Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Charles Allen Cummins
Dec 9, 2014
Mr. Charles Allen Cummins, age 79, of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 3:52 a.m. at Maury Regional Medical Center. Charles was born on February 19, 1935 to the late Brown Thomas Cummins and the late Ruthie Kennedy Cummins in Maury County, Tennessee. Charles was married to Allene Marshall Cummins whom he had virtually grown up with...
Joe Sherrod Jones Ph.D
Dec 6, 2014
Mr. Joe Sherrod Jones, age 84, of Leoma, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, December 06, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Joe was born on July 15, 1930 to A. D. Jones and Agnes Stover Jones in Dallas, Texas. He served honorably in the United States Navy and this began a varied and storied life filled with...
Dorothy Alderson Bordack
Dec 6, 2014
Mrs. Dorothy Sue Alderson Bordack, age 90, of Brentwood, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at NHC Place at Cool Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell M. Bordack on November 5, 1999, her parents, Cleve B. and Susie Wrenn Alderson and her brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Madge Dodson Alderson. Dorothy was a native...
Thomas "Tommy" Porter Smith, Jr.
Dec 5, 2014
Mr. Thomas “Tommy” Porter Smith, Jr., age 73, of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away at Southern Tennessee Regional Healthcare System in Lawrenceburg on Friday, December 5, 2014. Tommy was born on September 12, 1941, in Columbia, Tennessee to Thomas Porter Smith, Sr. and Pearl Brooks Smith. He was married to Alma Allen Smith. He was a member of Main Street Baptist...
Douglas "Monk" Wayne Woodard
Dec 3, 2014
Douglas “Monk” Wayne Woodard, age 58 of Columbia, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at Maury Regional Medical Center following a short illness. Monk was born December 3, 1956 in Columbia to Wayne Crafton Woodard and Laverna “Snookie” Grooms Woodard. Doug was a graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School. He was also an over the road truckdriver. He was a...
Johnnie Merle Dove Roberts
Dec 3, 2014
Johnnie Merle Dove Roberts, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, December 03, 2014 under Avalon Hospice at Mt. Pleasant Health and Rehab. Johnnie is survived by her only child, daughter Lois (James) Newson. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date conducted by her grandsons, Rev. Ralph Williams and Rev. Larry Williams. Williams Funeral Home is...
Howard Wayne Crigger
Dec 2, 2014
Howard Wayne Crigger, age 64, a resident of Columbia, TN passed away December 2, 2014 at Christian Care Center in Shelbyville, TN. Howard was born on April 19, 1950 in Maury County to the late John and Mary Crigger. Straight out of high school Howard was drafted into the United States Army and sent to serve during the Vietnam War....
Ellen Truman Green
Dec 1, 2014
Ellen Truman Green, age 84, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014 at Mt. Pleasant Health and Rehab in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. Ellen was born January 5, 1930 in St. George, Utah to the late Burt Truman and Ruth Foremaster. Ellen worked as a homemaker and a secretary for Clark County School Systems in Las Vegas. She was a loving wife,...
Betty Jane Kelley
Nov 30, 2014
Mrs. Betty Jane Dodson Kelley, age 82, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away at Maury Regional Medical Center on Sunday, November 30, 2014. Betty, affectionately known as “Nanny” to many, was born on April 6, 1932 to Madison Campbell Dodson and Mattie Pearl Wright Dodson in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. She was one of eleven children born to them and the last...
Harold Wayne Coffman
Nov 28, 2014
Harold Wayne Coffman, age 72, a resident of Lynnville, TN went to be with his Lord on November 28, 2014. Harold, or Wayne as he was known to family and friends, was born on September 11, 1942, to the late Harold & Cora Coffman. Wayne graduated from Muskogee Central High School in OK. He then attended Muskogee Jr. College before...
Herman "Pete" Lee Staggs
Nov 26, 2014
Herman Lee “Pete” Staggs, age 67, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on November 26, 2014 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Pete was born on April 13, 1947, in Columbia, Tennessee and was the son of Dellie Lucille “Hootie” Ragsdale (Harvey) Hughes. He was married to Vicki Akins Staggs for twenty three years. Pete worked as a fork lift operator for...
Sarah Irene Long
Nov 25, 2014
Sarah Irene Duncan Long, age 82 of Columbia, passed away at her residence in Columbia, Tennessee on Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Irene was born February 1, 1932 in Perry County to Hugh and Lura Curry Duncan. She married the love of her life, Mr. Austin Long, on September 16, 1950 and the two shared 64 wonderful years together. Irene worked...
Ronnie Joe Dugger
Nov 25, 2014
Ronnie Joe Dugger was born to be a coach and teacher and that was his passion. It showed through in the way he impacted students’ and athletes’ lives throughout his career. Ronnie was born on August 30, 1948 to G. B. Dugger and Betty Irwin Dugger in Columbia, Tennessee. He wanted to be a coach even as a young man...
John Arthur Echols Jr.
Nov 25, 2014
John Arthur Echols Jr. age 82 passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. John was born March 3, 1932 in Quitman, GA to the late John Arthur Echols Sr. and Ruth Wise Echols. John lived a full life. He married the love of his life Gloria Holland Echols December 1, 1954. He earned...
Lewis Anderson
Nov 24, 2014
Lewis Anderson, age 91, passed away at Signature Healthcare in Columbia, Tennessee Monday, November 24, 2014. Lewis was born in Columbia, Tennessee January 15, 1923 to Thomas Bailey and Mattie P. Hayes Anderson. Lewis married Maybelle Lamar on November 6, 1943. Lewis was an active member and deacon at Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fountain Heights. He was a...
Shirley Jones Green
Nov 23, 2014
Mrs. Shirley Ann Jones Green, age 65, passed away into the arms of Jesus at her residence in Hampshire, on Sunday, November 23, 2014, while surrounded by her family and friends. Shirley was born on November 24, 1948 to the late Riley Jones, Sr. and the late Mable Davis Jones at home in Hampshire, Tennessee with a midwife. She graduated...
Doris A. Grimes
Nov 21, 2014
Doris Ann Holt Grimes, age 82, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Friday, November 21, 2014 at Signature Health Care in Columbia. Doris was born in Mt. Pleasant on February 10, 1932 to Jim Holt and Susie B. Dale Holt. On April 3, 1950 she married the love of her life, Charles H. “Tink” Grimes, Jr. and was always very...
Christine Pogue Morgan
Nov 16, 2014
Mrs. Christine Pogue Morgan, age 95, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, passed away at NHC Hillview on Sunday, November 16, 2014. Christine was born on July 25, 1919 in Hampshire, Tennessee to the late Bernard and Carrie Saunders Pogue. She grew up in what she called “the house on the hill” and always had fond memories of growing up in the...
Samuel "Sammy" Junior Escue
Nov 16, 2014
Samuel “Sammy” Junior Escue, age 67, of Summertown, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2014 in Summertown, Tennessee. Sammy was born on July 27, 1947 in Lewis County, Tennessee to the late Charlie Raymond Escue and Ruby Elizabeth Gray. He was a very hard worker, loved his children, grandchildren, and his late wife Trish. Sammy worked in construction and worked...
Estelle Ann Weslow
Nov 15, 2014
Mrs. Estelle Ann Weslow, age 90, of Columbia and formerly of Illinois, passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the home of her loving niece Barbara Crawford. Estelle was born on March 1, 1924 in Aurora, IL to Frank S. and Rozallia Garonis Eininges. She was married to Thaddeus Weslow. She was a member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church...
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