Graveside services for Hermann Paris, 77, of 4262 East Brookhaven Drive, N.E. will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Arlington Memorial Park.
Mr. Paris, chairman of the board of directors of Gas Equipment Supply Co., died Monday.
A pioneer in the liquefied gas business in Georgia, Mr. Paris founded the Georgia Butane Gas Co. in Sandersville in 1939. In 1944, he purchased the Georgia Automatic Gas Co. here in Atlanta and moved here. Later he became president of Consolidated Gas Co., and for 20 years served as president of Gas Equipment Supply Co.
Mr. Paris was a past president of the LP Gas Association and received its first honorary life membership in 1965. He also received the Seley Award from the National LP Gas Association for distinguished service to the industry and received the National Association Award in 1974.
In 1978, Mr. Paris was named Georgia Lions Club Blind Person of the Year. Although blind since 1965, he remained active in his business until the time of his death. He worked with organizations for the blind and was director of the Georgia Radio Reading Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Jean Chapman Paris, and daughter, Mrs. Jean P. Farber, of Atlanta.
In the attached photograph Hermann Paris (right) and his wife, Mary Jean Paris (left), review the book, Silk Stocking Street, written by Hermann's sister, Rachel Paris (center), about growing up in Sandersville, Georgia early in the 20th century.
Mr. Paris, chairman of the board of directors of Gas Equipment Supply Co., died Monday.
A pioneer in the liquefied gas business in Georgia, Mr. Paris founded the Georgia Butane Gas Co. in Sandersville in 1939. In 1944, he purchased the Georgia Automatic Gas Co. here in Atlanta and moved here. Later he became president of Consolidated Gas Co., and for 20 years served as president of Gas Equipment Supply Co.
Mr. Paris was a past president of the LP Gas Association and received its first honorary life membership in 1965. He also received the Seley Award from the National LP Gas Association for distinguished service to the industry and received the National Association Award in 1974.
In 1978, Mr. Paris was named Georgia Lions Club Blind Person of the Year. Although blind since 1965, he remained active in his business until the time of his death. He worked with organizations for the blind and was director of the Georgia Radio Reading Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Jean Chapman Paris, and daughter, Mrs. Jean P. Farber, of Atlanta.
In the attached photograph Hermann Paris (right) and his wife, Mary Jean Paris (left), review the book, Silk Stocking Street, written by Hermann's sister, Rachel Paris (center), about growing up in Sandersville, Georgia early in the 20th century.
Graveside services for Hermann Paris, 77, of 4262 East Brookhaven Drive, N.E. will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Arlington Memorial Park.
Mr. Paris, chairman of the board of directors of Gas Equipment Supply Co., died Monday.
A pioneer in the liquefied gas business in Georgia, Mr. Paris founded the Georgia Butane Gas Co. in Sandersville in 1939. In 1944, he purchased the Georgia Automatic Gas Co. here in Atlanta and moved here. Later he became president of Consolidated Gas Co., and for 20 years served as president of Gas Equipment Supply Co.
Mr. Paris was a past president of the LP Gas Association and received its first honorary life membership in 1965. He also received the Seley Award from the National LP Gas Association for distinguished service to the industry and received the National Association Award in 1974.
In 1978, Mr. Paris was named Georgia Lions Club Blind Person of the Year. Although blind since 1965, he remained active in his business until the time of his death. He worked with organizations for the blind and was director of the Georgia Radio Reading Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Jean Chapman Paris, and daughter, Mrs. Jean P. Farber, of Atlanta.
In the attached photograph Hermann Paris (right) and his wife, Mary Jean Paris (left), review the book, Silk Stocking Street, written by Hermann's sister, Rachel Paris (center), about growing up in Sandersville, Georgia early in the 20th century.
Mr. Paris, chairman of the board of directors of Gas Equipment Supply Co., died Monday.
A pioneer in the liquefied gas business in Georgia, Mr. Paris founded the Georgia Butane Gas Co. in Sandersville in 1939. In 1944, he purchased the Georgia Automatic Gas Co. here in Atlanta and moved here. Later he became president of Consolidated Gas Co., and for 20 years served as president of Gas Equipment Supply Co.
Mr. Paris was a past president of the LP Gas Association and received its first honorary life membership in 1965. He also received the Seley Award from the National LP Gas Association for distinguished service to the industry and received the National Association Award in 1974.
In 1978, Mr. Paris was named Georgia Lions Club Blind Person of the Year. Although blind since 1965, he remained active in his business until the time of his death. He worked with organizations for the blind and was director of the Georgia Radio Reading Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Jean Chapman Paris, and daughter, Mrs. Jean P. Farber, of Atlanta.
In the attached photograph Hermann Paris (right) and his wife, Mary Jean Paris (left), review the book, Silk Stocking Street, written by Hermann's sister, Rachel Paris (center), about growing up in Sandersville, Georgia early in the 20th century.
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