Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Terry Cook
Sep 5, 2021
Terry W. “Cookie” Cook, 58, of Mount Pleasant, passed away on Sunday, September 5, 2021 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Terry was born on November 29, 1962 to the late James Thomas Cook, Jr. and Georgia Ann Lentz Cook in Maury County, Tennessee. At a young age, Terry found a love in racing. He loved being at the track with...
Irma Lelabell Pagel
Sep 5, 2021
Irma Lelabell Pagel, age 91 passed away on September 5, 2021, at Poplar Estates Senior Living community in Columbia, Tennessee. Irma was born on October 8, 1929, in Primm Springs, Tennessee to the late Wheeler Slaughter and Sarah Scott Slaughter. Irma attended school in Primm Springs, Arkland, and Santa Fe. Irma lived most of her life in Maury County. Her...
Richard Earle Kirby
Sep 2, 2021
Richard Earle Kirby, age 78, passed away on September 02, 2021. He was born on March 23, 1943, in Virginia to his parents, Edwin Kirby and Susan Bierer Kirby. Richard loved guitars, he collected and rebuilt many in his life. He enjoyed playing guitars with his granddaughter Gracie. Ever since a very young age, Richard was fascinated with aliens, he...
Michael Glasgow
Sep 1, 2021
Michael Glasgow, age 69, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2021, with his loving wife by his side at their home in Columbia, Tennessee. Michael was born July 19, 1952, in Rutherford County, TN to the late Herbert Paul Manire and Mary Jane Hartley Manire. Mike was a mixture of a Hell’s Angel and a barefooted Hippie. He was rough on...
James Charles Adams
Sep 1, 2021
James Charles Adams was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on February 05, 1956. At the age of ten, he was awarded the distinguished Boy Scouts Life Saving Award of Honor. A neighborhood friend had a treehouse and had gotten tangled with a rope and accidentally hung himself. Jim witnessed the problem and held him up on his shoulders and sent for...
William Runions
Sep 1, 2021
William Runions, age 48, passed away September 1, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee. William was born on July 15, 1973, to the Charles and Brenda Runions in Kenner, Louisiana. William worked as a faithful mechanic for most of his young life. During his free time, he would be working on old cars until he was content. He eventually adopted the nickname...
Cordera D'Andre Secrest
Aug 30, 2021
Cordera D’Andre Secrest, age 35, passed away Monday, August 30, 2021, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee. Cord was born July 28, 1986, in Columbia, TN to George Triggs, Jr. and the late Kathryn McKnight Secrest. Cord was a kind soul that loved to be in the moment. He valued his relationships with friends and family above all...
Paul Clemons
Aug 30, 2021
Paul Clemons, age 40, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, August 30th, 2021 in Columbia, Tennessee. Paul was born in Michigan City, Indiana to Junior Edward and Lynda Dyer Clemons on August 21st, 1981. Paul is unlike any other and truly one of kind. He was intelligent, funny, quick-witted, headstrong, determined, kind, loving husband, father, brother, friend, and jokester. From a...
Patricia Marie Carroll
Aug 29, 2021
Patricia Marie Carroll, 84, of Columbia, passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2021. Patricia was born on August 17, 1937, in Hamtramck, Michigan to the late Michael and Bernice Kroll. She enjoyed reading, cooking, and spending a lot of time on her computer. Patricia and her husband loved to try different restaurants over the years. In their earlier years of...
Connie Threet
Aug 28, 2021
Connie Howell Threet, age 67, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 28th, 2021, in Columbia, Tennessee. Connie was born on April 30th, 1954, to the late Irvin and Betty Lou Howell in Long Island, New York. Connie had a love for the beach. Especially the one in Charleston, South Carolina area where her mother was born, and her parents met....
Brenda Joyce Parker
Aug 28, 2021
Brenda Joyce Parker, age 77, finished her flight into the gates of glory on Saturday, August 28, 2021, at home, surrounded by her family in Columbia, Tennessee. Brenda was a graduate of Altus High School in Altus, Oklahoma in 1962. She then became the bride of Robert Parker on April 15, 1963, and they were happily married for 58 years....
Zelda Joyce Thornton
Aug 28, 2021
Zelda “Joyce” Howell Sensat Thornton, age 81, passed away in Pulaski, Tennessee on August 28, 2021. Joyce was born on April 19, 1940, to the late Quillear and Lula Howell in Giles County, Tennessee. At age 16, Joyce moved to Louisiana with her sister Christine and met Leroy Sensat. They married and had four children together and moved back to...
Karen Jo Workman
Aug 26, 2021
Karen Jo “Buffy” Workman, age 63, passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2021, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, TN. She was born on January 30, 1958, in Mt. Pleasant, to her parents, Eugene and Katie Odom. Jo was born and raised in Mt. Pleasant. She graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School. She worked many years at Weather Tamer...
Willie Hugh Moore
Aug 25, 2021
Willie “Will” Hugh Moore, age 90, passed away on August 25th, 2021 in Nashville, TN. Born October 19th, 1930 in Finger, TN to the late William Andrew Moore and Lessie Belle, the youngest of six children. Will left Bethel Springs, TN in 1948 at age 18 to move to Memphis, TN where he met his life-long love, Bobbie Rebecca Scoggins....
Ricky Don Lanier
Aug 24, 2021
Ricky Don Lanier, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, in Columbia, TN. He was born on March 5, 1961, to the late Jim Lanier and Anne Brown Lanier in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Ricky was a loyal and dedicated man. He was strong-willed and dealt with much adversity in his life. Ricky was a simple man and had a love for...
Penny Lynn Morton
Aug 24, 2021
Penny Lynn Morton, age 52, passed away on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at Maury Regional. Penny was born on June 29, 1969, in Maury County to parents, Rayburn Burks and Catherine England Burks. She loved spending time with family; she loved the 4th of July because of the fireworks, cooking, and family time. She was a wonderful cook and loved...
Michael Wayne Murphy
Aug 22, 2021
Michael Wayne Murphy, age 77, passed away Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 in Columbia, Tennessee. Michael was born on June 19th, 1944 to the late Gus C. and Ercie Marie Tabor Murphy in New Madrid, Missouri. Michael was a loving husband, father, brother, and great “Paw”. He truly loved his family with his whole heart. He is preceded in death by...
Robert "Bob" Miller
Aug 22, 2021
Robert “Bob” Miller, age 83, went home to be with his Lord and Savior while surrounded by family Sunday, August 22, 2021, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee. Bob was born July 12, 1938, in Flint, Michigan to Laurence and Rosetta Miller. Bob grew up in Flint, Michigan it was there he graduated from Flint central high school....
Paul Lewis Young
Aug 19, 2021
Paul Lewis Young, age 63, passed away on August 19, 2021, in Columbia, TN. He was born on January 29, 1958, to Robert Lewis Young and Shirley Mae Thomas Young, in Riverside, CA. Paul was a good man, kind and loving. He cared deeply about his family and never met a stranger. He adored his wife, Donna Young, and was...
Sylvia J. Vorlicky
Aug 18, 2021
Sylvia J. Vorlicky, age 90, passed away on August 18, 2021, at Poplar Estates in Columbia, TN. She was born in Chicago to the late George and Helen Jelinek. Sylvia was a loving caring woman who loved her family dearly. Sylvia is preceded in death by her husband: Vernon Vorlicky; son-in-law: Thomas Zank; brother: Donald Jelinek; granddaughter: Amber Vorlicky. She...
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