Obituaries

Jan Elizabeth Babb Tate

Jan Elizabeth Babb Tate

Apr 2, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Jan Elizabeth Babb Tate, 70, resident of Maury County, died Thursday at NHC Columbia. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in accordance with Governor Bill Lee’s Executive Order No. 22, a private service will be held at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Greg Daimwood and Barry Babb officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Mount Cemetery. A...

Nell Gary Thompson Fitzgerald

Nell Gary Thompson Fitzgerald

Apr 2, 2020

Nell Gary Thompson Fitzgerald, 101, resident of Murfreesboro, died Thursday April 2, 2020 at her residence. A private family graveside service for Mrs. Fitzgerald will be held at Polk Memorial Gardens. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born January 24, 1919, she was the daughter of the late...

Betty Lou Ring Rubert

Betty Lou Ring Rubert

Mar 29, 2020

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Betty Lou Ring Rubert, 84, wife of William T. Rubert and resident of Maury County, died Sunday at NHC Lewisburg. A private family graveside service for Mrs. Rubert will be conducted at Hardison Cemetery on Rock Springs Road. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are...

Donald Henry Stockton

Donald Henry Stockton

Mar 28, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Donald Henry Stockton, age 77, passed away peacefully at home on March 28, 2020, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born June 10, 1942 in Washington County, he was the son of the late Fred and Belle Stockton. Don grew up in East Tennessee and was a graduate of Washington College Academy...

Clifford Tomblin

Clifford Tomblin

Mar 26, 2020

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Clifford Tomblin, 67, resident of Miller Street in Nashville, died Thursday, March 26, 2020 at St. Thomas Midtown. A private graveside service will held be held Saturday at Sheboss Cemetery. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born October 6, 1952 in...

Ronnie Dean Lunn

Ronnie Dean Lunn

Mar 20, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Ronnie Dean Lunn, 76, resident of Lynnville, died Friday at his residence. A private graveside service for Mr. Lunn will be held in Kinnard Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born February 20, 1944...

Josephine Anna Mary Minola

Josephine Anna Mary Minola

Mar 19, 2020

Josephine Anna Mary Minola, 66, resident of Maury County, died Thursday, March 19, 2020 at her residence. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Born September 12, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, she was the daughter of the late Giovanni Minola and the late Mary Sapelli Minola. On July...

James Reid Burgett

James Reid Burgett

Mar 19, 2020

James Reid Burgett, 77, retired employee of Stauffer Chemical Company, farmer, and resident of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday at Maury Regional Medical Center. A private family graveside service will be held at Polk Memorial Gardens. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born April 27, 1942 in Maury County,...

Mary Catherine Walker Sullivan

Mary Catherine Walker Sullivan

Mar 19, 2020

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Mary Catherine Walker Sullivan, 91, resident of Sharon Circle, died Thursday March 19, 2020 at her residence. A memorial service for Mrs. Sullivan will be conducted Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. at Northside Baptist Church. A private family graveside service for Mrs. Sullivan was held Sunday, March 22, 2020 at Sparkman Cemetery...

Bettye J. Hamby

Bettye J. Hamby

Mar 18, 2020

Bettye J. Hamby 87, of Memphis, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Galloway Health and Rehab in Galloway, Tennessee. She was born June 19, 1932 in Memphis to Nolan and Willie Johnson. Surviving is her son, Mike (Denise) Hamby of Memphis and her daughter, Beth Hamby Jones of Collierville, TN; 5 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; her brother Clifford...

Bessie Elaine Cothron Chunn Hood

Bessie Elaine Cothron Chunn Hood

Mar 15, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Elaine Cothron Chunn Hood, resident of Royal Oaks Drive, died Sunday at Brookdale Assisted Living. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Friday from 12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy...

Sarah Collins Rieves Duncan

Sarah Collins Rieves Duncan

Mar 15, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Sarah Collins Rieves Duncan, 94, lifelong resident of Columbia, died Sunday at NHC Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Jeremy Butt, Mike Kesler, and Randy Owens officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 12:00 P.M. – 2:00...

Janice Marie Clark Brown

Janice Marie Clark Brown

Mar 15, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Janice Marie Clark Brown, 77, retired LPN for Bel-Air Nursing Home and resident of Lawrenceburg, died peacefully Sunday at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor Derek Hunter officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Thursday...

Alice Clark Bolton

Alice Clark Bolton

Mar 14, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Alice Clark Bolton, 67, wife of Benny Bolton and former employee of Maury Regional Medical Center, died Saturday, March 14, 2020 at her residence on Hopewell Road. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 12:00 P.M. at South Gate Church of Christ with Joe Macer, Brian Gregory, and Nate Wells officiating. Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery....

Juanita Fitzgerald Paul

Juanita Fitzgerald Paul

Mar 10, 2020

Juanita Fitzgerald Paul, 86, homemaker and resident of Westover Drive, died Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at Maury Regional Medical Center. A graveside service will be conducted Thursday at 12:00 P.M. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Reverend Ron Paul officiating. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 4:00 P.M – 8:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Condolences may...

Shirley Anne Thompson Napier

Shirley Anne Thompson Napier

Mar 8, 2020

Mrs. Shirley Napier, former Clerk and Master of Maury County passed away on March 8th, 2020. Mrs. Napier was 87 years of age and had recently celebrated her birthday. She was at her home, surrounded by her adoring family when she passed into eternity. She was a member of Graymere Church of Christ. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m....

Susan Dugger Cothron

Susan Dugger Cothron

Mar 6, 2020

Susan Dugger Cothron, 79, of Columbia, TN passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family on March 6, 2020 at NHC of Columbia. The daughter of Paul E. Dugger, Sr. and Willie Cathey Dugger, Susan was born February 6, 1941 in Chicago, IL. She grew up in Maury County and was a graduate of the Class of 1959 at Columbia...

Mildred Scott Ragsdale

Mildred Scott Ragsdale

Feb 29, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Mildred Scott Ragsdale, 86, former employee of Richland Inn and Durango Boots, died Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Mike Redding officiating. Burial will follow in Baker Cemetery in Hickman County. The family will visit with friends Tuesday...

Jackie Lee "Jack" White

Jackie Lee "Jack" White

Feb 29, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Jack White, 96, passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020 after a brief illness. The son of Robert Taylor and Hattie Mitchell White, his forebears were early settlers of Maury County, of which he was a much beloved, lifelong resident. He was raised on two family homeplaces, one at Park Station and the other at Scribner’s Mill. Because...

Margaret Glover Minatra

Margaret Glover Minatra

Feb 27, 2020

Margaret Glover Minatra, aged 96, former long-time resident of Columbia, died Thursday, February 27, 2020 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Mrs. Minatra and her husband James moved to Jefferson City in 2005 to be near their children, but continued to call Columbia home and Riverside United Methodist Church their church. Mr. Minatra died in 2009 and Mrs. Minatra moved to Johnson...