Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Joel Thomas Pruitt
Mar 14, 2012
Joel Thomas Pruitt was born April 21, 1968 in Columbia, TN. He was a graduate of Columbia Academy and had worked as an auto mechanic for his father at Pruitt's Service Station in Mt. Pleasant. He was a member of the Macedonia Church of Christ. Survivors include his parents, Charles and Era Jones Pruitt of Mt. Pleasant; one daughter, Paige...
Wayne Martin Hiebert
Mar 13, 2012
Wayne Martin Hiebert, Sr., 81, of Prospect, TN died March 13, 2012 at Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, TN. He was born Oct. 4, 1930 in Berrian Springs, MI, to parents Martin Hiebert and Auda Boorem Hiebert, later of Brooksville, FL. He is survived by his wife, Ligia Saravia Hiebert, his ex-wife, Bette Lashley Johnson, his children, Martha Bush of Palmer, AK,...
Billy L. Smith
Mar 8, 2012
Billy L. Smith was born February 13, 1946 in Giles County, the son of the late Arthur and Arbell Pierce Smith. He was a retired heavy equipment operator and had worked as a trucking supervisor for General Trucking. Billy was a member of the Church of Christ. Billy is survived by his loving wife, Ellen Estes Davidson Smith of Lynnville;...
Betty I. Julia
Mar 8, 2012
Ms. Betty I Julia, age 84 of Columbia, passed away Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Betty was born February 18, 1928 in England to the late Jack Adam and Lillian Young Adam. Here in the states she worked at St. Luke's Hospital doing various jobs. She was a member in the Church of England. Betty found...
Margie Ann Whitehead
Mar 8, 2012
Margie Ann Whitehead was born June 11, 1958 in Lafayette, TN, the daughter of Mrs. Gladys Coulter Pedigo Langhans of Nashville and the late Hillos Clifford Pedigo. Margie was happily married for 36 years to Eddie Whitehead of Mt. Pleasant. Margie and Eddie spent much time together fishing. She was one of those ladies who was "born to shop" according...
William Lloyd King
Mar 6, 2012
Mr. William Lloyd King was born on May 16, 1928 in Maury County, Tennessee. He was married to his wife of 63 years, Helen G. King and they had three loving children together. Mr. King passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. William served honorably in the United States Army during the Korean War. His wife still remembers his Army...
Nora Marshall King
Mar 6, 2012
Nora Marshall King, age 96, life time resident of the Mt. Joy Community, passed away on March 6, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Joy Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Dwight Liles, Rev. Frank Webb and Rev. Bob Mullenix officiating. Burial will...
Corrine Cecilia White
Mar 6, 2012
Mrs. Corrine Cecilia Witt White, age 90 and resideded with her grandaughter in Hampshire, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at Maury Regional Medical. Born August 17, 1921 in Chicago, IL, daughter of the late William and Susie Koster Witt and the wife of the late Leroy DeMarco and the late John "Grampa Jack" White. She worked in the shipping...
Dorothy Lois Kelley
Mar 5, 2012
Dorothy Lois Chapman Kelley was born June 16, 1934, in Columbia, the daughter of the late Earl Chapman and Linda Voss Chapman. She had owned and operated local "old and new" clothing shops and had worked as a nurse's aide for area nursing homes. Dorothy's favorite hobby was going to yard sales. Her son said that she was "a canine's...
Betty June Hobson Roberts
Mar 2, 2012
Mrs. Betty June Hobson Roberts was born on March 18, 1937 to the late Fate and Tera Williams Hobson in Athens, Alabama. They moved to the Columbia area during her childhood where she met the love of her life and future husband Boyd Roberts. They met at a hotdog roast at Viola Baptist church and married when Betty was 14...
