Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Elizabeth "Libba" Cook
Feb 28, 2019
Elizabeth “Libba” Gantt Cook of Columbia passed away at the age of 60 on February 28, 2019 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Libba was born on June 25, 1958 to the late Maxwell and Nell Boddie Gantt. She received a Masters Degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was an undergraduate from Auburn University. She was a member...
Irving Dorning Jr.
Feb 27, 2019
Irving Dorning, Jr., 88 of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee passed away on February 27, 2019 at Southern Tennessee Regional Hospital. Irving was born on August 10, 1930 to the late R. I. Dorning and Clarice Steelman Dorning. He served his country in the United States Army and was honored with the Army of Occupation Medal, National Defense Service Metal, and Good Conduct...
William Wesley Henson
Feb 27, 2019
William Wesley Henson, age 72, of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, at Mt. Pleasant Health and Rehab. William was born July 10, 1947 in Mt. Pleasant, the son of the late William R. Henson and Omega L. Sharp Henson. He retired from the housekeeping department of Maury Regional Medical Center. A graveside service for William will be conducted...
Dr. Charlotte Ann Neeley
Feb 22, 2019
Dr. Charlotte “Ann” Neeley, 78, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on February 22, 2019 at Life Care of Columbia. Ann was born on February 29, 1940 to the late William Howard Neeley and Ruth Elizabeth Murray Neeley. She lived on Washington Ave. in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee for over thirty years. She enjoyed learning and received many degrees: a Doctorate of...
Charles Steven Grooms
Feb 20, 2019
Charles Steven Grooms, 71, of Columbia, Tennessee passed away on February 20, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family. Steve was born on October 8, 1947 to the late James Amos Grooms and Jewell Norman Grooms. He was a veteran of the Vietnam war having served in the Army. He enjoyed socializing and gathering with his many friends. There...
Billie Dee Myers
Feb 20, 2019
Mrs. Billie Dee Myers, age 82, of Louisiana, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, at NHC Oakwood, in Lewisburg, Tennessee. Billie was born on July 3, 1936, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to William A. and Mary Beadreaux Cranford. Billie was married to Harold Myers, who precedes her in death. Billie was a homemaker, wife and mother, who had a...
Charles W. Allen
Feb 19, 2019
Charles W. Allen, 67, of Columbia, Tennessee passed away on February 19, 2019 at Sumner Regional Medical Center. Charles was born on December 18, 1951 in Wyandotte, Michigan to Lonnie Allen and Jessie Irene Martin Freels. He was an excellent storyteller and a practical joker who loved to play pranks on people. He was a very talented artist and often...
Mary Martha Vassar
Feb 19, 2019
Mary Martha Roberson Vassar, 95, of Columbia, Tennessee formerly of Huntsville, Alabama, passed away peacefully on February 19, 2019 at NHC Maury Regional surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Decherd, Tennessee to W. H. and Lizzy Belle Jones Roberson. Mary Martha was a devoted follower of Jesus and an active member of Lincoln Memorial/Heritage Baptist Church and...
Braswell Hairrell
Feb 18, 2019
Braswell (Bras) Hairrell, age 75, passed away February 18, 2019 after an extended illness. He was retired from TVA and served his country honorably in the U S Air Force. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Mary Hairrell, brothers Benton Hairrell and Mike Hairrell. He is survived by a daughter, Lea Ann Olive and granddaughter, Claudia...
Perry Pope Rogers
Feb 18, 2019
Perry Pope Rogers, age 89, of Columbia, passed away on Monday, February 18, 2019 at Maury Regional Medical Center, following an extended illness. Perry was born on April 2, 1929, in Pulaski, Tennessee, to Vilas Rogers and Maggie Lou Pope Rogers. He graduated from Elkton High School in 1948. On September 11, 1950, he joined the US Navy and served...
Faye Sargent
Feb 17, 2019
Iva Faye Mash Sargent, 80, of Columbia, Tennessee passed away on February 17, 2019 at her home. Faye was born on November 4, 1938 to Wilburn Mash and Lettie McCann Mash in Lewis County, Tennessee. She was the youngest of nine children. She graduated in 1957 from Lewis County High School. She married the love of her life on August...
Enzena Mcculley Mullins
Feb 17, 2019
Mrs. Enzena McCulley Mullins, age 94 of Sparta, passed away Sunday, February 17, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Mullins was born August 19, 1924 in Sparta, Tennessee to the late William & Eula Fay Farley McCulley. Mrs. Mullins was a supportive loving wife for 70 years, and a sweet caring mother and grandmother. As a child of the depression, Mrs....
Lynn Kaylor
Feb 16, 2019
Lynn Kaylor, age 80, of Spring Hill, passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at NHC Columbia. Lynn was born on July 3, 1938 in Columbus, Georgia, to James C. Smith and Genevera Brooks Rudasill. She was married to Ray Kaylor, who preceded her in death. She loved her family immensely. Lynn was of the Christian faith and worked as...
Terry L. Smith
Feb 16, 2019
Terry L. Smith of Leoma passed away unexpectedly at the age of 51 on February 16, 2019 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Terry was born on January 1,1968 to Robert “Bobby” Smith and Mary Sue Berry. He worked as a painter at Southern Craft Casket. He is survived by parents Bobby and Polly Smith; brothers Gary Smith, Jerry Parker, Larry Parker, and...
Jay Adrian Binkley
Feb 14, 2019
Jay Adrian Binkley, age 59, of Lewisburg, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2019 in Lewisburg. Jay was born on January 25, 1960, in Kokomo, Indiana, to Richard Coning and Dorthy (Tyner) Coning Binkley. He was proudly adopted by Max Binkley. Jay was proud to have served honorably in the United States Navy. On July 1, 1989, he married...
Jaclyn Gagnon
Feb 13, 2019
Jackee J. Gagnon, 79, passed away on February 13, 2019 at Maury Regional Transition Care, Columbia, Tennessee. Jackee was born on December 12, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois to Ferdinand Clarence Gagnon and Eleanor Helen Beluscheck. She was never married and had no children of her own but numerous people called her mom or grandma and loved her as their own...
Edward D. Motzny
Feb 13, 2019
Edward D. Motzny, (78) of Spring Hill, passed away peacefully on February 13 with loved ones by his side. Ed was born March 23, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, to Edward and Isabella (Maciaszek) Motzny. He served in the US Air Force from 1959-62. Ed worked in the restaurant supply industry and later helped his late son, Trevor, with the family's...
Charles "Steve" Foster
Feb 13, 2019
Charles “Steve” Foster, 63 of Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee passed away on February 13, 2019 at his residence. Steve was born on March 27, 1955 to Charles R. Foster and Frances Dean Foster. His hobbies were hunting and fishing. He liked anything to do with hunting and his favorite place to fish was Buffalo River that runs through property owned by...
Robert West Jr.
Feb 12, 2019
Robert West, Jr., 75 of Summertown, Tennessee passed away on February 12, 2019 at his residence. Robert was born on June 24, 1943 to Robert West, Sr. and Irene Ragsdale West. He was an avid fan of Tennessee football and Atlanta Braves baseball. He enjoyed watching Nascar racing on TV as often as possible. You could find him working in...
Vivian Copeland
Feb 10, 2019
Vivian Copeland of Spring Hill, Tennessee passed away at Maury Regional Medical Center on February 10, 2019 at the age of seventy. Vivian was born on February 29, 1948 to Charley Clark Sanders and Vivian Scott Sanders. She had a way with people and never forgot anyone she met, especially her customers at First Farmers where she worked for many...
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