Claudia Jean Conrad

March 26, 1938 - December 24, 2021

Claudia “Jean" Conrad, 83 of Ripley, died on Friday December 24, 2021 at the Lauderdale County Community Hospital in Ripley. Mrs. Conrad was born on March 26, 1938 in Ripley. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Ray, an infant daughter, her parents, Tom and Geraldine Smith; five brothers, Marvin, Ray, Phillip, Theo and Ronnie Smith. Survivors include her son, Mike Conrad of Henning; a daughter, Penny (David) Criswell of Jackson; three grandsons, David Paul Criswell of Chattanooga, Logan (Ashley) Criswell of Medina and Blake Conrad of Charlotte, TN; three great-grandsons, Landon and Luke Criswell and Lane Stewart; five sisters, Judy Garner, Elizabeth (Roger) Tillman, Charlene (Steve) Pilcher, Ann Peyton, Sharon (David) Russell, all of Lauderdale county, and one brother, Charles Smith. Pallbearers will be David Paul Criswell, Logan Criswell, Blake Conrad, Chad Smith, Chris Peyton, Scott Mathis, Greg Tillman and Justin Russell. Funeral Service will be on Monday, December 27th, 2021 at 1:00 PM. Family visitation is at 11:00 AM with public visitation from 12:00 PM until 1:00 PM at Faith United Methodist Church, Henning, TN with interment to follow at Ripley Memorial Gardens in Ripley. Rev. Jim Peyton will officiate. Jean loved children and made a career out of babysitting for more than 58 years. She not only kept her nieces and nephews but their children as well. Her reputation of taking such good care of children and loving them as her own, insured she always had a wait list of people wanting her to keep their little ones. She loved growing flowers and working outdoors and always had a beautiful yard. She was a huge country music fan and you could be sure she would have the music turned up in the kitchen as she would be making her famous homemade biscuits every morning. She and Ray loved to fish and after catching a mess they would clean them and fry them up right on the creekbank. Her potatoes and onions were the best. Jean was a member of Faith United Methodist Church.