Ronald Wayne Owens
Mar 1, 2012
Ronald "Yo-yo" Wayne Owens, age 59, passed away March 1, 2012 at his residence in Columbia, TN. He was born March 15, 1952 in Pulaski, TN to William and Sara "Hill" Owens. Ronald was a car mechanic in Pulaski working for Stan's Alternators & Starters for many years. Ronald is survived by one brother, Michael Vicky Owens of Pulaski; One...
Jack William Heil
Mar 1, 2012
Mr. Jack William Heil, 74, resident of Franklin and former resident of Columbia, passed away Thursday, March 1 at his home. Born September 16, 1937 in Binhampton, NY, son of the late William and Marion Youngs Heil. He was a retired E-6 with the US Navy, serving in Vietnam. At his request, Mr. Heil is to be cremated and scattered...
Geraldine Elizabeth Marler
Feb 29, 2012
Mrs. Geraldine Elizabeth Marler, age 69, resident of Lawrenceburg, passed away on February 29, 2012 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Marler was born June 14, 1943 in St. Louise, MO, the daughter of the late Hubert Edward Friese and Eunice Mae Rasor Friese. Geraldine was the wife of the late Phillip Dale Marler who preceded her in death in...
Ricky Keith Roberts
Feb 28, 2012
Ricky Keith "Big Nasty" Roberts, age 57, passed away on February 28 at his residence. Ricky was born October 15, 1954 in Columbia, the son of the late Elmer Roberts and Juanita Cothran Roberts. After the passing of his mother at age six, Ricky was raised by his step-mother, Margaret Roberts who lives in Columbia. Ricky was currently employed by...
Jimmie Gene Foster, Sr.
Feb 26, 2012
Jimmie Gene Foster, Sr., was born April 25, 1933 in Maury County, the son of the late James Malloy Foster and Maggie Potts Foster. Gene was the husband of Joan Love Foster who preceded him in death in 2008. Gene was a long time resident of Murfreesboro and most recently had moved to Summertown to be near his son. Gene...
John Anthony Rosario
Feb 26, 2012
Mr. John Anthony Rosario was born on April 9, 1932 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico to the late Nicholas and Vincenta Machado Rosario. After his family immigrated to America when he was three years old, he was raised in Manhattan, New York in the area known as Hell's Kitchen. John joined the Army when he was 17 and served honorably. He...
Christene H.L. Travis
Feb 26, 2012
Christene "Chris" Lockhart Travis nee Hooper, 89, of Community Care of Rutherford County, Murfreesboro, TN and formerly of Nashville TN, passed away, Sunday, February 26, 2012. Born April 23, 1922 in Dickson, TN, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Thomas Elizabeth Fields Hooper. Her family moved to Old Hickory, TN where she graduated from Du Pont...
Thomas "Tommy" Robinson
Feb 24, 2012
Thomas "Tommy" Robinson was born February 5, 1940 in Maury County to the late Ernest and Susie Webb Robinson. He was the husband of the late Marjorie Rush Robinson. Tommy was a 1958 graduate of Hay Long High School in Mt. Pleasant. He had retired from Greyhound Bus Lines. Tommy was an avid baseball fan and spent much of his...
Renee Chapman Baxter
Feb 22, 2012
Jada Renee Chapman Baxter was born September 11, 1974 in Columbia, the daughter of Patricia G. Lewis Holloway of Summertown and James E. "Woofie" Chapman, Jr. of Lewisburg. Renee was currently attending Columbia State Community College, pursuing a career in nursing while working part time for Hospice Compassus. She thoroughly enjoyed horseback riding and was a mother to many, not...
Ronald Walton Glass, Sr.
Feb 22, 2012
Ronald W. "Santa Claus" Glass, Sr., age 62 of Mt. Pleasant, passed away February 22, 2012 in Columbia, TN. Mr. Glass was born to the late Fred "Buster" and Katherine Gregg Glass in Mt. Pleasant on January 12, 1950. After graduating from Mt. Pleasant High School, He married Wanda Sisk. The family shared that Ronnie was a huge Tennessee Titans...
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