Obituaries

Lois Brown Hickman

Lois Brown Hickman

Oct 23, 2013

View Video TributeView Funeral WebcastMrs. Lois Brown Hickman, 86, resident of Main St. in Lynnville, died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Barry Farris, Larry Benderman and Ricky Clay officiating. Burial will follow in Lynnwood Cemetery. The family will visit with...

James Lee Beckenbach

James Lee Beckenbach

Oct 22, 2013

Mr. James Lee Beckenbach, 76, died Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at his residence on 5th St. in Lawrenceburg. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Gibsonville Cemetery with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 4 -...

Robert Carl Harris Jr

Robert Carl Harris Jr

Oct 22, 2013

Mr. Robert Carl Harris, Jr., 87, resident of Snow Creek Road in the Williamsport Community, died Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 10:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Tom Holland officiating. Burial will follow in Delk Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 5...

Winfrey Morel Willis

Winfrey Morel Willis

Oct 20, 2013

Winfrey Alberta Morel Willis, 91, former longtime resident of Nashville, passed away peacefully Sunday, October 20, 2013, in Orlando, Florida where she had made her home for the past few years. A private burial will be held in Rose Hill Cemetery where her ashes will be interred with her first husband, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient John Harlan Willis, Pharmacist's...

John Ocial Sharpton

John Ocial Sharpton

Oct 16, 2013

Mr. John Ocial Sharpton, 91, retired co-owner of Maury Auto Supply and resident of Porter Circle, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at The Bridge at Life Care Center of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Jacob, Rev. Jimmy Gardner and Rev. Thomas Vann officiating. Burial will follow...

Betty Broadway Smith

Betty Broadway Smith

Oct 15, 2013

View Video TributeView Funeral WebcastMrs. Betty Broadway Smith, 80, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at her residence in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Ron Gleaves officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Friday from 4 - 8:00 p.m. and Saturday...

Jon Harvey Pressnell Sr

Jon Harvey Pressnell Sr

Oct 15, 2013

View Video TributeView Funeral WebcastMr. Jon Harvey Pressnell, Sr., "Jonnie Rock", 62, resident of Carpenters Bridge Road, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Vann officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends...

Pearlene Clark

Pearlene Clark

Oct 13, 2013

Miss Pearlene Clark, 70, died Sunday, October 13, 2013 at her residence on Winding Way. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Gene Shelton officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Nebo Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 3 - 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Condolences may...

Jerry Wayne Gibson

Jerry Wayne Gibson

Oct 12, 2013

View Video TributeView Funeral WebcastJerry Wayne Gibson, 66, master barber and resident of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, October 12, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Monty Gilliam officiating. Burial will follow in Pisgah Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Monday from 4:00 -...

Geneva Love Davis

Geneva Love Davis

Oct 11, 2013

View Video TributeView Funeral WebcastMrs. Geneva Frances Love Davis, 89, homemaker, resident of The Bridge and former resident of Overton Drive, died Friday, October 11, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan and Wendell Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens....

Vonceile Hill Thornton

Vonceile Hill Thornton

Oct 5, 2013

Luna Vonceile Hill Thornton, 90, of Columbia, passed away on October 5, 2013. Daughter of the late Howard Henry Hill and Luna Belle Johnson Hill, she was born January 15, 1923, in Zama, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her husband of over forty years, Buford Eugene Thornton. She was also preceded in death by her brother, James G....

Bruce W Gobbell

Bruce W Gobbell

Oct 3, 2013

Bruce Willard Gobbell, faithful minister, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013 in Columbia Tennessee. A memorial service will be held on November 3, 2013, at 3 p.m. at the Harris Co. church of Christ in Cataula, Georgia, Jerry Noblin officiating. There will be a period of fellowship following the service. Bruce was born in Wayne...

Jim W Young

Jim W Young

Oct 1, 2013

Mr. James "Jim" Walter Young, 67, resident of Valley Creek Road in Culleoka, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with his dear friend Allen "Ziggy" Roberts officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 12 noon until time of service...

Nell Beckett Cranford Woodard

Nell Beckett Cranford Woodard

Oct 1, 2013

View Video TributeMrs. Nell Beckett Cranford Woodard, 93, resident of Sewanee Circle, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at Signature Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Scott Aleridge and Rev. Melinda Britt officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4...

Margaret White Brown

Margaret White Brown

Sep 28, 2013

Margaret White Brown, 88, of Sheffield, Alabama, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Mitchell Hollingsworth in Tuscumbia, Alabama. A graveside service will be conducted Monday at 3:30 P.M. at Haynes Cemetery in Maury County. The family will visit with friends Monday from 11 am until 1 pm at Morrison Funeral Home in Tuscumbia, Alabama. An online guest book is...

Norma June Savage

Norma June Savage

Sep 26, 2013

Mrs. Norma June Foster Savage, 78, retired Teacher's Aid and Secretary for Maury County Schools and resident of the Hampshire Community, died Thursday, September 26, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with David Davidson officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will...

Evelyn Hickman

Evelyn Hickman

Sep 23, 2013

View Video TributeView Funeral WebcastMrs. Evelyn Carpenter Hickman, 84, died Monday, September 23, 2013 at her residence on Dimple Court. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Craft Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev. Jeff Jacob officiating. . Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. at...

Carol Dean Ward

Carol Dean Ward

Sep 22, 2013

Carol Dean Ward Adams Prentice, 64, resident of Hohenwald, died Sunday, September 22, 2013 at her daughter's home in Lewisburg. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery with Eddie Rogers officiating. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials...

Mark E Sealey

Mark E Sealey

Sep 21, 2013

Mark Everett Sealey, 53, self-employed roofer and resident of Hohenwald, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be conducted Tuesday at 7:00 P.M. at Loyal Chapel Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Swango officiating. Inurnment will be Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. in Jones Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 5:00...

Shannon Gray

Shannon Gray

Sep 21, 2013

Mrs. Mary Shannon Blackburn Gray, 91, published writer, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 in Brevard, North Carolina where she had made her home for the past several years. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. at Goshen United Methodist Church with Dr. Joe Bowers and Dr. C. Edward Blackburn officiating. Burial will follow in Goshen Cemetery. Following the...