Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Louise Sparks
Nov 21, 2013
Louise A. Sparks, age 89, passed away November 21, 2013 at NHC Healthcare, Columbia. Louise was born February 24, 1924 to the Late John Heffington and Eunice Oliver. She was a secretary for Joe Foster at Foster Insurance. She had a strong love of flowers and was an avid gardener, at one point caring for thirty-six rose bushes. She was...
Michael David Jones
Nov 20, 2013
Michael David Jones, age 53, passed away on November 20, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born on September 21, 1960 to William D. Jones and Hattie Marie England in Alexandria, Tennessee. He was a firm believer in God and knew a great deal about the Bible. He worked at a bread factory in Franklin, Tennessee. He loved to fish...
R.B. Brooks
Nov 19, 2013
R.B. Brooks, age 59 of Columbia, passed away at his residence November 19, 2013. R.B. was born November 11, 1954 to the late Robert and Gladys Potts Brooks in Columbia, Tennessee. He was retired from the City of Columbia, and he worked for Fox Hardwood Lumber after his retirement. Mr. Brooks was always piddling around, he was never still. He...
Tammy Grooms Mcneese
Nov 17, 2013
Tammy Grooms McNeese, age 48, passed away at her home in Lynnville, TN, Sunday, November 17, 2013. Tammy was a loving mother to her three sons and never turned away a person she thought she could help. Known for her generous spirit and outgoing nature, Tammy struggled with health issues in the final years of her life. But she never...
"Ed" Cox Jr.
Nov 15, 2013
Mr. Maurice Edward “Ed” Cox, Jr., age 55, of Mt. Juliet, passed away on November 15, 2013 at Skyline Medical Center. He was born in Columbia, Tennessee on October 7, 1958 to the late Maurice Edward Cox, Sr. and Geraldine Holcomb Cox who survives him. He held a bachelor’s degree and worked as a Site Inspector for the State of...
Mary Anne Markham
Nov 15, 2013
Mary Anne Markham, age 69, passed away Friday, November 15, 2013. Mary was born April 6, 1944 in Maury County to parents Osro Page and Nancy “Ulabell” Page. She worked as a waitress in Mt. Pleasant and was an incoming parts inspector with Teledyne Corp. in Lewisburg. She graduated from Columbia Central High School in 1962. Funeral services for Mary...
Morris Wade Boshers
Nov 15, 2013
Morris Wade Boshers, age 72, lifelong resident of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Friday November 15, 2013. Wade was born April 7, 1941, to the late Willie Webb and Ruby Evans Boshers in the Mt. Pleasant Community. On December 6, 1961, he married Beatrice Boshers who survives him. He is survived by brothers Van Boshers of Columbia, James Ray Boshers of...
Walter Locke
Nov 12, 2013
Henry Walter Locke was born in Birmingham, Alabama on December 17, 1927. Walter joined the Lord November 12th after a short illness. His visitation will be Friday, November 15th at 10:00 a.m. followed by his service at 12:00 noon at the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant followed by his burial at Arlington Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant, TN Walter...
Thomas Leroy Coker
Nov 11, 2013
Thomas Leroy Coker age, 65 passed away November 11, 2013 in his home in Hohenwald, Tennessee. Thomas was born December 12, 1947 in Little Rock, Arkansas to the Late Thomas Coker and Dorothy “Ware” Coker. Thomas is survived by his: Daughter: Joyce Duncan; Grandson: Justin (Dawn) Coker; Great-Grandsons: Cameron Coker and Brennen Edwin Coker on the way; Mother: Dorothy “Ware”...
Rita Lafever Evans
Nov 8, 2013
Rita Lafever Evans died November 8, 2013, at the Tennessee State Veterans Home, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where she had been a resident since 2011. Mrs. Evans was born in Sparta, Tennessee, and was a veteran of World War II, where she served in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, including service as the Military Aide de Camp to the Governor of Tennessee....
