Obituaries
Virginia Ruth Priestley Lamb
Sep 23, 2023
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Virginia Ruth Priestley Lamb, 93, resident of Columbia, died Saturday, September 23, 2023, at Maury Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:30 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan and Andrew Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with...
Steven Lynn Hay
Sep 21, 2023
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Steven Lynn Hay, 42, died Thursday, September 21, 2023, at his residence in Columbia.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Kenneth Bray officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Friday from 12:00 P.M. until service time at...
Bobbie Claire Johnson Jones
Sep 16, 2023
Mrs. Bobbie Claire Johnson Jones, 88, Retired L.P.N. for Maury Regional Medical Center and resident of Columbia, died Saturday, September 16, 2023 at NHC Columbia. No services are scheduled at this time. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born December 4, 1934, in Mount Pleasant, she was...
Dao Dinh Dao
Sep 15, 2023
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Dao Dinh Dao, 85, died Friday, September 15, 2023 at his residence in Columbia. A funeral mass will be conducted Friday, September 22, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Catherine Catholic Church with Father Daniel Reehil officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences may be extended at www.oakesandnichols.com. He...
Mary Louise Litton
Sep 15, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Mary Louise Litton, 100, a longtime resident of the Carter’s Creek and Neapolis communities, passed peacefully at NHC-Maury Regional, Friday, September 15, 2023. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor Earl Davis officiating. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until 1:00 P.M. Interment will...
Jerry Lee Bell
Sep 15, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Jerry Lee Bell, 77, former resident of Columbia and former inspector for Union Carbide, died Friday, September 15, 2023 at Savannah Health Care & Rehab Center in Savannah, Tennessee surrounded by his devoted and loving family. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Randy Baxter...
Mary Alice Whiteside Delk
Sep 14, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Mrs. Mary Alice Whiteside Delk, 93, resident of Columbia, died Thursday, September 14, 2023 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, September 18, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. The family will visit with friends Sunday, September 17, 2023 from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home....
Margrett (Evelyn) Hickman Morrow
Sep 14, 2023
Margrett Evelyn Hickman Morrow, 94, resident of Culleoka TN, died Thursday September 14th at Life Care in Columbia. Graveside services will be conducted Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. at Lynnwood Cemetery will Russell Smith officiating. Born November 22, 1928 to the late Smiser M. Hickman and the late Arlie Mae Thurman Hickman. She grew up in the Stiversville...
Bettie Jean Buckner Pogue
Sep 14, 2023
Bettie Jean Buckner Pogue, 90, died Thursday, September 14, 2023, at Poplar Estates Memory Unit after battling Dementia and late onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Public graveside services will be conducted at 2:30 pm on Monday, September 18, 2023, at the Worley Cemetery in Cathey’s Creek, Tennessee with Greg Lusk officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with the...
Charlotte Blythe Williams Burton
Sep 12, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Charlotte Blythe Williams Burton, 89, homemaker and resident of Culleoka, died Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 12:00 P.M. until...
Christie Dawn Griffitt Scott
Sep 11, 2023
Christie Dawn Griffitt Scott, 49, former employee of Kenny Pipe Supply in Nashville, died Monday, September 11, 2023. No services are scheduled at this time. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born July 9, 1974 in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Douglas Avery...
Kenneth Edward Lentz
Sep 8, 2023
Kenneth Edward Lentz, 81, died Friday, September 8, 2023 at his daughter’s home in Lena, Mississippi.
In accordance with Ken’s wishes, there will be no services. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with local announcements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com.
Born October 31, 1941, in Columbia, Tennessee,...
Gregory Todd Howell
Sep 8, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Gregory Todd Howell, aged 62, passed away September 8th, 2023. Anyone who knew him called him Todd, or most favorably, Gramps. Todd was born on March 1st of 1961 in Boynton Beach Florida to the late Jimmy Acton Howell and Merry Jon McMinn Howell. Todd spent much of his early life in the small community of Riverside,...
Mary Ann Plant
Sep 8, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Mary Ann Plant, age 95 of Thompsons Station, TN, went to join the Lord on Friday, September 8, 2023, with family members by her side. Mary Ann Owens Plant was born to the late Will Doyle Owens and Robbie Lou Hicks Owens, at their family home in the Knob Creek community on July 8, 1928. After her...
Kristie Lea Harper Runions
Sep 2, 2023
Kristie Lea Harper Runions, 52, equipment operator for HMC Recycling and resident of Hampshire, died Saturday, September 2, 2023, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. The family suggests memorials in honor of Mrs. Runions to...
Andrew Gene "Andy" Jackson
Sep 1, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Andrew Gene “Andy” Jackson, 70, died Friday, September 1, 2023 at NHC Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Donnie Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 12:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. In...
Billy Keith Martin, Sr.
Aug 28, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Billy Keith Martin, Sr., 91, retired Sergeant with the Tennessee Highway Patrol and resident of Columbia, died Monday, August 28, 2023, at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Graymere Church of Christ with John Vaughan and Andrew Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in Haynes Cemetery. Honors will be...
Dickie Wayne Voorhies
Aug 28, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Dickie Wayne Voorhies, lifelong resident of Columbia, Tennessee, died unexpectedly on Monday, August 28, 2023, at the age of 54 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. He gave the gift of life through organ donation. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family...
Betty Ruth Berry Bates
Aug 26, 2023
View Funeral Webcast Betty Ruth Berry Bates, 89, retired Bookkeeper for Bel Aire Health Care and resident of Columbia, died Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Life Care of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Chris Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Mount Cemetery. The family will visit...
Janice Gilley
Aug 26, 2023
Janice Gilley, of Atlanta Georgia, passed away on August 26th, 2023. She was at home, and her cause of death is believed to have been a heart attack. She was 68 years old. Janice was born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 6th, 1955. Her parents were Joe and Martha Gilley. She grew up in Columbia Tennessee, graduating from Central High...
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