Recent Obituaries in Columbia, Tennessee
Flossie Colvett Mckissick
Apr 23, 2011
Mrs. Flossie Colvett McKissick, 80, resident of Hwy 166 North in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Saturday, April 23rd , 2011 at Life Care Center. Born in Campbellsville on February 17, 1931 Flossie was the daughter of the late David Dee and Allie Dugger Colvett. Flossie married James Harlon McKissick April 12, 1952 who preceded her in death in January of...
Zelda Lindsey
Apr 22, 2011
Mrs. Zelda Fuller Lindsey was born June 2, 1929 in Maury County, TN, the daughter of the late Harvey and Virginia Cothran Fuller. She was a longtime resident of Hay Long Avenue in Mt. Pleasant. She was married to Leroy "Doc" Lindsey who preceded her in death on February 25, 1992. Zelda was a great house wife, great mother, grandmother...
Sarah Tucker Graff
Apr 21, 2011
Sarah Tucker Graff was born August 12, 1921 in Maury County, daughter of the late Jess and Mattie Keltner Tucker. She was the wife of the late Charles Graff. Sarah retired as a Certified Nursing Assistant from Hillview Health Care and also served as a private sitter. Mrs. Graff was very much in love with her Lord and she also...
Coleman J Smith, Sr.
Apr 16, 2011
Mr. Coleman J. Smith Sr., a resident of Trotwood Ave., passed away Saturday, April 16 at Signature Health Care. Born January 26, 1921 in Woolsey, GA, son of the late Reesa and Minnie Eeves Smith. He was a welder in construction and a Navy veteran of WWII. Survived by his children: Marie Vanmeerten of Vero Beach, FL and Coleman Smith...
Doris Beard Wakefield
Apr 14, 2011
Doris Beard Wakefield was born November 20, 1925 in Santa Fe, TN, the daughter of the late Raleigh F. and Betty Hood Beard. She was a lifelong resident of the Bethel Community. On August 15, 1950 she married Leslie Wakefield who preceded her in death on May 3, 1979. Doris graduated with her teaching degree from MTSU in 1956 and...
Betty Binkley Wakefield
Apr 14, 2011
Betty Binkley Wakefield, 70, resident of Iris Drive in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011 at NHC/Hillview, Columbia, TN. Born in Maury County, October 14, 1940 Betty Ellen Binkley was the daughter of the late Ellen Viola Gilliam Binkley and Walter Davidson Binkley. She was a 1958 graduate of Jones High School, Lynnville, Tennessee. Betty was preceded in...
Margaret Jane Falconbury
Apr 13, 2011
Mrs. Margaret Jane Frederick Falconbury was born April 21, 1922 in Indianapolis, IN, the daughter of the late Homer and Ethel Bush Frederick. She retired as a remedial reading and math tutor in the public school system. She was the wife of 65 years of the late Darrell Falconbury. Margaret attended Grace Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include her children:...
Dixie Chapman Gravette
Apr 13, 2011
Mrs. Dixie Chapman Gravette, 87, resident of Sunrise Drive in Columbia, passed away Tuesday at NHC/Columbia. Mrs. Gravette was born August 22, 1923 in Maury County, daughter of the late John Robert and Mary Davis Chapman and the wife of the late Charles Gravette. She retired from the Avondale Knitting Mill in Talladega, AL and was a member of Jackson...
Mamie Stanley Terry
Apr 12, 2011
Mrs. Mamie E. Stanley Terry was born December 5, 1916 in Mt. Airy, NC, the daughter of the late Weldon and Ella Jones Stanley. She was the wife of the late Lawrence Terry. Mamie was always a loving housewife and homemaker, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was one of Jehovah?s Witnesses. Survivors include her children, Lonnie Kathleen Terry...
Billy Ray Bennett
Apr 12, 2011
Billy Ray Bennett was born December 1, 1950 in Maury County, the son of the late Myrtle Olie Bennett and Mattie Parker Bennett. Billy was an outstanding football player at Hay Long High School in Mt. Pleasant. He had attended Columbia State Community College and was a lab technician in the Waste Water Treatment Plant for the City of Spring...
