Obituaries

Sarah Graves Witherspoon

Sarah Graves Witherspoon

Jun 6, 2007

Mrs. Sarah Louise Graves Witherspoon, 88, retired day care worker and resident of Dyer Street, died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Ezell Rose officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Nebo Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4 -...

Virginia Sampson Hayes

Virginia Sampson Hayes

Jun 5, 2007

Mrs. Virginia Sampson Hayes, 90, former longtime resident of Double Branch Road, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 12 noon, Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Jacob and Rev. Melinda Britt officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from...

George William Pilkinton

George William Pilkinton

Jun 5, 2007

Mr. George William Pilkinton, 84, retired from Farmer Construction Company, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Bob Adair officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post #19. The family will visit with friends...

Dennis R Sewell

Dennis R Sewell

Jun 5, 2007

Mr. Dennis R. Sewell, 68, lifelong resident of Skelley Road in the Bethel Community, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Kindred Respiratory Rehab Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Raymond Johnson, Rev. B.J. Ferguson and Rev. Gary Fewell officiating. Burial will be in Santa Fe Cemetery....

Helen Love Kinzer

Helen Love Kinzer

Jun 2, 2007

Mrs. Helen Love Kinzer, 83, died Saturday, June 2, 2007 at her residence on South High Street. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with John Vaughan and Wendell Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Monday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home....

Dewayne Foster Sr

Dewayne Foster Sr

May 31, 2007

Gerald Dewayne "Toddie" Foster, Sr., 58, construction worker and resident of Homer Turnbow Road in Hohenwald, died Thursday, May 31, 2007 at Maury Regional Hospital. A graveside service will be conducted at 3:30 P.M. Sunday at Deaver's Cemetery in Hohenwald with Charles Brown officiating. Military honors will be provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19. The family will visit...

Roy Edward McCandless

Roy Edward McCandless

May 29, 2007

Mr. Roy Edward McCandless, 63, native of Maury County and resident of Rogersville, Alabama, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 12 noon Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Joe Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4 - 8 p.m....

Lillie Mae Russell Alderson

Lillie Mae Russell Alderson

May 29, 2007

Mrs. Lillie Mae Russell Alderson, 101, resident of the Williamsport Community in the same house she maintained for 81 years, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Williamsport United Methodist Church with Rev. J. D. Spencer and Rev. Harold White officiating. Burial will be in Williamsport Methodist Cemetery....

Violet Legrand Fair

Violet Legrand Fair

May 28, 2007

Mrs. Viloet Legrand Fair, 87, retired from the Maury County Farm Bureau and former resident of Navaho Trail, died Monday, May 28, 2007 at Alterra Sterling House. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Dr. Carl Duck officiating. Family and friends will visit from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oakes &...

Frances Hopkins Palmatary

Frances Hopkins Palmatary

May 24, 2007

Frances Hopkins "Fran" Palmatary, 99, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 in Sun City, Arizona following a brief illness. A resident of Kansas City, Missouri for 40 years where her husband, the late Dr. E. E. Palmatary, practiced orthodontics, she retired to Sun City, Arizona in 1972. Survivors include a daughter, Joyce (Terry) Mays of Columbia, Tennessee; a son, Allen (Delores)...

Patricia Carey Langa

Patricia Carey Langa

May 23, 2007

Mrs. Patricia Elaine Carey Langa, 76, retired surgical nurse at Maury Regional Hospital and resident of Cayce Lane, died Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at NHC Hillview. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Saturday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor Dennis Altrogge officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Friday...

Joseph Patrick Smith

Joseph Patrick Smith

May 23, 2007

Mr. Joseph Patrick Smith,72, retired employee with Wackenhut Corporation and resident of Brookview Circle, died Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at St. Thomas Alive Hospice. Funeral services will be conducted at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Catherine Catholic Church with Father Davis Chackaleckel officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post...

Paul H Tomlinson

Paul H Tomlinson

May 22, 2007

Paul H. Tomlinson, 84, retired employee of Union Carbide and resident of Wheeler Drive, died Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Rosewood Manor. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Swango officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 4:00 - 8:00...

Joseph Franklin Retz Jr

Joseph Franklin Retz Jr

May 21, 2007

Joseph Franklin "Joe" Retz, Jr., 48, pugmill operator for Columbia Rock Products from 1991 to 2003 and resident of Carter's Creek Pike, died Monday, May 21, 2007 at Maury Regional Hospital. Service arrangements will be announced later by Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors. Survivors include his mother, Jo Ann Jarvis Retz of Columbia; two sisters, Julie Ann Retz and Jennifer...

Elinor Ann Liggett Robinson

Elinor Ann Liggett Robinson

May 21, 2007

Mrs. Elinor Ann Liggett Robinson, died Monday, May 21, 2007 at her residence on 6th Avenue in Columbia while surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Tommy Hight, Jr. officiating. A private graveside service for close friends and family will be conducted at Rose Hill Cemetery....

Thomas B Hann

Thomas B Hann

May 21, 2007

Mr. Thomas Brown Hann, 81, former resident of the Greenfield Bend Community and retired from Union Carbide, died Monday, May 21, 2007 at his residence on Courtland Drive in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Wendell Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit...

Leslie Slaughter Fitzgerald

Leslie Slaughter Fitzgerald

May 20, 2007

Mrs. Leslie Karen "Sissy" Slaughter Fitzgerald, 41, employee of Real World Tours and resident of the Williamsport Community, died Sunday, May 20, 2007 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Joe Duvall and Randy Kersey officiating. Burial will be in West Point Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery. The family...

Emma Lee Bell Cayce

Emma Lee Bell Cayce

May 19, 2007

Mrs. Emma Lee Bell Cayce, 81, long-time resident of Dry Prong Road in the Williamsport Community, died Saturday, May 19, 2007 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Wilson "Donnie" King officiating. Burial will be in Wilson Cemetery in Hickman County. Family and friends will visit Monday from 3:00...

Emily Anne Barnes

Emily Anne Barnes

May 17, 2007

Emily Anne Barnes, infant daughter of Jeff and Melissa Anne Barnes, residents of Dugger Road in the Culleoka Community, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Southern Hills Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Rose Hill Cemetery with Allen Armstrong officiating. In addition to her parents she is survived by two brothers, Jacob Barnes of Culleoka...

Ruby Ashworth Derryberry

Ruby Ashworth Derryberry

May 10, 2007

Mrs. Ruby Nell Ashworth Derryberry, 77, homemaker and long-time resident of Centerville, died Thursday, May 10, 2007, at NHC Hillview. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:00 noon Monday at Oakes & Nichols with Randy Kersey officiating. Burial will be in Philadelphia Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Notes...