Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
John "Johnny" Neil Helton, Jr.
Oct 15, 2016
John “Johnny” Neil Helton Jr., age 48 of Mount Pleasant, passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Johnny was born on March 10, 1968 to John Neil Helton Sr. and Judy Ingram Helton in Columbia, Tennessee. He was a great husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, and uncle. Johnny never met a stranger and any child...
Betty Gower Countiss
Oct 11, 2016
Betty Gower Countiss, age 84 of Columbia, Tennessee went to be with her Lord October 11, 2016. Betty was born August 4, 1932 in Town Creek, Alabama to Lorenza and Minnie Young Gower. On April 12, 1952 she married Joseph Countiss, Sr., and the two were married 49 years until he passed away in 2001. Betty was very strong in...
Joyce Faye Kelley
Oct 10, 2016
Joyce Faye Kelley, age 60 of Mt. Pleasant, passed away October 10, 2016 at her residence. Joyce was born January 14, 1956 in Columbia, Tennessee to Harvey Powell and Mary Pearl Dickey Moore. She was affectionately known as “Mama Joyce” to her family because she always found ways to take care of others. She enjoyed going to as many yard...
Opal Dean Anderson
Oct 9, 2016
Opal Dean Anderson, age 87 of Columbia, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at Life Care Center. Opal was born August 14, 1929, in Courtland, Alabama to the late Porter and Sellie Terry Smith. Opal loved her family, and above all she loved the Lord. She was not ashamed of the Gospel, and “she did...
Elaine E. Moncrief
Oct 8, 2016
Mrs. Elaine England Moncrief, age 95, passed away with her loving family by her side at Maury Regional Medical Center on Saturday, October 8, 2016. A graveside service for Mrs. Moncrief will be held on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 12 Noon at Arlington Cemetery, where she will be interred beside her beloved husband Horace, as was her wish, in...
Carol Ann Bashista
Oct 4, 2016
Carol Ann Bashista, age 69, of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at her residence. Carol was born December 4, 1946, in Springfield, IL. She was the wife of Donnie L. Miller. She was a Quality Inspector for General Motors Corporation, originating in Pontiac, Michigan then migrated to Columbia, TN. Carol was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother....
Mrs. Wilma Edna Burks
Oct 4, 2016
Wilma Edna Burks, age 69, Mt. Pleasant resident, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at her residence. Wilma was born July 14, 1947, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of the late Brown Chapman and Edna Watkins Chapman. She was the wife of the late James Burks. Wilma was an inspector for P.A. Medical. She had worked for Ford Motor...
William "Eddie" Edward Beasley
Oct 1, 2016
William Edward Beasley best known as “Eddie”,was 73 years old. Eddie passed away on October 1st at Signature Healthcare in Columbia, TN. Eddie was born to the late Earle and Ruby Mahone on September 21, 1943 in the Dallas, TX area. He was self-employed running his own waste management company. He spent the better part of his life in Texas...
John "Johnny" Harold Luttrell Jr.
Oct 1, 2016
John “Johnny” Harold Luttrell Jr. of Cornersville, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at his home. Johnny was born on July 19, 1963 to John H. Luttrell Sr. and Mable Charlene Hanvy Luttrell in Columbia, Tennessee. Johnny graduated from MTSU with a B.S. in Criminal Justice. He most recently served as a detective with the Maury Co. Sherriff’s...
Jean Marie Gant
Sep 29, 2016
Jean “Jeanie” Marie Gant, age 55, went to be with her Lord and Savior, September 29, 2016 at her home in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. Jean Marie was born September 15, 1961 to Gilbert and Margaret Gant in Janesville, WI. After high school Jean at a later date enrolled in the eastern college of health vocations in Metairie, LA, graduating with...
Walter Marlin
Sep 29, 2016
James Walter Marlin of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Mr. Marlin was born to Frank Sr. and Thelma Hedgepath Marlin in Nashville, Tennessee. He spent his young manhood in Sandy Hook, TN where he met lifelong friends Bobby Massey and Murray Hines. After graduating from Hay Long High School, Walter joined the army. He became an...
Richard Ryan Reid
Sep 23, 2016
Richard Ryan Reid of Lawrenceburg passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Richard was born in Nashville on November 9, 1949. He is survived by his very close friends, David Williams and Laurie Williams and one granddaughter, Natalie Reid. Richard is preceded in death by his parents, Richard Thomas Reid and Jane Ryan Reid and...
Ronnie Smith
Sep 22, 2016
Ronnie Smith, 48, of Lawrenceburg passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Ronnie was born to the late James Smith and Mary Staggs Smith in Tiptonville, IN on May 26, 1968. He was a brick layer and a mason. Survivors include his son, Ronnie S. Smith; Four grandchildren; Brothers, James E. Smith, Jr. and Rodney...
Carl Clifton Himes
Sep 22, 2016
Carl Clifton Himes, age 63 of Hampshire, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center, following a courageous yearlong battle with cancer. Clifton was born July 10, 1953, in Hohenwald, Tennessee, to Jim and Eather Himes. Clifton shared his life with Cindy Parker Himes, and the two married on August 24, 1975. He spent most of his...
Anne Marie Jackson
Sep 22, 2016
Anne Marie Napolitano Jackson, age seventy-eight, of Columbia, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016, at her residence. Anne was born on July 26, 1938, in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, to Nicholas Napolitano and Catherine Pingerelli Napolitano. Just before her twentieth birthday she married her love of fourty-two years, Richard G. Jackson and they were together until he passed on September 7,...
James E. Mullens
Sep 21, 2016
James “ Jim” E. Mullens, age 90, of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at NHC Hillview, in Columbia. Jim was born on June 14, 1926 in Putnam County, West Virginia to Eugene and Cenia Short Mullens. He served honorably in the United States Army during World War II from January, 1945 until November, 1946. His service inspiring...
Dorothy May Sanders
Sep 21, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy May Sanders, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Dorothy was born on December 15, 1929 in Obion County, Tennessee to Robert Miles Cavender and Minnie Hazel Johnson Cavender. She was a dedicated wife and mother making a wonderful Christian home for her husband, James E. Sanders, Sr.,...
Harriette P. Bolton
Sep 20, 2016
Mrs. Harriette P. Bolton, age 91, passed away on Tuesday evening at Poplar Estates. Harriette was born November 24, 1924 in Maury County, the daughter of the late Peter Mark Sharpe and Mary Inman Sharpe. She was the wife of the late Hercules Bolton. Harriette was a dental hygienist and a member of Zion Presbyterian Church. Survivors include her son,...
Ruth Kelley
Sep 17, 2016
Ruth Kelley, 91, formally of Rockdale Hill went to be with her beloved JC on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at Deaconess Hospital in Indiana. Ruth was a longtime resident and business owner on Rockdale Hill. She is preceded in death by her husband JC Kelley, her parents, Frank and Bessie McDonald, siblings, Sonny McDonald, Bubba McDonald, Bea Pesnell, Lavon Richardson,...
Bobby Wales
Sep 17, 2016
Bobby Wales of Columbia passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Wales was born on March 17, 1928 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Bobby is survived by his daughters, Frankie Wales (Tracy) Seat of Huntsville and Dawn (Jim) Patterson; Son, Bobby (Cindy) Wales; Grandsons, Rob Wales, Parke Wales, Chip Wales, Wesley Seat, Lowry Patterson, Luke Patterson and Sister,...
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