabeth "Beth" Abernathy Thomas and Richard E. Thomas of Columbus, MS,...

Justin Travis Carter

Justin Travis Carter

May 18, 2012

Funeral service 11:00 AM Tuesday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Roger Banks of the VanDyke Church of Christ officiating, burial will follow at the VanDyke Church of Christ Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Dustin Ruddle, Garrett Vinson, David Gellis, Zach Atkins, Mitch Lawrence and Tyee Hart. Visitation 6:00 - 8:00 PM Monday and after 9:00 AM Tuesday until service...

Edna 'Bea' Baker

Edna 'Bea' Baker

May 17, 2012

Service 3:00 PM Sunday at the Henry Baptist Church, Bro. Paul Merwin will officiate with Ron Lowe, Jimmy Waddell, Sam Baker, Bill Baker, Joe Lipps and Clifton Cruse serving as pallbearers. Visitation 4:00 - 6:00 PM Saturday at Henry Baptist Church and on Sunday beginning at 1:30 PM until time of service. She was born in Mansfield, TN to the...

Martha Tarver Day

Martha Tarver Day

May 16, 2012

Service to be conducted later in Forrest City, AR. She was born in Walls, MS to the late Tom H. and Beverly McKnight Tarver. In 1938 she married Hugh C. day, Sr., he preceded January 19, 2010. Survived by a daughter-in-law: Betty Day, Springville, TN; son: Tom (Pam) Day, Broomfield, CO; brother: Tom (Helga) Tarver, Clearwater, FL; six grandchildren and...

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