Mr. Vel Gene Cary, 95 of Yuma, Tennessee passed away Saturday, August 27, 2022 at the AHC Rehabilitation Center in Paris.

Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home with Bro. Robert Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in the Jamison Cemetery.

The family will receive friends in the Oakwood Room of Chase Funeral Home on Monday from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM and on Tuesday from 10:00 AM until time of service.

Mr. Cary was born February 4, 1927 in Camden, Tennessee to the late Frank Cary and Beulah (Hollowell) Cary. He was a retired Shipper for the Catepillar Company and a member of the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Besides his parents, he was also preceded in death by one son, Larry Cary, one brother, Gladous Cary and one sister, Sue Ellen Gaskin.

He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Sue Cary, two sons, Ricky Cary of Yuma, Kenneth Harris (Donna) of Washington, Illinois, one daughter in law, Peggy Crawford of Westport and one sister, Mable Newbill (Giles) of Huntingdon. He also leaves three grandchildren, Amanda McCracken (Christopher Jordan), Greg Harris, Chad Harris (Zoe "Rocky") and six great grandchildren.