Allen Pressnell

View Video TributeHarry Allen Pressnell, Jr., 67, CEO of Industrial Contractors Inc. and Columbia Rock Products Corporation and resident of Golf Club Lane, died Friday, June 7, 2013, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor David Buffaloe officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to Riverview Baptist Church Building Fund, P. O. 775, Columbia, TN 38402 or Harry Pressnell Scholarship Fund, Columbia State Community College, 1665 Hampshire Pike, Columbia, TN 38401. Condolences may be offered online at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Maury County native was the son of the late Harry Allen Pressnell, Sr. and Pauline Norman Pressnell. He was a graduate of Columbia Central High School and had been associated with Columbia Rock Products for fifty-five years and Industrial Contractors for fifty years. Mr. Pressnell was a founding director and board member of Community First Bank & Trust. He was past president and a life member of the Tennessee Quarter Horse Association. He was also a member of the Ohio Quarter Horse Association and American Quarter Horse Association. Mr. Pressnell was past president of the Maury County Bridle and Saddle Club during the early Mule Days. He was past president of Tennessee Ornathological Society. A life member of the National Rifle Association, he was instrumental in the development and instructed some of the first hunter safety courses in Tennessee. An avid golfer, he was a member of Graymere Country Club and Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Riverview Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife whom he married May 17, 1996, Pamela Whitley Pressnell of Columbia; son, Harry Allen "Hal" (Sherry) Pressnell, III of Columbia; daughter, Elizabeth (Jim) Moser of Columbia; brother, Jonnie (Janice) Pressnell of Columbia; sister, Sisse (Mike) Pfieffer of Columbia; grandchildren, Hunter Coleman Moser, Caylee Layke Moser, Lakelyn Hastings Moser, Daniel Wade Scroggins; and several nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers will be Larry Richardson, Ron Pope, Hunter Robinette, John Merritt, David Williams, Stephen Walker, Tim Smith, and Barry Daniels. Honorary pallbearers will be former and present employees of Columbia Rock Products Corp. and Industrial Contractors Inc.