Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Joseph "Joe" Fagan
May 3, 2011
Joseph "Joe" Lyndal Fagan, Jr., grew up in Lewisburg, Marshall County. He was raised living in Bills-McGaugh Funeral Home where his father was a mortician. Joe graduated from Marshall County High School and then went to the Tech School in Hohenwald. He left Marshall County and followed his brother to Gallatin, TN, "God's Country" as he always called it. Joe...
Madilyn Kate Wicker
May 3, 2011
"Some people only dream of angels today, May 3 we held one in our arms. She was a flawless baby girl, perfectly innocent and beautiful. We never got to meet her, but we loved her very much. Even though we know she won't be here on earth with us, we know and understand where she is and why….because God called...
William "Billy" Horner Iii
May 2, 2011
William "Billy" Horner III, 53, a resident of Ball Hollow Road in Pulaski, passed away Monday, May 2, 2011 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Born September 3, 1957 in Burlington, NC, son of William and Marjorie Smith Horner. He worked for Highway Construction as a heavy equipment operator in La Vergne, TN. He and his father liked working in...
Shirley M. Maghielse
Apr 29, 2011
Mrs. Shirley M. Chenevert Maghielse, age 85, a resident of Pine Ridge Road in Waynesboro, passed away Friday at Alive Hospice of St. Thomas in Nashville. Born May 31, 1925 in River Rouge, MI, daughter of the late James and Rhea Dubay Chenevert and the wife of Carl Maghielse of Waynesboro, to whom she was married to for 63 years....
Alton "Buddy" Freemon
Apr 29, 2011
Alton Wayne "Buddy" Freemon, 57, a resident of Pulaski Highway in Culleoka and a former resident of Lawrence County, passed away Friday, April 29, 2011. Born January 6, 1954 in Lawrence County, son of the late Carl and Virginia Sutten Freemon and the husband of Lynn Freemon. He was a carpenter in construction and an antiques dealer. He was of...
Dayne Wilson Odom
Apr 27, 2011
Dayne Wilson Odom as born in Maury County on February 19, 1959 to the late Kenneth Floyd Odom and Mary Virginia Chapman Odom. On May 30, 1978 Dayne married Paula Lynn Dickens Odom. He was a cement mixer operator and had worked for Smith and Attkisson Trucking Co., Nashville Redi-Mix, Maury Co. Highway Dept., and Central Lime and Concrete. Dayne...
Mary Elizabeth "Tootsie" King
Apr 26, 2011
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Tootsie" Boshers King, age 87, a resident of N. Elm Street in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Born February 25, 1924 in Maury County, daughter of the late Eugene and Annie Allen Boshers and wife of the late Charles Edward King, Sr. For many years, she worked for Jim...
Regina Crabtree Copley
Apr 25, 2011
Regina Crabtree Hopkins Copley, 41, a resident of Hampshire Pike in Columbia, passed away Monday, April 25, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Born February 27, 1970 in Dearborn Michigan, the daughter of Betty Brown Hopkins of Columbia and the late Joe Hopkins, who preceded her in death January 13, 2011 and the wife of Spc. Ellis Copley, Jr. Gina...
Virginia Potter Parker
Apr 25, 2011
Mrs. Virginia Potter Parker, age 86, resident of Columbia, passed away on Monday, April 25, 2011, at Life Care Center in Columbia. A memorial service for Mrs. Parker will be conducted Thursday at 5:30 P.M. in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Bob Adair officiating. The family will visit with friends on Thursday from 3:00-5:30 at...
Ray Hood
Apr 23, 2011
Mr. Ray Hood, 78, resident of Scribner Avenue of Columbia, passed away Saturday, April 23, 2011 at Life Care Center. Born April 4, 1933 in Maury County, Tennessee and was the son of the late Fred and Hildred Willis Hood and the husband of the late Oma Mae Watkins Hood. He was retired from TVA in Brown's Ferry in Alabama...