Cecil Ray Blocker
Nov 7, 2013
Mr. Cecil Ray Blocker, age 84, a resident of North High Street in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013 at NHC Hillview Nursing Home of Columbia. Born February 6, 1929, the Maury County native was the son of the late Grover Cleveland and Anna Wilna Bishop Blocker and was born in the Hampshire community. He was the husband...
Gerald W. Johnson
Nov 5, 2013
Gerald Willis Johnson, age 84, a long time resident of Shelbyville, KY, passed away Tuesday November 5th late in the evening at Maury Regional Medical Center. Gerald was born on August 16, 1929 in Lexington, KY to the late Edgar and Ethel Fain Johnson. Later his father married Ethel Honican Johnson. Gerry graduated from Lafayette High School. After school he...
Patricia Ann Austin
Nov 5, 2013
Patricia Ann Austin, age 71, passed away November 5, 2013 in Columbia, TN. Patricia was born in Columbus, Ohio May 8, 1942 to parents Roy Frank Austin and Pauline Sylvester Austin. Patricia took care of those in need through her work as a registered nurse. She also loved her animals, nieces and nephews. A private family memorial service will be...
Eugene Boshers Jr.
Nov 4, 2013
Eugene Boshers, Jr., beloved husband and father passed away at his home on Monday, November 4. Mr. Boshers lived in Mt. Pleasant. Beginning his native life in Maury County, Eugene was born to the late Eugene Boshers, Sr. and Anne Mae Allen Boshers. He married his loving wife, Bertha Ament Boshers, and later started their family. He retired from Boshers’...
Betty Sue Fite Maxedon
Nov 4, 2013
Betty Sue Fite Maxedon, age 82, and a long-time resident of the Zion Community, passed away at Morning Pointe Assisted Living in Columbia on Monday, November 4, 2013. Betty was born on March 19, 1931 in Gassaway, Tennessee to the late Dixie Floyd Fite and the late Mary Beatrice Pugh Simmons. She married her husband Ray Winford Maxedon of nearly...
Sarah Gregg York
Nov 3, 2013
Sarah Gregg York, age 94, passed away Sunday, November 3rd in Mt. Pleasant, TN. Sarah was born May 20, 1919 in Giles County, to parents Lee Gregg and Mosie Lee “Harper” Gregg. She retired from Hay Long Elementary School Cafeteria and, was a member of the Sandy Hook Church of Christ. Funeral Services for Sarah will be Tuesday, November 5th...
Mary Frances Drane
Nov 3, 2013
Mrs. Mary Frances Drummond Drane, age90, passed away on November 3, 2013 at her home. She was born on January 23, 1923 to the late Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Drummond, and was one of seven children, of whom she was the last survivor. Mrs. Drane is remembered by her family as a loving wife of a career military husband...
Sheryl Hall Reed
Nov 1, 2013
Sheryl Jeneen Hall Reed, age 53, passed away November 1, 2013 after a short battle with cancer. Sheryl was born on April 5, 1960 in Bradford, Arkansas to the late Joyce Walker and Jerald Hall. Fishing and yard sales were her passion. She leaves behind to cherish her memories, her husband: Rebel Reed; a daughter: Rainey Jade Hall of Columbia,...
Virginia Boshers
Oct 31, 2013
Virginia Boshers, age 88, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2013 in Mt. Pleasant, TN. Virginia was born January 19, 1925 in Maury County to parents John Thomas Prince and Bessie “Green” Prince. She was a homemaker, who loved everybody and had a special place in her heart for her loving grandchildren. She especially enjoyed dressing up to attend her church,...
Thomas Copeland Ray
Oct 31, 2013
Thomas was born May 15, 1930 to parents Thomas Presely Ray and Sadie “Copeland” Ray in Giles County. Thomas retired from Union Carbide after 31 years as a crane operator. He loved his family very much, and was a wonderful father and grandfather. Thomas loved to spend time outdoors hunting and fishing. Funeral services for Thomas will be Saturday November...
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