Carolyn Fay Grissom Ragsdale

Carolyn Fay Grissom Ragsdale, 69, homemaker and resident of Campbellsville Pike, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at NHC Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Victor Alley officiating. Burial will follow in Arlington Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. The family will visit with friends Friday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. She was a native of Maury County and attended Highland Avenue Church of God. She is survived by 6 generations of her family, including daughters, Sherrill Lynn Walls of Rockvale, Frankie (Jeff) Berry of Columbia, Joy Carrol (Billy Ray) Lancaster of Mt. Pleasant, and Marcie (Wayne) Keethly of Nashville; sons, Terry Ray (Cindy) Tinsley and Michael Ragsdale of Columbia; her mother, Louise Foster Grissom of Columbia; sister, Patricia Gail Grissom of Columbia; 12 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Douglas Ragsdale, February 27, 1985; her father, Herman Grissom, sister, Wanda South, and great-grandchild, Ryan Leonard. Active pallbearers are Mike Ragsdale, Michael Kennedy, Robert Ashworth, Johnathan Ashworth, Bill Randolph, and Hank Roberts. Honorary pallbearers include Jeff Berry, Johnny Kennedy, Michael Massey, and Matthew Kennedy. The family wishes to extended special thanks to the staff for their kindness, patience, and loving care during her stay at NHC Columbia.