Flossie Colvett Mckissick
Apr 23, 2011
Mrs. Flossie Colvett McKissick, 80, resident of Hwy 166 North in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Saturday, April 23rd , 2011 at Life Care Center. Born in Campbellsville on February 17, 1931 Flossie was the daughter of the late David Dee and Allie Dugger Colvett. Flossie married James Harlon McKissick April 12, 1952 who preceded her in death in January of...
Zelda Lindsey
Apr 22, 2011
Mrs. Zelda Fuller Lindsey was born June 2, 1929 in Maury County, TN, the daughter of the late Harvey and Virginia Cothran Fuller. She was a longtime resident of Hay Long Avenue in Mt. Pleasant. She was married to Leroy "Doc" Lindsey who preceded her in death on February 25, 1992. Zelda was a great house wife, great mother, grandmother...
Sarah Tucker Graff
Apr 21, 2011
Sarah Tucker Graff was born August 12, 1921 in Maury County, daughter of the late Jess and Mattie Keltner Tucker. She was the wife of the late Charles Graff. Sarah retired as a Certified Nursing Assistant from Hillview Health Care and also served as a private sitter. Mrs. Graff was very much in love with her Lord and she also...
Coleman J Smith, Sr.
Apr 16, 2011
Mr. Coleman J. Smith Sr., a resident of Trotwood Ave., passed away Saturday, April 16 at Signature Health Care. Born January 26, 1921 in Woolsey, GA, son of the late Reesa and Minnie Eeves Smith. He was a welder in construction and a Navy veteran of WWII. Survived by his children: Marie Vanmeerten of Vero Beach, FL and Coleman Smith...
Doris Beard Wakefield
Apr 14, 2011
Doris Beard Wakefield was born November 20, 1925 in Santa Fe, TN, the daughter of the late Raleigh F. and Betty Hood Beard. She was a lifelong resident of the Bethel Community. On August 15, 1950 she married Leslie Wakefield who preceded her in death on May 3, 1979. Doris graduated with her teaching degree from MTSU in 1956 and...
Betty Binkley Wakefield
Apr 14, 2011
Betty Binkley Wakefield, 70, resident of Iris Drive in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011 at NHC/Hillview, Columbia, TN. Born in Maury County, October 14, 1940 Betty Ellen Binkley was the daughter of the late Ellen Viola Gilliam Binkley and Walter Davidson Binkley. She was a 1958 graduate of Jones High School, Lynnville, Tennessee. Betty was preceded in...
Margaret Jane Falconbury
Apr 13, 2011
Mrs. Margaret Jane Frederick Falconbury was born April 21, 1922 in Indianapolis, IN, the daughter of the late Homer and Ethel Bush Frederick. She retired as a remedial reading and math tutor in the public school system. She was the wife of 65 years of the late Darrell Falconbury. Margaret attended Grace Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include her children:...
Dixie Chapman Gravette
Apr 13, 2011
Mrs. Dixie Chapman Gravette, 87, resident of Sunrise Drive in Columbia, passed away Tuesday at NHC/Columbia. Mrs. Gravette was born August 22, 1923 in Maury County, daughter of the late John Robert and Mary Davis Chapman and the wife of the late Charles Gravette. She retired from the Avondale Knitting Mill in Talladega, AL and was a member of Jackson...
Mamie Stanley Terry
Apr 12, 2011
Mrs. Mamie E. Stanley Terry was born December 5, 1916 in Mt. Airy, NC, the daughter of the late Weldon and Ella Jones Stanley. She was the wife of the late Lawrence Terry. Mamie was always a loving housewife and homemaker, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was one of Jehovah?s Witnesses. Survivors include her children, Lonnie Kathleen Terry...
Billy Ray Bennett
Apr 12, 2011
Billy Ray Bennett was born December 1, 1950 in Maury County, the son of the late Myrtle Olie Bennett and Mattie Parker Bennett. Billy was an outstanding football player at Hay Long High School in Mt. Pleasant. He had attended Columbia State Community College and was a lab technician in the Waste Water Treatment Plant for the City of Spring...
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