Obituaries

Jack Thomas Chism, Jr.

Jack Thomas Chism, Jr.

Dec 18, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Jack Thomas Chism, Jr., 64, field engineer for AT&T, died Sunday, December 18, 2022 at his residence in Columbia. A memorial service will be conducted Wednesday at 3:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Matthew Brown officiating. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 2:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. The...

Olivia "Libby" McClain Benderman

Olivia "Libby" McClain Benderman

Dec 14, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Olivia (Libby) McClain Benderman, 90, retired public school teacher and resident of Mack Benderman Road, passed peacefully Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at home. A Maury County native, Libby was born on October 15, 1932, the daughter of Raymond McClain and Eloise York McClain in Mt. Joy Tennessee, where she went to elementary school and attended the Cumberland...

Melvin Glenn Hunt

Melvin Glenn Hunt

Dec 14, 2022

Melvin Glenn Hunt, 54, a resident of Columbia, Tennessee passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Everyone he knew, called him “Glenn.” Glenn was a man who could be easily described as fun, loving, and laid back, with a hippy spirit and a love of Rock and Roll. He lived a simple life and...

Mark Harold Lenninger

Mark Harold Lenninger

Dec 8, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Mark Harold Lenninger, 63, died Thursday, December 8, 2022. He was born March 6, 1959, in Orlando Florida, as Mark would say, B.D. or Before Disney. He was the second son of John J. Lenninger and Marceline W. Lenninger, both now deceased. He grew up in Orlando and spent three years as a child in Marathon in...

Fate Thomas Hanvy

Fate Thomas Hanvy

Dec 4, 2022

Fate Thomas Hanvy, 78, retired forklift operator for Samsonite, died Sunday, December 4, 2022 at his residence in Columbia. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 5:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend David Buffaloe officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. The family suggests...

Larry Wayne King

Larry Wayne King

Dec 4, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Larry Wayne King, 81, retired employee of Dairymen, Inc. and resident of Columbia, died Sunday, December 4, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American...

Ernestine Hughes Whitley

Ernestine Hughes Whitley

Dec 4, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Mrs. Ernestine Hughes Whitley, retired banker and widow of Ross A. Whitley, Jr., died Sunday, December 4, 2022 at her residence in Columbia surrounded by her family. Funeral services for Mrs. Whitley will be conducted Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 12:00 P.M. at Graymere Church of Christ with John Vaughan and Andrew Phillips officiating, Burial will follow...

Clara Wells

Clara Wells

Dec 3, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Clara Wells passed away Saturday, December 3, 2022 at her residence. She was born in Dayton, Tennessee but lived most of her life in Columbia. Many years ago Clara and Betty started Betty’s Parkway Restaurant, where she worked as a part-time day manager and server for 24 years before retiring. Clara was an avid fan of the...

Donald Mitchell Lee

Donald Mitchell Lee

Dec 1, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Donald Mitchell Lee, 75, resident of Columbia, died Thursday, December 1, 2022 at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Joe Macer and John Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors...

Allen Wayne McCord

Allen Wayne McCord

Dec 1, 2022

Allen Wayne McCord, 76, former owner and operator of Kings Transmission in Lawrenceburg, died Thursday, December 1, 2022 at Southern Tennessee Regional Health System. 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 June 8, 1946 in Maury County, he was the...

Mary Ellen Funk

Mary Ellen Funk

Nov 29, 2022

Mary Ellen Funk, 62, employee of Nissan, died Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at her residence in Savannah, Tennessee. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 12:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brandon Cochran officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 11:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Condolences may be extended online...

Charles Robert Odom

Charles Robert Odom

Nov 28, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Mr. Charles Robert Odom 84, of Columbia, died Monday November 28, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday December 1, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Anthony Atkisson, Tim Atkisson and Jordan Atkisson officiating. Burial will follow at Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends...

Steven Alan Burgett

Steven Alan Burgett

Nov 27, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Mr. Steven Alan “Steve” Burgett, 68, of Culleoka passed away unexpectedly Sunday, November 27, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Russell Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 12:00...

Travis Neal Ketchum

Travis Neal Ketchum

Nov 27, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Travis Neal Ketchum, 55, of Pensacola Florida, died Sunday November 27, 2022 in his home. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, December 2, at 7:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home, with Ronnie Johnson officiating. The family will visit with friends on Friday from 5:00 P.M. until time of the service at the Funeral Home. Born...

Polly Ann Trabue Halliday

Polly Ann Trabue Halliday

Nov 25, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Mrs. Polly Ann Trabue Halliday died on Friday, November 25, 2022. She was predeceased by her husband, Edwin Wilkinson Halliday and her parents Thomas Malone and Martha Billington Trabue. She is survived by her son, Edwin Wilkinson (Win) Halliday, Jr. (Sandy) and two grandchildren, Edwin Wilkinson (Wilks) Halliday, III, and Currey Pillow Halliday, and her brother, Thomas...

John Richard Drewry

John Richard Drewry

Nov 25, 2022

John Richard Drewry, 83, former antique dealer, died Friday, November 25, 2022 in Columbia, TN. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at Highland Cemetery in Greenfield, TN with Mike Holden officiating. He was born April 19, 1939 in Greenfield to Earl Drewry and Jessie Reynolds Drewry. He served in the United States Air Force and was a...

Patricia Sims McMullen

Patricia Sims McMullen

Nov 19, 2022

Patricia Sims McMullen, 80, homemaker and resident of Lewisburg, died Saturday, November 19, 2022 at NHC Lewisburg. Funeral services will be held Friday, November 25, 2022, at 1:30 P.M. at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Meridian, Mississippi. The family will visit with friends from 12:00 P.M. until service time at the church. Burial will follow in Mt. Gilead Baptist Church...

Sue Willie Aldridge Cleveland

Sue Willie Aldridge Cleveland

Nov 18, 2022

Sue Willie Aldridge Cleveland, 85, retired private sitter and resident of Columbia, died Friday, November 18, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. at the funeral...

Hilda Faye Grimes Hunnicutt

Hilda Faye Grimes Hunnicutt

Nov 17, 2022

Mrs. Hilda Faye Grimes Hunnicutt, 71, a resident of St. Petersburg, Florida and a former resident of Columbia, died Thursday November 17, 2022 at her residence. A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday, December 10th at 3:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. The family will visit with friends after 10:00 AM on Saturday at the funeral home....

Vernon Lee Inman

Vernon Lee Inman

Nov 14, 2022

View Funeral Webcast View Video Tribute Vernon Lee Inman, 81, died Monday, November 14, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow Lynnwood Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Friday from 4:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. The family suggests...