Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Vernon Lloyd Phelps
Apr 26, 2017
Vernon Lloyd Phelps, age 89, of Cromwell, CT passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Vernon was born on September 25, 1927, in Stafford Kansas, to the late Cora (Kent) Phelps and Alvin Phelps. At an early age Vernon began teaching in a one-room school house in Kansas. Vernon was a strong believer in education and...
Flora Fraley Mullins
Apr 26, 2017
Mrs. Flora Fraley Mullins, age 91, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, at Summit View Health Care in Rocky Top, TN. Flora was born November 1, 1925 in Decherd, TN, the daughter of the late Charley Fraley and Grace Marshall Fraley. She was the wife of the late Laten Mullins. Flora had worked as a bookkeeper for AT&T and she...
James Kenneth "Kenny" Jones
Apr 26, 2017
James Kenneth “Kenny” Jones, age 65, of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Kenny was born March 9, 1952 in Maury County, the son of the late James Lee Jones and Lucille Holcomb Jones. On October 2, 1970, he married Patricia Marlene Ervin Jones. Kenny was retired. He worked for Charles C. Parks and...
Robbie "Honey" Nell Hamby
Apr 25, 2017
Robbie “Honey” Nell Hamby, age 84, of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at her residence. Robbie was born on May 15, 1932 was born in Rogersville, Alabama to John H. Joiner and Georgia Gautney Joiner. She was married to James Dalton Hamby for over fifty years until they were separated by his death on September 12, 2004....
Manuel Thomas Johnson
Apr 24, 2017
Manuel Thomas Johnson, age 51, resident of Fairview, TN, passed away at his residence on Monday, April 24. Thomas was born March 16, 1966, in Jasper, AL, the son of the late Norman Edward Johnson and Mary Rose Dover Johnson. He was the husband of 19 years of Wendy Mader Johnson of Fairview. Thomas was a truck driver. He bled...
Russell "Booter" A. Thomason
Apr 22, 2017
Russell A. “Booter” Thomason, age 74, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away at his home on Saturday, April 22, 2017, after a long fight with illness. Booter was born on March 7, 1943, to Charlie and Willadean Marshall Thomason in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. On May 1, 1965, he married Patricia Pike and they were married for fifty-one years, raising and loving...
William "Bill" Ambrose
Apr 19, 2017
Mr. William B. “Bill” Ambrose, age 90, of Culleoka, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Bill was born February 11, 1927 in Maury County, the son of the late Willie and Lillie Staggs Ambrose. He was the husband of Edna Anderson Ambrose, who preceded him in death on July 13, 2016. Bill was a farmer...
William S. Piper
Apr 18, 2017
William S. Piper, age 90, of Lawrenceburg and formerly of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Keestone Assisted Living in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. William was born on May 19, 1926, in Carthage, Tennessee to Howard and Ada Williams Piper. He served honorably in the United States Navy during World War II. On August 31, 1951, William married the...
Ronald Lee Mitchell
Apr 17, 2017
Ronald Lee Mitchell, age 61, passed away on April 17, 2017, at Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tennessee. Ronald was born on June 2, 1955, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee to James Howard Mitchell, Sr. and Julia Ann Jenkins Mitchell. He served in the Army National Guard as a SP4, in Company C. He worked for a number of years at...
Betty "Joan" Brewer
Apr 15, 2017
Betty “Joan” Derryberry Brewer, age 83, of Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2017. Joan was born on February 25, 1934 in Beech, Tennessee to the late Elmo Derryberry and Mattie Ingram Derryberry. Joan was the 1952 Homecoming Queen at Hay Long High School and graduated as her classes’ valedictorian. Joan worked as the distribution manager in...
Ruby Mae Tosh
Apr 14, 2017
Ruby Mae Tosh, age 94, of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, April 14, 2017 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Ruby was born on September 17, 1922 in Pulaski, Tennessee to the late Lum and Lula Watkins. Ruby married Mr. Alton E. Tosh. She was a supervisor of the house keeping department for Holiday Inn. Ruby was of the Baptist...
Mary "Catherine" Bradley
Apr 14, 2017
Mary “Catherine” Bradley, age 85, of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, April 14, 2017 at NHC Columbia. Catherine was born on June 22, 1931 in Centerville, Tennessee to the late Earl David McCoy and Willie Cagle McCoy. She was married to the late James “Jim” Edward Bradley. Catherine loved sitting on her porch and piecing quilts together. She had...
Claudie Ervin
Apr 12, 2017
Claudie B. Ervin, age 91, of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, at NHC Cool Springs. Claudie was born December 8, 1925, in Ardmore, Alabama, the son of the late John Thomas Ervin and Floy Wales Ervin. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jewel Hazel Ervin. Claudie was a hard working family man. For many years Claudie...
Randall "Randy" Keith Ferguson
Apr 12, 2017
Randall “Randy” Keith Ferguson, 59, of Summertown passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at NHC Lawrenceburg. Randy was born on October 23, 1957 to the late Virgil Ferguson in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1994 he married his wife, Lori “Tucker” Ferguson. Randy loved anything to do with the outdoors, hunting, fishing, camping, and quarter horses. As his family says, “Nothing...
Randall Gene "Randy" Norman
Apr 12, 2017
Randall Gene “Randy” Norman, age 61, of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, at the home of his sister. Randy was born January 28, 1956, in Columbia, TN, the son of Ann Catherine Dial Norman and the late Gene Perry Norman. He had worked in the food and beverage industry. Randy loved the beach, and being outside in general...
Ronald Victor Bonczek
Apr 11, 2017
Ronald Victor Bonczek, age 78 of Ethridge, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Ronald was born on October 9, 1938 in Webster, Massachusetts to Victor and Teresa Comeau Bonczek. He was proud to have served his country honorably in the military and was a member of the American Legion for thirty-years. He...
Thomas "Tommy" Francis Rotchford
Apr 9, 2017
Thomas “Tommy” Francis Rotchford, age 54, passed away April 9, 2017, at his residence in Chapel Hill. Tommy was born December 23, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Edward Rotchford and the late Rose O’Malley Rotchford, and he was married to Desiree Mendoza Rotchford for nearly 30 years. Tommy was always ready to help others, and ready to...
Roger Gene Fox Sr.
Apr 9, 2017
Roger Gene Fox, Sr., age 70, of Culleoka, Tennessee, passed away at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care Center on Sunday, April 9, 2017. Roger was born on March 23, 1947 to the late Rufus Gilbert Fox and Lillian McGee Fox in Detroit, Michigan. Roger served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He retired from General Motors as...
Nadine Crowder Grose
Apr 9, 2017
Nadine Crowder Grose, age 86 passed away on April 9, 2017 in Houston, TX. Nadine was born Feb 17, 1931 to the late Robert E. Crowder, Sr. and Drucilla Gordon Crowder. She grew up in the Cedar Hill Community near Hampshire and graduated valedictorian from Hampshire School. She married Herman Grose and eventually settled in Houston, TX in 1956. She...
Mary Sue Perry Hall
Apr 8, 2017
Mary Sue (Perry) Hall, age 90, of Murfreesboro passed from this life on April 8, 2017. Mary Sue was born on May 20, 1926 and raised near Pensacola, Florida. She was the daughter of the late Walter Lamar Perry, Sr. and the late James Edna Williams Perry. In 1944, she met and married the late Robert E. Hall of Mt....
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