Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Richard "Pops" David Steel
Apr 1, 2016
Richard David “Pops” Steel, age 75, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Pops was born on November 6, 1940 in Swartz Creek, Michigan to Eugene Steel and Norma Ruby Steel. Many knew him as Pops or Rick. Everyone knew him or knew of him. He was the life of the party and sweeter than...
Walter "Owen" Dale
Apr 1, 2016
Walter Owen Dale, age 82, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Owen was born on September 24, 1933 in Maury County to Walter E. Dale and Pauline Moore Dale. He married Miss Modean Mayberry on August 11, 1960. They shared fifty-five years together. From 1954 – 1956, Owen served his country in the United...
Larry "Big Papa" Mcneece
Mar 31, 2016
Larry “Big Papa” McNeece of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at his residence. Larry was born on November 24, 1943 to the late William Arthur McNeece and Alice Boyd McNeece in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. On December 24, 1964, Larry married his loving wife, Peggy Nichols. Larry is a graduate from Haylong High School, class of...
Maria Julianna Ashton
Mar 31, 2016
Maria Julianna Ashton, age 82, of Mt. Pleasant, went to be with her Lord, on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Signature Healthcare following an extended illness. Maria was born on May 16, 1933 in Germany to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Gruber. She worked as a clerical assistant in Pennsylvania, her former residence. She is survived by her children: Dorrie (John)...
Wilma "Jean" Pokorney
Mar 31, 2016
Ms. Wilma Jean “Mabel” Waldrop Pokorney, age 74, of Columbia, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at NHC Columbia. Jean was born June 19, 1941 in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Robert Jack Waldrop and Omie Louise Watts Waldrop. Jean loved everyone and spending time with others, especially her children and grandchildren. Jean worked at Thomas...
J.W. Scott
Mar 31, 2016
J. W. Scott, long-time resident of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Services will be held on Monday, April 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home in Columbia. David Buffaloe and Ezell Rose, his present and former pastor, will be officiating. The family will visit with friends at the funeral...
Alan "Mate" Hughes
Mar 30, 2016
Mr. Alan “Mate” Hughes, age 56, of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 unexpectedly due to an illness at Maury Regional Medical Center. Alan was born on October 17, 1959, in Chatham Kent, England to Anthony Amos Hughes and Shirley Anne Regan Hughes. On January 18, 1980 he married Kim Sellers and he was an amazing soulmate, dad...
Sue Lentz Greene
Mar 28, 2016
Sue Lentz Greene, age 74, of Columbia, passed away on March 28, 2016, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Sue was born July 12, 1941, in Columbia, the daughter of the late Robert Sidney Lentz and Theola Lentz Brown. On June 1, 1959, she married David James Greene, and he preceded her in death in January of 1982. Sue was a...
Mary Ann Poole Eisler
Mar 26, 2016
Mary Ann Poole Eisler, age 77, of Spring Hill, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2016 after an extended illness at Life Care Center in Columbia. Mary was born on February 23, 1939 to Otto Poole and Virginia Moore Poole in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. She was a devout Christian dedicated to serving the Lord. But, she was much more...
Dorothy "Dotty" Spears
Mar 23, 2016
Dorothy E. “Dotty” Spears, age 74, resident of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, at her residence. Dotty was born June 15, 1941 in Maury County, the daughter of the late W.H. Edwards and Louise “Mama Easy” Sanders Edwards. Dotty went from Kindergarten through Business College and never missed a day. The day following her graduation from business...
James "Jim" Winchester
Mar 22, 2016
James H. “Jim” Winchester was born July 14, 1936 to James W. and Musie Robinson Winchester. He passed away on March 22 at V.A. Hospital in Nashville. He served in the Navy from 1955 – 1958. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed fishing. Jim was a musician and singer. He performed with many of the Grand Ole Opry stars in...
Harold Ray Sharpe
Mar 22, 2016
Harold Ray Sharpe, age 73, resident of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on March 22, 2016, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Harold was born January 15, 1943 in Maury County, the son of the late Clyde Sharpe and Lucy Attkisson Sharpe. On September 26, 1981, he married Susan McCauley and they enjoyed 34 wonderful years together. Harold was retired...
Annie Delorice Hatten
Mar 22, 2016
Annie Delorice “Hicks” Hatten of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee passed away on March 22, 2016 at her residence. Delorice was born on December 24, 1947 in Canton, Mississippi to the late Paralee “Turner” Hicks and Meadie Allen Hicks. Delorice was retired from Mississippi Baptist Medical Center and spent her time knitting, sewing, and spending time in her garden. She loved her...
Timmy "Shorty" Wayne Morton
Mar 21, 2016
Timmy Wayne “Shorty” Morton of Mount Pleasant, Tennessee passed away Monday March 21, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Shorty was born on September 26, 1964 in Columbia, Tennessee to the late LB Morton and Annie Morton. He was married to his loving wife, Penny Burks Morton, for 28 wonderful years and had four children. Shorty was always the first...
Patricia "Pat" Gail Medley-Pipkin-Vasecka
Mar 20, 2016
Patricia “Pat” Gail Medley-Pipkin-Vasecka, age 61, passed away March 20, 2016 at Lakewood Health Care in Staples, Minnesota. Pat was born in Pikeville, Tennessee on October 22, 1954 to the late Ella Mae Prater and JC (Ceburn) Medley. Pat was a devoted mother to her children and an avid animal lover. She was a very loving woman who lived life...
Charles Louis Chapman
Mar 19, 2016
Charles Louis Chapman, age 60, passed away March 19, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee. Charles was born in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee April 13, 1955 to the late Nathan Chapman and Betty Bowen. Charles is survived by his wife: Willie Jo Stanfill Ferguson; daughter: Kimberly (Dwight) Woodard of Jackson, TN; step daughters: Misty (Robert) Henson and Christy...
Howard Lee "Bubba" Fautt
Mar 17, 2016
Howard “Bubba” Lee Fautt Jr., age 50, of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on March 17, 2016, at his residence. Bubba was born May 9, 1965 in Maury Co., the son of Margie Ann Lemay Fautt of Columbia and the late Howard Lee “Poochie” Fautt, Sr. A true boy of the south is how Bubba’s family describes him. He loved to...
Blackie Norman
Mar 16, 2016
Blackie Norman, age 81, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Maury Regional Medical center. Blackie was born January 21, 1935 in Maury County, TN, the son of the late Thomas Norman and Eunice Logue Norman. In 1958 he married Mary Marche Norman and they had shared 58 wonderful years together. Blackie was a graduate of...
Conrad Hawes Noddin
Mar 15, 2016
Mr. Conrad Hawes Noddin, age 67, of Spring Hill, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Conrad was born in Bangor, Maine on May 10, 1948 to Cornelius Albert Noddin and Edna Mary Hawes Noddin. Conrad studied music formally since the age of eight. At the age of fifteen he was performing professionally with working bands such as The...
William "Bill" Smith Chaffin
Mar 14, 2016
Mr. William “Bill” Smith Chaffin, age 90, of Columbia, Tennessee passed away on Monday, March 14, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Bill was born on October 17, 1925 in Florence, Alabama to Cecil S. Chaffin and Ethridge Johnston Chaffin. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He was a retiree of the US Post Office...
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