Obituaries
William Randal Evetts
Dec 26, 2022
William Randal Evetts, 55, died Monday, December 26, 2022 at his residence in Columbia. A celebration of life service will be conducted at a later date. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Beech Grove Church of Christ;...
Dorothy Christine "Dot" Curry Grimmitt
Dec 24, 2022
Dorothy passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 24th, 2022 at Maury Regional Hospital, after a short illness. Dorothy Christine Curry Grimmitt "Dot" was the second child born to Fred Biffle and Flora Aline Cothran Curry. She was born on November 2, 1941 in the Hampshire community and lived there for the majority of her life. She was...
Tamela Eve Fly Westmoreland
Dec 22, 2022
Tamela Eve Fly Westmoreland, 61, homemaker and resident of Columbia, died Thursday, December 22, 2022 at Alive Hospice. No services are scheduled at this time. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences maybe extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born October 16, 1962 in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Leslie Gray Fly....
Judith Auer
Dec 22, 2022
Judith "Judy" Walker Manning Auer, 80, of Franklin, died peacefully in her sleep of apparent heart failure on Dec. 22, 2022. Mrs. Auer loved her family, music, the "River Bye Farm," and all that came with it, and was a lifelong passionate educator who went on to homeschool her three adopted children through high school. Judy lived fully, trusted the...
Bobby Keith Huckaby
Dec 22, 2022
Bobby Keith “Huggo” Huckaby 58, a resident of Pulaski, died Thursday, December 22, 2022 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 1:00 P.M at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. The family will visit with friends on Thursday from 11:00AM until the time of the service at the funeral home. Condolences may be extended online...
Bobby Thomas Simmons
Dec 20, 2022
Bobby Thomas “T. Tom” Simmons, 88, heavy equipment operator for Smith Contractors and former resident of Columbia, died Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at NHC Lawrenceburg. A graveside service will be conducted Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 12:30 P.M. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Brian Gregory officiating. Military honors will be provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19. The family...
Sherry Faye Ring
Dec 20, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Mrs. Sherry Faye Ring, 85, resident of Blackburn Lane in Spring Hill, left her earthly home on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Visitation with the family will be held on Monday, December 26 beginning at 10:00 am at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Funeral services will begin at 1:00 pm with Mike Isbell...
Elmer Dwayne Brewer
Dec 19, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Elmer Dwayne (E.D.)Brewer 78, resident of Murfreesboro TN, died Monday December 19 in his home. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 12:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Inurnment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 10:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral...
Jack Thomas Chism, Jr.
Dec 18, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Jack Thomas Chism, Jr., 64, field engineer for AT&T, died Sunday, December 18, 2022 at his residence in Columbia. A memorial service will be conducted Wednesday at 3:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Matthew Brown officiating. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 2:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. The...
Olivia "Libby" McClain Benderman
Dec 14, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Olivia (Libby) McClain Benderman, 90, retired public school teacher and resident of Mack Benderman Road, passed peacefully Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at home. A Maury County native, Libby was born on October 15, 1932, the daughter of Raymond McClain and Eloise York McClain in Mt. Joy Tennessee, where she went to elementary school and attended the Cumberland...
Melvin Glenn Hunt
Dec 14, 2022
Melvin Glenn Hunt, 54, a resident of Columbia, Tennessee passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Everyone he knew, called him “Glenn.” Glenn was a man who could be easily described as fun, loving, and laid back, with a hippy spirit and a love of Rock and Roll. He lived a simple life and...
Mark Harold Lenninger
Dec 8, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Mark Harold Lenninger, 63, died Thursday, December 8, 2022. He was born March 6, 1959, in Orlando Florida, as Mark would say, B.D. or Before Disney. He was the second son of John J. Lenninger and Marceline W. Lenninger, both now deceased. He grew up in Orlando and spent three years as a child in Marathon in...
Fate Thomas Hanvy
Dec 4, 2022
Fate Thomas Hanvy, 78, retired forklift operator for Samsonite, died Sunday, December 4, 2022 at his residence in Columbia. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 5:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend David Buffaloe officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the funeral home. The family suggests...
Larry Wayne King
Dec 4, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Larry Wayne King, 81, retired employee of Dairymen, Inc. and resident of Columbia, died Sunday, December 4, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American...
Ernestine Hughes Whitley
Dec 4, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Mrs. Ernestine Hughes Whitley, retired banker and widow of Ross A. Whitley, Jr., died Sunday, December 4, 2022 at her residence in Columbia surrounded by her family. Funeral services for Mrs. Whitley will be conducted Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 12:00 P.M. at Graymere Church of Christ with John Vaughan and Andrew Phillips officiating, Burial will follow...
Clara Wells
Dec 3, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Clara Wells passed away Saturday, December 3, 2022 at her residence. She was born in Dayton, Tennessee but lived most of her life in Columbia. Many years ago Clara and Betty started Betty’s Parkway Restaurant, where she worked as a part-time day manager and server for 24 years before retiring. Clara was an avid fan of the...
Donald Mitchell Lee
Dec 1, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Donald Mitchell Lee, 75, resident of Columbia, died Thursday, December 1, 2022 at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Joe Macer and John Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors...
Allen Wayne McCord
Dec 1, 2022
Allen Wayne McCord, 76, former owner and operator of Kings Transmission in Lawrenceburg, died Thursday, December 1, 2022 at Southern Tennessee Regional Health System. No services are scheduled at this time. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born June 8, 1946 in Maury County, he was the...
Mary Ellen Funk
Nov 29, 2022
Mary Ellen Funk, 62, employee of Nissan, died Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at her residence in Savannah, Tennessee. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at 12:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brandon Cochran officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 11:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. Condolences may be extended online...
Charles Robert Odom
Nov 28, 2022
View Funeral Webcast Mr. Charles Robert Odom 84, of Columbia, died Monday November 28, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday December 1, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Anthony Atkisson, Tim Atkisson and Jordan Atkisson officiating. Burial will follow at Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends...
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