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Gary Wallace Powley
Gary Wallace Powley
December 12, 1948 - January 14, 2005
Gary Wallace Powley, 56, of Paris, died Friday, January 14, at Henry County Medical Center. Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 16, at First United Methodist Church with Randy Stephens, Roger Banks, John Dale and Rev. Guy McCombs officiating. Burial followed in the Memorial Cemetery in Paris. Pallbearers serving were Bart Herbison, Rick Moody, Gaines Hedges, Brent Greer, Daryl Stalls, David Noles and Jimm Guarino. Honorary pallbearers were Larry "Sea Gull" Whitledge and Kenny Deel. Ridgeway Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Powley was born December 12, 1948, in Hollow Rock. He was a broadcaster/salesman for W.T.P.R. and W.A.K.Q. radion station for 13 years, a U.S. Army veteran during the Vietnam Era, being stationed in South Korea light arms infantry. He was interested in the community, participating in Helping Hands, Relay for Life and many other other organizations.
He was preceded in death by his father, Wallace Powley; and a sister, Diane Rogers. He married Patty Bowden on May 11, 1984, who survives. Other survivors include his mother, Irene Starks Powley of Hollow Rock; three sons, Crispin (Jennifer) Powley of LaVergne, Dylan Powley of Paris, and Damon Nash of Goodlettsville; a daughter, Shyanne (Michael) Frazee of Woodstock, Georgia; and a sister, Denise (Ricky) Umstead of Huntingdon. [Source: Carroll County NEWS-LEADER]