Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Curtis Ray Dowdy
Aug 11, 2016
Curtis R. Dowdy, retired minister of Highland Church of Christ passed from this life on Thursday evening surrounded by his loving family. Curtis was born on July 12, 1932 to the late John Horton Dowdy and Mavis Gibson Dowdy in Calhoun County, AL. He was a pulpit minister for 18 years and an educational director for 16 years at Highland...
Norma Jane Journey
Aug 10, 2016
Norma Jane Journey, age 87, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Brookdale Assisted Living. Jane was born August 24, 1928, in Columbia, TN, the daughter of the late Norman T. Batts and Hortense Fields Batts. She was the wife of the late Wallace Gray Journey, Sr. She was a homemaker and she and her husband together had raised...
Jerry Lavonne Cribbs
Aug 7, 2016
Jerry Lavonne Cribbs, age 71, of Lawrenceburg passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. He was born on December 21, 1944 in Ruskin, FL. Jerry was a retired mechanic that worked on cars for many years. He was a very humble, kind, and sweet man. Jerry loved his family and also loved to fish and...
Lillian Gay Hayes
Aug 7, 2016
Lillian Gay Edwards Hayes “Memommer”, 67, was born in Summertown, TN, to the late Hoyt and Dorthy Edwards on November 9, 1948. She passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Lillian loved flowers. She also loved traveling to Hawaii, Alaska, to the Carribean and anywhere in between. From flip flops to crafting, she took life and...
Billy Joe Kelly
Aug 7, 2016
Billy Joe Kelly, age 64 of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Sunday, August 7, 2016. Billy is survived by: his brothers, Phillip Wayne Kelly and Henry Alvin Kelley, Jr.; sisters: Patsy Payne and Peggy Jean Nichols; children: Elizabeth Anne Mundin, Theresa Faye Mundin, and Billy Paul Kelly; niece, Jessica Leah Butler; nephew, Michael Butler; and his dog and best friend, Spot....
Hazel L Hephner
Aug 6, 2016
Hazel Hephner, age 84, passed away at Life Care Center in Centerville, Tennessee. Hazel was born March 24, 1933 in Adrian, Michigan. Hazel is survived by many children, grand children, and great grand children.
Nathan Daniel Graham
Jul 30, 2016
Nathan Daniel “Nate” Graham, age 41, of Memphis, passed away on July 30, 2016, in Thailand. Nate was born June 11, 1975 in Columbia, TN, the son of Douglas Graham and Shirley Daughtry Graham. He had a brilliant mind and received two Master’s degrees from the University of Memphis and was a project manager for YANNIX in Bangkok, Thailand. He...
Elaine Mcclain Chirtel
Jul 30, 2016
Elaine McClain Chirtel, a resident of Osprey, FL died on July 30, 2016. A native of Lewis County, TN, she also resided in Sarasota, FL, Fairfield, CT and Keowee Key, SC. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Chirtel; two daughters, Phyllis Shelton Irwin (Ernest III) and Priscilla Adams (Jeremy); four grandchildren, Ernest Irwin IV (Leslie), John Michael Irwin (Carman),...
John Molnar
Jul 26, 2016
John "Yunko" Molnar, a native of St. Michael, Pennsylvania, was born to the late Joseph and Elizabeth Molnar. He was married for 59 years 7 months to Ethel Molnar. John was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses on October 23, 1971. In addition to his wife, John is survived by sons John Jr (Sharon), Jeff (Pam), and Joe. Sister Betty...
Mary Lena Vanderpool Brown Lee
Jul 26, 2016
Mary Lena Vanderpool Brown Lee, age 74, went home to Jesus after an extended illness on July 26, 2016, at 1:00 PM surrounded by her family. She was born on July 11, 1942, to Almeda and Montgomery Vanderpool in Kingston, Michigan. She was a homemaker and graduated high school from Caro, Michigan. She loved to play cards and board games...
Erma Ruth Tilghman
Jul 26, 2016
Erma Ruth Tilghman, age 77, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Tilghman was born June 26, 1939 in Mount Holly, New Jersey, the daughter of the late H. Russell Newell and Ruth Eckman Newell. She was the wife of the late Malcolm E. Tilghman, Jr. Erma had worked as the manager of the credit...
Lewis "Wade" Prince
Jul 22, 2016
Mr. Lewis Wade Prince, age 71, passed away on Friday, July 22, 2016 at Southern Tennessee Medical Center in Pulaski, Tennessee. Wade was born on July 22, 1945 in Cullman County, Alabama to Elzie Charlie Prince and Doris Chambers Prince. He was a dedicated rehab counselor, retired from Cumberland Heights, after years of helping people overcome addictions. Wade was a...
Helen Ruth Crews
Jul 20, 2016
Helen Ruth Crews, age 85 of Mt. Pleasant passed away Wednesday at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. She was the wife of the late Ernest T. Crews, Jr. and a daughter of the late James and Ada Belle Dooley, having been born in Columbia, Tennessee on June 25, 1931. She was also preceded in death by a grandson, Jordan Henderson Frizzell;...
William "Bill" K. Graham
Jul 16, 2016
Mr. William “Bill” K. Graham, age 81, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Bill was born in Shanghai, China while his Dad was stationed there as part of the British International Police Force, on January 11, 1935. As a child he and his parents, William Walter and Alda Maria Madeira...
Ruby Jean Thurman Hood
Jul 16, 2016
Mrs. Ruby Jean Thurman Hood, age 86, passed away peacefully on July 16, 2016 at Lifecare Center in Columbia. She was a devoted wife, aunt and friend. She instilled in us the values of respect, unconditional love and selflessness. Jean was born in Giles County on October 8, 1929 to the late James Ervin Thurman and Josie Elizabeth (Big Mama)...
Cathy Anne Dial Gifford
Jul 16, 2016
Cathy Anne Dial Gifford, age 64, of Culleoka, passed away on July 16, 2016. Cathy was born on August 21, 1951 in Columbia, Tennessee to W. Robert Dial and Katherine Hamlett Dial. She was a graduate of Culleoka High School and of the Baptist faith. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She especially loved visiting her daughter’s home, helping...
Julia Willine Cooper Smith
Jul 14, 2016
Julia Willine Cooper Smith, age 95, passed away on July 14, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. She was a resident of Columbia, Tennessee. She chose to be cremated. Williams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements and there will be no services. Inurnment will be at Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born in Melbourne,...
Gloria Frances Roberts
Jul 14, 2016
Gloria “Mama Glory” Roberts passed away on Thursday, July 14, at the age of 77. The funeral service for Gloria will be at Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant on Sunday, July 17, at 1:00 PM with Bro. Larry Spears officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. Visitation for family and friends will be Saturday, July 16, from 5:00...
Edna P. Ambrose
Jul 13, 2016
Edna P. Ambrose, age 83, wife of William B. Ambrose and a resident of Culleoka Highway, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Edna was born January 27, 1933 in Maury Co., the daughter of the late Luther Anderson and Claire Ethel Matthews Anderson. She and Bill were married on June 16, 1951. She was a...
Clara B. Burgett
Jul 11, 2016
Mrs. Clara B. Burgett, age 86, of Columbia passed away on Monday, July 11, 2016 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Clara was born on September 17, 1929 in Columbia, Tennessee to Arris B. Rummage and Willie F. Davis Rummage. She married James H. Burgett in 1954 and they had three children together. James passed away in 1971, after only 17 years...
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