Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Nancy Marie Coirier
Jul 13, 2017
Mrs. Nancy Marie Coirier, age 81, of Columbia, passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care Center. Nancy was born on July 13, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois to Christopher Lexau and Hjordis Knapp Lexau. She was married to her beloved husband, Robert Coirier for sixty-five years. Nancy was well-recognized world-wide for painting miniatures. She was...
Joe D. Brooks Iii
Jul 10, 2017
Joe D. “Duck River Joe” Brooks, III, age 57, of Unionville, passed away on Monday, July 10, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital, in Murfreesboro. Joe was born on December 28, 1959, in Columbia, the son of Joe D. Brooks, Jr., and April Capps Brooks. Joe graduated from Columbia Central High School in 1978 and received a Bachelor of Science Degree...
Paul Taylor Holtsford, Sr.
Jul 9, 2017
Paul Taylor Holtsford, Sr., age 86, of Antioch, Tennessee and formerly of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2016 at Alive Hospice in Nashville. Paul was born on February 5, 1931 in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee to Laurel Holtsford and Ruth Benderman Holtsford. He graduated from Hay Long High School after playing quarterback for the football team there. In...
John Edwin Mcentyre
Jul 8, 2017
John Edwin McEntyre, age 88 passed away on July 8, 2017 at Maury Regional Medical Center. John was born on April 5, 1929 to the late John O. and Ruby Lolis McEntyre in Anniston, Alabama. He retired from Monsanto as a maintenance supervisor. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. The family will have a private...
Ada Ellise Pike
Jul 7, 2017
Ada Ellise Pike, age 89, passed away on Friday, July 7, 2017 at Life Care Center. Ada was born on May 3, 1928 to Albert and Ellise Kelly Boyd in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. Ada was a dietician at Maury Regional Hospital. She was a member of Mt. Joy Church of Christ. She was a sweet and kind person who loved...
Michael E. Blevins
Jul 6, 2017
Michael Erin Blevins, age 29, resident of Columbia, passed away on Thursday, July 6, at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville. Michael was born November 20, 1987, in San Bernardino. California, the son of Melanie Waddell Valera of Columbia and Richard Blevins, Jr. He was employed as a printer in the textile industry. Michael was a member of First Baptist...
Douglas Glen Pippin
Jul 6, 2017
Douglas Glen Pippin, age 70, passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2017. No services are scheduled at this time.
Paul Leslie Bedford
Jul 5, 2017
Paul Leslie “Les” Bedford, age 71, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Maury Regional Medical Center, with family by his side. Les was born January 19, 1946, in Nashville, TN. He is preceded in death by his parents, Paul Dorris Bedford and Martha Fortner Rosenberg and Margaret “Peggy” Steele Dilks, the mother of his three daughters. He was...
Josephine V. Rios
Jul 2, 2017
Josephine V. Rios, age 64 passed away on Sunday, July 2, 2017 at Maury Regional Medical Center. The family will visit with friends on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at Williams Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Williams Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.williamsfh.com .
Betty Drane Johnson
Jul 1, 2017
Betty Drane Johnson, 93, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2017. She was a resident of Mt. Pleasant for 80 years. Betty was a loving wife, mother and Nana. She was the matriarch of her family. She was a world traveler. She held the title of “Queen Bee” in the 64th Naval Sea Bees. Betty was a member of First Baptist...
Neva Joyce Denton
Jun 30, 2017
Neva Joyce Belew Denton, age 84 a resident of Columbia, TN, passed away at her home on June 30, 2017. Neva was born on May 31, 1933 in Florence, Alabama to the late Andrew Goodman and Myrtle Howell Goodman. Neva retired after being the longtime manager of both the Santa Fe School Cafeteria and the Lauderdale County School Cafeteria. She...
Erma Aldine Edsall
Jun 28, 2017
Erma Aldine Edsall, age 106, resident of Poplar Estates, passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, July 1, a 3:00 P.M. in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Darryl Martin officiating. Erma was born June 7, 1911, in Picton, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of the late Everett Clayton Scott and...
Sara Herbert Jewell
Jun 28, 2017
Sara Herbert Jewell of Columbia passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at her residence. Born on September 12, 1927, Mrs. Jewell was the daughter of the late George O. Herbert, Sr. and Gladys Holt Herbert of Brentwood. She was also preceded in death by her husband of over 60 years, Richard E. Jewell, Sr.; Brothers, John T. Herbert, R.N....
Darryl Wade Clanton
Jun 27, 2017
Darryl “Wade” Clanton, age 51, resident of Ethridge, passed away on June June 27, 2017. Wade was born July 28, 1965 in Lawrence Co., the son of Estelle Norman Clanton and the late Jerry Clanton. On November 18, 2012, he married Marie Sanders Clanton. He worked in the construction industry. Survivors include his wife, Marie, of Summertown; mother, Estelle Clanton;...
John W. Johnson Sr.
Jun 25, 2017
John W. Johnson, Sr., age 84, of Columbia, passed away on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at his residence. John was born on December 11, 1932 in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee to Harrison and Verna B. Johnson. He was married to Ida Mae Pierce Johnson for over 50 years until her passing away on June 15, 2008. John was a hard-working man...
Joe Carl Brown
Jun 24, 2017
Joe Carl Brown, age 62, of Columbia, passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at his residence. Joe was born on December 19, 1954 in Columbia, Tennessee to the late Bill Brown and the late Martha Howell Brown. He was married to the love of his life Edie Harville Brown. He was a good man who was always kind, loving...
Billy Joe "Bud" Smith
Jun 24, 2017
Billy Joe “Bud” Smith, age 74, of Columbia, passed away on June 24, 2017 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Billy Joe was born on February 12, 1943 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee to Hulett Reab Smith and Mary Frances Lutts Smith. On June 7, 1962 Billy Joe married the love of his life, Sandra Carolyn Elam and the two built a beautiful...
Margaret Edythe Watson
Jun 21, 2017
Margaret Edythe Watson, age 78, of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Margaret was born on December 10, 1938 in Alabama to Benjamin D. Smith and Ella Lassiter Smith. On December 27, 1954 she married the love of her life, Edgar Earl Watson and together they raised a family and served the Lord....
Marjorie Brown Kennedy
Jun 21, 2017
Marjorie Brown Kennedy, age 95, of Nashville and formerly of Maury County, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Bethany Health and Rehab in Nashville. Marjorie was born on November 20, 1921 in Columbia, Tennessee to George Brown and Bola Gilliam Brown. She was the widow of Jack S. Kennedy. She was educated in Maury County, being a 1940...
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