Obituaries

James Paul Norman

James Paul Norman

Oct 25, 2016

James Paul Norman, 84, retired employee of Union Carbide and resident of Wedgewood Drive, died Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Thursday from...

Bonnie Marie Bendt Zeigler

Bonnie Marie Bendt Zeigler

Oct 24, 2016

Bonnie Marie Bendt Zeigler, 52, former employee of GM Spring Hill Manufacturing, died Monday, October 24, 2016, at her residence on Hicks Lane. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 6:30 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Bill Vanhelden officiating. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 2:00 - 6:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Condolences may...

Donald Wayne Burns

Donald Wayne Burns

Oct 24, 2016

Donald Wayne Burns, 70, former employee of Teledyne in Lewisburg, Tennessee, died Monday, October 24, 2016 at his residence on Cliff White Road. A graveside service will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Jones Cemetery with Jeremy Butt and John Travis Hamilton officiating. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. at Jones Cemetery. Oakes...

Flewellyn McKibbon Ingrum

Flewellyn McKibbon Ingrum

Oct 22, 2016

Flewellyn McKibbon Ingrum, 84, retired from the purchasing department of DuPont and Spontex, died Saturday, October 22, 2016 at The Bridge of Columbia. Funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Smith and Rev. Chip Hunter officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends...

Mildred Joyce Davidson Foreman

Mildred Joyce Davidson Foreman

Oct 19, 2016

Mildred Joyce Davidson Foreman, 86, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at The Bridge at Life Care Center where she had made her home since 2011. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Irwin officiating. The family will visit with friends Friday from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. at the funeral...

Arthur Frank Fite Jr

Arthur Frank Fite Jr

Oct 19, 2016

Arthur Frank Fite, Jr. 92, retired crane operator for Monsanto Chemical Company and resident of the Sawdust Community, died Wednesday, October 19,2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Chip Hunter officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends...

Katherine Holder Jones

Katherine Holder Jones

Oct 18, 2016

Margaret Katherine Holder Jones, 95, retired employee of Dixie Manufacturing and resident of Whatley Street, died Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at NHC Hillview. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 12:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with David Holder officiating. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. A native of the Mooresville Community in Marshall County, she...

Christine Grimes Wright

Christine Grimes Wright

Oct 17, 2016

Martha Christine Grimes Wright, 89, longtime resident of Columbia, died Monday, October 17, 2016, at NHC Columbia. A graveside service will be held Thursday at 11:00 A.M. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Rev. Mark Proctor officiating. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials to Highland...

Evelyn Thurman Lovett

Evelyn Thurman Lovett

Oct 16, 2016

View Funeral WebcastEvelyn Thurman Lovett of Columbia, Tennessee passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Julia and Earl Pettus, where she had made her home for the past 14 years. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Everett Campbell officiating. Private family burial...

Lou Ann Pinkleton Ingrum

Lou Ann Pinkleton Ingrum

Oct 12, 2016

Lou Ann Pinkleton Ingrum, 82, died Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at her residence on Hemingway Drive. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Chip Hunter and Reverend Tommy Vann officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4:00 - 7:00 P.M. at...

Linda Kay Lindsey Sharpton

Linda Kay Lindsey Sharpton

Oct 11, 2016

Linda Kay Lindsey Sharpton, 69, resident of Blackberry Road, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Steve Swango officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. at the...

David Dewayne Davidson

David Dewayne Davidson

Oct 11, 2016

View Funeral WebcastDavid Dewayne Davidson, 86, well-known Church of Christ minister and resident of Columbia, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10:30 A.M. at Anderson Field House at Columbia Academy campus with John Vaughan and John Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Locust Grove Cemetery in Bradford, Tennessee at...

John Michael Allen

John Michael Allen

Oct 10, 2016

John Michael Allen, born in Temple, Texas, May 17, 1949, died peacefully at sea on October 9 (U.S. time), and October 10 (Italian time)2016, between Kotor, Montenegro and the island of Sicily in the Adriatic Sea. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Camille Wyman Allen, son, Michael Shane Allen, daughters, Christine Allen Rodesney and Angela Allen Weems;...

Sara Ann Culberson

Sara Ann Culberson

Oct 8, 2016

Sara Ann Culberson, 84, longtime employee of Taylor's Cleaners and Alderson's Cleaners and resident of Paul Craft Street in Columbia, died Saturday, October 8, 2016, at Vanderbilt Medical Center. A graveside service will be conducted Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Murray Thomas Culberson officiating. The family will visit with friends Monday from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M....

Mark Palmer

Mark Palmer

Oct 8, 2016

Mark Palmer, 69, retired publisher of The Daily Herald, died Saturday, October 8, 2016, at his residence in Columbia, TN.Born December 14, 1946, in Ardmore, Oklahoma, he was the son of the late Harvey Palmer and the late Evelyn Shoffner Palmer Davis. He graduated high school in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and earned his Bachelor's degree. He had served in the U....

Martha Frances Bond Laughmiller

Martha Frances Bond Laughmiller

Oct 6, 2016

Martha Frances Bond Laughmiller, 90, retired teacher and resident of Park Circle, died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 P.M. at First United Methodist Church with Reverend Chip Hunter and Reverend Melinda Britt officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 12:00 noon until service time at...

Dennis Wayne Phillips

Dennis Wayne Phillips

Oct 6, 2016

Dennis Wayne Phillips, 65, retired electrician for the General Motors Corporation and resident of Zion Crossing Court, died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 10:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Andrew Phillips and Dave Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided...

Bobby Blue Baker

Bobby Blue Baker

Oct 6, 2016

Bobby Blue Baker, 75, retired employee of Union Carbide and resident of Morningside Lane, died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 6:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. William Wray officiating. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 - 6:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Condolences...

Maxine Fraser Webster

Maxine Fraser Webster

Oct 5, 2016

Maxine Fraser Webster, 87, died Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at her residence on Darks Mill Road. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 4:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor Chad Roland officiating. A private family burial will follow in Webster Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 2:00 - 4:00 P.M. at the funeral...

Owen Young

Owen Young

Oct 4, 2016

Owen Young, 82, retired carpenter, died Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at his residence on Mt. Lebanon Church Road in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Paul Lucas officiating. Burial will follow in Scribner's Mill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. at...