Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Dewey Wayne Johnson
Nov 12, 2011
Dewey Wayne Johnson, age 69, resident of the Sowell Mill Pike, passed away on Saturday at his residence following a sudden illness. Born in Oklahoma on October 1, 1942, Dewey was the son of the late Dewey Burl Johnson and Thelma Ruth Gamble Johnson. He worked in the manufacturing industry with Bell Helicopter Textron in Texas for 40 years. Dewey...
James Calvin Fitzgerald
Nov 11, 2011
James Calvin Fitzgerald was born July10, 1943 in Maury County to the late Calvin Felix Fitzgerald and Rebecca Skinner Fitzgerald. Calvin and his wife, Glenda Sullivan Fitzgerald, were married for 48 years and were blessed with four children. He was the owner of Columbia Antique Auction and there was nothing he loved more than antiquing and going to auctions with...
Dorothy Springer Crigger
Nov 11, 2011
Mrs. Dorothy Springer Crigger, age 85, formerly of Morning Pointe Assisted Living and long time resident of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Friday, November 11, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Dorothy was born January 5, 1926 in Red Bay, Alabama, the daughter of the late Dallas Keener and Elizabeth Kobeck Keener. She was a seamstress with Publix Manufacturing Company for...
Mattie Spires Dawson Adams
Nov 7, 2011
Mattie Spires Dawson Adams was born March 14, 1941 in Maury County, the daughter of the late James Homer Spires and Maggie Pearl Pollion Spires. Mattie was retired as a Nursing Tech at Rosewood Manor. She loved playing bingo and raising flowers. She was loved and adored by her children and grandchildren and they remarked that she was a great...
Carter South, Jr.
Nov 6, 2011
Carter South, Jr., 79, a longtime resident of Greenwood Acres Drive in Columbia, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Signature Health Care in Columbia. Born July 18, 1932 in Limestone County, AL, son of the late Cullen and Prudie Franklin South and husband of the late Mary Frances Hill South. He was a salesman for Bunny Bread Company/Lewis Brothers...
James Raymond Walden
Nov 4, 2011
James Raymond Walden, age 31 a resident of Hohenwald, TN passed away Friday November 4th at his residence. James was born February 25, 1980 in Fort Pierce, Fl, the son of James & Denise Walden. On November 25, 2008 James married his long time companion Tammy Marie Walden and passed shortly after celebrating their third anniversary. James family describes him...
Helen Mary Webster
Oct 30, 2011
Helen Mary Webster, 94, of Presque Isle, MI, died Sunday October 30, 2011 at Alpena Regional Medical Center. Mary was born April 8, 1917 in Detroit to Francis and Helen Giloy Brennan. She married George F. Webster on August 13, 1938. He preceded her in death on May 8, 1997. She was a master seamstress and during WWII sewed parachutes...
Janice Thomas Heffington
Oct 30, 2011
Mrs. Janice Thomas Heffington, 78, a resident of Iris Drive in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Sunday, October 30 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Born August 19, 1933 in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late James and Georgia Ann Brooks Thomas and the wife of Ray Heffington, for 48 years. She attended Central High School, had...
Jerry Ballard, Sr.
Oct 27, 2011
Funeral services for Jerry L. Ballard Sr., 69, Enid, Oklahoma, were Monday, October 31, 2011, at 2 p.m. in North Garland Church of Christ with Family Life Minister Gordan Jantz officiating. Burial with military rites by the U.S. Army will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Visitation were held 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the...
Benjamin Goff
Oct 25, 2011
Benjamin L. ?Ben? Goff, age 28, Columbia native and resident of Nashville, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Born in Columbia on December 17, 1982, Ben was the son of the late Janis Jennings Goff and the late Ralph E. Goff, Jr. He was a graduate of Columbia Central High School and was employed in...
Donald Francis Graham
Oct 23, 2011
Mr. Donald Francis Graham, 81, resident of the Stiversville Community, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Mr. Graham was born June 9, 1930 to the late Andrew and Mabel Chase Graham in Clinton, Iowa. In 1956, He married the woman of his dreams Doris M. Graham. Don & Doris grew up attending the same school...
Selma Polston
Oct 23, 2011
World War II vet looses the love of his life, Selma June Wood Polston, 84, a resident of Spring Hill, passed away October 23, 2011. Mrs. Polston was born September 6, 1927 in Knoxville, TN, the daughter of the late John and Carrie Wood. On April 3, 1946 she married her husband of 65 years, France M.C. Polston. Before she...
John Ed Allen
Oct 20, 2011
John Ed Allen was born March 10, 1925 in Hampshire, TN, to the late Willie Washington Allen and Lena Weaver Boshers. John retired after 46 years as a mechanic at Stauffer Chemical Company. John Ed was a Seaman 1st class on the USS Albert W. Grant Destroyer Escort during WWII. He enjoyed hunting, playing pool with his family, and loved...
Pauline Hindman Owen
Oct 18, 2011
Mrs. Pauline Marie Hindman Owen went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at her home on Tuesday, October 18 at the age of 91. Throughout her lifetime, her children say that Pauline was always more concerned with the health and well being of her family than her own. She had been a cook for the Lynnville...
Jerry Wayne Pipkin, Jr.
Oct 15, 2011
Jerry Wayne Pipkin, Jr., was born September 5, 1971 in Marshall County, the son of Jerry Wayne Pipkin, Sr., of Williamsport and the late Lillian "Tinky" Hughes Bennett. Jerry Wayne was the husband of Jessica Woodard Pipkin of Lynnville, whom he married on July 12, 2002. He was an installation technician with DirecTV and a member of Grace Church of...
Mary Ruth Fly
Oct 15, 2011
Mrs. Mary Ruth Fite Fly, age 94, a life long resident of the Sawdust Community, passed away on Saturday morning, October 15, at her residence. Born in Maury County on May 11, 1917, she was the daughter of the late John Burton Fite and Mabel Jones Fite and wife of the late Jasper E. Fly. Survivors include her sons: Claude...
Grace Earline Kizer
Oct 15, 2011
Mrs. Grace Earline Kizer, age 79, resident of the Williamsport Community, passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Kizer was born on December 13, 1931 in Andersonville, Georgia and was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Lillie Gladys Justice Athon. She was the wife of Vernard J. "Jim" Kizer who preceded her in death...
Jewell Litton
Oct 14, 2011
Mrs. Jewell Litton, 95, a longtime resident of Columbia, passed away Friday, October 14 at NHC/Hillview. Born August 20, 1916 in Maury County, daughter of the late Neal and Margaret Dial Luckett and the wife of the late Emery Litton. She was a retired machine operator from Public Manufacturing and a member of the First Church of the Nazarene. She...
Charles Edward Brown
Oct 13, 2011
Charles Edward Brown was born August 16, 1940 in Maury County, to the late William E. Brown and Susie Sims Brown. Charles was a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and was employed for 37 years with Monsanto Chemical Company as a Machinist and in the Maintenance Department. Charles was the Chairman of the Deacons at Allensville Baptist...
Vickie Lynne Graham
Oct 8, 2011
Mrs. Vickie Lynne Graham, 54, a resident of Columbia, TN passed away Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Vanderbilt Medical Center following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Funeral services for Mrs. Graham will be conducted 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 12, 2011 in the chapel of the Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Eddie Rogers officiating. The family will visit with...
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