Obituaries

Jul 31, 2002

STEVEN BELEW Steven Wayne Belew, 45, employee of Moody's Tire in Franklin, died Thursday, August 1, 2002, at his residence in Franklin. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 1:30 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The Maury County native was the son of the late James Nealy Belew and Mary Adams...

Jun 7, 2002

Mr. Rabon Clyde Dodson, Sr., 83, retired foreman for Maury Steel Corpotation and resident of Galloway Street, died Saturday, June 8, 2002, at Maury Regional Hospital.Services for Mr. Dodson will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Dorris Rader officiating.Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens.The family will visit with friends from 4-8...

Feb 1, 2002

Kenneth Carlton Latta, Sr., 80, owner and operator of John Thomas Grocery for several years died Saturday at his residence on Woods Drive. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan and Wendell Robinson officiating. Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Sunday...

Jan 5, 2002

Vickie Gale Moore Leverette, 44, employee of Governor's Response Unit for TennCare, and resident of Akita Way in Unionville, died Sunday, January 5, 2002, at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, at 2:30 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Ed Boggess and Brother Curtis Dowdy officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens....

Nov 3, 2001

Mrs. James B. Ray Mrs. Maggie Nell McDaniel Ray, 86, died Sunday, June 20, 2004 at her residence on Park Circle. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Ray Newell officiating. Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at...

Jan 31, 2001

Mr. Clarence Allan Kerley, 95, retired well-known Columbia businessman and resident of Terrace Drive, died Friday, September 17. 2004 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Dr. Carl Duck, Rev. Jim Collins, Dr. William Kerley and Howard Massey officiating. Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens. The family...

Mar 3, 2000

Mrs. Rena Logue Erwin, 80, long-time resident of the Bigbyville Community and retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority, died Friday, March 3, 2000 at St. Thomas Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at McCains Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Reverend David McGregor and Reverend Mike Dawson officiating. Burial will be in the McCains Churchyard. The family will...

John W. Bland Mr. John Wilburn Bland, 88, retired employee of Union Carbide and resident of Greenwood Acres Drive, died Thursday at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Elmer Crosby officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Saturday from...

Billy Coleman Jack of Columbia, Tennessee, was born to Walter Green Jack and Louise Irving Coleman Jack at Kings Daughters' Hospital on May 16, 1938. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 p.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with The Reverend Thomas Wilson as Celebrant. Burial will follow in St. John's Episcopal Churchyard at Ashwood. The family will visit...

Mr. Robert Michael Beach, 53, resident of Clinch Drive, died Friday at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Wednesday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 12 noon until time of service at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be...

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Mrs. Elizabeth "Lib" Lane Pearson, 85, died Saturday, December 11th at her residence in Maryville.A memorial service will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at New Providence Presbyterian Church in Maryville. The family will visit with friends following the service at the church.Memorials may be made to New Providence Presbyterian Church, 703 Broadway, Maryville, TN 37803 or Blount County Public...

Raymond Ayers Mr. Raymond Hilliard Ayers, 56, former commissioner for the homeless in Berkley, California and resident of Hampshire Pike, died Tuesday at VA Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. David Baker officiating. Burial will be in Marietta Campground Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia. The family will...

Dr. George Mayfield George Radford Mayfield, Jr., M.D., 76, retired pathologist, longtime member of the staff of Maury Regional Hospital, and resident of Sunnyside Drive, died Wednesday at Life Care Center. A memorial service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Bill Williamson, Rev. Steve Thomas and Rev. Maggie Beamguard officiating. The family will...

Mrs. Barbara Finney Mrs. Barbara Wayman Finney, 66, widow of James I. Finney, Jr. and former resident of Columbia, died Wednesday in Knoxville. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Friday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Knoxville with Dr. Fredrich Schilling, Jr. officiating. Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel is in charge of arrangements in Knoxville. A graveside service will...

Mrs. Cotty Parks Simms, 87, teacher at Highland Park Elementary School for over thirty years and resident of Azalea Drive, died Tuesday at Life Care Center. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 10:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Ray Newell and Rev. Garie Taylor officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit...

Infant twins of Richard David Thyen and Kimberly Rochelle Thyen of Columbia, died at Maury Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m., Thursday at Rose Hill Cemetery with Brother Joe Rhodes officiating. Survivors in addition to their parents are two sisters, Monica Nicole Thyen and Alissa Brooke Thyen both of Columbia; paternal grandparents John and Sandy Thyen...

J. K. LANGSDON, JR. John Kinnard "J.K." Langsdon, Jr., 69, CEO of Columbia Machine Works, died Thursday at his residence on Cowan Street. Funeral services will be conducted 3:00 PM Saturday at West Seventh Street Church of Christ with Wendell Robinson and John Vaughan officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Friday from...

Tracy Dawn Fly Rodriguez, 35, died recently at her residence in Parkview Manor Apartments. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Jim Beck and Rev. Howard Alexander officiating. Burial will be in the Fly Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. She was...

Luther Young Mr. Luther W. Young, 84, retired mechanic and owner of L.W. Young Machine Shop, died Tuesday at his residence on Cheyenne Trail. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m., Friday at West End Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Collins officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post...