Carroll R. Denison of Detroit || Obituary

Carroll R. Denison, 80, of Detroit, passed away June 12, 2023, at Paris Regional Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 15, 2023, in the chapel of Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home with Don Shovan officiating. Burial will follow at East Post Oak Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 – 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Carroll was born on Dec. 1, 1942, a son of Paul and Ruth Marie Read Denison. He faithfully served in the U.S. Navy from February 1960 thru November 1963. Most of his time served aboard the USS James C. Owens and SS Nitro either at sea or overseas. He was aboard the USS Nito which was involved in the Cuban Crisis in 1962 for 45 days. After serving in the Navy, Carroll returned to Lubbock and in 1966 moved back to Paris and was employed as a mechanic for Campbell Soup Company for 33 and one-half years.

Carroll Read and Neita Faye Phifer were married on Sept. 4, 1968, in Detroit. Carroll and Neita have two daughters, Heather Michelle and Tiffany Monet’. They were members of Lone Star Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.

He is survived by his daughters, Heather Griffin and husband Greg, and Tiffany Phillips and husband Ben; grandchildren, Madison Oney and fiancé Daniel, Darby Oney, Julia Martin and husband Tim, Brooke Williams and husband, Derek, Courtney Needham and husband, Jacob, Reese Phillips and wife Kayla, Autumn Phillips, Aubree Phillips, and Jack Phillips; 6 great-grandchildren, Kentlee, James, Blakeley, Brian, Indie, and Miles and brothers, Pete Denison and wife Gloria, David Denison and wife Brenda and Don Denison and wife Sherry.

If desired in lieu of flowers family request memorials be made to the Neita Denison Memorial Education Fund at First Federal Community Bank or American Legion Post 199 Deport.