Obituaries

Miriam Adkins Shoemaker

Miriam Adkins Shoemaker

Aug 16, 2013

View Video TributeMrs. Miriam Lovenia Adkins Faulkner Shoemaker, 92, passed away Friday, August 16, 2013 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home, 320 West 7th St., Columbia, TN 38401 with Rev. Janis Lofton officiating. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 11:00...

David Lee Crowther

David Lee Crowther

Aug 12, 2013

Mr. David Lee Crowther, 67, resident of Old Highway 99, died Monday, August 12, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. The family will visit with friends Friday from 5 - 7:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Graveside services will be conducted Saturday, at 1:00 p.m. EST in Memorial Park Cemetery in Vincennes, Indiana with military honors provided by...

Jerry Wayne Lewis

Jerry Wayne Lewis

Aug 11, 2013

Mr. Jerry Wayne Lewis, 69, retired from Occidental Chemical Corporation and Spontex Corporation, died Sunday, August 11, 2013 at his residence on New Highway 7. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Alexander and Bro. Dorris Rader officiating. Burial will be in Adkison Cemetery at a later date. The...

Wayne Garner

Wayne Garner

Aug 9, 2013

Mr. Wayne Garner, 70, resident of Hampshire Pike, died Friday, August 9, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Jackson Heights Church of Christ with Andrew Roberts and Dr. Rufus Clifford officiating. Entombment will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 2:00 - 7:00...

Dorothy Martin Church

Dorothy Martin Church

Aug 9, 2013

Mrs. Dorothy Mai Martin Church, 88, resident of the Nashville Highway, died Friday, August 9, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Andrew Roberts and Bradley Dugger officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 4 -...

Elizabeth Brooks Martin

Elizabeth Brooks Martin

Aug 6, 2013

Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Brooks Martin, 78, resident of Hay Hollow Road in Santa Fe, died Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Johnson and Dr. Tom Cox officiating. Burial will follow in Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with...

Ruth Counts Mencer

Ruth Counts Mencer

Aug 1, 2013

View Video TributeView Funeral WebcastMrs. Ruth Mae Counts Mencer, 76, homemaker and resident of Lillian Circle, died Thursday, August 1, 2013 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor Chris Ball officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends...

Sara Sewell Babb

Sara Sewell Babb

Aug 1, 2013

View Funeral WebcastMrs. Sara Elizabeth Sewell Babb, 86, went to be with the Lord Thursday, August 1, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Riverside United Methodist Church with Rev. David Spencer, Barry Babb and Joseph Houston Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with...

Edgar Rogers Callahan

Edgar Rogers Callahan

Jul 28, 2013

Mr. Edgar Rogers Callahan, 83, mechanic and resident of Buffalo Road, died Sunday, July 28, 2013 at Crockett Hospital in Lawrenceburg. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Condolences may be offered online at www.oakesandnichols.com....

Porter Black

Porter Black

Jul 26, 2013

View Video TributeMr. James Porter Black, 63, former owner and operator of Porter's Electric, died Friday, July 26, 2013 at his residence in the Campbell Station Community. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Glen Alexander officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends...

Hazel Pigg

Hazel Pigg

Jul 26, 2013

Mrs. Hazel Elizabeth Miller Baker Pigg, 88, former employee of Sears & Roebuck, died Friday, July 26, 2013 at her residence in the Santa Fe Community. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Donna Higginbotham officiating. Burial will follow in Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Sunday...

Shelby Anderson Vandiver

Shelby Anderson Vandiver

Jul 24, 2013

View Video TributeMrs. Shelby Jean Anderson Vandiver, 75, resident of Kerr Hill Road in Lynnville, died Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 12:00 noon at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Jeremy Butt officiating. Burial will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4...

Samuel Stacey Lunn

Samuel Stacey Lunn

Jul 23, 2013

View Video TributeMr. Samuel Stacey Lunn, 75, left his loving family to join his Heavenly Father and his loved ones on Tuesday, July 23, at his residence on Old Port Royal Road in Spring Hill. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Dan Cottrell officiating. Burial will follow in Jones Cemetery. The family...

Alonzo Himes

Alonzo Himes

Jul 22, 2013

View Video TributeMr. Jones Alonzo Himes, 62, died Monday, July 22, 2013 at his residence on the Pulaski Highway in the Stiversville Community. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Chaplain Eddie Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in Pisgah Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 4 - 8:00...

A B Pennington Jr

A B Pennington Jr

Jul 22, 2013

Mr. Amnah Brown "A.B." Pennington, Jr., 86, former longtime resident of the Cross Bridges Community, died Monday, July 22, 2013 at Gallatin Health Care in Gallatin, TN. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Pennington, Rev. Mark Pennington and Rev. Austin Gardner officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial...

Elnora West

Elnora West

Jul 18, 2013

View Funeral WebcastMrs. Mattie Elnora Woodard West, 88, local artist, died Thursday, July 18, 2013 at her residence on West Seventh Street. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 12:00 noon at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Jeremy Butt, John Vaughan, and Randy Owens officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Monday...

Peggy Miller Atkisson

Peggy Miller Atkisson

Jul 17, 2013

View Video TributeView Funeral WebcastMrs. Peggy Jane Miller Atkisson, 82, resident of Riverside Drive in Franklin and former long time resident of Newt Hood Road in Columbia, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at Williamson Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 12:00 noon at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Brown and Rev. David Spencer officiating....

Helene Gilliam Holloway

Helene Gilliam Holloway

Jul 17, 2013

Ms. Floy Helene Gilliam Holloway, 86, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the home of her sister on Tom Fitzgerald Road in the Santa Fe Community. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Dr. Joe Bowers and Bro. Thomas Culberson officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will...

James B Boyd Jr

James B Boyd Jr

Jul 17, 2013

View Video TributeView Funeral WebcastJames Benton Boyd, Jr., 67, retired Columbia Police Chief, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at his residence in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 3:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Terry Peery and Bobby Sands officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by the Columbia Police...

Pamela Zanchi

Pamela Zanchi

Jul 15, 2013

Pamela Hunt Zanchi, beloved wife of David J. Zanchi of 41 years lost her battle with diabetes on Monday July 15, 2013. Preceded into the company of the Lord by her son Garrick Zanchi, parents William Sr. and Elizabeth Hunt, and brother William Hunt Jr. Pamela is survived by sons, Christopher Zanchi of Nashville, Jamen and Denise Zanchi of Spring...