Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
J. B. "Pea Knuckle" Caperton
Aug 4, 2011
Mr. J.B. "Pea Knuckle" Caperton, 87, a longtime resident of Lynn Drive in Columbia, passed away Thursday, August 4 at the Southern Care Assisted Living in Franklin, TN. Born August 15, 1923 in Iron City, TN, son of the late Edgar and Flora Gambel Caperton and the husband of Joann Ringer Caperton and the late Dorothy Jean Caperton. He was...
Howard L. Anderson
Jul 31, 2011
Howard L. Anderson was born February 25, 1922 in Vinton, Iowa, the son of the late William Carl Anderson and Cora Barta Anderson. Howard was the husband of 60 years of Evelyn Peterson Anderson of Columbia. He was a longtime resident and farmer in Vinton, IA, where he worked the land for many years raising corn and soybeans. Howard and...
Marion Belew Willoughby
Jul 31, 2011
Mrs. Marion Paula Belew Scootie Willoughby, age 60, a resident of Railroad Bed Road in Summertown, passed away Sunday evening, July 31, 2011 at her residence. Born September 26, 1950 in Lawrenceburg, TN, she was the daughter of Bessie Ketchum Belew of Summertown and the late Raymond Paulie Belew and the wife of Charles R. Willoughby of Manchester. She worked...
Mackenzie Taylor Turner
Jul 28, 2011
Miss Mackenzie Taylor Turner was born on April 1, 1997 at Centennial Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, to Jean Ann Turner and Leroy High. She was the light of her mother's life and the two of them had a very special connection. Mackenzie was an exceptionally gifted student who was very involved in many extra-curricular activities at school. She had recently...
J. C. Gibson
Jul 27, 2011
J.C. Gibson was born March 30, 1926 in Columbia, TN. He was the son of the late Jesse Gibson and Marie Dawson Gibson Wade and the husband of the late Jane Marie Hickman Gibson. J.C. served during WW II in the Army Air Corps. He was retired from Union Carbide Corporation after 32 years of service as a crane operator...
Leroy Owens
Jul 25, 2011
Mr. Leroy Owens, age 77, a resident of S. Main Street in Columbia, was born February 26, 1934 in Giles County, TN. He was the son of the late William Thomas Owens and Daisy Mae Stofel Owens. Leroy was the husband of Annie Mae Rogers Owens of Columbia. He was a self employed roofer. Leroy loved watching football and baseball,...
Volter Ray Hall
Jul 24, 2011
Mr. Volter Ray ?Buck? Hall, age 88, a long time Columbia resident was born March 4, 1923 in Jackson, MS, the son of the late William F. and Zetta Robinson Hall. He was the husband of 57 years of Frances Gowan Hall. Buck was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, and was the recipient of the Victory Medal, Purple Heart...
Tiffany Delain Krist
Jul 23, 2011
Ms. Tiffany Delain Krist, 23, a resident of Kinzer Lane in Columbia, passed away Saturday, July 23 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Born July 15, 1988 in Dallas, TX, daughter of Hannah Pablo Steve Runions of Hohenwald. She was a 2007 graduate of Culleoka High School and her hobbies were art work and a love for animals. In addition to...
Robert Lee R.L. Cummins
Jul 21, 2011
Mr. Robert Lee "R.L." Cummins, age 71, a resident of Enterprise Road in Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his loving family. Born on December 14, 1939, he was the son of the late Robert H. and Annie Naomi Prentice Cummins. R.L. was the husband of Shirley Nichols Cummins of...
John Winfield Watts
Jul 19, 2011
Mr. John Winfield Watts was born in Clanton, AL to the late Winfield F. Watts and Lula Mae Mims Watts. He was the husband of Billie Hill Watts of Columbia. John was a veteran, serving with the United States Army 3rd Armored Division, Ft. Knox, KY and Bayruth, Germany from January 1946 until January 1949 having received the Army Occupation...
