Obituaries

James Edward Barber

James Edward Barber

Apr 22, 2010

View Funeral Webcast Mr. James Edward Barber, 56, retired truck driver, died Thursday, April 22, 2010 in Nunnelly, Tennessee. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Sunday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Mack Strange officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. at...

Clyde Kindel Thompson Jr

Clyde Kindel Thompson Jr

Apr 20, 2010

Clyde Kindel "Kenny" Thompson, Jr., 61, farmer and life-long resident of the Zion Community, died Monday, April 19, 2010 at his residence. Graveside services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Rev. Terry Peery officiating. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols. The family suggests memorials...

Rachel Anderson Anderson

Rachel Anderson Anderson

Apr 20, 2010

View Funeral Webcast Mrs. Rachel Anderson Anderson, 90, former longtime resident of the Duck River Community, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at Life Care of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Bill McDonald and Glenn Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in Old Stand Cemetery. The family will visit with...

Paul Kenneth Jackson

Paul Kenneth Jackson

Apr 16, 2010

View Funeral WebcastPaul Kenneth Jackson, 76, local businessman, farmer and resident of McKinnon Lane, died Friday, April 16, 2010 after a three-year battle with cancer. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with John Vaughan officiating. Graveside services will be at 3:00 p.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery on Thompson Lane in Nashville. The family will...

Allie Ray Hickman Wise

Allie Ray Hickman Wise

Apr 14, 2010

View Funeral WebcastMrs. Allie Ray Hickman Compton Wise, 94, retired from E. I. DuPont Corporation and former resident of Columbia, died Wednesday, April 14, 2010 in Jacksonville, Florida where she made her home the past few years. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Thomas Vann and Rev. Jeff Jacob officiating. Burial...

Sheila Thigpen Owen

Sheila Thigpen Owen

Apr 14, 2010

View Funeral WebcastSheila Diane Thigpen Owen, 53, died Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at her residence on Academy Lane. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. James Owen, Rev. Jeff Jacob, and Nancy Perko officiating. Entombment will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will visit with friends Friday from 4:00 to...

Deborah Parham Smith

Deborah Parham Smith

Apr 13, 2010

View Funeral Webcast Deborah Jean "Debbie" Parham Smith, 53, retired from Bell South, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at her residence on Golf Club Lane. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 3:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Randy Kersey officiating. Burial will follow in Cave Springs Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4:00 p.m. to...

Kaitlin Teal Hooper

Kaitlin Teal Hooper

Apr 13, 2010

Kaitlin Teal Hooper, 14, 8th grade student at Culleoka Unit School, died Monday, April 12, 2010 at her residence in the Culleoka Community. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 5:00 p.m. at Highland Church of Christ with David Morris officiating. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols. Notes of sympathy...

Margaret Gibbs Davis

Margaret Gibbs Davis

Apr 10, 2010

Margaret Gibbs Davis was born July 12, 1930 in Smith County, Tennessee the daughter of the late John Herman Gibbs and Ruth McKinney Gibbs. She was a graduate of Gordonsville High School where she excelled as an All-State basketball player. Following graduation from the St. Thomas School of Nursing, she began her career as a registered nurse at Nuehoff Packing...

Reba Williams Smith

Reba Williams Smith

Apr 10, 2010

Mrs. Reba Williams Smith, 95, bookkeeper for Jones & Lang Sporting Goods and resident of Stonewall Road, died Saturday, April 10, 2010 at NHC Hillview. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Jeff Jacob officiating. Burial will follow in Restview Cemetery in Loretto. The family will visit with friends Monday from 4:00...

Donald Ray Adams

Donald Ray Adams

Apr 9, 2010

View Funeral WebcastDonald Ray Adams, 61, resident of Birchwood Drive, died Friday, April 9, 2010 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 3:30 p.m. at Northview Church of Christ with Jeremy Butt and Gregg Elrod officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m....

Elizabeth Wilson

Elizabeth Wilson

Apr 8, 2010

Elizabeth "Libby" Wilson, 60, retired insurance agent and former owner of Columbia Insurance Agency and part-time secretary at Duck River Realty, Inc., died Thursday, April 8, 2010 at her residence. The family will visit with friends from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Monday at Rose Hill Cemetery. Rev. Roger Nicholson will conduct graveside services 6:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to...

Doris Goad Wiley

Doris Goad Wiley

Apr 7, 2010

Mrs. Doris Goad Wiley, retired Tennessee Valley Packing Company and former resident of Alpine Drive, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with David Morris officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home....

Belle Bryant Cheatham

Belle Bryant Cheatham

Apr 6, 2010

Mrs. Susie Belle Bryant Cheatham, 95, resident of Theta Pike, died Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Emily Barker officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Mount Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral...

Lillie Mae Skelton Gibson

Lillie Mae Skelton Gibson

Apr 5, 2010

Mrs. Lillie Mae Skelton Gibson, 78, retired from Weather Tamer and former long-time resident of Westover Drive, died Monday, April 5, 2010 at NHC Hillview. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. at Polk Memorial Gardens with David Morris officiating. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols. Memorials may...

Jennie Mae Beard

Jennie Mae Beard

Apr 5, 2010

Jennie Mae Shouse Beard, 94, retired seamstress and resident of Lewis Road in the Santa Fe Community, died Monday, April 5, 2010 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Anthony Muston and Rev. Bob Rush officiating. Burial will follow in Adkison Cemetery. The family will...

Norma Jean Mullins Norman

Norma Jean Mullins Norman

Apr 3, 2010

Mrs. Norma Jean Mullins Norman, 81, resident of Life Care of Columbia for several years and former resident of Dalton Avenue, died Friday, April 2, 2010 at Maury Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Brother Ricky Clay officiating. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m....

Louise Foster Grissom

Louise Foster Grissom

Apr 2, 2010

Mrs. Sarah Louise Foster Grissom, 88, retired nursing assistant at Maury Regional Medical Center, died Friday, April 2, 2010 at her residence on Highland Avenue. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 3:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Pastor Victor Alley officiating. Burial will follow in Arlington Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. The family will visit with friends Sunday from...

Thomas S Hubbell

Thomas S Hubbell

Apr 1, 2010

View Funeral WebcastThomas Shelvin Hubbell, 84, farmer and owner-operator of Southport Grocery for many years, died Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Signature Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Edward Clayton Murphy and Larry Benderman officiating. Burial will follow in Gibsonville Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 4:00...

Thomas W Journey Sr

Thomas W Journey Sr

Apr 1, 2010

Mr. Thomas W. Journey, Sr., 82, Maury County native, died Thursday, April 1, 2010 in Tucker, Georgia.Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 7:00 p.m. at Wages & Sons Funeral Home in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols. Graveside services will be Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at...