Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
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...
Beatrice L. Taylor
Jun 24, 2011
Mrs. Beatrice L. Taylor, age 93, resident of Azalea Drive in Mt. Pleasant went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, June 24, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Taylor was born on September 5, 1917 in Morgan County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the late Gill Potter and the late Leona Hawn Potter. Beatrice was...
Frances Potts Hendrix
Jun 22, 2011
Frances Potts Hendrix, age 77, long time resident of Parker Street in Columbia, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday afternoon at Life Care Center, with her children at her bedside. She was born on November 11, 1933 in Columbia to the late James Clarence and Betty Leona Smithson Potts. She was preceded in death...
Ronald E. Richardson
Jun 20, 2011
Ronald "Ronnie" Edward Richardson of Columbia, formerly of LaVergne, was born on June 26, 1947 in Waterville, ME to the late Charles Edward and Mildred Agnes Dionne Richardson. He was one of six children. On October 14, 1967, he married Barbara Jane Carter and they had four children together. He was the Vice-President of Transportation for Carter Hardware in Nashville,...
Karin Rayn Hodge
Jun 19, 2011
Karin Rayn Hodge, infant daughter of Tandy Hodge of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Sunday at Maury Regional Medical center. A graveside service for Karin will be conducted 11:00 AM Tuesday at Blowing Springs Cemetery with Bro. Dickey Lindsey officiating. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her maternal grandparents: Glen and Katherine Hodge of Mt. Pleasant; uncle Glen...
Jessie Coleman Alderson
Jun 19, 2011
Mrs. Jessie Coleman Alderson, age 88, a long time resident of Grandview Drive in Columbia, passed away on Sunday evening, June 19, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Alderson will be conducted Thursday at 10:30 A.M. in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Rev. Gene Shelton and Rev. Steve Robertson officiating. Burial will follow...
Sarah Harris Chappell
Jun 19, 2011
Mrs. Sarah Agnes Harris Chappell was born March 21, 1920 in Spring Hill, TN, the daughter of the late Otho M. Harris and Jimmie Thompson Harris. She was the wife of the late Maury Chappell who preceded her in death on December 25, 1997. Sarah was a 1939 graduate of Central High School and during her high school years had...
Martin Douglas Parrish
Jun 17, 2011
Martin Douglas "Doug" Parrish was born December 13, 1929 in Maury County, the son of the late Luther Bishop "Daddy Mac" Parrish and Thelma Parrish. He was married for 60 years to Vivian Mildred Vermeesch Parrish. Doug was the owner and operator of the Parrish Trucking Company and he had a special love for playing his guitar. He was a...
Scott Hunter
Jun 17, 2011
Scott Hunter, age 45, resident of First Avenue in Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Friday, June 17, at Maury Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Scott was born February 18, 1966 in Ft. Worth, TX, the son of Sharon Nichols McCarley of Mt. Pleasant and the late William Anson Hunter. He was a graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School....
Jason A. Pennington
Jun 17, 2011
Jason A. Pennington, 92, a resident of Highland Avenue in Columbia, passed away Friday June 17, 2011 at his residence. Born December 14, 1918 in Henryville, TN, son of the late Richard and Viola Woodard Pennington and the husband of the late Doris Clark Pennington, who went to be with the Lord on April 9, 2011 after 74 years of...
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