Deborah Looper Hartman

A Memorial Service for Deborah Looper Hartman, 56, former Columbia resident, pharmacist, and civic activist, will be conducted Saturday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with The Rev. Thomas Wilson, retired Parish priest, officiating. The family will visit with friends from 12:00 Noon to service time in St. Peter's Parish Hall. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Since many of the members of Daughters of the King return north for the summer; Deborah's ashes will be interred on November 21, 2009 in the gardens of Trinity-By-The-Cove Episcopal Church, 533 Galleon Drive, Naples FL 34102. Mrs. Hartman passed away May 11, 2009 in Naples, Florida after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Livingston, TN and graduated from Columbia Central High School in 1970. She earned a B.S. degree in Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee, Memphis in 1977 and then went on to earn a Master's of Business Administration from Loyola University in New Orleans, LA in 1992. In the course of her life, Mrs. Hartman lived in Livingston, Columbia, Memphis and Nashville, TN; Roswell, Ga; New Orleans, LA; Boca Raton, FL ; Cambridge and Concord MA; Atlanta GA; and Naples FL. Mrs. Hartman worked for a major pharmaceutical manufacturer, Schering-Plough, first as a sales representative, then a hospital representative, then a District Manager for southern Florida and finally a Managed Care Area Manager for the Boston, MA area. She then left pharmaceutical sales to return to practicing pharmacy, first in retail and finally as a hospital pharmacist for NCH hospital in Naples. Deborah loved to travel. She, with her husband, chartered sailboats (without professional captain or crew) in the British Virgin Islands and Bahamas. She participated in an Earthwatch archeological dig at Oxford, England - herself discovering a piece of a flint tool putting man in the region centuries earlier than previously believed; thus securing another year's funding for the dig's sponsor. Mrs. Hartman combined her love of travel with a desire to serve others by volunteering for pharmacist duty on mission trips to Ecuador SA and New Orleans LA (after Katrina). Deborah was a devoted mother and doting grandmother, gaining much joy from her children and grandchildren. Mrs. Hartman was a member of the First families of Tennessee and of the Daughters of the American Revolution. To satisfy her love of history, she volunteered at both the James K. Polk Home and the Athenaeum in Columbia, TN. There, she was also very active at historic St. Peter's Episcopal Church. After moving to Naples, she became a devout member of Trinity-By-The-Cove Episcopal Church. Here, after belonging to Daughters of the King at St. Peter's and now considered a member-at-large, she was instrumental in founding a chapter of the Daughters at Trinity. She also studied with the group, Companions In Christ. She was preceded in death by her father Billy Gray Looper and granddaughter Savannah Carlyanne Sands. She is survived by her loving husband of 23 years, Henry Carl Hartman III, Naples; mother Carolyn J Looper, Columbia; mother-in-law Emily Y Hartman, Nashville; son James Gray Hinshaw, Nashville; daughter Julieanna Hinshaw Sands, Naples; grandchildren Seth Gray Sands and Jazmyn Nevaeh Sands, Naples; sister-in-law Ellen Roddy, Orlando; brother Michael Roy (Debbie) Looper, sisters Cynthia Kollstedt and Martha B (Steve) Meservy, aunt Bijou Watkins all of Columbia; aunts and uncles Dorothy Taylor, CA; Bob and Jean Taylor, MO. Numerous nieces and nephews. Also, Christian Collazos, Naples; Angela Karnes, Nashville; Dan Kollstedt, Columbia; and Roger Hinshaw, Chattanooga.Memorials may be made to AVOW Hospice, 1095 Whippoorwill Lane, Naples Fl 34105 or H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com