Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Ernest Dawson
Jun 9, 2015
Ernest Dawson, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Ernest was born on March 9, 1931 to the late Clifford Dawson and Oma Burns Dawson in Culleoka, Tennessee. Ernest was married to Ruby Mosley for sixty-one years. He attended public schools at Fountain Heights and Mynders. He also attended Columbia Business College from...
Curtis Smith
Jun 6, 2015
Curtis “Kykee” Ralph Smith, age 61, passed away June 6, 2015 at his home in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. Curtis was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 20, 1953 to the late Roy Smith and Winora Lily. Curtis had a big personality and he loved an audience. He loved to share music and laughter with everyone. He was all about...
Patricia "Patti" Ley
Jun 6, 2015
Patricia “Patti” Marie Ley, age 58, passed away June 6, 2015 at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee. Patti was born in Detroit, Michigan, September 23, 1956 to the late Russell and Dorothy King. Patti grew up to marry her childhood sweet heart and love of her life Bill Ley, with whom she spent a wonderful 40 years. Patti and...
Tommy Lee Thomason
Jun 4, 2015
Tommy Lee Thomason, age 49, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2015 at his home in Lynnville, Tennessee. Tommy was born in Columbia, South Carolina, December 28, 1965 to Russell Lee and Margaret Joelean Thomason. Tommy was a loving and caring person. It is evident in his everyday life. He had a goal of becoming a nurse. He achieved that goal...
Dorothy "Jean" Hall
Jun 2, 2015
Dorothy “Jean” Hall, age 80, passed away on Tuesday, June 02, 2015 at Fayetteville Care and Rehabilitation Center. Jean was born on July 11, 1934 to the late Andrew Lee Bell and Annie Kate Long Bell Brown in Savannah, Georgia. Jean was a wonderful homemaker and cook. She often babysat her grandchildren Jordan and Raegan. She was known for her...
Edna Jewell Walker
May 31, 2015
Edna Jewell Walker, age 85, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Edna was born on August 23, 1929 in Pulaski, Tennessee to the late Frank Pope and Cortey Roland Pope. Edna loved her Lord and her church. She was one of the original members of The Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ. Edna was...
Martha Mai Graff Vaughan
May 30, 2015
Martha Mai Graff Vaughan, age 83, a resident of Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Martha was born on February 7, 1932 to the late Ernest Graff and Myrtle Overstreet Graff in Maury County. Martha worked as an administrative secretary and also as a sales associate at Wal-Mart for 20...
Edna Marie Dennis Eley
May 29, 2015
Edna Marie Dennis Eley, age 92, longtime resident of 5th Avenue, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2015 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Edna was born on January 28, 1923 in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Clyde Dennis and Winnie Whitehead Dennis. Edna married Leslie Eley on January 31, 1942. The two were married for 62 years until his...
Carmine T. Mcnatt
May 28, 2015
Carmine T. McNatt age 102, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2015, at Signature Nursing Home where she had been a patient since January 2012. She was a long time resident of Westover Drive. Carmine loved, being surrounded by her family members. She enjoyed cooking meals, especially during the holidays, and she loved to travel. She went to Corning, New York...
Eloise Kay "Mama Kay" Staggs
May 27, 2015
Eloise Kay “Mama Kay” Staggs, age 66, passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Mama Kay was born on July 25, 1948 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to the late Clarence Edsall and Betty Kempt. Mama Kay married Larry Noe on December 23, 1997. She was of the Baptist faith. The family will visit with friends...
Vivian Alice Wilson
May 27, 2015
Vivian Wilson passed away Wednesday, May 27 at Signature Health Care. She was born on March 17, 1915 in Duluth, Minnesota. She was a Bell System telephone operator on December 7, 1941 and told about the overwhelming number of incoming calls that day. She was a caring person and volunteered her time in the PTA, the Red Cross and U.S....
Richard "Dick" Benton Davis
May 26, 2015
Richard “Dick” Benton Davis, age 82, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at his residence in Duck River, Tennessee. Richard was born on July 16, 1932 in Lawrence County, Tennessee to the late Arthur B. Davis and Gearline Ketchum Davis. Richard was a self-employed carpenter. Richard served in both the United States Navy and the United States Air Force...
Wanda Mabry
May 25, 2015
Wanda Mabry, age 82, resident of Signature Healthcare, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2015 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Wanda was born on November 28, 1932 in Lawrence County to the late Perdy Smith and Nora Lee Smith. Wanda worked as a seamstress until she retired. She was a “Nana” to everyone and would “love you through anything.” Wanda...
Catherine T. Walsh
May 21, 2015
Catherine T. Walsh, age 88 of Carson City, passed away on May 21, 2015. She was born September 28, 1926 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to the late John and Catherine Doughtery Walsh. Catherine worked forty years as nurse starting in West Virginia and retired from the Los Angeles County Hospital System. Catherine is survived by her sister-in-law, Edwina Walsh; nieces, Patricia...
Pamela "Pam" E. Trice
May 19, 2015
Pamela “Pam” E. Trice, age 76, of Columbia, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at her home. Pam was born on July 19, 1938 in Flat Rock, Alabama to the late Ollie Hicks and Sarah Russell Hicks. Pam was married to James E. Trice. She collected antiques and was known for her thrift store shopping. Pam was a devoted...
James Jones Bumpus
May 15, 2015
James Jones Bumpus, 92, died Friday, May 15, 2015. Born December 5, 1922, in Mt. Pleasant, TN, he was a child of the Depression and a member of the Greatest Generation. He married Anne Shirley, April 19, 1957, at First Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant. He graduated from Hay Long High School, at age 16, with the class of 1939,...
Daniel "Pete" Danish
May 13, 2015
Mr. Daniel “Pete” Danish, age 53, of Culleoka, Tennessee passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Pete was born on August 26, 1961 in Toledo, Ohio to Daniel Paul Danish and Mary Ann Williamson Danish. He was married to Linda Gray Danish, whom he wed on September 1, 1993. He was a General Motors/Saturn retiree...
Elsie Christine Simmons
May 12, 2015
Elsie Christine Matlock Simmons, age 89, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at NHC Columbia following an extended illness. Elsie was born on February 27, 1926 to Louis Matlock and Lena Pearl Matlock in Maury County, Tennessee. She married John Thomas Simmons on August 26, 1944 and they were happy together until he passed away in...
Robert "Bob" Allan Peacock
May 10, 2015
Robert “Bob” Allan Peacock, age 66, of Spring Hill, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015, at NHC Hillview. Bob was born on December 31, 1948, in Kalamazoo, Michigan to the late Thomas Peacock and Ritchel Rice Peacock. Bob married Pamela Batey on May 1, 1976. He worked for GM and Saturn. Bob served his country in Vietnam with...
Ramona Charrie Conner
May 8, 2015
Ramona Charrie Conner, age 79, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2015 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Ramona was born on January 13, 1936 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Clyde W. Groves and Winifred Carr Groves. She was married to the late William George Conner. A private family memorial service to celebrate Ramona’s life will be held at a...
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