Richard Maloan

Richard Andrew Maloan Sr., age 98, died Sunday, June 2, 2019, at Tennova Healthcare Volunteer Martin. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church in Martin with Rev. Randy Cooper officiating. Burial will follow in East Side Cemetery in Martin with Murphy Funeral Home of Martin in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. Thursday until service time. He was a 1938 graduate of Dresden High School. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, worked as a farmer, banker, was elected to the office of Weakley County Tax Assessor and was a member of First United Methodist Church in Martin. He is survived by his sons, Chancellor Mike (Sharon) Maloan of Martin and Steve (Elizabeth) Maloan of Jackson; five grandchildren, Michelle (Dale) Starr, Jennifer Stroh, Jessica Maloan, Cori (Jason) Rose and Steven Drake (Lindsay) Maloan; 13 great-grandchildren. Maloan was preceded in death by his wife, Faye Ella Bishop Maloan; his son, Richard Andrew Maloan Jr.; and his parents, Will Maloan and Myrtle Eskridge Maloan. Online tributes may be left at murphyfuneralhome.net.