Pearl Marie Paris

September 20, 1928 - January 21, 2021

Pearl Marie Paris, age 92 of Rockdale, passed away Thursday morning, January 21, 2021 while living at Rockdale Estates and Rehabilitation. Services are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Monday, January 25, 2021 at Milam County Cowboy Church in Rockdale. Burial will follow in the Salty Cemetery near Thorndale. Pearl was born September 20, 1928 in Houston to Jessie and Jewel Iris (Welch) Lankford. She and Charles E. Paris were married February 1965 in Galveston. She worked as a bus driver for Rockdale I.S.D. for 20 years and was a most beloved bus driver of all time. She was a member of Milam County Cowboy Church in Rockdale and loved playing solitaire. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles E. Paris on January 3, 2014; brothers, Jessie and Guy Lankford and sisters, Dorothy Branum and Audrey Franklin. Surviving are sons, Norman Macey, III and wife Sharon of Humble and George Zimmer and wife Minalea of Cleveland; Daughter, Donna Paris Barker of Rockdale; Sister, Ruth Melendez of Glen Cove, New York; 12 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Pallbearers are Shawn Zimmer, Ashton Zimmer, Jimmie Gann, Todd Ressel, Aaron Gifford, and Rhett Hairston. Honorary pallbearers are George Zimmer and Norman Macey, III.