Jerry Wayne Dennis, 88, of Blossom, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at Paris Regional Health.
Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled graveside services for 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 26th at Knights of Honor Cemetery with Abel O’Neal officiating. Mr. Dennis, the son of Floyd Willis Dennis & Mary Ineta Wilkinson Dennis, was born Oct. 9, 1936, in Olton, TX.
He graduated from Olton High School. Jerry attended Murray State A&M at Tishomingo on a football scholarship.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, he responded to the call of our country in 1961-1962, with United States Army.
He moved his family to Paris in 1967, and began working for CIT Adjustment Services. In 1973, Jerry began working for Harold Hodges Insurance and then completed his career with Gerald Gibson & Associates, following many years as an insurance adjuster.
Jerry was an avid hunter and fisherman. The delight of life was raising grandkids and great-grandkids.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Linda, whom he married on Feb. 24, 1957, building 46 years of family and memories before her death on May 11, 2003. He was also preceded in death by his parents, a grandson, Adam Dunagan, a brother, Darryl Curtis Dennis and his wife Nell, two brothers-in-law, Charley Shipley and Dean Miller, and a sister-in-law, Juanita Thomas.
Survivors include two children, Dan Dennis and Donna Dunagan and husband John, a granddaughter, Stephanie O’Neal and husband Michael, two great grandchildren, Abel O’Neal and Mackee O’Neal, siblings, Anne Nicholas and husband Buster, Ronnie Dennis and wife Bobbye, Maenette Shipley, and Sharron Hamby, and a sister-in-law, Cherie Miller along with numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends including many friends he worked with over the years.
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