Jennie Ree Davis
Apr 11, 2011
Mrs. Jennie Ree Word Davis, 87, resident of Gardner Street in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Monday, April 11, 2011 at her granddaughters residence surrounded by her family. Born May 10, 1923 in Minor Hill Giles County, daughter of the late Grant and Lezzie Word and the wife of the late William Calvin "W.C./Red" Davis. She was a homemaker who loved...
Helen Louise Anthony
Apr 10, 2011
Mrs. Helen Louise Brandon Anthony, an educator and loving mother, was born March 6, 1925 in Columbia, the daughter of the late William and Fannie Martin Brandon. Helen was the wife of the late Wiley Anthony, Sr. Mrs. Anthony was a graduate of Tennessee State University and taught in the Maury County School system for 37 years beginning her career...
Jeffrey Carlton Purtle
Apr 10, 2011
Mr. Jeffrey Carlton Purtle, age 50, of the Rally Hill area was born on Nov. 16, 1960, to Patsy Purtle Holman and the late Raymond Everette Purtle in Nashville, TN. Jeffrey graduated from Madison High School in 1979 and had been a resident of the Rally Hill Community for about 30 years. Mr. Purtle worked for Equity Meat and Metro...
Doris C. Pennington
Apr 9, 2011
Doris Clark Pennington was born on Feb. 15, 1923 to the late Charles Arthur and Bessie Burch Clark. She was a beautiful girl, who at the young age of 14 married Jason A. Pennington on Jan 9, 1937. They were married for 74 wonderful years. Doris was a homemaker who also was a representative of Avon for many years. Additionally,...
Sara Ann Glenn
Apr 8, 2011
Mrs. Sara Ann Weaver Glenn, age 86, a long time resident of Greens Mill Road in Spring Hill, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2011. Sara was born on November 2, 1924 in Giles County and was the daughter of the late William Henry "W.H." and Sallie Crossland Weaver. She was the wife of Horace Garland "Punk", Glenn who preceded...
David P. Walls
Apr 6, 2011
Mr. David Walls, age 54, a resident of Greensmill Road, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at NHC/Hillview in Columbia. Mr. Walls was born June 6, 1956 in Columbia, the son of the late David Lee Walls and Elma L. Pilkinton Walls. He was the husband of Norma Walls who preceded him in death in December 2010. David was a...
Robert Jerry Riggins
Apr 4, 2011
Robert Jerry Riggins, age 64, a resident of Raines Lane in the Culleoka Community, passed away Monday, April 4th, 2011 with his loving family by his side. Born March 17, 1947 in Maury County, he was the son of the late Robert F. and Frances Sesler Riggins and the husband of Mary Barnes Riggins, to whom he was married 46...
Master Sgt. Retired Alvin C. Atwell
Apr 3, 2011
Master Sgt.retired Alvin C. Atwell, age 95, a resident of Culleoka, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Born February 18, 1916 in Jersey, Arkansas, he was the son of the late William and Callie Anders Atwell. Mr. Atwell was the husband of the late Ophelia Elizabeth Atwell. He was a career Army veteran who retired...
Elsie J. "Duck" Warfield
Mar 31, 2011
Elsie Jean "Duck" Warfield was born July 9, 1941 in Columbia, TN, the daughter of the late Earnest Holt and Samella Claude Holt. In 1975 she married Alvin A. Warfield of Primm Springs. Elsie was the first woman ever employed by Kasbar International, where she retired as a sewing machine operator. She also worked for several private families. "Duck" loved...
Helen Jewel Lovell Thomas
Mar 31, 2011
Mrs. Helen Jewel Lovell Thomas, age 80, a resident of Wall Street in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Born January 4, 1931 in Maury County, daughter of the late Maynard and Louise Prentice Lovell and the wife of the late Robert Lewis "R.L." Thomas. A graduate of Haylong High School, she spent...
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