Obituaries

Gladys Marie Smith Olive

Gladys Marie Smith Olive

Jun 18, 2018

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast  Gladys Marie Smith Olive, 90, retired employee of General Electric and resident of Columbia, died Monday, June 18, 2018, at Brookdale Senior Living Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan and Jack Malone officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The...

Nora Guillermina Garza Stosberg

Nora Guillermina Garza Stosberg

Jun 17, 2018

Nora Guillermina Garza Stosberg, 83, retired employee of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, died Sunday, June 17, at her residence in Columbia.Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 P.M. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Bishop Robin Spencer officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends...

John Raymond Neal

John Raymond Neal

Jun 11, 2018

John R. Neal, entrepreneur, husband, brother, father, uncle, grandfather and dear friend to many passed June 11, 2018. John R. was born in Knoxville, Tennessee April 22, 1940 to the late Yvonne Lovely of Lake City, TN (grandparents John Ed and Ethel Lovely). John R. is survived by his wife, Catherine Clay Neal; his brother, David G. Neal (Iosifovna); the...

Nancy Gail Williams Hooks

Nancy Gail Williams Hooks

Jun 9, 2018

View Video Tribute Nancy Gail Williams Hooks, 71, retired employee of Publix Shirt Factory and former long-time resident of Figures Avenue, died Saturday, June 9, 2018 at her residence in Mt. Pleasant. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Terry Peery officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The...

Randal Lane Uzzell

Randal Lane Uzzell

Jun 7, 2018

Randal Lane "Corndog" "Cat Daddy" Uzzell, 51, employee of Ryder Corporation, died Thursday, June 7, 2018 at his residence on West Commerce in Lewisburg. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Phil Mash and Randy Fox officiating. Burial will follow in Baker Cemetery in Hickman County. The family will visit with...

Irene Martisek Bartusiak

Irene Martisek Bartusiak

Jun 7, 2018

Irene Martisek Bartusiak, 91, retired medical stenographer, died Thursday, June 7, 2018 at her residence at Creekside at Three Rivers Assisted Living in Murfreesboro.Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:00 P.M. at St. Catherine Catholic Church with Father Davis Chackaleckel officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Monday from 12:00 P.M. until...

Darrell Edward Whitehouse

Darrell Edward Whitehouse

Jun 7, 2018

Darrell Edward Whitehouse, 94, retired truck driver and resident of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018.Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 10:00 A.M. at Evergreen Funeral Home in Louisville, Kentucky. Entombment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 2:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Oakes & Nichols Funeral...

Wille Mae Boykin Murphy

Wille Mae Boykin Murphy

Jun 6, 2018

View Video Tribute Willie Mae Boykin Murphy, 87, retired self-employed bookkeeper and resident of The Bridge at Columbia, died Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at Maury Regional Medical Center.Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with William Murphy officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Thursday...

Glenn Autry Rose

Glenn Autry Rose

Jun 6, 2018

View Video Tribute Glenn Autry Rose, 81, born September 10, 1936 in Maury County to Luther A. and Florence Pollock Rose, left this world to his heavenly home on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at Magnolia Health Care. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend David Buffalo and Reverend Ezell Rose...

Debra Anne Lentz

Debra Anne Lentz

Jun 6, 2018

View Video Tribute Debra Anne Lentz, 62, resident of Huntingdon, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville. A graveside service will be held Saturday at 1:30 P.M. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Malvin Sanders officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral...

Rev Robert William Wells

Rev Robert William Wells

Jun 6, 2018

View Video Tribute Rev. Robert William Wells, 80, died Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at his residence on Maynard Lane. He passed peacefully in his sleep as his sweetheart was playing the piano and singing of heaven.Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:30 P.M. at Loyal Chapel Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Swango officiating. Burial will follow in...

Sylvia Ann Martin Auville

Sylvia Ann Martin Auville

Jun 6, 2018

View Video Tribute Sylvia Ann Martin Auville, 80, retired bookkeeper at Porter & Walker in Columbia, died Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at her residence on Mooresville Pike in the Culleoka Community. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 12:00 P.M. at Grace Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Rick Harvey and Pastor Tonya Marks officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship...

Edward "Eddie" Gray Beard Jr

Edward "Eddie" Gray Beard Jr

Jun 2, 2018

Edward "Eddie" Gray Beard, Jr., 60, former construction worker and resident of Columbia, died Saturday, June 2, 2018 at Maury Regional Medical Center. No service is scheduled at this time. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born October 28, 1957 in Maury County, he was the son of...

Mary Louise LaRue Dodson

Mary Louise LaRue Dodson

Jun 2, 2018

Mary Louise LaRue Dodson, 57, resident of Davidson County, died Saturday, June 2, 2018, at Alive Hospice in Nashville. A graveside service will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Davidson Cemetery. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Born August 9, 1960 in Nashville, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Coleman LaRue and...

Laura Belle Russell Brown

Laura Belle Russell Brown

May 31, 2018

Laura Belle Russell Brown, 81, resident of Fly Road in Santa Fe, died Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Life Care Center of Columbia.Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Mike Dawson officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 9:00 A.M. until...

Bonnie Katherine Horne Sims

Bonnie Katherine Horne Sims

May 24, 2018

View Video Tribute Bonnie Katherine Horne Sims, 88, born June 27, 1929 in Maury County, Tennessee, was the daughter of the late Carmel Horne and the late Bonnie Ostene Pinkleton Horne and member of Bethel Church of Christ. Mrs. Sims died Thursday, May 24, 2018 at NHC Scott in Lawrenceburg, and was a retired employee of Dr. Fuqua, Dr. Gardner,...

Robert Wesley Fox

Robert Wesley Fox

May 24, 2018

View Video Tribute Robert Wesley Fox, 76, retired employee of Union Carbide and resident of Bear Creek Pike, died Thursday, May 24, 2018 at NHC Maury Regional. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Randy Fox and John Waldrum officiating. Burial will follow in Jones Cemetery. The family will visit with...

Doris McMillan Shirley

Doris McMillan Shirley

May 22, 2018

Doris McMillan Shirley, 84, resident of Poplar Estates, died Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Maury Regional Medical Center. A graveside service will be conducted Monday at 11:00 A.M. at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Director are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born June 7, 1933 in Bibb County,...

Raymond Myron Saxe

Raymond Myron Saxe

May 21, 2018

Raymond Myron Saxe, 80, retired Allstate Insurance owner/agent in Rochester, New York, died Monday, May 21, 2018 at Life Care Center of Columbia. A memorial service will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 A.M. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with Father Chris Bowhay officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Inurnment will be at a later...

Jimmy Ray Quirk

Jimmy Ray Quirk

May 19, 2018

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast  Jimmy Ray Quirk, 56, retired Regional Sales Representative with Lyons Textile Restoration, died Saturday, May 19, 2018 after a courageous five-year battle with cancer, at his residence on Wilson Court. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 P.M. at South Gate Church of Christ with Sam Quirk and John Thomas officiating. Burial will...