Obituaries

Gideon Farmer

Gideon Farmer

Oct 6, 2003

GIDEON FARMER Mr. John Gideon Farmer, Jr., 80, retired president of Farmer Construction Company and longtime resident of Columbia, died Tuesday, October 7, 2003 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Friday at Highland Park Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Adair officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends...

Van Spahr

Van Spahr

Oct 4, 2003

Mr. Van Harold Spahr, 38, co-owner of Maury Roofing Co. and resident of Petty Hollow Road North in Lynnville, died Sunday, October 5, 2003 at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Elmer Lusk officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family...

Louise Phillips

Louise Phillips

Oct 3, 2003

LOUISE JOHNSON PHILLIPS Mrs. Louise Johnson Phillips, 76, resident of Bishop Lane in the Burns Community, died Saturday, October 4, 2003 at Alive Hospice in Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Brother James Valentine officiating. Burial will be in the Morton Cemetery in Maury County. The family will visit with friends...

Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith

Oct 2, 2003

STEPHEN PATRICK SMITHStephen Patrick Smith, 50, retired customer service representative for Memphis Light - Gas & Water Company and resident of Memphis, died October 3, 2003 at Methodist North Hospital in Memphis.Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Neapolis United Methodist Church with Rev. Don Noble officiating. Burial will be in the Neapolis Cemetery. The family will...

Jack Capps

Jack Capps

Sep 24, 2003

JACK CAPPS Jack Holderfield Capps, 82, retired employee of White's Glass and Upholstery and resident of Mockingbird Drive, died Thursday, September 25, 2003, at VA Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Saturday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Ted Burleson officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery with military honors provided by...

Lou Jenny Beard

Lou Jenny Beard

Sep 23, 2003

MISS LOU JENNY BEARD Miss Lou Jenny Beard, 65, died Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at her residence on Leiper's Fork Road. A graveside service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Johnson's Chapel Cemetery with B.J. Ferguson officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com....

Robert Wiley

Robert Wiley

Sep 23, 2003

MR. ROBERT WILEY Mr. Robert Allen Wiley, 90, farmer and resident of B Kerr Road in the Fountain Creek area, died Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Owen Wells officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit...

Jess Gidcomb

Jess Gidcomb

Sep 22, 2003

JESS GIDCOMB Jess Houston Gidcomb, 76, retired employee of the Maury County Highway Department and longtime resident of Mingo Branch in the Santa Fe Community, died Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at NHC of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Bill Connelly, Rev. Ezell Rose, and Rev. Jack Taylor officiating....

Charles Blackburn

Charles Blackburn

Sep 21, 2003

MR. CHARLES BLACKBURN Mr. Charles Francis Blackburn, 62, retired welder and resident of East Seventeenth Street, died Monday, September 22, 2003 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 P.M., Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Randy Kersey officiating. Burial will be in Scribners Mill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday after 3:00...

Paul Richard Poling

Paul Richard Poling

Sep 21, 2003

Mr. Paul Richard "Dick" Poling, 77, resident of West Ninth Street, died Monday, September 22, 2003 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday at Oakes & Nichosl Funeral Home with Reverend J. David Miller officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00...

Richard Ray Ragsdale

Richard Ray Ragsdale

Sep 20, 2003

Mr. Richard Ray "Richie" Ragsdale, 38, employee of the Spur Station and resident of West Twelfth Street, died Sunday, September 21, 2003, at Maury Regional Hospital. A graveside service will be conducted at 2:30 P.M., Tuesday, at Santa Fe Cemetery with Rev. David Graves officiating. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 11:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. at Oakes...

Mary Christina Proffitt Ayers

Mary Christina Proffitt Ayers

Sep 20, 2003

Mrs. Mary Christina Proffitt Ayers, 26, former employee of Waffle House and resident of Hampshire Pike, died Sunday, September 21, 2003 at Maury Regional Hospital. A graveside service will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, at Rose Hill Cemetery with Mike Coop officiating. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 12:00 noon until 1:30 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols...

Betty Thomas

Betty Thomas

Sep 18, 2003

MRS. BETTY THOMAS Mrs. Betty Joyce Fogg Thomas, 70, retired employee of Rosewood Manor, died Friday, September 19, 2003, at her residence on Buckner Road. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 P.M. Sunday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Nathan Potts officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the...

Ray Clark

Ray Clark

Sep 18, 2003

RAY CLARK Donald Ray Clark, 67, retired from Monsanto Company with 41 years service and a resident of Cheyenne Trail, died Friday, September 19, 2003 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 12:00 Noon at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Ray Newell officiating. Burial will be in the Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with...

Thomas Marlon Rose

Thomas Marlon Rose

Sep 17, 2003

THOMAS MARLON ROSE Thomas Marlon Rose, 63, former employee of Baptist Publishing House, died Wednesday, September 17, at Lighthouse Haven in Friendsville, Tennessee.The Maury County native was the son of the late Mahlon Rose and Helen Dorsey Rose and a graduate of Columbia Central High School. He later attended Columbia Business College. Survivors include two sisters and brothers-in-law, Marie and...

Lillian Collins

Lillian Collins

Sep 16, 2003

MRS. LILLIAN COLLINS Mrs. Lillian Woodard Collins, 75, resident of Joe Peay Road, died Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. J.O. Martin officiating. Burial will be in Neapolis Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00...

Elizabeth Rea

Elizabeth Rea

Sep 15, 2003

MRS. ELIZABETH REA Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Dugger Rea, 89, long time resident of the Campbell Station and Culleoka communities, died Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at Maury Regional Hospital. Funerals services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Friday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Paul Webb, Tommy Whitman and A.T. Pate officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery. The family...

Marylou Hudson Mirabito

Marylou Hudson Mirabito

Sep 14, 2003

Mrs. Marylou Hudson Mirabito, 61, retired dental hygienist and resident of Windermere Drive, died Monday, September 15, 2003, at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 A.M. Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with The Rev. Thomas S. Wilson, Dr. William Malone and Gary Hudson officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will...

Blanche Taylor Harris

Blanche Taylor Harris

Sep 13, 2003

Mrs. Blanche Taylor Harris, 93, former longtime resident of Mooresville Pike, died Sunday, September 14, 2003 at Shelby Ridge Nursing Home in Alabaster, Alabama. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday at West Seventh Street Church of Christ with Ted Burleson, David Davidson and John Harris officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit...

Joyce Foster Patterson

Joyce Foster Patterson

Sep 13, 2003

Mrs. Joyce F. Patterson, 74, resident of Sunnyside Lane, died Sunday, September 14, 2003 at St. Thomas Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas Hendon and Rev. Steve Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. to...