Ricky Lynn Eaton
1961 - 2024
From the Dec 30, 2024 e-EditionDateline: McKenzie, TN
Funeral services for Ricky Lynn Eaton are Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at 2 p.m. at Brummitt McKenzie Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 30, 2024, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Tuesday, noon until service time. Interment is at Concord Cemetery.
Mr. Eaton, 63, died at his home on December 27, 2024. He is a retired factory worker working at Republic, AO Smith and Duro and he attended Blooming Grove United Methodist Church. He was born in McKenzie on August 7, 1961, attended McKenzie High School and played football in high school.
He is survived by two sons, Eric Eaton and Alex Eaton; his wife, Hope, all of Martin; two sisters, Darla Hicks and her husband, Mike of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, and Melissa Moore of McKenzie; four brothers, Larry Eaton and his wife, Betty, Tim Eaton and wife, Michelle- all of McKenzie, Ronnie Eaton and his wife, Debbie of Milan, Joey Eaton and his wife, Jhanettia of Tennessee Ridge, and three grandchildren, Amaara Eaton, Bailey Eaton and Skylar Bass.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Vance and Irene Ham Eaton, and sister, Mary Melton.
Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home, 731-352-4848
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