Obituaries
Carmen Ford, FNP-C
Nov 6, 2024
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Carmen Marie Lunn Ford, FNP-C, 39, Family Nurse Practitioner for Vanderbilt Heart of Columbia, and lifelong resident of Columbia, passed away at home after a short battle with cancer, surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Columbia First Cumberland Presbyterian Church on the...
Ruth Helen Pitts Rogers Curry
Nov 2, 2024
Ruth Helen Pitts Rogers Curry, 85, retired loan officer for First Farmers & Merchants and resident of Columbia, passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at her residence.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rusty Colvett and Ed Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The...
John Cheairs Porter
Oct 31, 2024
John Cheairs Porter – our dear friend, devoted husband, loving father, grandfather, businessman and Renaissance Man – died on Thursday, October 31, 2024, at his home in Richmond, Virginia.
John was born on June 25, 1938, in Columbia, Tennessee to Cheairs Mayes and Lillian McGavock Porter, who – along with his wife Ruth Robbins “Gerrie” and brother Charles McGavock “Mac” –...
Olive Gray “Sunny” Houser
Oct 30, 2024
Olive Gray “Sunny” Houser, 73, resident of Columbia, died Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at Maury Regional Medical Center.
The family will visit with friends Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from 4:00 PM till 6:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Online condolences may be extended at www.oakesandnichols.com.
Born March 31, 1951 in Joliet, IL, she was the daughter of the late George...
Rebecca Ellis Gregory Daimwood
Oct 30, 2024
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Rebecca Ellis Gregory Daimwood, long time resident of Hilltop Drive, Columbia TN passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on October 30, 2024 after a short illness.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday, November 4, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Greg Daimwood officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill cemetery. The...
Mary Ellen Elias Helton
Oct 29, 2024
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Mary Ellen Elias Helton, 84, former owner and operator of Ellen’s Catering Service, and resident of Murfreesboro, died Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at NHC Murfreesboro.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor Brock Lillis officiating. Burial will follow at Lynnwood Cemetery. The family will visit with...
Betty Sue McCaleb O'Connor
Oct 29, 2024
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Betty Sue McCaleb O’Connor, 92, retired secretary for Columbia Office Supply and longtime resident of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at her residence.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Bro. Jim Ledbetter officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will...
Sam Whiteside
Oct 29, 2024
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Sam Jackson Whiteside, 86, lifelong farmer, died Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at his residence in the Dry Fork Community.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, November 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Donald Duncan, Mark Jones, and Paul Whiteside officiating. Burial will follow in Worley Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday,...
Virgil Woodard White
Oct 28, 2024
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Virgil Woodard White, 85, retired operator for Texas Eastern and lifelong resident of Columbia, died Monday, October 28, 2024 at Maury Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Clay Gentry officiating. Burial will follow at Knob Creek Cemetery with military honors provided by the...
Kenneth Eugene Davis
Oct 25, 2024
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Kenneth Eugene Davis, 67, retired self-employed stone mason and resident of Hampshire, passed away Friday, October 25, 2024 at his residence.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Kane officiating. Burial will follow at Davis Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday, November 2,...
Ruby Uptain Hindman
Oct 25, 2024
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Ruby Noveline Uptain Hindman, 83, a resident of Lynnville died Friday, October 25, 2024 at Maury Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday, October 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor Ryan Tatham officiating. Burial will follow at Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Sunday, October 27, 2024...
Matthew Cory Rush
Oct 23, 2024
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Matthew Cory Rush, 47, resident of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at his residence.
Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Mooresville Baptist Church with Rev. Bob Rush officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 12:00 PM until the time of service at Mooresville Baptist Church and on Sunday,...
Brenda Charlene Leach
Oct 23, 2024
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Brenda Charlene Leach, 73, former cake decorator for Publix, and resident of Columbia, died Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at her residence.
Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Kevin Maxey officiating. Entombment will follow at Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Saturday from...
Jeannie King Manier
Oct 22, 2024
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Jean Marie “Jeannie” King Manier, 66, retired nurse and resident of Woods Drive in Columbia, TN, left this world peacefully at Maury Regional Medical Center and went to be with her Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 2:00 P.M at Oakes and Nichols Funeral Home...
Norma Jean Hallmark Dickens
Oct 18, 2024
Norma Jean Fowler Hallmark Dickens, 88, died Friday, October 18, 2024 at her residence in Columbia.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 P.M Monday, October 21, 2024 at Polk Memorial Gardens with John Vaughan, and Nick Fowler officiating. Online condolences may be extended at www.oakesandnichols.com
Norma was born on April 20, 1936 in Arkansas to the late Lawrence Fowler and...
Joseph John Pfieffer
Oct 16, 2024
Joseph “Joe” John Pfieffer, 76, lifelong resident of Columbia died Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at Poplar Estates Retirement Center.
A graveside memorial service will be conducted Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 11:00 AM at Morton Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital www.stjude.org. Online condolences may be extended at www.oakesandnichols.com.
Joe was born on January 5, 1948 to...
Carl Smith Leland
Oct 15, 2024
Carl Smith Leland, 86, long time resident of Westover Park in Columbia, died Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at Maury Regional Medical Center.
Carl was born on September 21, 1938 in Lawrence County, TN to the late Roy Leland and the late Ruby Evelyn Smith Leland. He graduated from Columbia Central High School in 1956 and married Donna Harris on January 1,...
Gail Thornburg
Oct 15, 2024
Duralee Gail Sharpton Thomason Thornburg, 76, former owner and operator of Santa Fe Diner, died Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at her residence in the Glendale Community surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Steve Swango and Reverend Mylen Coble officiating. Burial will follow in...
Terry Lee Backus
Oct 13, 2024
Terry Lee Backus 68, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, October 13, 2024. He was a resident of Hendersonville, TN.
A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be extended at www.oakesandnichols.com.
Terry was born April 10, 1956 in Astoria, Oregon, he was the son of the late Howard Martin Backus and Joyce Marilyn Backus. From a...
Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell
Oct 12, 2024
Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell, 37, a resident of Columbia, died Saturday, October 12, 2024 at her residence.
A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be extended at www.oakesandnichols.com.
Born on March 24, 1987 in Hendersonville, TN, she was the daughter of Kim Zimmerlee Mitchell and Ken A. Mitchell. Sarah had worked as a general manager...
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