Robert Hiram Madden, 80, of Big Sandy, Tennessee, died Wednesday, August 31, at his residence.
Robert was born Monday, December 22, 1941, in Cunningham, Kentucky, to the late James Madden and the late Mary Ernestine Reed Madden.
He retired after 36 years with Emerson Electric in Paris and was a U.S. Army veteran.
He was married Friday, December 18, 1970, to Marie Overby Madden, who survives, of Big Sandy, Tennessee.
Along with his wife, he is also survived by two children: Les (Beth) Madden, of Hazel, Kentucky, and Sharon Madden, of Paris; three brothers: Randal Madden, of Alabama, Jackie Madden, of Cottage Grove, Tennessee, and Rickie Madden, of Paris; eight grandchildren: Caleb (Nicole) McMackin, Brooke Hopkins (Dustin Cole), Kati Madden (Jake Baker), Brianna (Garret) Hunter, Hannah (Seth) Harrell, Kendall Wheeler, Draken Mayo, and Alan Mayo; five great-grandchildren, Ellie McMackin, Chloe McMackin, Bentley Hopkins, Maverick Cole, and Theodore Hunter; and several nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are being handled by Ridgeway Funeral Home, 201 Dunlap Street/PO Box 788, Paris, Tennessee, 38242.
The body is to be cremated with no public services planned at this time.