Obituaries

Billy Wayne Ray

Billy Wayne Ray

Jan 2, 2023

View Funeral Webcast Billy Wayne Ray, 75, a resident of Columbia, died Monday January 2, 2023 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday January 5, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow at McClain Cemetery in the Mount Joy community. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 5:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. at...

Donald Paul Alderson, Jr.

Donald Paul Alderson, Jr.

Jan 1, 2023

View Funeral Webcast Donald Paul Alderson, Jr., 78, retired employee of DOT and Columbia Rubber & Gasket, died Sunday, January 1, 2023 at Maury Regional Medical Center. A graveside service will be conducted Friday at 1:00 P.M. at Neapolis Cemetery with Judge Bobby Sands officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. The family suggests memorials...

Linda Gail Fraser Johnson

Linda Gail Fraser Johnson

Dec 30, 2022

Linda Gail Fraser Johnson, 72, resident of Newburgh, died Friday, December 30, 2022 at home surrounded by family. Mrs. Johnson was a native of Maury County, TN and the daughter of Charles H. Fraser and the late Sarah Parks White Hutto. Linda graduated from Central High School in Columbia, TN and went on to obtain her Bachelor of Arts degree...

Wayne G. Patterson

Wayne G. Patterson

Dec 30, 2022

View Funeral Webcast View Video Tribute Mr. Wayne G. Patterson, 73, died Friday, December 30, 2022 at his residence on Hampshire Pike. Services will be conducted on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 12:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Lang Ingram officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends on Tuesday...

Rickey Gene Nolan

Rickey Gene Nolan

Dec 30, 2022

View Funeral Webcast View Video Tribute Rickey Nolan, age 67, husband of Pam Neeley Nolan, was a resident of Columbia, TN. Rickey passed away peacefully Friday morning at home, in the arms of his loving wife after a brief battle with cancer. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow...

Brittney Nicole Hannah

Brittney Nicole Hannah

Dec 28, 2022

View Funeral Webcast View Video Tribute Brittney Nicole Hannah, age 32. Brittney was born on March 2, 1990 in Columbia, Tn., to Sonia Flippin and the late Calvin “Catman” Hannah. She was a 2008 graduate of Columbia Central High School and attended Tennessee State University. She loved working with the elderly and served as a caregiver. She was a loving...

Naomi Malugin Humphrey

Naomi Malugin Humphrey

Dec 28, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Naomi Maulgin Humphrey, 73, retired employee of Wal-Mart, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2022. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Elder Larry Tarkington officiating. Burial will follow in Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Monday 9:00 A.M. until service time at...

William Randal Evetts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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...