Obituaries

Carl Henry Hendricks

Carl Henry Hendricks

Mar 22, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Mr. Carl Henry Hendricks, 81, resident of Columbia, died Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at Life Care of Columbia. A funeral mass will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church with Father Dan Reehil officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the time...

Jerry Patrick Foster

Jerry Patrick Foster

Mar 20, 2022

Jerry Patrick Foster, 46, a former longtime resident of Columbia, died Sunday, March 20, 2022 in Manchester where he had made his home for almost two years. A Celebration of Life for Jerry will be conducted Friday, March 25th at 10:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Joel Capizzi officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The...

Starling Pressnell Davis

Starling Pressnell Davis

Mar 18, 2022

Mrs. Starling Pressnell Davis, 98, longtime resident of Columbia, died Friday, March 18, 2022 in Nashville where she had made her home the last several years. A graveside service for Mrs. Davis will be conducted Friday, March 25th at 3:00 p.m. at St. John’s Churchyard in Columbia with The Reverend Chris Bowhay officiating. The family will visit with friends Friday...

Jerry Wiley

Jerry Wiley

Mar 17, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Mr. Jerry Wiley, 80, life-long resident of Maury County, died Thursday, March 17, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Wiley will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. William Robert Wiley officiating. Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery. The family will visit with...

Adrian Terrell Johnson

Adrian Terrell Johnson

Mar 17, 2022

Mr. Adrian Terrell “Ajax or Jack” Johnson, 76, a resident of Bigbyville Road, died Thursday, March 17, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Johnson will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Casey Derryberry officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Monday from...

Delores "Dee" Andrews

Delores "Dee" Andrews

Mar 16, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Delores “Dee” Andrews, 80, retired personal assistant for Warren Cason at Holland & Knight Attorneys in Tampa, Florida and resident of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at NHC Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Kelley Harris officiating. Burial will follow...

Brian William Ford

Brian William Ford

Mar 12, 2022

Mr. Brian William Ford, 58, a resident of Columbia, died March 12, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. A graveside service for Mr. Ford will be conducted Monday, March 21st at 1:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery at Pegram with Pastor Steven Morgan officiating. Military honors will be provided by the United States Navy. Condolences may be extended...

Rusty Baker

Rusty Baker

Mar 10, 2022

Leonard Wayne “Rusty” Baker Mr. Leonard Wayne “Rusty” Baker, 68, a resident of Columbia, died Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Baker will be conducted Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Joe Westmoreland officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit friends Thursday from...

Judy Kay Liggett

Judy Kay Liggett

Mar 10, 2022

Miss Judy Kay Liggett, 79, resident of Columbia, died Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Miss Liggett will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brad Brandon officiating. Burial will follow in Bethlehem Cemetery. The family will visit friends Tuesday from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the...

Ronald Bruce "Doe" Luna

Ronald Bruce "Doe" Luna

Mar 10, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Mr. Ronald “Doe” Luna, 71, former resident of the Campbell Station community in Culleoka, died Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Luna will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Danny Hanson, Christian Cahill and Lori Bell officiating. Burial will follow...

Kathrine Kay Anderson Baxter

Kathrine Kay Anderson Baxter

Mar 10, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Kathrine Kay Anderson Baxter born January 19, 1939 to John and Mary Kathleen Pogue Anderson passed away at Maury Regional Medical Center Thursday, March 10, 2022. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:30 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Randy Baxter officiating. Burial will follow in Baxter Cemetery. The family will...

Lawman Frank Palmer, Jr.

Lawman Frank Palmer, Jr.

Mar 6, 2022

Mr. Lawman Frank Palmer, Jr., 85, resident of Columbia, died Sunday, March 6, 2022 at his residence. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born on April 11, 1936 in Atlanta, Georgia he was the son of the late Lawman Frank Palmer, Sr. and the late Virginia Browning Palmer. Mr. Palmer was a retired art professor from the University of...

Anthony "Tony" Boyd Endsley

Anthony "Tony" Boyd Endsley

Mar 5, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Mr. Tony Endsley, 65, resident of Columbia, died Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Williamson Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Endsley will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Randy Kersey and Joel Love officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00...

James Kenneth Cherry

James Kenneth Cherry

Mar 3, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Mr. James Kenneth Cherry, 91, long time resident of Columbia, died Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Williamson Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Cherry will be conducted Tuesday, March 8th at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. with Lonnie Roberts, Michael Davis, and Mike Kesler officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial...

Paul Howard Thrasher

Paul Howard Thrasher

Mar 2, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Paul Howard Thrasher, retired employee of Columbia Power and Water System, widower of Peggy Ann Mobley Thrasher, and long-time resident of Columbia, died Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Isaac Bourne officiating. Entombment will follow...

The Reverend Thomas Stuart Wilson

The Reverend Thomas Stuart Wilson

Feb 28, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast The Reverend Thomas Stuart Wilson, 80, Rector Emeritus of St. Peter's Columbia, TN, priest in the Episcopal Church, died Monday, February 28, 2022, at Williamson Medical Center surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 5th, 2022, at 2 pm at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with The Right Reverend John Bauerschmidt...

Leslie Dale Holcomb

Leslie Dale Holcomb

Feb 27, 2022

Leslie Dale Holcomb, 78, retired accountant for Ceramic Tile in Nashville, and resident of Columbia, died Sunday, February 27, 2022 at NHC Columbia. A graveside service will be conducted Friday at 10:30 A.M. at Rose Hill Cemetery with Reverend Jeff Kane officiating. Military honors will be provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19. The family will visit with friends...

Carolyn Biffle Dodson

Carolyn Biffle Dodson

Feb 25, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Carolyn Biffle Dodson, 84, retired secretary for Occidental Petroleum, died Friday, February 25, 2022 at her residence in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Russ Adcock officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 4:00 P.M. -7:00 P.M....

Dorothy Nelson Ladd

Dorothy Nelson Ladd

Feb 24, 2022

Dorothy Elizabeth Nelson Ladd, 78, former employee of Holiday Inn and resident of Columbia, died Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Maury Regional Medical Center. A graveside service was held Monday, February 28, 2022, at Santa Fe Cemetery with Kenneth Lovett officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors assisted the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born...

Peggy Wilson Jones

Peggy Wilson Jones

Feb 24, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Mrs. Peggy Wilson Jones, 88, homemaker and resident of Columbia, died Thursday, February 24, 2022 at NHC Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, March 1st at 2:00 p.m. at South Gate Church of Christ with John Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Monday from...