Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Marie Baxter Senterfeit
Jan 30, 2017
Marie Baxter Senterfeit, age 71, of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee passed away on Monday, January 30, 2017 at Southern Tennessee Regional Health System in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Marie was born on December 15, 1945 in Pulaski, Tennessee to John Baxter and Mary Reta Brewer Baxter. She retired as the manager of the Dollar General Store in Pulaski, Tennessee. Marie leaves behind her children:...
Mary "Louise" Overstreet
Jan 29, 2017
Mary Louise Overstreet, age 91, of Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Mt. Pleasant Health and Rehab, while surrounded by her loving family. Louise was born on July 23, 1925 in Lynnville, Tennessee to James Wilson Angus and Mary Elizabeth Grant Angus. She was married to Rufus Wiley Overstreet...
John Michael Cole
Jan 26, 2017
Mr. John Michael Cole, age 50 of Williamsport, TN went to be with his Lord on Thursday, January 26, 2017. He was born to John William and Doris Marie Cole on July 15, 1966. He was taught by his father at an early age to be an electric motor winder and become the best in the business. He was employed...
Dorothy "Dot" Devara Martin
Jan 26, 2017
Dorothy “Dot” DeVara Martin, age 87, of Columbia, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2017, at NHC Columbia. Dot was born October 17, 1929, in Columbia, the daughter of the Lexie Keith Martin and Lula Moore Martin. Dot was the Salutatorian of the 1947 graduating class of Central High School. She had worked in the bookkeeping department of Nora Mills...
Dorothy Dean Tucker
Jan 25, 2017
Dorothy Dean Tucker was born in Maury County on March 30, 1927 to Silas Calvin Green and Rosa Evelyn (Sneed) Green. She passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Dot was the youngest of seven children, Leslie, Rabun, Irene, Willamette, Ruby, and Alton. Dot was first married to Tommie Lee Nichols in 1944. They had two sons, Tommy Santon Nichols...
Alfred Ray Runions
Jan 22, 2017
Alfred “Ray” Runions, 65, of Mount Pleasant passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Ray was born on February 27, 1951 to the late Walter Runions and Alberta Burlison Runions in Maury County. Ray has spent the last 42 years married to his wonderful wife, Stella McNabb Runions. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather,...
Dalton G Burks
Jan 21, 2017
Dalton G Burks passed on to be with our Lord on January 21, 2017 at the Age of 79 in Columbia, Tennessee. He was born in Dallas, Texas the Son of Eddy E Burks and Mary E Wilmoth Burks Giesecke of Dallas, Texas. He was preceded in death by his Father, Mother, Stepfather, Ralph Giesecke, and the Mothers of his...
Nathan Kyle Miller
Jan 19, 2017
Nathan Kyle Miller, age 22, of Mount Pleasant passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at his residence. He attended Columbia Central High School and got his GED before graduation in 2013. Nathan was born on November 12, 1994 in Springfield, Ohio to Kevin Miller and Shannon Haripal. Nathan worked with wood at Ferche Mill Work in Mount Pleasant. Watching...
Irene Dupont Niemiec
Jan 19, 2017
Irene Dupont Niemiec, age 92, of Linden, Tennessee and formerly of Massachusetts, passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Perry Community Hospital in Linden, Tennessee. Irene was born on July 18, 1924 in Taunton, Massachusetts to Joseph and Rose Faria Dupont. On May 28, 1949 she married the love of her life, Alphonse Niemiec and they spent twenty-eight years...
Rosie Edith Masters
Jan 18, 2017
Rosie Edith Masters, age 94 of Mt. Pleasant, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. Edith was born December 17, 1922 in Celina, Tennessee to John and Alma Daniels Dulworth. She married James Masters on December 31, 1973. She was a lifelong restaurateur who owned and operated Edith’s Café, Frosty Whip, and Edith’s Black Angus until...
Harold Edward Grooms
Jan 16, 2017
Mr. Harold Edward Grooms, age 85, of the Zion community, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2017 at Mt. Pleasant Health and Rehab. Harold was born on May 31, 1931 in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee to Bill and Grace McCollum Grooms. He worked as a heavy equipment operator and farmer. He really enjoyed gardening and going down town to talk to...
Clara Mae Harvey
Jan 15, 2017
Clara Mae Harvey, 79, of Columbia passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Clara was born on June 10, 1937 to the late Oddie Rummage and Lula Chumley Rummage in Maury County. She was married to the late Johnny Harvey. Clara was a member of the Church of Christ. Her family describes her as...
Randall Ricker
Jan 14, 2017
Mr. Randall A. Ricker, age 65, passed away at Maury Regional Medical Center on Saturday, January 14, 2017. Randall was born on October 20, 1951 and had been a resident at Signature Healthcare for an extended period of time prior to his hospitalization. Mr. Ricker will be inurned at Polk Memorial Gardens. Williams Funeral Home is in charge of the...
Debbie Gibson
Jan 13, 2017
Debbie Thomason Gibson, 58, passed away following an extended illness on Friday, January 13, 2017, at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care Center in Columbia. Debbie was born in Columbia, TN, and pursued a nursing career for forty years. She is survived by her sons Justin Mack McKennon and Jerry Matthew Gibson. Debbie is also survived by her mother Jean Thomason...
Richard "Dick" Edman
Jan 13, 2017
Richard Edman, 72, of Mount Juliet, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017 at his residence. Richard was born on June 17, 1944 to Nova Thompson Edman and to the late Robert Edman in Mount Vernon, OH. He has shared the last 45 years with his wife, Janis Lynne Edman. The love he had for his family and his dogs,...
Rupert "Bill" Lawrence Carter
Jan 11, 2017
Rupert “Bill” Lawrence Carter, age 78, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at NHC Maury Regional in Columbia. Bill was born on January 21, 1938 in Waverly, Tennessee to Paul Carter and Susie Winters Carter. He and Joyce Carter joined their lives in marriage on July 28, 1977 and built a good and loving life together. He was a...
M.H. "Cotton" Massey
Jan 11, 2017
M.H. “Cotton” Massey, age 81, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at his residence. Cotton was born August 13, 1935 in Maury County, the son of the late Marshall H. Massey, Sr., and Lillie Mae Holt Massey. On May 3, 1953, he married Mary Evelyn Staggs Massey, who preceded him in death on March 24, 2011....
Kenneth Howard Jarvis
Jan 10, 2017
Kenneth Howard Jarvis, 85, of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Kenneth served in the Marine Corps and was a salesman for Mennen Company. He was active on Facebook, where he liked to discuss numerous topics with his friends and family. Mr. Jarvis is survived by his wife, Joye Jarvis of Columbia; Daughter,...
Mary E. Brydson
Jan 10, 2017
Mary E. Brydson, age 91, of Williamsport, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at Maury Regional Medical Center. Mary was born September 11, 1925 in North Hollywood, California, the daughter of the late John Lormans and Josephine Busch Lormans. She was the wife of the late William Brydson, who preceded her in death on December 25, 2009. Mary was...
Mary Juanita Thomason
Jan 8, 2017
Mary Juanita “Neet” Holt Boshers Thomason was born in Maury County, TN, on November 8, 1924 and died January 8, 2017 at the home of her son, Randy Thomason in Decatur, AL. She was born to Jim and Susie B. Dale Holt and lived in Mt. Pleasant, TN, 84 years. She married her first husband Calvin Lewis Boshers on December...
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