Obituaries

Amos Hindman

Amos Hindman

Aug 17, 2005

Mr. Amos Hindman, 83, retired lab technician with Witco Inc. in Pekin, Illinois and resident of N. Hardin Dr., died Thursday, August 18, 2005 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m., Saturday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan and Wendell Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski. The family...

Evelyn Davis Franklin

Evelyn Davis Franklin

Aug 17, 2005

Mrs. Evelyn Davis Franklin, 87, resident of Columbia, died Thursday, August 18, 2005 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 5 p.m. Saturday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with The Rev. Thomas S. Wilson officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 3- 5 p.m. at the funeral home. Graveside services will be conducted Monday...

Carl Merritt

Carl Merritt

Aug 14, 2005

Mr. Carl Kent Merritt, 48, employee of Charles Taylor Construction Company, died Monday, August 15, 2005 at his residence on Snow Creek Road. A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Chestnut Ridge Cemetery with Rev. James Thomas officiating. The Williamson County native was the son of the late Clifford Merritt and Bassie Brooks Merritt. Survivors include...

Peggy Cook

Peggy Cook

Aug 14, 2005

Mrs. Margaret "Peggy" Register Cook, died Monday, August 15, 2005, at her residence in Antioch. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with The Reverend Thomas Wilson officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Churchyard. Visitation will be Wednesday after 10:00 A.M. in St. Peter's Episcopal Church Parish Hall. Oakes & Nichols Funeral...

Geneva Tice Cherry

Geneva Tice Cherry

Aug 11, 2005

Mrs. Maury Geneva Tice Cherry, 85, former resident of Scribners Mill Road, died Friday, August 12, 2005 at Life Care Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Sunday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday after 4:00p.m.at the funeral home. Memorials...

Jesse Hubert Smith Jr

Jesse Hubert Smith Jr

Aug 10, 2005

Mr. Jesse Hubert Smith, Jr., 59, resident of West 13th Street, died Thursday, August 11, 2005 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Sunday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor Dave Baker and Pastor Harold Roberts officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery with full military honors. The family will visit with...

Charles Richard Martin

Charles Richard Martin

Aug 9, 2005

Mr. Charles Richard Martin, 53, Assistant Professor at Columbia State Community College, and resident of Perkins Lane, died Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m., Friday in Cherry Auditorium at Columbia State Community College with Rev. Wayne Parks officiating. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4- 8 p.m. at...

Ruby Prince Green

Ruby Prince Green

Aug 9, 2005

Mrs. Ruby Green Prince Green, 84, died Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at her residence on Caldwell Drive. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m., Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Adair officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Highland Park Baptist Church, 1800 Highland Ave., Columbia, TN 38401 or...

Kenneth Wayne Townsend

Kenneth Wayne Townsend

Aug 6, 2005

Kenneth Wayne Townsend, 55, retired from E. M. Grubbs Sheet Metal, died Sunday, August 7, 2005 at his residence on Bailey Street. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. EST at the Miller Cemetery in Roan Mountain, Tennessee with Pastor Doug Caldwell and Rev. Mike Nixon officiating. The family will visit with friends Monday from 5:00 to 8:00...

Hessie Beatrice Kelley Warf

Hessie Beatrice Kelley Warf

Aug 4, 2005

Mrs. Hessie Beatrice Kelley Warf, 79, resident of Fly Road in Santa Fe, died Thursday, August 4, 2005 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Sonny Gordon officiating. Burial will be in Greenbrier Cemetery in Williamson County. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 4 -...

Artis Thompson

Artis Thompson

Aug 3, 2005

Mr. Artis Elmer Thompson, 85, retired chemist, photographer and resident of Morningside Avenue, died Thursday, August 4, 2005 at Life Care Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Saturday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Adair officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19....

Addie Josephine Riley

Addie Josephine Riley

Jul 31, 2005

Miss Addie Josephine Riley, 95, resident of West Point Road in the Hampshire Community, died Monday, August 1, 2005 at NHC Hillview. A graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m., Tuesday at Southpoint Cemetery in the Hampshire Community with Brother Joe Rhodes officiating. The family will visit with friends from 9:30 a.m. until time of service at the cemetery....

William Ernest Morton

William Ernest Morton

Jul 30, 2005

Mr. William Ernest "Popeye" Morton, 63, self-employed painter and resident of West 10th Street, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Homer D. Kelley and Rev. Donnie King officiating. Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends...

Doris Trice Thurman

Doris Trice Thurman

Jul 30, 2005

Mrs. Doris Trice Thurman, 78, former resident of James Campbell Boulevard, died Friday, July 29, 2005 at Life Care Center. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Steve Kelly and Rev. Eugene Barrett officiating. Burial will be in the Gibsonville Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Luke United Methodist Church, 606...

Pansy Holcomb

Pansy Holcomb

Jul 27, 2005

Mary Pansy Holcomb Mrs. Mary Pansy Yancey Holcomb, 92, widow of Walter Lee "Spud" Holcomb, Jr. and resident of Crestland Drive, died Thursday, July 28, 2005 at NHC Hillview. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Adair officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit...

Polly Parris

Polly Parris

Jul 27, 2005

Mrs. Polly Parris Mrs. Pauline "Polly" Speck Parris, 84, retired employee of Middle Tennessee Wilbert Vault Company, died Thursday, July 28, 2005, at The Bridge. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. Saturday at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Hughes officiating. The family will visit with friends Friday from 4:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols...

Delcie Twomey Bates Lineberry

Delcie Twomey Bates Lineberry

Jul 26, 2005

Mrs. Delcie Twomey Bates Lineberry, 94, retired seamstrees, died Saturday, July 23, 2005 at her residence in Rosewood Manor. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Bill McDonald officiating. Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Monday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home....

Edna Smith

Edna Smith

Jul 25, 2005

Mrs. Rubye Edna Mitchell Smith, 98, retired school teacher and resident of Tinsley Lane, died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at Life Care Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Randy Owens, Jeremy Butt and Jerry Elder officiating. A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at Scotts Hill...

Susan A Brewer

Susan A Brewer

Jul 24, 2005

Mrs. Susan Anderson Brewer, 55, resident of Naydonlin Drive, died Monday, July 25, 2005, at Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home is in charge of local announcements and notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. Survivors include her husband, Wade Brewer of Columbia; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Roy Clark and Jenny Brewer of Columbia;...

Gerald Wayne Anderson

Gerald Wayne Anderson

Jul 23, 2005

Mr. Gerald Wayne "Jerry" Anderson, 70 , retired engineer for Union Carbide Corporation from 1967 to 1992 and resident of Camellia Drive, died Sunday, July 24, 2005 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at Graymere Church of Christ with John Vaughan and Wendell Robinson officiating. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 4:00...