Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Jimmy Lawrence Hobby
Oct 22, 2016
Jimmy Lawrence Hobby, age 68, of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on October 22, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Jimmy was born on August 16, 1948 in Lewisburg, Tennessee to Odell and Sarah Cozart Hobby. He was a supervisor at J. R. Moon Pencil Company for over thirty years. He is survived by his brothers: Floyd, Cordell, Charles and Odell...
Daniel F. Killen
Oct 21, 2016
Daniel F. Killen, age 46, of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee passed away on Friday, October 21, 2016. Daniel was born on April 7, 1970 in Lawrence County, Tennessee to Betty Yelverton. He worked as a truck driver. Mr. Killen is survived by two children: Daryan (Kyle) Johnson and Ty (Wenter) Killen; two grandchildren: Aunna and Gage Killen; 2 sisters: Deanna Cole and...
Diana Boshers
Oct 21, 2016
Diana Jean Boshers, age 60, of Hampshire, passed away due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident, while traveling to Florida. Diana was born on July 2, 1956 in Dearborn Heights, Michigan to Harry Mason Roberts and Annie Belle Grissom Roberts Burns. She married Ronnie Boshers on July 28, 1972 and they began a wonderful family together. She was very...
James Lelan Carroll
Oct 20, 2016
James Lelan Carroll age 78, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at his residence in Columbia. James was born on December 1, 1938 in Little Rock, Arkansas to the late James R. Carroll and Mary Etta King Carroll. He always put his kids first. One of his many hobbies was that he loved to gamble and go to Vegas...
Rowena J. Bates
Oct 19, 2016
Rowena J. Bates, age 95, died October 19, 2016, in Columbia, Tennessee after many years of living with the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease. Her love of Vermont, her home, family and friends, and her late husband, Guy W. Bates, were always with her. Even on her worst days, the photo of Guy in his WWII Navy uniform brought a smile...
James Robert Black, Sr.
Oct 17, 2016
Mr. James Robert Black, Sr., age 65, of Ethridge, Tennessee, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2016 at his residence. James was born on September 27, 1951 to Thomas and Georgia Conner Black. He was a millwright in the lumber industry. He was a good hearted outdoorsman, and was known as a small talkin’ hero. He is survived by his...
John "Johnny" Neil Helton, Jr.
Oct 15, 2016
John “Johnny” Neil Helton Jr., age 48 of Mount Pleasant, passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Johnny was born on March 10, 1968 to John Neil Helton Sr. and Judy Ingram Helton in Columbia, Tennessee. He was a great husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, and uncle. Johnny never met a stranger and any child...
Betty Gower Countiss
Oct 11, 2016
Betty Gower Countiss, age 84 of Columbia, Tennessee went to be with her Lord October 11, 2016. Betty was born August 4, 1932 in Town Creek, Alabama to Lorenza and Minnie Young Gower. On April 12, 1952 she married Joseph Countiss, Sr., and the two were married 49 years until he passed away in 2001. Betty was very strong in...
Joyce Faye Kelley
Oct 10, 2016
Joyce Faye Kelley, age 60 of Mt. Pleasant, passed away October 10, 2016 at her residence. Joyce was born January 14, 1956 in Columbia, Tennessee to Harvey Powell and Mary Pearl Dickey Moore. She was affectionately known as “Mama Joyce” to her family because she always found ways to take care of others. She enjoyed going to as many yard...
Opal Dean Anderson
Oct 9, 2016
Opal Dean Anderson, age 87 of Columbia, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at Life Care Center. Opal was born August 14, 1929, in Courtland, Alabama to the late Porter and Sellie Terry Smith. Opal loved her family, and above all she loved the Lord. She was not ashamed of the Gospel, and “she did...
Elaine E. Moncrief
Oct 8, 2016
Mrs. Elaine England Moncrief, age 95, passed away with her loving family by her side at Maury Regional Medical Center on Saturday, October 8, 2016. A graveside service for Mrs. Moncrief will be held on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 12 Noon at Arlington Cemetery, where she will be interred beside her beloved husband Horace, as was her wish, in...
Carol Ann Bashista
Oct 4, 2016
Carol Ann Bashista, age 69, of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at her residence. Carol was born December 4, 1946, in Springfield, IL. She was the wife of Donnie L. Miller. She was a Quality Inspector for General Motors Corporation, originating in Pontiac, Michigan then migrated to Columbia, TN. Carol was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother....
Mrs. Wilma Edna Burks
Oct 4, 2016
Wilma Edna Burks, age 69, Mt. Pleasant resident, passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at her residence. Wilma was born July 14, 1947, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of the late Brown Chapman and Edna Watkins Chapman. She was the wife of the late James Burks. Wilma was an inspector for P.A. Medical. She had worked for Ford Motor...
William "Eddie" Edward Beasley
Oct 1, 2016
William Edward Beasley best known as “Eddie”,was 73 years old. Eddie passed away on October 1st at Signature Healthcare in Columbia, TN. Eddie was born to the late Earle and Ruby Mahone on September 21, 1943 in the Dallas, TX area. He was self-employed running his own waste management company. He spent the better part of his life in Texas...
John "Johnny" Harold Luttrell Jr.
Oct 1, 2016
John “Johnny” Harold Luttrell Jr. of Cornersville, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at his home. Johnny was born on July 19, 1963 to John H. Luttrell Sr. and Mable Charlene Hanvy Luttrell in Columbia, Tennessee. Johnny graduated from MTSU with a B.S. in Criminal Justice. He most recently served as a detective with the Maury Co. Sherriff’s...
Jean Marie Gant
Sep 29, 2016
Jean “Jeanie” Marie Gant, age 55, went to be with her Lord and Savior, September 29, 2016 at her home in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. Jean Marie was born September 15, 1961 to Gilbert and Margaret Gant in Janesville, WI. After high school Jean at a later date enrolled in the eastern college of health vocations in Metairie, LA, graduating with...
Walter Marlin
Sep 29, 2016
James Walter Marlin of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2016. Mr. Marlin was born to Frank Sr. and Thelma Hedgepath Marlin in Nashville, Tennessee. He spent his young manhood in Sandy Hook, TN where he met lifelong friends Bobby Massey and Murray Hines. After graduating from Hay Long High School, Walter joined the army. He became an...
Richard Ryan Reid
Sep 23, 2016
Richard Ryan Reid of Lawrenceburg passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Richard was born in Nashville on November 9, 1949. He is survived by his very close friends, David Williams and Laurie Williams and one granddaughter, Natalie Reid. Richard is preceded in death by his parents, Richard Thomas Reid and Jane Ryan Reid and...
Ronnie Smith
Sep 22, 2016
Ronnie Smith, 48, of Lawrenceburg passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Ronnie was born to the late James Smith and Mary Staggs Smith in Tiptonville, IN on May 26, 1968. He was a brick layer and a mason. Survivors include his son, Ronnie S. Smith; Four grandchildren; Brothers, James E. Smith, Jr. and Rodney...
Carl Clifton Himes
Sep 22, 2016
Carl Clifton Himes, age 63 of Hampshire, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Maury Regional Medical Center, following a courageous yearlong battle with cancer. Clifton was born July 10, 1953, in Hohenwald, Tennessee, to Jim and Eather Himes. Clifton shared his life with Cindy Parker Himes, and the two married on August 24, 1975. He spent most of his...
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