Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
John "Marty" Bowling Jr.
May 17, 2017
John Martin “Marty” Bowling, Jr., age 48, resident of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Wednesday, May 17, at his residence. Marty was born December 9, 1968 in Bossier City, LA, the son of John Martin Bowling, Sr., and Ruby Delores Huckabay Bowling. Upon his graduation from High School, Marty joined the Army National Guard. He was currently working as a...
Lyle Talbott Worsham
May 13, 2017
Lyle Talbott Worsham, age 82, passed away peacefully at his residence on Saturday, May 13, 2017. Lyle was born May 6, 1935 in Gretna, VA, the son of the late Edwin Francis Worsham and Janie Talbott Worsham Doss. He was the husband of Ruby Brown Worsham for 64 years. Lyle retired from Monsanto Chemical Company. Upon retirement, Mr. Worsham became...
Wray Higgins Wright
May 11, 2017
Wray Higgins Wright, age 75, long time resident of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Thursday, May 11, at his residence. Wray was born June 5, 1941 in Maury County, the son of the late Clarence Thomas Wright and Nell Higgins Wright. On December 5, 1964, he married Sondra Spears Wright, and they enjoyed 52 years together. Wray was a dedicated...
Donna Kaye King
May 9, 2017
Donna Kaye King, age 51, of Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Donna was born on June 23, 1965 in Maury County, Tennessee to Seth Eugene Isabell, Sr. and Carolyn West Isabell. She married Bryan King on July 1, 1983 and their thirty-three year marriage was full of love, life and...
Thomas "Too-Too" E. Johnson
May 5, 2017
Thomas E. “Too-Too” Johnson, age 95, of Spring Hill, Tennessee passed away on Friday, May 05, 2017 at his residence. Thomas was born on October 21, 1921 to David J. and Beulah G. Cammuse Johnson in Maury County, Tennessee. He was married to Glenna Ann Davis Johnson since May 29, 1943 and was always a hard-working, great provider for his...
Anita M. Piper
May 5, 2017
Anita M. Piper, age 86, passed away May 5, 2017 at Keestone Assisted Living in Lawrenceburg, TN. Anita was born July 9, 1930 to the late Russell and Delphia Maynard in Pikeville, Kentucky. Anita had 65 years of marriage to William Piper before his passing in April of 2017. Anita was a loving woman who cared for her family dearly...
Steve Lee Thomas
May 4, 2017
Stephen “Steve” Lee Thomas, 64, of Lawrenceburg passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at NHC Healthcare of Lawrenceburg. Steve was born on September 9, 1952 to Stanton Thomas and the late Esther Hall Thomas in Columbia, TN. He is also retired from Union Carbide. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. In addition to his...
Jim Milan
May 2, 2017
Jim Milan, age 69, of Hohenwald, passed away at NHC Maury Regional on Tuesday, May 2, after a long illness. He was born on March 5, 1948 and was the son of the late Lee Roy Milan and the late Mary Breece Bastin. He began his education in a one-room school house at Macedonia Church in the West Fork Community....
Alexandria Pettus Quinn
May 2, 2017
Alexandria Pettus Quinn, age 72, resident of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at Life Care Center of Columbia. Alexandria was born November 24, 1944, in Columbia, the daughter of the late Clarence F. Alexander, Jr., and Marian Elizabeth McEwen Alexander. She was a graduate of Hay Long High School in Mt. Pleasant and Spartanburg Community College...
Audrey Christine Shaffer
Apr 29, 2017
Audrey Christine Shaffer age, 84, a resident of Ethridge, TN passed away in her home on April 29, 2017. Christine was born on January 3, 1933 in Lewis County, TN to the late Pauline Allen. Christine was a devoted mother and caretaker. Christine lovingly spent 21 years of her life taking care of her son, Little Charlie with around the...
Mary Louise Owens
Apr 27, 2017
Mary Louise Owens, age 61, of Columbia, passed away due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Thursday, April 27, 2017 in Columbia, Tennessee. Mary was born on January 18, 1956 in Columbia, to Stanley and Mary Frost Ferguson. She was a lover of nature and all things outdoors. She was a loving mother, daughter and grandmother and she...
Clarence Wayne Collier
Apr 27, 2017
Clarence Wayne Collier, 76, of Summerville, SC, died Thursday, April 27, 2017. Interment will be in Santa Fe Cemetery, Santa Fe, Tennessee at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 4, 2017 with military honors will be provided by the American Legion Herbert Griffin Post 19. The family will visit with friends on Thursday from 12:00 Noon until 1:00 p.m. at Williams...
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...
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