[caption id="attachment_394" align="alignleft" width="120"] Robert Covington[/caption] Robert Covington, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vanderbilt University and Grove Hight School Class of 1954, died in his home on November 29th at age 84. Born in Evansville, Indiana, but raised largely in Paris, Tennessee, Professor Covington earned his undergraduate degree at Yale University before earning his law degree at Vanderbilt Law School in 1961. He joined the Vanderbilt Law faculty immediately after earning his law degree. At that time, Dean John Wade, whose...

Carol Graham Fish Hannan, 86, of Paducah, passed away on November 29, 2020, at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center at Lourdes. Carol was born December 20, 1933 in Paris, Tennessee. She graduated in the Class of 1951 from E. W. Grove High School, Paris, Tennessee; received her bachelor’s degree from Murray State University; and received a master’s degree from Northwestern University. Carol taught school in Evanston, Illinois, and locally at Clark Elementary School, and Reidland High School...

Mr. Jerald Dean Sykes, age 85, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 at Henry County Medical Center. He was born May 12, 1935 to Prentice and Cornell Swor Sykes. He graduated from Grove High School in 1953 and attended college at Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas, ma­joring in Math and Bible, while serving as field commander for the band and singing bass with the A Cappella chorus. An avid trombone player, he married his band friend and sweetheart, Dorothy Owen,...

Carolyn White Cheek, age 72 of Paris, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020 at Anna Mae Owen Hospice House of Murray, Kentucky. A private family graveside service will be held with burial at Olive Branch Cemetery and a celebration of life will be planned for a later date for the public to attend. Carolyn White Cheek was born March 22, 1948 in Dyersburg, Tennessee to the late Nelson White and the late Edith Hogue White. She is survived by her...

Bethel Cantrell Williams, age 102 of Paris, TN, died Monday, November 2, 2020, at Eiffel Gardens in Paris. She retired after many years working alongside her husband at State Farm in Paris.  She was the oldest member of First Baptist Church in Paris, where she served for many years.  Bethel was a longtime member of the Paris Quota Club and was the treasurer for the Martha Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.  She was loved and respected by many people. Bethel...