Ms. Shirley Pauline Brady, better known as Paula, age 53 of Sparta, passed away Sunday evening September 22, 2024 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.

Paula was born October 4, 1970 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was a former factory worker, but her favorite job was her career as a courier. Above all else, her greatest joy was being Nana P to her adoring grandchildren. Paula is preceded in death by her father Wayne Measles.

Paula is lovingly survived by her

Mother: Shirley (Joe) Brady

Son: Danny Grantham

Daughter: Betty Sparks

Daughter: Alyshia Grantham

Son: Wayne Allen (Tiffany) Grantham

Sister: Mildred (Mitchell) Blackstone

Grandchildren: Zack, Courtney, Gage, Jaylen, Cole, Audrei, Noah, Oakley, Kali and Vandor

Great-Grandchildren: Emery & Brynleigh Jones

Also several aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins

Funeral services will be conducted 1:00pm Thursday, September 26, 2024 at Hensley Chapel Baptist Church with burial to follow in Young Cemetery. The family will receive friends after 4:00pm Wednesday at the church. Dewey Young and Carl Bullis will officiate.

Eugene Brymer, Brian Young, Jesse Young, Justin Collins, Zack Young, Dustin Brady, Justin Hoover and Alan Hoover will serve as pallbearers.