Douglas C. Demastus
Jul 18, 2011
Mr. Douglas C. Demastus, age 83, a former resident of Highland Avenue in Columbia, passed away Monday, July 18, 2011 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Born January 21, 1928 in Culleoka, son of the late Huston and Katie Lou Clark Demastus and the husband of Jean McClung Demastus. A graduate of Columbia High School and a member of the...
Elizabeth Hinson
Jul 18, 2011
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hinson, age 91, longtime resident of Edgewood Avenue, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2011 at the home of her son in Columbia. Mrs. Hinson was born on December 14, 1919 in Nashville, TN. She was the daughter of the late Charlie and Alma McNeill Reed and wife of the late Robert Lee Hinson. She retired as...
Sgt Major Ret. Tommy Lewis Floyd
Jul 18, 2011
Sgt. Maj. Tommy Lewis Floyd, U. S. Army, retired was born on Aug. 19, 1947 to the late Everette Ethridge Floyd and the late Mary Boyd Floyd Davis. He attended Haylong Elementary School and graduated from Haylong High School in 1965. In his senior year he was co-captain of the 1964 Tiger football team and was selected to the Tennessee...
Aurora Perez Jimenez
Jul 16, 2011
Aurora Jimenez, age 72, was born April 1, 1939 in Monte Alto, TX, to the late Andres Perez and Nicolasa Flores Perez. She was the wife of the late Jose Jimenez and was retired from the power train division of Saturn Corporation. Aurora was one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Survivors include her children: Alicia Jimenez of Columbia, Jose Luis Jimenez of...
Myrtle Bishop
Jul 14, 2011
Mrs. Myrtle Bishop, age 96, resident of Lawrenceburg, passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at NHC/Lawrenceburg. Born October 9, 1914 in Chester County, TN, daughter of the late Ron and Georgia Carroll Meek and the wife of the late Marvin Bishop. She was a retired nurse with Western State Hospital in Bolivar, TN, who loved cats and dogs and...
Charles Edward Fitzgerald
Jul 7, 2011
Mr. Charles Edward "Eddie" Fitzgerald, II, age 33, a resident of Odd Fellows Hall Road in Pulaski, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2011 from injuries he sustained in a drowning accident in West Virginia. Born on May 16, 1978 in Charleston, West Virginia, he was the son of Charles Fitzgerald of Columbia and Cathy Paulin of Williamsport. Eddie was...
Shelby C. Chatman
Jul 4, 2011
Mrs. Shelby Dickens Chatman, age 75, resident of the Southport Community in Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Monday, July 4, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services for Mrs. Chatman will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with Danny Douglas officiating. Interment will follow at Arlington Cemetery...
Alfred Lee Parsons, Jr.
Jul 4, 2011
Alfred Lee Parsons, Jr. was born on July 19, 1953 to the late Alfred Lee Parsons, Sr. and to Mrs. Norma Evans Knox. He was a great handyman who was a carpenter and worked with sheet rock. One of his proudest accomplishments was remodeling the Marshall County Courthouse. He was a veteran of the United State Marine Corp. Alfred passed...
Paul Thomas Gossett
Jun 29, 2011
Paul Thomas Gossett was born September 12, 1933 in Lyles, TN to the late C. Hobert Gossett and Katie McFarlin Gossett. On December 26, 1965, he married his wife of 45 years, Lavinia Nicholson Gossett. Paul was a 1958 graduate of Austin Peay State College, where he was on the baseball team. From 1958 to 1963 he was a teacher...
Nelsie C. Cothran
Jun 27, 2011
Mrs. Nelsie Carroll Cothran, age 95, resident of the Mt. Joy Community, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2011 at Hidden Acres Nursing Home. Mrs. Cothran was born on July 9, 1915 in Lewis County, Tennessee and was the daughter of the late Warren and Lacy Stokes Carroll. She was the wife of the late Elbert Cothran. Mrs. Cothran was...
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