Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Janice "Shorty" Readey
May 10, 2011
Mrs. Janice "Shorty" Dickens Readey, 65, resident of Cliff White Road in Columbia, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Born December 29, 1945 in Colbert County, AL, daughter of the late Garfield and Lula Ledlow Dickens and the wife of the late H. Frank Readey. She worked for Publix Shirt Factory for 18 years and...
Malloy Cummins
May 9, 2011
Mr. Malloy Cummins was born on March 5, 1963 in Maury County, Tennessee, to the late Malcolm Cummins and Annie Mae "Polly" Workman. He was married on July 26, 1980 to Barbara Bolton Cummins. Malloy and Barbara became the parents of two children: Brent Casey Cummins and Ashley Wayne Cummins. He lived in Mt. Pleasant all of his life and...
Dora Jean Grimes Mccanless
May 9, 2011
Mrs. Dora Jean Grimes McCanless was born in Maury County on May 21, 1932, to the late Clarence G. and Ida Rosetta "Rosie" Vandergriff Grimes. On August 20, 1950 she married Alfred Ray McCanless and they had 51 years of a wonderful marriage. He preceded her in death on October 17, 2001. A 1950 graduate of Haylong High School, she...
Marvin A. Escue
May 7, 2011
Mr. Marvin A. Escue, 64, a resident of Estes Lane in Columbia, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Born September 20, 1946 in Giles County, son of the late Albert and Haughty Francis Escue and the husband of Doris Bates Escue. Marvin and Doris were married for 42 years. He retired from Kernie Cothran Well...
Linda Hendrix Friend
May 7, 2011
Linda R. Hendrix Friend, age 50, a resident of Perkins Lane in Columbia went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday at Maury Regional Medical Center. Born May 26, 1960 in Chicago, ILL daughter of the late Larry Hallett and Lorene Hendrix. She was a graduate of Greenville High School in Greenville, TN. She worked at Maury Regional Hospital...
Freddie Jane Johnson
May 6, 2011
Mrs. Freddie Jane Evins Johnson, age 97, a resident of Culleoka, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2011, at her residence. Graveside services for Mrs. Johnson will be conducted Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 4:00 P.M. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Chaplin Jeff Foster officiating. The family received friends on Saturday from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 2:30-3:30...
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...
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