Marlene Pogue Huckaby

Marlene Pogue Huckaby, 84, resident of Columbia, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care Center.

Funeral services will be announced later. Online condolences may be extended at www.oakesandnichols.com.

Marlene was born on January 21, 1942 at The King’s Daughters’ Hospital in Columbia, TN. She grew up in the Sawdust Community, where she attended Woodrow School during her elementary years and graduated from Columbia Central High School in 1960. She continued her education at Freed Hardeman University and began working as a nurse at Maury Regional Hospital. She also spent some time in the garment industry before marrying Bobby in 1974 and embracing her role as wife, mother to Tim and homemaker.

She had a wonderful creative spirit and a special gift for making beautiful things. She loved ceramics, needlepoint and was an especially talented seamstress. She was a member of the Water Valley FCE, where over the years she served in many different roles. She was incredibly proud of her club and the friendships and memories she made along the way. She was also a member of Highland Park Baptist Church in Columbia. She was very active in her community in her early years, and continued her spirit of service by volunteering at Maury Regional Hospital later in life.

Marlene was preceded in death by her parents, Grace Edwards Pogue and Luther Pogue; her brother, Jimmy Pogue and her husband of 46 years, Bobby Huckaby.

Left to cherish her memory are her son, Tim Huckaby (Cheryl); four grandchildren, Kaitlyn McCollum (AJ), Kolton Huckaby (Caitlynn), Hunter Greene and Christian Greene (Sydnie); five great grandchildren, Louther McCollum, Farris Huckaby, Audie McCollum, Merritt Huckaby and Mary Frances McCollum with Baby Greene on the way.

Pallbearers will be her grandchildren, Kolton, AJ, Hunter and Christian as well as Ricky Morrow and Virgil Haney.

Special thanks to the staff at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care Center and cherished caregivers, CJ Johnson, Mary Beth Cole and Ryker Johnson.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Water Valley FCE Club c/o Cindy Baker, 3261 Water Valley Rd. Santa Fe, TN 38482 or the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation at https://www.komen.org/.