Editing Paris, Tennessee (section)

==Notable people== 
* [[John Hall Buchanan, Jr.]] — [[U.S. representative|Representative]] of [[Alabama's 6th Congressional District]], [[United States House of Representatives|U. S. House of Representatives]] 1965–1981, and in other political positions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Buchanan, John Hall, Jr.|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001008|access-date=August 25, 2012}}</ref>
* [[John Wesley Crockett]] — [[United States House of Representatives|U. S. House of Representatives]] 1837–1841, Attorney General of the Ninth Judicial District of Tennessee 1841-1843<ref>{{cite web|title=Crockett, John Wesley|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000920|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Rattlesnake Annie|Rosan "Rattlesnake Annie" Gallimore]] — country musician<ref name="hnrycty">{{cite web|title=Henry County|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=621|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rattlesnake Annie|website=[[AllMusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rattlesnake-annie-mn0001603291|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Edwin Wiley Grove]] — established Paris Medicine Company 1886, endowed E. W. Grove High School 1906<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Edwin Wiley Grove|url=http://ewgrove.com/groveleg/ewdex.htm|access-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Isham G. Harris]] — [[Tennessee Senate|Tennessee State Senate]] 1847, [[United States House of Representatives|U. S. House of Representatives]] 1848–1852, [[Governor of Tennessee|Tennessee governor]] 1857–1862, [[United States Senate]] 1877–1897, [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] 1893-1895<ref>{{cite web|title=Isham Green Harris|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=608|access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
* [[John Hudson (American football)|John Hudson]] - son of Richard "Bill" Hudson and professional football player, played for Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens in 2000, played for championship team at Auburn in college.
* [[Howell Edmunds Jackson]] — [[Tennessee House of Representatives]] 1880–1881, [[United States Senate]] 1881–1886, Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit 1886–1891, Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Appeals 1891–1893, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1893-95<ref>{{cite web|title=JACKSON, Howell Edmunds, (1832 - 1895)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=j000014|access-date=March 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Howell E. Jackson, 1893-1895|url=http://www.supremecourthistory.org/history-of-the-court/associate-justices/howell-jackson-1893-1895/|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Vernon Jarrett]] — political activist, social commentator and ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''{{'}}s first African-American syndicated columnist<ref>{{cite news|last=Lamb|first=Yvonne|title=Vernon Jarrett, 84; Journalist, Crusader|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53239-2004May24.html|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=July 27, 2011|date=May 25, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Mordecai Wyatt Johnson]] — a preacher and the first black president of [[Howard University]], serving 1926–1960
* [[Bobby Jones (singer)|Bobby Jones]] — gospel musician<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Jone Radio Show|url=http://www.sgnthelight.com/showdj.asp?DJID=22251|access-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723153042/http://www.sgnthelight.com/showdj.asp?DJID=22251|archive-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Cherry Jones]] — actress, [[Tony Award]] for Best Actress in a Play 1991- (nominee, ''Our Country's Good''), 1995 (winner, ''The Heiress''), 2000 (nominee, ''A Moon for the Misbegotten''), 2005 (winner, ''Doubt''); Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1995 (winner - ''The Heiress''), 1998 (winner, ''Pride's Crossing''), 2005 (winner, ''Doubt)'', 2006 (nominee, ''Faith Healer'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Cherry Jones|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=47147|access-date=August 22, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Merle Kilgore]] — country musician, songwriter, manager <ref name="hnrycty" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Merle Kilgore|website=[[AllMusic]] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/merle-kilgore-mn0000413210|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Chick King|Charles Gilbert "Chick" King]] — outfielder, Detroit Tigers 1954–56, Chicago Cubs 1958-59 and St. Louis Cardinals 1959,<ref>{{cite web|title=About Chick King|url=http://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/player/Chick_King|access-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> first two-sport professional athlete
* [[Keith Lancaster]] — singer, songwriter, and founder of The Acappella Company,
* [[Vernon McGarity]] — Congressional Medal of Honor 1946<ref name="hnrycty" />
* [[Bobby Olive]]   — former [[NFL]] [[wide receiver]] for the [[Indianapolis Colts]]
* [[James D. Porter]] — Judge of the 12th Judicial Circuit of Tennessee (1870–1874), [[Governor of Tennessee|Tennessee governor]] 1875–1879, president of the [[Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway|Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad Company]] 1880–1884, [[United States Assistant Secretary of State|Assistant Secretary of State]] under President [[Grover Cleveland]] 1885–1887, [[United States Ambassador to Chile|Minister to Chile]] under President Grover Cleveland 1893–1895, Chancellor of the [[University of Nashville]] 1901, President of [[Peabody College|Peabody Normal College]] 1902, later President of those two schools' merging ([[Peabody College|George Peabody College]]) until 1909<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennessee Governor James Davis Porter|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_tennessee/col2-content/main-content-list/title_porter_james.html|access-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=James Davis Porter|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1074|access-date=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Clarke Rye]] — Attorney General of the 13th Judicial District, [[Governor of Tennessee|Tennessee governor]] 1915–1919, Chancellor of the 8th Chancery Court of Tennessee 1922-1942<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennessee Governor Thomas Clarke Rye|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_tennessee/col2-content/main-content-list/title_rye_thomas.html|access-date=June 2, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Edward H. Tarrant]] — Representative of [[Red River County, Texas]] in the [[Texas House of Representatives]] September–December 1837, Chief Justice of Red River County, Texas 1838, Brigadier General of Fourth Brigade Northeast Texas Defenders, Texas House of Representatives 1849–1853, namesake of [[Tarrant County, Texas]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tarrant, Edward H.|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fta11|access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Stephen M. Veazey]] — president, [[Community of Christ]] 2005–present<ref>{{cite web|title=STEPHEN M. VEAZEY|url=http://www.cofchrist.org/bio/current/Veazey-Steve.asp|access-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080513195252/http://www.cofchrist.org/bio/current/Veazey-Steve.asp|archive-date=May 13, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Hank Williams Jr.]] — Country musician, has a home "near Paris"<ref>{{cite web|author=Tamara Saviano |url=http://www.countryweekly.com/magazine/vault/hank-williams-jr-son-gun-1997 |title=Hank Williams Jr.: Son of a Gun! (1997) |work=[[Country Weekly]] |date=April 9, 2010 |access-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Felix Zollicoffer]] — Tennessee State Printer 1835, Comptroller of the Tennessee State Treasury 1845–1849, [[Tennessee Senate|Tennessee State Senate]] 1849–1852, [[United States House of Representatives|U. S. House of Representatives]] 1853–1859, Brigadier General, Confederate States Army<ref>{{cite web|title=Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=z000012|access-date=August 17, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Gin Cooley]] — Model
* [[Jim Cullivan]] — football coach, born and died in Paris