Obituaries

William Edward McClellan

William Edward McClellan

Sep 4, 2022

View Funeral Webcast William Edward McClellan, age 75, a resident of Fairhope, Alabama, passed away peacefully Sunday, September 4, 2022. Edward was a member of Eastern Shore Baptist Church in Daphne, Alabama. He retired after 37 years with CSX Railroad. Edward was a Mason and a Shriner. He was also a musician, avid golfer, wood worker and a loyal Tennessee...

Gerry Thomas Parker

Gerry Thomas Parker

Aug 29, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Gerry Thomas Parker, 63, of Columbia, Tennessee, went to be with Jesus on Monday, August 29th, 2022 around 7:15 PM, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Dickson, Tennessee on October 9th, 1958, to the late Floyd N. Parker and Lillie Estelle Bentle Parker. Gerry was a 1977 graduate of Dickson County...

Sondra Kaye Troope Ussery-King

Sondra Kaye Troope Ussery-King

Aug 28, 2022

View Funeral Webcast View Video Tribute Sondra Kaye Troope Ussery-King went to be with her heavenly family on August 28, 2022. She was born September 7, 1947 in Columbia, Tennessee to the late Paul Edward Troope and the Viviene Harris Troope. She was a 1965 graduate of Columbia Central High School. Sondra was employed by Monsanto Chemical Company till their...

Alice Mazurowski Clark

Alice Mazurowski Clark

Aug 27, 2022

Alice Mazurowski Clark, 66, resident of Mt. Pleasant, died on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at her residence. No service are scheduled at this time. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born on March 25, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas Mazurowski and...

Lt. Col. William H.F. Page

Lt. Col. William H.F. Page

Aug 26, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Lt. Col. William H.F. Page was a native of Columbia, Tennessee. He enlisted at the age of fifteen to begin his distinguished military career as an enlisted man in the Army field artillery in 1943. He applied for and was accepted into the Army Air Corps and completed his pilot training in early 1944. He flew a...

Clark Jones Quin

Clark Jones Quin

Aug 25, 2022

Photographer, visual artist and documentarian Clark Jones Quin, 72, died August 25 in his hometown of Columbia, Tennessee following an extended illness. The son of Maj. Oliver Benton Quin, III and Harriette Jones Quin, Clark was born in Jackson, Mississippi but reared in Columbia. His parents preceded him in death. He proudly attended McDowell School and graduated with the legendary...

Wilma Jean Taylor Sowell

Wilma Jean Taylor Sowell

Aug 24, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Wilma Jean Taylor Sowell, 91, died Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Lee Stevenson officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Sunday from 1:00 P.M. until service...

Martha Fern Hickman Barron

Martha Fern Hickman Barron

Aug 23, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Martha Fern Hickman Barron, retired Educator for Maury County Board of Education for thirty plus years and a resident of Columbia, died Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at St. Thomas Midtown Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 P.M. at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Reverend Chris Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens....

Melvin Landy Bennett

Melvin Landy Bennett

Aug 22, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Melvin Landy Bennett, 79, retired from Coca-Cola Company and resident of Columbia, died Monday, August 22, 2022 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Steve Swango officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery with military honors provided...

Ljiljana Milkovic Ball

Ljiljana Milkovic Ball

Aug 21, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Ljiljana Milkovic Ball, age 82, of Clarksville and Culleoka, Tennessee, died peacefully on August 21, 2022. Born on July 18, 1940, in North Macedonia, she grew up in Belgrade, Serbia, and was the daughter of Milan Milkovic and Mila Vucetic Milkovic. On July 21, 1962, she married Millard Roger Ball in Belgrade and moved to Fort Campbell,...

Barbara Nell Johnson Dycus

Barbara Nell Johnson Dycus

Aug 19, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Barbara Nell Johnson Dycus, 92, retired owner and operator of Duncan’s Grocery at Williamsport, died Friday, August 19, 2022 at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Steve Holmes and Bobby Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in Greenfield Bend Cemetery....

Judith Elayne Schutz Rhodes

Judith Elayne Schutz Rhodes

Aug 17, 2022

Judith Elayne Schutz Rhodes, age 66, of Columbia, Tennessee, formerly of Salem, Massachusetts, died Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville. She was the wife of Bill Rhodes of Columbia. Born February 2, 1956, during a Massachusetts blizzard, she was the daughter of Lt Cdr Albert C Schutz, Jr, and Geraldine B Latinik Schutz. Judy delighted in...

Joan Richardson Trulove

Joan Richardson Trulove

Aug 16, 2022

View Funeral Webcast Joan Richardson Trulove, 88, retired Real Estate Agent with White-Woodard and former manager of Colony House Apartments, died Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at Magnolia Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Jeremy Butt officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit...

James Darrin Church

James Darrin Church

Aug 13, 2022

View Funeral Webcast View Video Tribute James “Darrin” Church, 47, passed away August 13, 2022, at his residence in Santa Fe, Tennessee following a 3 ½ year battle with cancer. Born on May 21, 1975, Darrin was the son of the late Frank Church and Gail Church of Columbia. Darrin first met his wife, Gayla by chance at the age...

Leland Melvin Anderson

Leland Melvin Anderson

Aug 11, 2022

View Funeral Service Leland Melvin Anderson, 84, retired self-employed Mechanic, died Thursday, August 11, 2022 at his residence in Santa Fe. A graveside service will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Jon Lonneman officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born April...

Patricia Vernice Hutcherson Valdes

Patricia Vernice Hutcherson Valdes

Aug 11, 2022

Patricia Vernice Hutcherson Valdes, 82, retired employee of White House Utility District, died Thursday, August 11, 2022 at NHC Place Cool Springs. A graveside service will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 P.M. at Lasting Hope Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Condolences may be extended online...

Melissa Seals Petty

Melissa Seals Petty

Aug 8, 2022

Melissa Seals Petty, 56, Substitute Teacher for Maury County Public Schools and resident of Spring Hill, died Monday, August 8, 2022. A graveside service will be conducted Friday at 10:00 A.M. at Williamsport Cemetery. The family will visit with friends at the graveside. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. The family suggests memorials to the...

Jerry T. Blackburn

Jerry T. Blackburn

Aug 5, 2022

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Jerry T. Blackburn, age 77, a resident of Nashville Highway, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2022 with his family beside his bedside. Mr. Blackburn was born and raised in Maury County, he was the son of the late Lester F. and Frances Fox Blackburn. For 46 years, he was married to Margaret Cox...

Judith Ann Baxter Cothran

Judith Ann Baxter Cothran

Aug 5, 2022

View Video Tribute Judith Ann Baxter Cothran, 80, retired employee of Maury Regional Medical Center and resident of Mt. Pleasant, died Friday, August 5, 2022 at Brookdale Assisted Living. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 5:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born June 4, 1942 in...

Corey D. Stein

Corey D. Stein

Aug 5, 2022

View Funeral Service Corey D. Stein left this world suddenly last Friday August 5, 2022 at age of 51. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he is survived by the love of his life, Linda, his two sons, Kevin and Dennis; his mother, Diane Stein, his sister, Dea Jo (Darryl) Ray, his “brother” Aaron Steadman, nephews and his treasured dog, Cobra....